"He never waited"

On September 11th 2001 Lisa DeRienzo lost her other half. She lost her twin brother Michael. Michael, an avid athlete and traveler, was a broker for Cantor Fitzgerald on the 104th floor of 1World Trade Center. Michael was frequently traveling to a sporting event or on vacation. He and his sister were to meet in Chicago on Friday 9/14.

His sister reported that he never put off a trip util the following year. Which is the way that he would lead his life. Always living it to the fullest. His sister reported that he had travelled to France, London and Italy in 2001 and that he had also returned from a trip to Tibet with nothing. He had given it all away.

He and his sister had become even more close after the death of their mother in 1997.

This was a man who lived his life to his fullest. Family and friends meant a great deal to him. The world became a little less special when this amazing man was taken from it. God Bless to his family and all the families affected by that day.

Thank you GRAMMA!

I forgot to share this and a few of you will have a great appreciation for this. My children RARELY say a bad word. Even though their mommy does. So my mom comes over for lunch 5 days a week. My house is closer than hers to work and this way she does not have to spend the majority of her lunch hour driving back and forth.

So... It was the day before Han nah's birthday party. My mom had come for Lunch. Da rren was home and had eaten lunch with us. As my mom was leaving she decided to torment my husband (which it is pretty much open season on Dar ren all the time, but she does not usually pick on him much) However she said, "Hey Da rren you need to get out there and mow... B-I-T-C-H! *Giggles* She spells it out, not a big deal...RIGHT??? All of a sudden LB looks at Dar ren and says, "Daddy was does B-I-T-C-H spell" We were all *OMG* Dar ren decides to be funny and gets the all hurt and offended look on his face and sticks out his lower lip and says, "Gramma was mean to daddy. She called him a bad word. She called him a BITCH" *he then gasps in horror* LB goes oh, So B-I-T-C-H spells a bad word that I cannot say. Ga be and Ha nnah then repeat it.

The next day Dar ren's mom came up before Han na h's party and the twins said, "Hey Gra ndma H wanna hear what we can spell?" and before I could say NO. They spelled out "B-I-T-C-H"
Gra ndma H was all, "Atleast they are not saying it. And atleast Hann ah is not spelling it" Ha nnah looks up and says, "I know how to spell it and spells B-I-T-C-H"

So THANK YOU MOM! LOLPublish Post

O.B.S.E.S.S.I.O.N.

This is my hell. My son, while a loving and joyful little boy is OBSESSED! Anything with letters, completed words, numbers he is your man. The first 2 pictures are from Wednesday afternoon. I was working on my webpage before lunch. He kept talking about something and I could hear him counting on his fingers and finally I was getting a little aggrevated as I was trying to concentrate. (WHICH IS NOT EASY WITH 4 KIDS +1 HUSBAND) So, A light bulb went off and I told him to go and grab the abacus. (Yes we have an abacus in our home, I told you the kid was obsessed) I showed him how to use the abacus instead of his finger. The Boy sat there and did 10....10 pages in the workbook. O.B.S.E.S.S.I.O.N. He had to pry the book from him little fingers to eat lunch. After lunch he went and washed his hands and face and came back and got his book and abacus and started back in.

This morning, (6:45am) I was just getting snuggled back down in my covers all nice and warm, baby nursing and I was sure I could get a few more winks in. (Baby was up nearly all night with a croupy cough) and I hear.

Ga be: "Psst...MOMMY"
Me: *grunt*
G abe: Psst MOMMY
Me: GO back to bed it is not time to get up yet.
G abe: Mommy, we have to get up! I HAVE to do MATH!!!
Me: Buddy, crawl into bed. You can lay on Daddy's side.
G abe: Mommy, I HAVE TO DO MATH NOW!!!!
Me: Buddy come on I am tired. After breakfast.
G abe: Mommy, I have to do it right now. I JUST HAVE TO!

Least to say, that last picture was taken this morning. Around 7am. It is 7:57am now and he is S.T.I.L.L. D.O.I.N.G. M.A.T.H.