IN THOSE DAYS WE DIDN'T KNOW IF OUR BABY WAS A BOY OR GIRL, THERE WAS NO SONO-GRAMS, GIVING BIRTH WAS LIKE OPENING A CHRISTMAS PRESENT.OUR BEAUTIFUL BABY BOY WAS BORN AT 10;50 P.M. IT WAS MARCH 17,1965, I KNEW IT WAS ST. PATRICKS DAY, BUT I NAMED OUR BABY JOEY, AFTER JOE.  WHEN I SAW HIM THE NEXT MORNING HE WAS SO HAPPY AND THOUGHT I NAMED OUR BABY PATRICK.  I DIDN'T. HE WAS JOSEPH GERARD FICHERA. JOE WAS OVER THE MOON WE NOW HAD A SON. HE JUST LIVED AT THE NURSERY WINDOW LOOKING AT OUR JOEY. HE WAS SO PROUD AND HAPPY, WHEN HE HELD JOEY, HE NEARLY CRIED FROM JOY.HE HAD HIS LITTLE BOY. HIS HEART WAS FULL OF LOVE FOR HIM. TWO YEARS LATER ON JUNE 16,1967 I GAVE MY JOE ANOTHER SON. GERARD MICHAEL FICHERA, THIS TIME HE NAMED HIM MICHAEL I CALLED HIM GERARD. HE LOVED HIS SON'S, THEY WERE HIS WORLD. .BOTH OF JOES CHILDHOOD FRIENDS HAD TWO DAUGHTERS EACH.HE WAS ON TOP OF THE WORLD. HE FATHERED TWO BOYS.HIS LEGACY HIS BOYS.HE LOVED THEM SO,.HE WAS THE BEST DADDY THEY COULD HAVE HIS BOYS   I WAS IN LOVE WITH ALL MY LITTLE MEN, ESPECIALLY THEIR DADDY. JOE WAS MY SOUL-MATE, HE GAVE ME THE WORLD. I LIVED A WONDERFUL LIFE BECAUSE OF MY JOE. I MISS YOU SO MUCH MY LOVE , MY LIFE. , I KNOW I CAN'T BE WITH YOU YET, BUT I WILL RUN TO YOU WHEN IT IS TIME FOR US TO BE TOGETHER AGAIN.ALWAYS KNOW I LOVE YOU,  MY JOE

NOW PRESS STORIES FOR MORE OF OUR LIFE TOGETHER.  CONTINUATION.

JOSEPH CHARLES SEBASTANO FICHERA, WAS BORN ON A SUNDAY MORNING.JUNE 1,1941.  HE WAS AN ONLY CHILD. HIS BELOVED FATHER WHO LOVED HIM SO, WAS 37.  HIS SON WAS HIS WORLD, HIS MOTHER WAS THE BOSS, LIKE A NANNY. HE HAD BEAUTIFUL BLOND HAIR AND DEEP BLUE EYES. HE WAS BORN IN THE BRONX, NEW YORK. HIS DAD WAS A BARBER, HE NEVER HAD A HAIR CUT FROM ANY ONE TILL ME. HIS DAD WORSHIPED HIM, HE WAS THE BEST IN SCHOOL. HE WENT ON TO BE A CHEMICAL ENGINEER. I MET HIM IN HIS THIRD YEAR IN COLLEGE. WE WENT STEADY, ( THATS WHAT THEY CALLED IT IN OUR DAY, I WAS HIS GIRL AND HE MY STEADY BOYFRIEND). THAT WAS MAY 9, 1962. WE GOT MARRIED THE DAY AFTER HE FINISHED COLLEGE, JAN. 25, 1964.  WE GOT A FURNISHED 3 ROOM APARTMENT, JOE KEPT SENDING RESUMES AND GOING ON INTERVIEWS. FINALLY IN JUNE HE GOT A JOB AS AN ENGINEER WITH STEIN HALL, IN ASTORIA.  WE MOVED INTO GLEN OAKS APARTMENTS 4 ROOMS. MY DADDY CO-SIGNED A CREDIT ACCOUNT WITH SEARS FOR US TO GET OUR FURNITURE. WE WERE ON OUR WAY. I QUIT MY JOB AS A BOOKEEPER IN WALDBAUMS, AND BECAME A HOUSE-WIFE.  THEN IN AUG. WE FOUND OUT WE WERE HAVING A BABY.  JOE WAS THRILLED,SO WAS I . THAT'.'S ABOUT THE TIME WE CHOOSE "I GOT YOU BABE" AS OUR SONG. OUR LIFE JUST STARTED.UP'S AND DOWNS. WE NOW WERE GOING TO BE MOM AND DAD. REAL LIFE WAS ON ITS WAY.OUR BABY WAS COMING IN MARCH,LIFE REALLY BEGAN.BUT WE MADE IT.ALWAYS TOGETHER