Her Star Shines Brightest on the Holiest Night
Corinne and Phyllis. Sisters and best friends. My mother passed away in 2004. It was especially hard on my Aunt […]
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’Twas The Week Before Christmas
When all through the towns Snow fall was happening by leaps and by bounds. Our family was nested all snug […]
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Family Stories – Pass Them On!
Today I will post the 5th and last audio clip that I have from a series of interviews that my […]
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Cousins Make The Best Friends
Since my father had no siblings, my only set of cousins were the children of Auntie Phyllis, my mother’s sister. […]
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Auntie’s Godmother – Gemma Ciolli
In one of the interviews my brother Rob and I had with Auntie Phyllis in 2011, Auntie Phyllis talked about […]
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Taylor Street Neighborhood
For many years, in the late 1990’s, Auntie Phyllis lived with my mother Corinne and my sister Lori in Romeoville, Illinois. In […]
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Mending A Broken Heart
This weekend I edited more of the three interviews that my brother Rob and I recorded with Auntie Phyllis in […]
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A Chance To Hear Auntie Phyllis Laugh Again
Gilbert Del Principe and Bertha Reher married in Chicago on 27 Nov 1926. Phyllis Elvira was born in 1927 and […]
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Home Movies
When I was a child Grandpa Gilbert was in charge of the movie camera. It was expensive to buy the […]