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Elizabeth Corsale's avatar

This is beautiful.

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Stephen F. Baccari's avatar

Beautifully written. You and I share a commonality in that our fathers were public figures, and our grandfathers heavily influenced our upbringing. While my father’s father, Nonno Baccari, was brilliant photographer, artist, and extremely cultured, it was my mother’s father, Nonno Joe, born on March 19, St. Joseph’s feast day, who, along with his wife, Nonni Mary, helped raise my brother and me. I swear, to this day, my mother, an only child, was conceived by the Holy Spirit (I am only half joking here).

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Nonno Joe was born in Pont Canavese, Italy, initially studied to be a Salesian priest. Like Pop, Nonno Joe was deeply religious, extremely kind, generous, and taught me to be the same. There is not a day when I don’t think of him and Nonni Mary.

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You and I are blessed in so many ways, and for me, the hard part is remembering that!

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