Confiding in the Lord
Tears racing down my face
Hoping, praying and ever so slightly believing this was not reality
Seeing the casket opened, a shriveled body of one who I once held so dear
Realizing I was too afraid to say goodbye before all was gone
Never able to hear his rough voice ever again
Memories drift between heaving breaths of sorrow
Stories of the “good old days” and his love for Adele
Their love was classic as if from a 1950’s romance novel
So timeless I can only hope to find someone who works so well as they did
Missing the cards written so delicately and detailed that I would receive every holiday
Each card was made personally each year new pictures and notes
Family held close so, but my lapse of faith would isolate me from the others
Standing side by side, my family and I would have the duty to take the casket to its final resting place
Next to his love Adele, he would rest for eternity
Sorrowful hymns heard throughout God’s house
God and his plan for those who have gone from the life of the living to the eternal life was not evident to me at that moment
Gloom towered of the people as if a large, grey cloud was about to burst with rain but it would not be rain, it would be the tears shed in the church that day
Gazing upon the altar of God, the incense burns the back of my throat
My strength falters throughout the day, knowing that his legacy will be forever with my family and I
He was our foundation, the noble rock of the family
Day after day he will be remembered as a loving and dedicated man
Sending love to him and Adele in the eternal house of God
Time has since passed to say goodbye but I know that all the laughter, tears and memories will last forever and forever

“The high point of my life was my marriage to my wife Adele. I asked her to marry me and she said yes. I was walking on air, my dream girl said yes. She was five foot two, ninety pound pixie and I loved her very much”
Taken from his autobiography written several years before his death

In Honor of Anthony Lombardo
My Great Grandfather