Pictures
Ari and I at Rica's baby shower in Salem, Mass. September, 1998. One thing everyone loved about Ari was his sense of humor and his funny faces he loved to make. Ari always had ways of making people laugh.
Wednesday, December 9, 1998: The Happiest Day of My Life! This is the actual proposal when Ari gave me my engagement ring. Ari, ever the romantic, proposed to me in the banquet hall where we had planned on getting married.
Ari and I, shortly after he moved to NJ, with his kitten, Bruno. Unfortunately, Bruno died a week after we got him. We decided to name the kitten Bruno since he wasn't afraid of anything; he was a little tough guy.
June, 1998. Ari and I at the reception for my parents after they renewed their vows. The party was held at my aunt and uncle's house. Ari and I had only known each other three months, but this was our third wedding we attended together.
Saturday, October 24, 1998. Ari at our Halloween/ House warming party in our new apartment. Ari went as the beerman at a baseball game. See my kiss mark on his cheek? Our friend Nadine is in the background.
Backrub train!! December 9, 1998. Ari and I with our friends Mary and Frank at the Riverview Hospital holiday party. The party was for Emergency Medical Services volunteers. Mary, Frank , and I all met in EMS class. This was the night Ari proposed to me!
Ari and I at the holiday party. December 9, 1998. This is still the same night Ari proposed. Ari and I always loved to be near each other.
Ari's parents, Judith and Michael. Ari had a great relationship with both of his parents, as well as with his brother Eric. They all live in Massachusettes. Ari made a point of going to visit them at least once a month after he moved down to NJ.
Ari with his grandfather, Sidney before Ari's Jr. Prom in high school. Ari and his grandfather had a very special bond, they were extremely close. Ari now rests eternally close to his beloved grandfather in North Lauderdale, Florida. Ari was planning on wearing a similar tuxedo to our wedding. Didn't he look handsome?!
Ari and Scott in my townhouse shortly after Rica and Scott's wedding (where Ari and I met). After a night of dancing, the guys were wiped out! Poor sleepy babies!! Ari and Scott knew each other from Salem where they had both lived. Ari itroduced Scott to Rica.
Ari and Eitan outside Eitan's New York City apartment, summer 1998. This was taken on the day we went to visit Eitan and Allison. Ari was about to go to NYC to visit Eitan the day he passed away. The guys met in Israel on the same trip where Ari met Rica. Eitan and I already knew each other, also throgh Rica.
Ari and I outside his parents' house in Florida, Thanksgiving 1998. We drove down with my brother, Jerry for 3 days to celebrate the holiday with Ari's family and my grandparents.
Ari, the day we met, March 22, 1998, at Scott and Rica's wedding. Ari was the Best Man and I was one of the bridesmaids. We met just before the processional began and were together ever since.
Ari and I in New York City, summer 1998. We went in for the day to visit our friends Allison and Eitan.
Ari and I with Allison at Eitan's apartment in NYC enjoying a lazy day. Summer, 1998.