About Me
Oh there's sorrow and tears,
for all of the years,
that we won't have you to hold.
Oh our hearts are broken,
the angels have spoken,
still we wish we could watch you grow old.
This page is made in loving memory of our Husband, Father, Grandfather, Friend and Brother. His sudden death on the 29th of October 2005 left us behind with many unanswered questions. Why did he have to go? We have cried so many tears and still, we didn't cry enough. We talk about him all day and still, we don't talk about him enough.
There is a big piece of our life missing and we knew from the start that noone can and ever will fill it. He was a hard working man, always making sure that his family was taken care of. No matter where his job as an Aircraft Mechanic would take him, he would go. From Germany where he lived to Croatia, Russia, Netherlands and Brasil just to name a few. He had a lot of stories to tell. We were never able to hear them all...
To start from the beginning, JMM was born in New York in 1947 and spent his childhood in NC and Fall River, MA. He has 3 younger sisters and 2 younger brothers.
At the age of 17 he joined the NAVY and a few years later the ARMY. In 1979 he was stationed in Germany where he met his future wife who he had a daughter with. In 1992 he retired as an E8 (Master Sgt.) After his ARMY career he bacame a little home sick and decided to move to Gloucester, VA where he didn't stay long. His wife and daughter missed Germany too much, so they all moved back and he got back to his job working on helicopters.
In October 2004 his grandson Cedric Joel was born. Noone knew he would only have a year to spend with him. Well, even the year they had together went by too fast, being that JMM spent Monday through Friday working 200 miles from home. They only had the weekends together. After all, he was the proudest and best Grandfather anyone could ever imagine. To bad he couldn't do all the things he had planned. He wanted to show him the Grand Canyon, teach him how to fish and play some football with him. He couldn't wait for CJ to get old enough to ride his Motorcycle which he loved with him. Now we know why. He never got to see his Grandson's first hair cut... he never even seen his Grandson turn a year old because he was working out of town and before the weekend would come, he was in the hospital which he didn't leave alive...
All we have are our memories and they have become our tresure. Not a day goes by without holding on to the treasures he left us. Not a day goes by without sheading a tear. Not a day goes by without looking at pictures of better days. No get together with friend without him being a part of it. We miss him so much and still can't believe that the door won't open any minute and he will walk in...
If I could have a lifetime wish,
a dream that would come true,
I'd pray to God with all my heart,
for yesterday and you.
A thousand words can't bring you back,
I know because I've tried.
Neither will a thousand tears,
I know because I've cried.
You left behind a broken heart,
and happy moments, too.
But I never wanted memories,
I only wanted you.
..
If tears could build a stairway
and heartaches make a lane,
we would walk to heaven,
to be with you again.
Time went by
like the change of seasons.
Never getting a response,
never knowing the reasons.
The thought of you
filled up my space.
Nomatter how hard I tried,
I could not erase.
Now I look back,
with tears of regret.
I wish I had called sooner,
I wish we could have met.
I thought your heart
was cold as a stone.
But yu had love for me,
that I had never known.
I need you to know
I would have never rejected.
If you'd look in my eyey,
a son's love you'd detected.
All you can see
from the other side,
is a son who still loves you,
a son who has cried.
I love you now,
like I loved you then,
so time is what's between us,
until I speak to you again.
I love you dad, I always have,
and I always will.
Your son Joe
Pictures of his life:
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