September 16, 2014 was a very sad day for your family. Grandpa Avallone passed away. He was your Great Grandfather, your Dad's Grandfather. He was a sweet, gentle man. I'll never forget the way he looked at you when you were a baby. It almost looked as if he had actual diamonds sparkling in his eyes. Nothing else mattered. He would stare and smile at you for what seemed like an eternity. He loved you very much Nina and he was also very loved by so many people. He was a very fragile man in his later years, but for someone with such a delicate exterior, he was quite the opposite inside. He made your family what it is today. Your Grandma and Grandpa Avallone are two of the most amazing people I have ever met in my entire life and they built an incredible family that I too, am proud to be a little part of. I hope that you remember him when you're an adult, because he loved you so and I know you loved him too.
In the same month that your Grandpa Avallone passed, your Memere came to visit. I had surgery and she came and stayed for a couple of weeks to help me take care of you. Your Memere is..... THE BEST. She is soft spoken and very gentle. She is probably the sweetest woman I have ever known in my life and quite the character too. You can play many tricks on Memere and she will fall for it every single time without fail. She is a bit gullible and it is hilarious. Not only is she fun to be around but she takes care of everyone so well, like it's her duty to make sure everyone is happy. This is how Memere will always be.
So when Memere was here, you guys had a lot of "junk fests." That's what Memere named it. Every day you would ask Memere if it was time for another junk fest. I would hear you and her playing barbies in your bedroom and her being as silly as can be using different voices. When you weren't here, she would make sure your room was spotlessly clean. I would hear her in there talking to your little stuffed animals and she would dress them up really funny for when you came home so you could get a good laugh. She sure does love you baby girl. Whenever you would say something that was inappropriate (but funny), Memere would go, "OH NINA!" She did it in the funniest voice ever. I still have a video of when you were one and we were over Memere and Poppy's when they lived in NJ and you had just learned to navigate your way around without smashing your face on something. You followed Memere everywhere. She went into the bathroom and you were MAD. You were screaming, "MAYMAY! MAYMAY!!" You took all the magazines and threw them all over and when Memere finally came out of the bathroom, she said, "OH NINA!" I found the video...
Mom
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