MARK AND CARMEN AT CARMEN'S WEDDING.

MY MOTHER HAD THIS PLAQUE ON HER WALL IN  CHERRY HILL.  SHE ALWAYS WANTED TO BECOME A CATHOLIC AND DID WHEN SHE WAS
OLDER.  SHE BECAME VERY ACTIVE AT SAINT THERESA CHURCH

MARK WAS MOVING INTO HIS OWN CONDO SO WE GAVE HIM A SHOWER SO TO SPEAK.  HE GOT ALOT OF NICE GIFTS

MY MOTHER NEVER MISSED ANY EVENTS INVOLVING PHILLIP AND MARK.
SHE WAS ALWAYS THERE TO MAKE SURE THEY LOOKED PERFECT

THANKSGIVING WAS ONE OF MOTHERS FAVORITE HOLIDAYS.  SHE WOULD PLAN EVERY DETAIL MONTHS IN ADVANCE.  THERE WERE ALWAYS FIFTEEN TO TWETY PEOPLE FOR THANKSGIVING.  SHE ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE SEEING ALL THE FAMILY TOGETHER.

WE ALWAYS HAD AN EARLY DINNER  AT FILOMENAS ON NEW YEARS EVE

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN ON THE CELEBRATION.  

AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER THESE THREE LADIES WERE THE BEST OF FRIENDS.  MARTHA AND CARL DUNHAM LIVED  NEXT DOOR TO CARMEN AND MOM   ON PRINCETION ROAD IN AUDUBON NEW JERSEY.  LILLIAN CREEDEN AND HER HUSBAND JOE LIVED AROUND THE CORNER. LATER IN LIFE THEY TRAVELED THE WORLD TOGETHER.  I WAS FORTINATE ENOUGH TO GO WITH MY MOTHER ON MANY OF HER TRIPS.  MY HUSBAND ALWAYS ENCOURAGED ME TO SPEND AS MUCH TIME WITH MY MOTHER AS POSSIBLE

EVERY SUMMER MOM WOULD RENT THE BIGGEST BEACHFRONT HOME IN OCEAN CITY FOR ALL THE FAMILY TO COME AND ENJOY.

SHE NEVER WENT ON THE BEACH....EACH DAY SHE WOULD PLAN WHAT SHE WAS GOING TO COOK FOR DINNER.  SHE ASKED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US WHAT WE WOULD LIKE.  HER DAY CONSISTED OF SHOPPING FOR DINNER, CLEANING, WASHING AND  JUST SEEING EVERYONE HAD WHAT THEY WANTED.

HER GREATEST JOY IN LIFE WAS GIVING TO HER FAMILY.  MOST OF US TREASURED HER LIKE THE GEM SHE WAS.

HOWEVER THERE ALWAYS HAS TO BE ONE ROTTEN APPLE (YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT YOU DID)