I was deeply saddened when my neighbors passed away but they had taught me so much during the time that I had spent with them!
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| A TASTE OF ITALY | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| When I was a baby my mother used to put me in a playpen along side the window in the dining room. When I looked out I was looking into the back yard of my neighbors, who happened to be Italian. They would come over to the window and talk to me, in Italian. My mother told me that soon I was answering them, in Italian! We would have long conversations together, always in Italian, and my mother said she didn't have a clue as to what we were saying!! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| When I got a little older they asked if I could come over and play with their granddaughter, Beryl. She was my very first best friend. I spent more time next door than I did at home. They made spaghetti and lots of other italian dishes. I was aquiring a taste for Italian food at a very young age!! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| My neighbors had a huge garden and I used to watch him tend to it everyday. He grew corn, squash, and tomatoes. He had fig trees that he used to bury for the winter. He had cherry trees and he used to walk around the neighborhood and sell the cherries by the pints. He let me pick and eat as many as I wanted. Then one day I decided that I wanted my own garden. He gave me great tips and we gardened together for years. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| I remember once my dad helped him out with the car. He was so happy that he gave my parents some homemade Italian wine. I was too little to sample it but I do remember my parents saying that it was very strong! I was deeply saddened when my neighbors passed away but they had taught me so much during the time that I had spent with them! |
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| Today I am engaged to be married to a wonderful Italian who is so kind and caring and makes me feel so special!! One day I will be an "IBM". (Italian By Marriage) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Michael's Father's Mother & Father were from Sicily and his Mother's Father & Mother were from Naples. Michael has all his Mother's recipes and he's cooked some fantastic Italian dishes for me. Yum Yum! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Here is a picture of Michael and myself taken on Easter, 1996. Michael knows how much I like to see him dressed up in a shirt & tie. He looks so handsome and he always smells so good too!! Mmmm. Mangia! | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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