FIRST OFF LET ME BEGIN BY SAYING THAT IM VERY IMPRESSED WITH THIS MEMORIAL FOR YOUR DAD, IM SORRY IT IS FOR THIS VERY SAD TIME IN YOUR LIFE N THAT FOR ONE YOU ARE NOT ALONE, I KNOW YOU KNOW THAT N THAT HE WILL BE MISSED VERY MUCH. BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN. SO MY STORY IS THAT YES, HE WAS AS CLOSE TO ME AS THE BROTHER I NEVER HAD, WE GREW UP BASICALLY WITH THE SAME 4 PARENTS N THE SAME GRANDMA, AUNT UNCLES A BROTHER A SISTER, ALL PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.VERY CLOSE, AT TIMES TO CLOSE THINGS WE KNEW ABOUT ONE ANOTHER THAT MAYBE WE DIDNT WANT ONE ANOTHER TO KNOW BUT WE KIND OF HAD NO CHOICE, WE WERE JUST THERE WITH EACH OTHER ALL THE TIME. WE USETO LISTEN TO OUR PARENTS ARGUE, LAUGH, CRY, BUT NO MATTER WHAT WE ALWAYS WERE THERE FOR ONE ANOTHER N TRIED TO ALWAYS KEEP IT TOGETHER. MY STORY MY THERE IS NOT JUST ONE OR TWO THERE R A LIFETIME OF THEM, IT DOESNT END HERE JUST BECAUSE TOMMY HAS GONE BEFORE US, THERE R STILL HIS MOTHER HIS BROTHER HIS CHILDREN HIS GRANDCHILDREN, HIS COUSINS AUNTS UNCLES N FREIENDS, N NO MATTER WHAT HIS WIFE. OK, WHEN I WAS JUST 13 ALL OF HIS FRIENDS USETO COME TO OUR HOUSE ON 8TH AVENUE , HE N MY SISTER DEBBIE HAD MANY FRIENDS, ALL DIFFERENT TYPES BUT ALL VERY CLOSE TO ONE ANOTHER, THEY HUNG OUT ON A CORNER OF 66TH STREET N 12TH AVENUE, IN BROOKLYN. THEY SEMED CRAZY BUT THEY WERE HAPPY N ALWAYS DOING SOMETHING N ALWAYS HANGING OUT JUST TO BE TOGETHER, WELL ONE SATURDAY THEY CAME TO PICK UP TOMMY N DEBBIE N THEY WERE JUST ABOUT TO PULL AWAY N I CAME RIDING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY ON MY 10 SPEED, WHEN HE LOOKED UP AT ME N NOTICED I HAD ON OF HIS FAVORITE TERRY CLOTH SHIRTS WITH A ZIPPPER DOWN THE MIDDLE HE SAID TO HIS FRIEND,"WAIT, MEL IS THAT MY SHIRT? I REPLIED,"I DONT KNOW IS IT? I TOOK OFF ON MY BIKE N HE WAS SO ANGRY, HE NEVER CAUGHT ME BUT THE NEXT DAY I GAVE IT BACK TO HIM HE SAID"I CAN NEVER WEAR TAHT AGAIN IT WILL NEVER FIT ME THE SAME WAY, KEEP IT IT YOURS. THERE R SO MANY STORIES,HE USETO WEAR A SHEET OVER HIS BODY A WALK AROUNG LIKE A GHOST HE USETO TELL ME N MICHAEL HE WAS MR.MOONY, I WASNT SCARED BUT HIS BROTHER WAS, HIS DAD WOULD YELL AT HIM BUT HE'D DO IT EVERY CHANCE HE GOT. HE WAS UNIQUE, N YES VERY SMART. ID HAVE PROBELEMS WITH MY HOME WORK N ID HAVETO DO HIM FAVORS FOR HIM TO HELP ME,OR TRADE SOME OF OUR FAVORITE THINGS,(: I KNOW TOMMY U R WITH US N I KNOW YUR IN A BETTER PLACE, YUR WITH ALL THE PROS, N YUR GRANDMA MAMUTS......IT IS SAD THAT U R MISSED SO MUCH BUT ALL I CAN ADD IS THAT YUR LEGACY WILL LIVE ON. SORRY I NEVER SPOKE TO U MORE OFTEN, BUT U NEVER ANSWERED THE PHONE. I WAS THERE FOR LOTS OF THINGS GOOD N BAD FUUNY N SAD, BUT WE KNEW WE LOVED EACH OTHER ALWAYS N WE COME FROM A GOOD FAMILY,MUCH LOVE,N RESPECT, AS WE GOT OLDER YEAH, THINGS CHANGED BUT SO DOES TIME, FOR SOME REASON NOTHING STAYS THE SAME WE ALL LEARN THAT ITS A PART OF LIFE. TO JESSICA, U HAVE A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY N KEEP IT TOGETHER WITH PLENTY OF LOVE N RESPECT N DO AS I DO WITH M DAD I WISH HE WAS HERE EVERY DAY, WHILE I DRIVE TO WORK EVERY MORNING I PRTEND HES BESIDE ME BEING THAT BACK SEA DRIVER HE ALWAYS WAS, N I LISTEN FOR HIS VOICE N HOW TO PASS THOSE TRUCKS NEVER RIDE BESIDE THEM OR STAY NEAR THERE REAR TIRES, SOUNDS CRAZY, BUT ITS JUST HOW I GET THRU....LIFE...YES ONE DAY YU'LL BE BACK TOGETHER NOT NOW ITS YUR LIFE U NEED TO LIVE N AS U SAID ONE DOOR CLOSES, N ANOTHER ONE OPENS...SO WHEN IT DOES YU'LL KNOW N DAD WILL ALWAYS B BESISE U, DNT FORGET YUR MOM, SHES STILL HERE, NOW MAYBE ITS BONDINDG TIME FOR U N HER. LOVE TO U N YUR FAMILY KISS YUR KIDS N YUR HUSBAND EVERY DAY N COUNT THOSE BLESSINGS. I HOPE U ALL DIDNT GET BORED WITH MY LONG STORY, BUT I CAN SIT N REMINIS ALL NIGHT LONG. I HAVE MANY A STORY..(: I DNT KNOW HOW TO ADD MUSIC BUT IF I COULD I WOULD PICK THOSE LIL PIGGIES, BY THE BEATLES.