Aunt Anna, I'll miss you.
I spent last week driving up to and back from New Jersey to attend Aunt Anna's funeral. She was a tough little lady and I was surprised to hear of her passing. She was my grandmother's sister, but they (my grandmother and her sisters- Camille and Anna) were so close, that sometimes it felt like I had three Italian grandmothers. Their brother Bo passed away when I was really young.
When I was a kid, we would spend New Year's in Aunt Camille's basement partying(mostly eating) til nearly dawn. Then in later years, the parties were held at Aunt Anna's house. I miss the food, I miss the family. The Masucci family has a get-together in Seaside Heights usually the weekend after Labor Day, but its not the same.
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