Fwd: You Guys Moving Back In With Us

Stuart 

Begin forwarded message:

From: "bigstu52@gmail.com" <bigstu52@gmail.com>
Date: March 7, 2012 7:06:26 AM EST
To: Joshua Scott Levy <levy.joshua@ymail.com>, Amanda Karch <amandakarch@gmail.com>, Sandy Levy <sandylevy5@gmail.com>
Subject: You Guys Moving Back In With Us

Your Mom and I are glad that you feel comfortable enough with us to want to move back home.
You know that we will be always ready to help you in case of emergency.  I appreciate your offer to do the yard work and I know that you would do an excellent job at it.  (Thank-you for planting the orange tree.)  I also understand your desire to save money.


On the other hand you must understand that your Mom and I are looking forward to getting our privacy back when Danielle gets her own place and while we love you to visit there is something special about being home alone with your spouse.  You newlyweds need your privacy also.  It is worth the expense.


Love,

Dad

Fwd: Dad's Celebaration of Life

Stuart 

Begin forwarded message:

From: "bigstu52@gmail.com" <bigstu52@gmail.com>
Date: March 2, 2012 6:44:26 AM EST
To: "mirra7@comcast.net" <mirra7@comcast.net>
Cc: Jason Mirra <mirraj2@gmail.com>, Joshua Scott Levy <levy.joshua@ymail.com>, Danielle Levy <danimlevy@gmail.com>, Sandy Levy <sandylevy5@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Dad's Celebaration of Life

Based on feedback from my e-mail two days ago.  I propose the weekend of Friday, May 11 to Sunday, May 13 which includes Mother's day.  Having us together for that special weeking will be great for Mom/Grandma.  So if possible try to book the flights out so that you can give her a hug and a kiss that morning before you fly out.  (She, like me, rarely gets up after sunrise, so that should not be too difficult.)

Janice, you decide who sleeps where.  You know your new place.  Sandy, Bailey and I should be together in one room.  Bailey is happy as long as she can be with Sandy and visa versa.

I would like to have a private ceremony at the gravesite where Jeff is burried.  Janice, please call the cemetery people and give them a date and a time and a request that someone be present to dig a hole in the appropriate spot next to Jeff.   We can each take turns pouring the ashes and when we are finished a cemetery attendant can cover the hole with dirt and grass.  

My feeling is that everyone will be sad but lightened and happy that we will be able to express how much Dad meant to us.  Each person present should have an opportunity to express his or her feelings in their own way.  A few words, a short speech, a poem, or a song, or whatever.

My hope is that this experience will bring us together and if I am right, we should consider returning in a year's time to place a tombstone at the site where the ashes are burried.  (Dad always liked us planning to be together.)  

I know that Dad/Papa would like Jake to be present.  We can't undo the past but Dad would be happy if he knew that in some way he could assist in healing wounds.

Please confirm that the dates are OK and we will let you make the air reservations. Send me receipts and we will reimburse you from Dad's trust.

If it is OK with you, Janice, I would like to call Cynthia and Don if you would call Helen, Roberta and Karl.

I love you all!

Stuart/Dad

Stuart/Dad 

On Mar 1, 2012, at 7:13 PM, mirra7@comcast.net wrote:

The only date that Jason ruled out was May 5th.  Any input from Danielle yet?  Can't wait to see you guys.  How is Bailey doing?  

xox

Janice

Together

Together
Valentine's Day 2012

Their paths crossed
and
then ran together.
With her bright eyes
And
her easy smile
Came their happiness.
Her marvelous magnetic curves
created an irresistable pull
and
a powerful push.
Their mountain climbs
And
their rhythmic embraces
made their paths run
and
their streams flow together.

Her white sequened gown
and
his shoe crushed glass
cemented
their unbridled romance

Years later
their children grown and
their fortress built
The always-bright eyes now wizened
and
the easy smile now confident
and
the marvelous curves just as magnetic
still make the irristable pull
and
the powerful push.
Smaller mountains are climbed
and
Embraces are at a slower rhythm

But Their paths still run
and
Their streams still flow
together.

Stuart

Re: Joe Kushner,

stu- you're a good friend and your thoughts are on target. hope u guys are having fun. don't wear yourselves out and save something for france. give sandy a smootch for me jeff

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On Feb 7, 2012, at 2:48 PM, "Drslevy@comcast.net" <drslevy@comcast.net> wrote:

> Joe Kushner,
>
> Jeff sent me an email informing us of his father Joe's passing.
> Joe will be remembered by me as a man who could enjoy life right up into his nineties. He had a lot to live for: A great family who adored him and looked up to him and Micki, a wonderful companion for decades who provided Joe with a database when memories slipped away. Joe cared for Micki and that gave him some purpose in the later years.
> What better evidence is there of a great man than the affectionate children that he raises and leaves behind. Joe's sense of humor and love of family lives on through them and their children.
> Being a close friend, I had the privilege of witnessing Joe and the Kushner offspring. Sandy and I were fortunate to participate in some of their regular family celebrations. Joe would bring the violin out and play with the grandkids or accompany me and my nephews on the piano. He chided me for not playing enough and he was right to do so. Music for Joe was a source of strength and I believe that playing his violin gave him a purpose that allowed him to live well into his tenth decade.
> I will never forget chauffeuring Joe and Micki back to Sarasota on my way to visit my Mom. Jeanie tucked them into the back seat of my Lexus and Joe referred to me as "Boy." Then he asked me what I did with my chauffeur's cap. I told him that I would be sure to get one for our next trip back to Sarasota together. I am sad that I won't be able to drive Joe back to Sarasota again. Instead I will have to settle with driving the offspring to Miami, Melbourne and Tampa.
>
> We were in Sydney, Australia, newly arrived with jet lag and walking through the Botanical Garden next to the Sydney Harbor Bridge and Opera House when Jeff sent me his email about Joe. This photo, of a prickly cactus plant surrounded by a lovely red flower symbolizes my memory of Joe. He was a beautiful man but if you did not approach him in the proper manner you might get pricked.
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> Stuart

Joe Kushner,

Joe Kushner,

Jeff sent me an email informing us of his father Joe's passing.
Joe will be remembered by me as a man who could enjoy life right up into his nineties. He had a lot to live for: A great family who adored him and looked up to him and Micki, a wonderful companion for decades who provided Joe with a database when memories slipped away. Joe cared for Micki and that gave him some purpose in the later years.
What better evidence is there of a great man than the affectionate children that he raises and leaves behind. Joe's sense of humor and love of family lives on through them and their children.
Being a close friend, I had the privilege of witnessing Joe and the Kushner offspring. Sandy and I were fortunate to participate in some of their regular family celebrations. Joe would bring the violin out and play with the grandkids or accompany me and my nephews on the piano. He chided me for not playing enough and he was right to do so. Music for Joe was a source of strength and I believe that playing his violin gave him a purpose that allowed him to live well into his tenth decade.
I will never forget chauffeuring Joe and Micki back to Sarasota on my way to visit my Mom. Jeanie tucked them into the back seat of my Lexus and Joe referred to me as "Boy." Then he asked me what I did with my chauffeur's cap. I told him that I would be sure to get one for our next trip back to Sarasota together. I am sad that I won't be able to drive Joe back to Sarasota again. Instead I will have to settle with driving the offspring to Miami, Melbourne and Tampa.

We were in Sydney, Australia, newly arrived with jet lag and walking through the Botanical Garden next to the Sydney Harbor Bridge and Opera House when Jeff sent me his email about Joe. This photo, of a prickly cactus plant surrounded by a lovely red flower symbolizes my memory of Joe. He was a beautiful man but if you did not approach him in the proper manner you might get pricked.

Gingrich Wins The South Carolina Presidential Primary

Gingrich Winning the South Carolina Presidential Primary

That a so called conservative state could vote for a representative that was found guilty in an ethics scandal while serving as speaker of the House of Respresentatives just goes to show how fickle an electorate can be. The man spent 8 years vilifying President Clinton for infidelity while engaging in the same sordid affairs with younger female associates. How can one forget how the federal government was paralyzed by the republicans in the House of Representatives while they impeached the President in the 1990's. Gingrich now boasts of how well he worked with President Clinton in keeping the prosperity of the 1990's. It amazes me how short peoples memories are.

Stuart

Stuart 

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