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………………….Happy Father’s Day in Heaven Dad…….I’m sure you are enjoying it with your dad who you were so very close to….My father’s dad, my grandfather, top picture second in from the right, was a loving compassionate man who adored his grandchildren. I remember him fondly….My father was his first child….his first son to be followed by FIVE GIRLS…..so my dad was very special to him. Eventually, after the six children my grandparents had another son, my namesake, my Uncle Louie, and then their baby my Aunt Edith…….from left to right…my mom and dad with my brothers Mauro, and my brother John in my Dad’s arms….Next is my dad and me in a park in Brooklyn…..My grandparents with their children. My dad is at the extreme left….I have to say my grandfather had great style!…The top right photo is of my parents, my brother John and me…..I was such a GEEK….The haircut, which my dad gave me. didn’t help…..He use to cut my hair until he nipped off a part of my ear. It didn’t hurt, but I bled like a pig! That was it!! My mom forbade him from cutting my hair ever again!…..The bottom right picture was taken in the Catskills on a family vacation…..I hated going there because I had terrible allergies, and there were SNAKES!!!! that always seemed to find me!………My favorite memory of my dad was….we would sit together after dinner in our finished basement, which was his pride and joy, with the lights very low, and listen to music….He would always pour for me, in a beautiful cordial glass, some RASPBERRY LIQUOR. That’s how I leaned, and grew to love all of the great singers and the wonderful bands……Something young people don’t know or appreciate today…My dad had over 1000 albums…..I also grew a fondness for fruit liquors!!!! I know my Dad is celebrating Father’s Day today with his Dad, my Mom and my brother John, who I would also like to wish a Happy Father’s Day in Heaven to.