Maurizio Di Leo

I can’t believe it has been a year since you left me. You are always on my mind and in my heart. Love you always….

To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven.” – Ecclesiastes

Grieve not, nor speak of me with tears, but laugh and talk of me as if I were beside you. I loved you so—‘twas heaven here with you.” – Isla Paschal Richardson

Death is a door, which opens at a moment of our lives. Who crosses it doesn’t have to suffer anymore, but who are suffering are those who have been close to him to the end. Yet the pain leaves soon gave way to the sweetness of the memory that we carry in our hearts, That will give us strength and reason to make the most of our lives, and in this way we honor our dear Maurice. Your dear ones Nunzia,Gianfranco,MariaElena and SilviaMaria

The best things in life come in threes. Friends, dreams, and memories

What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us – Helen Keller

Love is eternal….

When my heart is overwhelmed lead me to the rock that is higher than I. PS 61:2

Its hard to forget someone who gave you so much to REMEMBER…

God called your name so gently,
That only you could hear,
No one could hear the footsteps,
Of the angels drawing near.

The special bond we had lives on in my heart,
forever to remind me that we are never apart.

Life brings tears, smiles and memories.
The tears dry, the smiles fade,
but the memories last forever.

When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.

Don’t think of them as gone away
their journey’s just begun
life holds so many facets
and this earth is only one.

Just think of them as resting
from the sorrow and the tears
in a place of warmth and comfort
where there are no days and years.

Think how they must be wishing
that we could know today
how nothing but our sadness
can really pass away.

And think of them as living
in the hearts of those they touched
for nothing loved is ever lost
and they were loved so much.

The most painful tears are not the ones that fall from your eyes and cover your face. it is the ones that fall from your heart and cover your soul…..sadly misses, and ever loved….

My heart if full of memories
With pride I speak your name
Though life goes on without you
It will never be the same…..

Those we love don’t go away,
they walk beside us every day
Unseen, unheard, but always near
still loved, still missed
and very dear

Wherever you are, you will always be in my heart – Mahatma Gandhi

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart. – Helen Keller

Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather, openings in heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy.

May you find comfort in the hands of angels

Gone yet not forgotten, although we are apart, your spirit lives within me, forever in my heart.

Those we held in our arms for a little while, we hold in our hearts forever.

“When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight.” – Kahlil Gibran

Our condolences to you Janice and you family on you loss!

Darcy & Rena Laniuk

Rest in peace Mario. We knew the minute we met you that you were a keeper. Janice had the best eight years with you and we all felt the love and comfort you had for each other. We will all miss you and we thank you very much for giving our sister such a wonderful life. She will have many great memories to help her through this very difficult time. We love you Janice and will help you in any way we can. We always felt at ease when you with Mario. He was a great Man and Husband. We hope memories will replace the deep sadness and loss you are feeling right now. Love Lucy, Dan and Family

Sharing some of my memories…
If there was ever a friend that was closer than a brother, that would be Maurizio. He was my brother that I never really had, but a loyal friend that i could always count on- extremely loyal.
He was there when i first learnt to play soccer, he was there with my first video game (at the cafe up the road from his home) , he was always around me with so many jokes, he taught me how to handle dogs, he was there to console me when i failed STD5 (7th grade) he was there when I have the best times of my childhood. The time we laid false speed traps on the road in front of the house..hahaha, it still puts me into a uncontrollable laugh. He bought me my first music CD “Talk Talk”. When i needed approval of my future wife and my mother wasn’t around anymore, he was there too with his mom and Elena- it meant the world to me at that stage. He was at my engagement, he was at wedding and he has always been in my heart. I will always have his big round naught eyes with that smile deeply embedded in my mind.
The Distance doesn’t lessen the pain, and my thoughts are with you Janice.
I don’t know what to say that will reduce the pain that you are going through. I pray that you can find some comfort in the memories that we have of him and the jokes he always shared…

http://www.jw.org/download/?output=html&pub=we&fileformat=MP3&alllangs=0&langwritten=E&txtCMSLang=E&isBible=0
http://www.jw.org/en/publications/books/what-hope-for-dead-loved-ones/1101987030/
http://www.jw.org/it/pubblicazioni/libri/Che-speranza-c%C3%A8-per-i-morti/1101987030/

What a great friend …
Elena, Janice and Luigi our thoughts are with you all..

Querido primo, devido a distancia foram poucos os momentos que compartilhamos juntos , porem, foram momentos muito especiais onde nossos corações se aproximaram para sempre, não conseguimos entender os planos de Deus, mas cremos que são perfeitos e temos que confiar, ficam as marcas de uma pessoa muito especial, amamos você!!
Valmir, Silene, Felipe, Mariana, Pierina, Benvindo, Marcelo, Raquel, Isabela e Bianca

“What moves through us is a silence, a quiet sadness, a longing for one more day, one more word, one more touch, we may not understand why you left this earth so soon, or why you left before we were ready to say good-bye, but little by little, we begin to remember not just that you died, but that you lived. And that your life gave us memories too beautiful to forget.” -(Author Unknown)

“I know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death. They continue to participate in every act, thought and decision we make. Their love leaves an indelible imprint in our memories. We find comfort in knowing that our lives have been enriched by having shared their love.” -(Leo Buscaglia)