That's the question I asked my daughter 7 days after her dad's funeral.
"When can we put away the waterproof mascara"?
Their whole lives I tried to protect them from pain and sadness and something so unexpected, something you never thought would happen, happens.
- I can't take away their pain.
- I don't have just the right words to say anymore.
- My hugs, and my kisses don't stop the tears anymore.
I've been reading tons of books and articles on Grieving The Loss of a Parent and trying to figure out how I can help them.
Psychologist suggests keeping his memory alive is the best way to help the children.
So, I decided to dedicate a blog to their dad.
This is my first blog so be gentle on me. I am just learning this type of publishing.
With this blog we are hoping to reach out to other families who feel the pain.
We are hoping that others can share their stories and help us.
And finally....
We are hoping our story can help others.
His name is Joseph W Orlando, Sr. Born February 15, 1962 born to Maria Tortorice and Salvatore Orlando
He died suddenly of a massive heart attack while sleeping.
Just a few days before his son's 16th birthday.
His children:
Kiara
Joseph Jr.
Eventually my children want to set up a scholarship in his memory, and each year it will be awarded to the bowler with the highest average at the High School Joe graduated from.
He was a great bowler and he taught his son to be even a better bowler. (Sorry Joe ;-) But your highest game was a 299.
I am so happy you were there on 8/25/2008 to see your son bowl his 1st 300.
You always knew he would do it!
We will use this blog as a diary to reach out.
We invite friends and family and others out there, to join us.
Those of you who knew Joe, we ask you to please share your stories about him. He had a great sense of humor and always made people laugh.
Let's make the kids laugh again.
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