Comments on: Feisty Italian Red Sox Fan

By: Laura Fitton

Laura Fitton — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 23:43:05 +0000

CC, You rock. You and your Grammy were lucky to have each other. Thanks for sharing her with us. Hugs, LJ

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 21:34:21 +0000

C.C.,
Just wanted you to know you’re in my thoughts today. My grandmother and I were extremely close and I miss her a bit every day since her passing 6 years ago. The memories make me laugh and I’m so happy for the time I had with her. She was also my last grandparent and it certainly felt strange to adjust to that. About 2 years after her passing I started to volunteer with a senior services group in my area and now every week I spend time with an old lady friend. It means the world to me and to her to have this connection. Enjoy your memories, they really are priceless.

By: Drew Stein

Drew Stein — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:51:09 +0000

Wow CC, your post and then Clarence’s comment made me think about my own grandma, and her sister my aunt Bea, one a life long Dodgers fan to my Uncle Abe being the borough president of Brooklyn, the other being a life long giants fan, those 2 ladies lived and loved baseball,like nobody’s business! I’d like to think that somewhere there’s a living room where my grandma and aunt and your grandma and Clarence grandmother are all sitting watching the games and rooting for there faveorite teams.

I’d even go so far as to bet your grandmother was looking down cheering her team on to victory and maybe even helping them win.

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 17:46:53 +0000

My grandma was in the hospital during the entire 2004 playoff run. We (her most especially) used to joke for years and years about how all she wanted was to live long enough to see either her first great-grandchild, or the Sox win the World Series.

During those few weeks, one morning, my aunt went to see her and told her that the Red Sox had won. Grandma was out of it at the time, and my aunt wasn’t sure if she’d gotten the message. Until about an hour later, when Grandma sat upright in bed and yelled, “The Red Sox won!”

A couple of months later, my brother and his wife found out that there was going to be a great-grandchild coming along after all.

I’m sorry for your loss, but it sounds like my Grandma may have a new best friend in the “feisty Italian Sox fan” section upstairs.

By: Peter O'Connell

Peter O'Connell — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:29:58 +0000

From an Italian perspective (based on the family I married into) she’s in the kitchen and what she’s cooking up is TRULY heaven!

Very sorry for your loss. Always remember “the souls of the just are in the hands of God and no torment shall touch them”

Best to you and your family,
- Peter

By: Dave Beaudouin

Dave Beaudouin — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:35:50 +0000

Wow, CC. Will be thinking about your grandmother during the games this week. Those kinds of meaningful coincidences really do send a message.

By: Clarence

Clarence — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:32:08 +0000

I’m glad that you are able to celebrate her life, bruh. Zelpha (my grandmother) was a heavy Dodgers and Braves fan (and she would consistently lose her mind on who to cheer for when those teams played each other!) The way she watched baseball (and the way it sounds like yours did), i’d say they truly lived “interactive TV”! I love remembering the lives of those that came before us, and they way they actually loved things — so much of that is lost on us right now, it’s always good to take a page from those that have gone home. Good on you, bruh.

By: Kait

Kait — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:31:58 +0000

C.C.
If for no other reason (and trust me, there aren’t any I’m glad for the Sox win for you and your fam. Sorry for your loss…

By: Christopher S. Penn

Christopher S. Penn — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:16:47 +0000

From the Buddhist perspective, she’ll be back shortly after a brief intermission - and probably born into a Red Sox family