tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225332653651648741.post6946281602750844097..comments2023-03-21T13:18:20.696-04:00Comments on Stop Along the Way: Dancing with a Limpstop along the wayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10526840730984527362noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225332653651648741.post-9743126977741749922012-02-16T08:39:50.260-05:002012-02-16T08:39:50.260-05:00Art Rossi, Thank you so much Kristin, for sharing ...Art Rossi, Thank you so much Kristin, for sharing your thoughts. What a beautiful writter and person you are. Gary and I met when he was an Ohio State University Police Officer and worked with my twin, Al. Gary and Mary lived just down the street from my Mom and Dad at 1319 Elmwood, while there I would see Gary going down to 3rd Avenue to the donut kitchen, as you say, he liked his sweets. Gary was hired by me when I started Confidential Security Agency and as you know was very sharp in uniform, he loved having a badge on his chest, and did not know a stranger. He loved people and would talk for hours to the customers going in and out at Milano's steak house at 3C and Oakland Park, now closed and not there either. Gary will not be forgoten if people met him. He was the brother I did not have in town when my twin lived out of town. I feel we were as close as any brother could be and even after my business I would call Gary and meet for a donut and coffee and talk for hours, yes some of the stories were told over, and over, and they are burned into my memory just as this fine man is. I love his family, you all included and he talked constantly of you his family and most of all about the children, He would show me color faxes of them when he got them, "Hey Art, "Look at this" he would say, unfolding a paper that was opened so many times the creases were ripped. So proud. This was a man's man, and I am proud to have been part of his and his families life. Gary I know you are looking down and still laughing that contagious laugh I would hear when you bent over and tears would flow down your face, you were laughing so hard. your laughter was so intense. Gary's children will pass a golden thread of DNA, on including those dark eyes and smile on to the next generations, on and on and on. Thus he will always be with you and in you, his beautiful family. We were blessed to know him. ArtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225332653651648741.post-56092655372139493562011-04-27T17:16:54.824-04:002011-04-27T17:16:54.824-04:00Kristin, I don't know how you do it but you al...Kristin, I don't know how you do it but you always seem to find the right words to say for every situation. Beautiful!Barbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225332653651648741.post-13550852033192136722011-04-27T10:02:35.838-04:002011-04-27T10:02:35.838-04:00Beautiful post. Nice to see you had such a great r...Beautiful post. Nice to see you had such a great relationship with your FIL. My dad died unexpectedly in August of 2008, and it was definitely the most difficult time of my life, compounded by the fact that my dad and I had a very complicated relationship (my parents divorced when I was 10) and the fact that I had to travel half way across the world alone to handle the funeral arrangements, sorting through his belongings, etc. I am still so far away from reaching any sort of closure, and like you said, the complexity and "ovewhelmingness" of this loss is something that I simply can't explain to someone else. So I rely on good memories to get me through and hoping that time will be my bandaid.Katyanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225332653651648741.post-65258837107223503322011-04-27T07:00:04.089-04:002011-04-27T07:00:04.089-04:00This is a beautiful tribute to Gary.Is there inter...This is a beautiful tribute to Gary.Is there internet in heaven? If so, I think Gary is smiling and very proud.Anne Adamsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225332653651648741.post-49687748425164192132011-04-26T15:55:56.675-04:002011-04-26T15:55:56.675-04:00This one made me cry.This one made me cry.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225332653651648741.post-37916940689741617872011-04-26T15:33:30.322-04:002011-04-26T15:33:30.322-04:00beautiful ... as usual!beautiful ... as usual!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225332653651648741.post-57202879349936784242011-04-26T15:21:20.040-04:002011-04-26T15:21:20.040-04:00Such a lovely post, Kristin.Such a lovely post, Kristin.Shannon Ralphhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11239051298750629673noreply@blogger.com