softball/vik
i really love softball. i just love sports. i'd play any competitive sport right now if someone asked me to. i think i'm going to try to find a soccer league someday soon. definitely my favorite sport, and playing at stevie's last week i realized that my skills are still there. we lost again last night, but it was fun, a good game except for one inning where the other team just kept getting weak hits all in a row and scored about 10 runs. i had a good hit and another amazing catch, and one of my girls was there to see me play! hehe i love having someone to impress. and we're going to hang out this coming week, i'm pretty psyched. gotta get some fun in before she leaves for school again.
on another note, the family is still reeling from vikki's death, and i guess i am too, as a result of seeing them broken. people seem to kinda almost be getting back to normal, but it will take a while.
this is what i read at the service:
For those of you who don't know me, my name is Garrett Smith. I was adopted by the Zampaglione
Family 9 months ago, and have been living with them for much of the last 3 years. On behalf
of the entire family, I would like to thank you all for attending.
For those of you who are not intimately involved with the workings of the Zampaglione family,
I would like to share with you a tidbit of what I have learned in the past 9 months since
being adopted into their family. First and foremost, the topical, most obvious thing - this
family is more closely bonded, tied, knit, adhesively bound together than any family this
world has or will see. Coming from a family where the only time we gathered was a tragedy,
my time with this family has been a celebration of love and cohesiveness. Without the love
and support of the Zampaglione family, God knows where or who I would be. The same holds true
for Vikki. Whereas a person of her adventurous soul might have been a pariah in another family,
the Zampagliones embraced her and always treated her as she deserved, as an integral part of
the family. She should not be talked about in the past tense, because in the Zampaglione
family, her spirit lives on in each and every one of them, in the way they celebrate life and
their time together. We will not mourn her, but celebrate her life and hold dear the moments
we shared with her. For all of you who obviously hold emotional stake in all that has happened
over the past week, you should take utmost pride and happiness in knowing that the family made
sure no suffering or pain was caused, and I want the world to know how proud I am to be
involved in this family after their trials and tribulations, seeing how well they care for
and love one another.
I've never known Bill Zampaglione to be a jealous man, but on Thursday he managed to make a
terrific exception. He looked at me, and said, "You know Garrett, through her struggles and
her great times, my sister Vikki always managed to find the good in every person, and every
situation. And that, is one thing i have ALWAYS envied."
Victorious Victoria, I'm so happy for you that you're in a place where no demon may touch you.
May love rain down on you like a welcome cooling rain on a summer day, because no other
emotion will escape us on its way to you.
And if I may share some words that came to my mind in these times--
I'll love you forever, and be with you always
in spirit, in mind, and in heart
even if in flesh i cannot join you
never from your soul can i part
i sat back down and almost immediately lost it, after looking out into the crowd and seeing my family all in tears, along with chelsea, and other people as well. i'm proud of myself tho, and proud to be a part of the family.
everything is so good right now, though.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAT!!!! CANT WAIT TO HANG OUT WITH YOUUUUUU!!! LOVE YOU!
on another note, the family is still reeling from vikki's death, and i guess i am too, as a result of seeing them broken. people seem to kinda almost be getting back to normal, but it will take a while.
this is what i read at the service:
For those of you who don't know me, my name is Garrett Smith. I was adopted by the Zampaglione
Family 9 months ago, and have been living with them for much of the last 3 years. On behalf
of the entire family, I would like to thank you all for attending.
For those of you who are not intimately involved with the workings of the Zampaglione family,
I would like to share with you a tidbit of what I have learned in the past 9 months since
being adopted into their family. First and foremost, the topical, most obvious thing - this
family is more closely bonded, tied, knit, adhesively bound together than any family this
world has or will see. Coming from a family where the only time we gathered was a tragedy,
my time with this family has been a celebration of love and cohesiveness. Without the love
and support of the Zampaglione family, God knows where or who I would be. The same holds true
for Vikki. Whereas a person of her adventurous soul might have been a pariah in another family,
the Zampagliones embraced her and always treated her as she deserved, as an integral part of
the family. She should not be talked about in the past tense, because in the Zampaglione
family, her spirit lives on in each and every one of them, in the way they celebrate life and
their time together. We will not mourn her, but celebrate her life and hold dear the moments
we shared with her. For all of you who obviously hold emotional stake in all that has happened
over the past week, you should take utmost pride and happiness in knowing that the family made
sure no suffering or pain was caused, and I want the world to know how proud I am to be
involved in this family after their trials and tribulations, seeing how well they care for
and love one another.
I've never known Bill Zampaglione to be a jealous man, but on Thursday he managed to make a
terrific exception. He looked at me, and said, "You know Garrett, through her struggles and
her great times, my sister Vikki always managed to find the good in every person, and every
situation. And that, is one thing i have ALWAYS envied."
Victorious Victoria, I'm so happy for you that you're in a place where no demon may touch you.
May love rain down on you like a welcome cooling rain on a summer day, because no other
emotion will escape us on its way to you.
And if I may share some words that came to my mind in these times--
I'll love you forever, and be with you always
in spirit, in mind, and in heart
even if in flesh i cannot join you
never from your soul can i part
i sat back down and almost immediately lost it, after looking out into the crowd and seeing my family all in tears, along with chelsea, and other people as well. i'm proud of myself tho, and proud to be a part of the family.
everything is so good right now, though.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY KAT!!!! CANT WAIT TO HANG OUT WITH YOUUUUUU!!! LOVE YOU!