ATTENTION ! ! ! FIRST & SECOND THURSDAY

November Meetings November 5th & 19th 2015

Thanksgiving November 26th - No meeting

National Headquarters

PO Box 3696

OaK Brook,Il 60522-3696

(877)969-0010

www.compassionatefrien

ds.org

Regional Coordinator: Jacqui Edwards-Mitchell (718) 756-3481

Michele Muro, Co-Leader

7 Clearmont Avenue

Staten Island, NY 10309

(718) 227 6516

Bamich@aol.com

Varda Wendroff, Co-Leader

126 West 39 Street

Bayonne, NJ 07002

(201) 437 4481

VWendroff@aol.com

Our meetings take place at the Regina M. McGinn, MD Center, which is located between the

Emergency Room and the main building on the second floor. The address is 475 Seaview Avenue

SI,NY. The meeting takes place at 7:30 PM on the second and fourth Thursday of the month.

When a child dies, at any age, the family suffers intense pain and may feel hopeless

and isolated. The Compassionate Friends provides highly personal comfort, hope,

and support to every family experiencing the death of a son or a daughter, a brother

or a sister, or a grandchild, and helps others better assist the grieving family.

TCF MISSION STATEMENT

December Meetings December 3rd and 17th

Holiday Dinner December 10, 2015

Candle Lighting December 13, 2015

Telephone Friends

The people listed as tele-phone friends are there

because they are bereaved

parents and siblings who

have had been bereaved for a

while and therefore they

have the ability to “hear”

your pain. These friends are

there to listen. Don’t hesitate

to call when you need to.

They are our compassionate

friends.

Visit our website at www.sitcf.com

We welcome our newly bereaved friends. We are sorry for the cause that brings you. We know how devastated

you are. In order to get full benefit of our meetings, it will be necessary to attend at least three meetings. We offer

you unconditional love and understanding as we share with you our love for our children.

NEW MEMEBRS:

Brian Hunt Connie McCoy 939 Rathbun Ave. SI 10309 146 Detroit Ave. Si BHunt@centennialElevator.com cassginseg@aol.com 917.577.2193 917.270.5869 Adam 9/21 3/2 Brian 6/13 7/14

Matt 10/20 1/1

Keith Singer 718.227.1207 sibling

Cookie Parisi 718.317.0793 sudden death

Michele Muro 718.227.6516 car accident

Virginia Chieco 718.948.8127 suicide

Carol Bell 718.97.0633 only child

Richard Pierce 908.653.1994 young child

Fran Zogby 718.356.6874 multiple children

The newsletter cannot exist without contributions from TCF members. Please send articles, poems, etc. in order to make it yours.

Email to: VWendroff@aol.com

NOTE: Any article that you want to be published during the month of a birthday or

anniversary MUST be place in the month prior to publication.

The newsletter will be sent for printing on the 20th of each month.

Dear Mark,

Happy Birthday in Heaven. I love

and miss you always.

Love,

Mom

(Fran Zogby)

IN LOVING MEMORY OF

EMILY McQUAID

Mom & Dad

(Bob & Rita)

In Loving Memory of

John Rubinate

I am thankful that I had you

for 33 years and now God has

you for 13.

Love you,

Mom

(Delores Rubinate)

Vincent Chiarra (Terranova) Daniel Levy Mitchell Krauss Tamara Piazza

Christine Veni (Fox) Joseph Fung (Girimonte) Greg Aiello (Johnstone) Eric Quarato

Mark Zogby Pattyanne Hughes

Brian Flynn

Marti LoMonaco (Fisher)

Megan Vinci (Donovan) Reina Ann Anglero

Douglas Pannone

Vinny Paganucci

Thomas Mayer Shawn Lopez (Alawich)

Janine Brawer Mindy Denora (Cohen) Eric Quarato Stephanie Hare Jack Steinberg

Gina Morales

Melissa Epstein

Abi marder

Lauren Melissa Kok

Dear Abi, Your 3rd Angelversary and we are miss-ing you more and more as time goes on.

Love you always & forever, Mom & Dad

In Memory of

Mitchell Scott Krauss

11/14/74 12/17/03

Since heaven has become your home

We sometimes feel we’re alone

And though we now are far apart

You hold a big piece of our heart.

We never knew how much we’d grieve

When it was time for you to leave.

Or just how much our hearts would ache

From that one fragment you would take.

God lets this tender hole remain

Reminding us we will meet again.

One day all the pain will cease

When He restores this missing piece.

He’ll turn to joy our every fear

And wash away our every tear.

It will become our simple way

To treasure our reunion day.

Like an eternal flame your memory

Will live in our hearts forever.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MITCH

With love Mom & Dad

In Loving Memory of

Vincent Chiara

11-9

A Father’s Prayer

I am a man, God and I have been taught

That I should be strong and show no

Weakness. My wife needs me to be

Strong; I cannot and must not be weak

And lean on her. It is only with You that I

Can be honest, Lord, and even with you I

Am ashamed to admit it, but I want to

Cry. I can feel the tears securely damned

Up behind eyes that want to burst. There

Is a voice in me that shouts, “BE STRONG!”

But there is another voice inside that speaks

Softly, and somehow I feel that it is YOUR voice.

Father, You who tell me that maybe my wife

Needs the tenderness of my tears more than

She needs the strength of my muscles? You are

Right, my Lord, as always.

My wife needs to see my grief. She needs

To feel the dampness of my tears

And know the aching in my heart. Then just as

We became one to create this life, we become one

In our grief which mourns his death. I think I

Understand now, Lord, it is in sharing that awful

Pain of my grief that I become an even stronger

Man. It is in sharing tears that I share my true

Strength. Oh, God, help me communicate my

Deepest and most sensitive feelings to my wife so

That we may become whole together.

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For you, my angel daughter, Marti Lo-

Monaco on your 6th angelversary. You will never be forgotten for you live forever in my heart. 4/16/62 - 11/3/09

I shed tears because you are gone,and I

smile because you lived

I close my eyes and pray that you'll

come back and I open my eyes and see all

you left,

My heart can be empty because I cant

see you, but I'm full of the love we

shared,

I can turn my back on tomorrow and live

yesterday, But I'm also happy for to-

morrow because of yesterday,

I can remember you and only that you're

gone, but I can cherish your memory and

let it live on,

I can cry and close my mind, be empty

and turn my back, but I know you'd want

me to smile, open my eyes and go on.

Through me, your memory will always live

ANTHONY REYNOLDS 10/12 The moment that you died my heart was torn in two, one side filled with heartache, the other died with you.

I often lie awake at night, when the world is fast asleep, and take a walk down memory lane, with tears upon my cheeks.

Remembering you is easy, I do it everyday, but missing you is heartache, that never goes away.

I hold you tightly within my heart, and there you will remain. Until the joyous day arrives, that we will meet again.

Tom & Maryanne Reynolds and Family

Last Name First Name

Birth-

day Anniversary

Cid Louis 11/1

Scarfia Michael Jr. 11/3

Lee(Sibling) Kevin 11/3

Roskowinski Alex 11/3

Mero Jacob 11/4

Mincieli Dominick Nicholas 11/5

Monico Jean Marie 11/6

Brooks Victoria 11/7

Chiara (Terranova) Vincent 11/9

Levy Daniel 11/9

Restivo John Joseph 11/9

Davila Jeremy 11/11

Krauss Mitchell 11/14

Cafferata Michael 11/16

Piazza Tamara 11/19

Marlon Draker 11/19

Mortimer Jill 11/21

Veni (Fox) Christine 11/21

Fung (Girimonte) Joseph 11/22

Aiello (Johnstone) Greg 11/24

Quarato Eric 11/25

Zogby Mark 11/26

Kok Lauren 11/27

De Sena (Cante) Alexis 11/27

Hughes Patty Ann 11/28

Restivo John Joseph 11/1

Flynn (Smith) Brian 11/3

LoMonaco (Fisher) Marti 11/3

Vinci (Donovan) Megan 11/3

Anglero Reina Ann 11/4

Temple (Dorfman) George 11/5

Pannone Douglas 11/7

Hurley (Melnick) John 11/8

Mitchell (Payne) Ricky 11/8

Villanueva Caiden James 11/7

Marder Abigail 11/9

Kopp Kristina 11/9

Neeham (Ferucci) Robert 11/12

Ruggiero Thomas 11/14

Pagnucci Vinny 11/16

Mayer Thomas 11/16

Lopez (Alawich) Shawn 11/18

Brawer Janine 11/19

LaGrua Jimmy 11/20

Johnson Micheline 11/22

Epstein Melissa 11/23

DeNora -Leto Sal 11/24

Denora (Cohen) Mindy 11/25

Quarato Eric 11/2

Rosen Elaine 11/28

Morales (Iorizzo) Gina Alexa 11/28

Sweeney Michael 11/28

Feltus Jordan 11/29

Hare Stephanie 11/30

Steinberg Jack 11/30

The Compassionate Friends

Staten Island

New York Chapter

Return to Cookie Parisi

32 Crown Avenue

Staten Island, NY 10312

OR CURRENT RESIDENT

December Meetings December 3rd and 17th

Holiday Dinner December 10, 2015

Candle Lighting December 13, 2015

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