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Lisa posted a condolence
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
whats up auntie lala? once again im writing to you just as i promised with the latest thats happening in the southern part of nj...lol..anyway, colleen and nancy have come to see us and spend time with us, and its weird, how it still feels like you're here just not physically here, if you know what i mean? i think the realization of you actually not being here anymore is finally setting in because i've been so depressed lately, and last night for the first time i can admit that i've cried. i was laying in bed, picturing your face as i am now, (yes still crying) but the tears i cried weren't able to fall down my cheeks. it was as if you were drying them before they could fall, and something came over me as i lay in bed, and it was comforting, as though someone, perhaps you, might have been there to let me know things are going to be okay, and that you are okay. i don't know though, it might have been my mind playing tricks on me again.
recently, i've noticed things strangely going on around the house and maybe you can enlighten me as to y they are happening. first the halogen lamp in our family room started to flicker and halogen lamps don't do that under normal circumstances, then i heard noises upstairs as if someone were walking around yet no one is up there..to top it all off, last week while i was vacuuming (however its spelled), your picture with u grandpa, my mom, uncle pete and aunt linda fell over and nothing was near it to knock it over. i talked to colleen when she came down and explained what happened and she told me to stop looking so hard, but i know its got to be a sign. more so since the funeral director for adams funeral told me that even though you're not with me physically, your energy is still here and that this energy is only affected usually by the people who the departed was the closest too. that explains a lot if it is true since you'd send signs to all of us, especially colleen and myself. she is so great with nancy and they both remind me so much of you..nancy more so of her being as colleen and stephen call "nancy" and colleen with her different expressions and things like that. i am so worried about them even though i'm sure that they're going to be okay..it just breaks my heart not only for missing you but for how much they do need you and do not have you anymore..plus how much in love you and uncle bob are and were..its not fair that good people always have to leave just like you! well i haven't slept yet, and plan on spending the day with beans so i will of course write you later!</b></font><br><br>
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LIsa posted a condolence
Saturday, July 3, 2004
aunt laur, its been exactly a month ago today you were taken from us yet it still feels so surreal. i will admit, there was not at lease one, if not many times through out my day that i don't think of you. how are things up there? is everyone okay? are you okay? is the big guy treating you well? thank you for working hard and making my career change happen. i know you won't let anything happen to us, just like a year ago today that nana saved my life with my accident. i am sure that there are many others that might have helped..(esp the big guy) but hopefully, all the good things i've done in the past, with all the bad effects, despite my best efforts, can now startu turning around for the better with you up there. i tried to talk to colleen but she didn't answer the phone, and i also left her a voicemail, but she didn't get back to me yet either. i instant message stephen at least once a week to see how things are, but in the past week, since you helped me get established with working at the pub, i've been quite busy.
mommy and aunt linda are still very upset. mommy cried when she was writing thank you cards to the people who donated to the gift of life in your memory. i cannot do anything for her, but it just breaks my heart and tears me up inside to see her this way. i know how upset she is, and cannot imagine how colleen, stephen, nancy and uncle bob are taking things.
even though, you have come through so far with making sure things go well for me, i have given up on hoping and wishing all together since my wish for you to get better, and stay with us, didn't come true. aunt lala, if the big guy lets you, can you send me some sign that you are okay, and things with us especially me (now its all about me!) are going to turn around for the better, cause i think its time that things turn around being that they've gotten to be so bad lately.
the priest who said mass at your service was so true when he spoke about never really getting over the loss of a loved one. he said greiving over a loved one doesn't just last a day, or a week, or a month, losing a loved one is forever, and the pain doesn't leave, it just becomes eased over time. your one friend mentioned that if we stop seeing signs of you still being here, then that means we've let you go, and you weren't done teaching me things, for me to let you go. in other words, get comfy woman because you made me a promise as my godmother to be there for me and guide me as mommy #2 and damn it, you're not done yet, and i'm not letting you get out of this one!
i'm going to get going now though. you know i'll keep writing you as promised, and you can keep sending me signs as i'm sure u've promised. stick to the normal scaring the living, with the flickering of the lights, or turning up the heat/air, not throwing things off of shelves, like you are practicing being a ghost, like patrick swayze did in the movie ghost with the subway guy who kept yelling at him...if you don't know what i m talking about then forget it...lol..by the way nicole and i were checking out the funeral director! kudos to you woman for his hot ass! i even mentioned to uncle bob, if he wasn't into the funeral business, i'd be all over that like white on rice...lol...its just a little to morbid for me, regardless if we're celebrating the life of someone...i'd be too afraid someone wouldn't really be dead, and end up coming up into my bed to lay with me or something...ha ha..i'm silly, especially sicne its almost 2am..
the saga of my life will continue to be posted onto this site as long as they allow me too! although, you know i will talk to u no matter what!
by the way aunt lala, whats with deal with you being in my dreams but not saying anything? its like a picture show or something, and making it seem as if you are really not even gone and that entire memorial service stuff was just a hoax? thats another thing that you can get back to me on..i'll wait for that sign too! lol..well ttfn..ta ta for now, you know i love you whole heartedly, tell all up there esp the big guy i send my love, and to keep the family entact for now..cause we're still recovering from losing you. and this isn't going to happen overnight! <3 me</b></font><br><br>
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Lynn (Schultz) Cosentino posted a condolence
Wednesday, June 9, 2004
Oh Dear Laurie, How you will be missed so very much. Your laughter & fun & friendship all through school and of course every class reunion. I'm so sorry I couldn't be there in person. You will always be in my heart. God Bless the Giaimo & Shaw families.
All my Love, Lynn</b></font><br><br>
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Mary Lukas (Sis Leonard) posted a condolence
Tuesday, June 8, 2004
So Sorry for you loss.There are no words to releave the pain,always keep the memory of her with you,and she will never leave you.Love to Mr. Shaw ,Susan and all.Sissy</b></font><br><br>
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Kim & Bobby Forrest posted a condolence
Tuesday, June 8, 2004
We were so sorry to hear of Laurie's passing. Our thoughts and prayers are with you - Bob, Colleen, Nancy and Stephen. Laurie was such a giving, kind person, always with a smile on her face. That's how she will be remembered.</b></font><br><br>
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Jackie Buehler posted a condolence
Tuesday, June 8, 2004
You are dearly missed by all.</b></font><br><br>
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Kathy Woskey posted a condolence
Monday, June 7, 2004
Laurie was the most wonderful beautiful person. I am certainly going to miss her. A dear wonderful friend and neighbor. Her door was always open to everybody!! A very special lady she was!! Loved her family and friends dearly, thats for sure. A hostess with the mostess!!! I will surely miss her annual ladies Christmas luncheon. It was always so much fun, full of warmth and love. I am here for her family, whatever they need or anything I can do. My heart goes out to all of you. My thoughts and prayers are most certainly with you. God Bless. Love, Kathy Woskey</b></font><br><br>
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the cincotta family posted a condolence
Monday, June 7, 2004
we were sorry to hear about Laurie's passing. our prayers are with you.
maureen,joe jacqui and dana cincotta</b></font><br><br>
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Mary Flanagan posted a condolence
Monday, June 7, 2004
I have had the pleasure of knowing Laurie for only these past 8 years. She always brought a smile and an air of happiness with her wherever she went. She was always there for me and others in good and bad times. I will remember fondly, her laugh and her smile. She will be missed.</b></font><br><br>
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Bob and Cheryl Ragazzo posted a condolence
Monday, June 7, 2004
Bob,
Our deepest sympathy is with you and your family.
I regret that I am out of town this week and cannot be there personally, but you are in our thoughts and prayers.</b></font><br><br>
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Lisa Warren/Rachel & Bob Cantlay posted a condolence
Monday, June 7, 2004
Our thoughts are with your family at this time.
We will support the Gift of Life Program in Laurie's memory and in the hopes that it will save others.
Lisa, Bob and Rachel</b></font><br><br>
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The Del Franco Family posted a condolence
Monday, June 7, 2004
Laurie - your bright light will be missed - you will remain in the hearts of all. Our prayers are with the Giaimo family.</b></font><br><br>
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Randi & Alan Rosenberg posted a condolence
Monday, June 7, 2004
Laurie,
Your courage and spirit will always be an inspiration. You're truly one of the warmest, kindest and caring person I've known. You always made everyone around you feel comfortable even if it was the first time you've met them with your warm hug and your beautiful smile.
I was honored to be able to run the donor race for you and will continue the fight for donors in your memory.
We will miss you deeply,
Love always,
Randi and Alan Rosenberg</b></font><br><br>
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Lisa DiMarco posted a condolence
Monday, June 7, 2004
The day will come when my body
will lie upon a white sheet neatly tucked
under four corners of a mattress located in a
hospital busily occupied with the living and the dying.
At a certain moment a doctor will determine
that my body has ceased to function and that,
for all intents and purposes, my life has stopped.
When that happens, do not attempt to instill
artificial life into my body by the use of a machine
and don't call this my deathbed. Let it be called the
Bed of Life, and let my body be taken from it
to help others lead fuller lives.
Give my sight to the man who has never seen
a sunrise, a baby's face or love in the eyes of a woman.
Give my heart to a person whose own heart has
caused nothing but endless days of pain.
Give my blood to the teen-ager who was pulled
from the wreckage of his car, so that he might live
to see his grandchildren play.
Give my kidneys to one who depends on a
machine to exist from week to week.
Take my bones, every muscle, every fiber and nerve
in my body and find a way to make a crippled child walk.
Explore every corner of my brain. Take my cells,
if necessary, and let them grow so that someday,
a speechless boy will shout at the crack of a bat and
a deaf girl will hear the sound of rain against her window.
Burn what is left of me and scatter the ashes to
the winds to help the flowers grow.
If you must bury something, let it be my faults,
my weaknesses and all prejudice against my fellow man.
Give my sins to the devil.
Give my soul to God.
If, by chance, you wish to remember me, do it with
a kind deed or word to someone who needs you.
If you do all I have asked, I will live forever.
By: Robert N. Test</b></font><br><br>
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Lisa DiMarco posted a condolence
Monday, June 7, 2004
I love & miss you Aunt Laurie! You are irreplaceable, and have touched so many lives even if it was just for a minute. The way you would brighten up a room from five miles away was amazing. I remember my mom told me that you were coming to visit when I was younger, words cannot even begin to describe the excitement. Uncle Bob said that I am a clone of Laurie. You will never know how many lives you've touched, and we will never find out how many more you could've touched. A part of many people left with you, and for me a bigger part then not even I had imagined. Please watch over us, and we will be sure to watch over Uncle Bob, Colleen Nancy and Stephen. I really don't have anymore to say, but I feel like when I stop typing I am saying good-bye to you, and I am not ready to let you go Aunt Laurie. I am sorry but just like Colleen keeps saying, I don't know what I am going to do without you and neither does my mom, aunt Linda, nor the rest of the people who you meant so much too. Christmas isn't going to be the same, and I can't call you on the phone or send you an instant message to vent or ask you what to do when my mommy and daddy and I are arguing. You are truely an inspiration to us all and if only there were more in the world like you. You should be considered a hero for always giving and never asking for anything in return. Unfortunately, the world is a messed up place and people will take take take & don't give back. Hopefully, since you have some extra help up there you can work on fixing that..I am sure you won't have a problem talking to the big guy for us..right?
I found a poem for you and I'm going to add it also...don't worry Aunt Laurie I will keep your guest book up to date with the play by play day to day things that go on, just like I would if you were still here...try not to haunt us too much, I don't care how funny you or Nana might think it is!!! Always remember we love you and you are missed every moment of every day!</b></font><br><br>
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