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For all those we have lost

Ralph Pugliese 1937-2011 Ralph DeFalco 1930-2012

Teresa DeFalco 1927-2011 Eliseo Palmese 1925-2012

Pasquale Del Pennino 1932-2011 Larry Friatianno 1951-2012

Carmela Di Nicola 1920-2012 Jessie Scuro 1917-2012

Paolo John Pugliese 1958-2012 Vita Paulsen 1942-2012

Mary Angel (camposano) 1920-2012 Raffaele Foria 1954-2012

Rosa (Campano) Viggiano 1927-2012 Theresa Pulcrano 1932-2013

Vincent Mingion 1922-2012 Concetta Ceriello 1925-2013

Carmela (Pugliese Friatianno
1930-2012
Raffaela Savelli
1915-2013

THE DASH

by Linda Ellis copyright 1996

I read of a man who stood to speak at the funeral of a friend.

He referred to the dates on the tombstone from the beginning...to the end.

He noted that first came the date of birth and spoke the following date with tears,

but he said what mattered most of all was the dash between those years.

For that dash represents all the time that they spent alive on earth.
And now only those who loved them know what that little line is worth.

For it matters not, how much we own, the cars...the house...the cash.

What matters is how we live and love and how we spend our dash.

So, think about this long and hard. Are there things you’d like to change?
For you never know how much time is left that can still be rearranged.

If we could just slow down enough to consider what’s true and real and

always try to understand the way other people feel.

And be less quick to anger and show appreciation more
and love the people in our lives like we’ve never loved before.

If we treat each other with respect and more often wear a smile,

remembering that this special dash might only last a little while.

So, when your eulogy is being read, with your life’s actions to rehash...
would you be proud of the things they say about how you spent YOUR dash?