Thinking of you on your birthday mom. I'm thinking about how you kept your sweet, empathetic and kind personality, even though I know you experienced many challenges and lived through difficult times throughout your lifetime. I believe you regained full consciousness after your death, which was 10 years ago this month. I know you, dad, Andy and Giorgio are all with me in a different way. Carrying you all with me in my heart and trying to live a full meaningful life inspired by all of you. Tempus fugit. I love you mom.

Dear Mom,
Missing you today what would have been 86 birthday. It's hard to think it has been 10 years now since we lost you to Alzheimer's. Time goes by so fast. I think of you every day, I miss you every day and wish we had more time. More time to sit and talk, go for walks, go to free summer concerts in the park, and watch you and dad dance. I imagine you still dancing with dad now.
I love you mom, you will forever be in my heart.

Missing you on your 85th birthday today. It is interesting that me and my sister were both remembering your creativity and making clothes today....you must have really wanted us to share those memories today! Thank you for teaching us to be creative. Love you and miss you mom.

DearMom,
Happy 85th birthday. We are all missing you very much. Looking through the pictures I remember what a talented seamstress you were. Your Wedding gown was so beautiful. I remember you sewed us kids almost all of our clothes, we always had new matching outfits for the holidays, and you also made our Barbie doll's clothes. Which when I think about it now was truly special the smaller the clothes the harder it is to sew them, thanks Mom for keeping our Barbie's with the best outfits.
I was thinking last night how every time you walked your kids uptown to the Dentist you would say If we did not have any cavities you would do cartwheels all the way home. I would be at the dentist office waiting through all our appointments, hoping and praying none of us would have a cavity because I really wanted to see you do cartwheels all the way home. Needless to say I never did get to see those cartwheels, I think you knew that was never going to happen .
You were such a wonderful woman, I aspire to be more like you, but I don't even come close, I do recycle though, thank you for teaching me that!
I love you Mom, I'll be seeing you

Mom, I'm missing you and Andy a whole lot this holiday season. I lost my beloved husband Giorgio in November, and it is incredibly difficult. At this time in my life I realize how I didn't really allow myself in the past to to process grief of losing you, and all of the loved ones I've lost. I'm trying to do that now with good grief therapy. There's no way around it, it comes and goes, and comes back again. There is no getting "over" losing loved ones. There's only going through grief, and just accepting whatever I am feeling on any given day. I'm trying to find ways to remember everyone with more loving memories and thoughts, and not just pain of loss. Creativity is starting to become part of changing these connections. I realize now there is no timeline. It will take the rest of my life to continually move through grief and figure out different loving ways to stay connected with and honor my lost loved ones. I can choose memories of your cheerful and sweet energy, and find different ways to carry you with me for the rest of my life that bring my heart more joy than pain.

Dear Mom
Yesterday you would have turned 84, how I wish you could still be with us, yet I know you are in spirit. I recently started a new job on a different unit in the hospital and I feel somehow you helped me get it because it was a kind of miracle to me when I got the call.
I celebrate your birth-
I celebrate your life-
I celebrate your womanhood-
I celebrate your motherhood-
and I am so grateful for you being my Mom,
I love you and miss you every day

Sweet mom,

   Today would be your 84th birthday. You are so dearly missed and so dearly loved.
   I remember a day in your life you shared with me when I was a teen. You were asked to baby-sit for the children of a Rabbi who lived in the house across the street from yours. You were asked to care for the children on the Sabbath while the Rabbi and his wife enjoyed an outing. Assuredly you and the children were having fun and they would have loved your being there.
   However, when the Rabbi and his wife returned home, the Rabbi became angry with you and shouted, "Where are my phone messages? I do not perform servile work on the Sabbath"! "You are expected to answer my telephone and take messages". What you told me next I did not expect to hear. You looked the Rabbi straight in the eye and replied, " I am not your secretary, and I do not do servile work on the Sabbath"! "Answer Your Own Phone"! 

Jim Wegrzyn on this end of a long needed tribute to Rosalie. The one time I met Rosalie was both sorrowing and enlightening. I fell madly in love with Tammy, and longed to visit her family. It was in 2014 and to this day I regret not knowing her personally but feel close to her through her oldest daughter, my sweet Tammy. Oh, Rosalie We love so much.

Rosalie, I still miss you so much. You were always so dear to me. I always felt like the luckiest girl to be honored and trusted with your children.
I was just 10 yrs old when my mom had me write a letter asking to babysit Tammy.
You always called me your angel sent from heaven. I didn't understand until I had children of my own. 
Love you always.

May 10 2020,
Dear Mom, missing you always , especially now. This year the world is going through some rough times with a horrible virus affecting many people. I pray for the health and safety of our family. I pray that I can lean on the perseverance and resilience that you taught me growing up. I miss you dearly, yet I know that you are in my heart guiding me each day. Thank you for being my mom.

Mothers day 2019 May 12,
Hard to believe another year has rolled by, can't do anything to slow down time. We all miss you very much, I'm forever grateful for your loving care for all of us. Wish so much you could still be here, Happy mother's day once again, Love ,me

Dear Mom,
I miss you everyday, especially today on Mother's Day.
Thank you for your tireless loving care to all of us kids, and your grandchildren. I do not know how you kept up your exuberant energy through the years. I miss your smile, your laugh, your hugs with a gentle pat on the back, I wish we had more time together. Thank you for being my Mom.

Thinking of you mom on your 80th birthday. This fall we read your high school journal from the year you met dad 1954, and glad that you kept that. You stayed up late at night 2am, 3am with your friends and dad..sneaking not to get caught by your parents! Boy, did you fool your kids. You had us thinking you were a goody two shoes! Ha ha. You were a cute, funny, and busy teenager. I hope you are enjoying some heavenly strawberry shortcake for your birthday. I posted some new pictures from your childhood birthdays.

Dear Mom,
Missing you every day, especially today on your 80th birthday.
People say that time heals wounds, I'm not convinced.
Thank you for being my mom, I miss you always.

Dear Mom,
Today would be your 79th birthday,I think about you and miss you every day, I wish you were still here to hug, yet I know you are still with us in spirit. Thank you for all the giving you did for us every day, Happy Birthday

Missing you a lot this Thanksgiving day mom. Dad misses you a lot too, it was a bittersweet holiday. You were here in spirit.

Dear Mom, I am trying hard not to be so sad about your passing because I know that you are at peace now. I will miss you very much, especially your sweet smile and your humble laugh and loud laugh when something struck you as very funny.
I know that If by chance I have inherited even an ounce of the kindness and goodness that your soul encompassed , I will be OK in this life, I love you, thank you for being my Mom

Rosalie, I will never forget the first time I walked up to your door and gave you a little paper with my name,number and a short note about me. I wanted to babysit Tammy at my young age of 10. I remember how honored I felt when you chose me. Soon after there were 3 more of the most beautiful children and I loved them dearly. You always told me I was like an angel from heaven and I never realized what you meant until I became a Mom. I always looked up to you and admired you for all the talents you had and your ability to look at a dress and then make it without a pattern. I loved spending my free time with you and taking the kids for trips to the park or just uptown on summer days. You were such an inspiration to me and I always wanted to be like you. I will never forget your soft spoken voice, your loving smile. You will be missed by many but the impression you left on many of us will NEVER be forgotten. <3

Rose, as I knew her many years ago, was a tireless champion for her children. Always at the ball field, anxious to see Sarah compete. She was a "sure call" driver we could rely on to drop us at the mall for a movie night--even when it meant two or three gals sitting on laps in the backseat of her car. She was a gentle soul, and a loving person. Whenever I caught sight of even a taste of her temper she seemed to smooth it all over and forgive easily.

What a loss for her family. So sorry she suffered with Alzheimer's disease, but I am glad she is at rest, at peace. May God always shine his face upon her.

I love you mom. I have missed hearing your voice and many other things for so long because of Alzheimers, but I know you are at peace now and not suffering any more. I know in transitioning out of human form you gained perfect consciousness. You feel all of the love everyone has for you, and how much you will be missed by all. You may have been of petite stature and timid on the outside, but in our hearts and in our minds you will always stand tall and our memories of your loving, compassionate and selfless character will always shine brightly in our hearts. Thank you for so many things, but mostly for being such a wonderful mother and great example of a compassionate, patient and empathic humanitarian for me to carry in my mind and heart through the rest of my days.