My dear Isabel, you will be missed.

Isabel Benedetti
April 12, 1928 ~ October 28, 2008

Dear Isa,
The thing that I will miss most about you is ---- your emails! the political stuff that I told you never got under my skin, but it did.... Aren't you glad you voted early??!!
Sadly, I will miss those e-mails. I'm grateful to have known you. You were a ray of light in each of the lives you touched with your contagious charm, and wit.
I will especially miss your laugh!

Quilting for Paul

We had some t-shirts of Paul, and Cristina had the idea to make a quilt out of them. At first I wasn't sure how it would look. When I saw it, I was amazed by my sister's talent. I really think it came out beautiful. Hope you like the pictures.

AFSP Out of the Darkness Community Walk

Lauren and I walked today to remember Paul. It was long and exhausting!! (LOL)
I guess I'm worse off than I thought.
It would have been nice to have seen anyone that knew him.
Here are some pictures.. Enjoy!

Another year....

Paul Granada
April 10, 1981 - October 28, 2005

I can hardly believe as I type these words, that is has been 3 years since my brother Paul left us. Every year around Halloween time, I feel like just hiding and make believe that none of this ever happened, but the reality of it is, he is really gone. As we all get older, and the kids grow up I realize just how much he really missed out on. It wasn't worth it Paul, it really wasn't. If you knew Paul, you know he was warm, gentle, and kind. So out of his character to remove himself from all of our lives. I know about depression... We all get depressed at some point and time in out lives and experience these feelings. The difference is some of us don't snap out of it like we should. Mental illness is just that..... an illness. I assure you if Paul was in his "right mind" this wouldn't have happened. It's very important to bring light to Mental Illness and support those programs in search of funding to increase awareness on a bigger scale.
I will be walking on October 18, 2008 in memory of my brother Paul. I encourage you to read up on Suicide Awareness. If I had known what I know now about Suicide and the warning signs, my brother would probably be alive.

For information on suicide prevention please visit:
http://www.afsp.org/
http://suicidehotlines.com/

Hello Again!

I know it's been a while since I updated this blog, but honestly I've just been really busy this semester. I'm taking some pretty hard classes and just cannot find the time to do anything.
I thought I'd update this with the newest addition to our family!!

here's Paris!