#Reflection 04/04/2020 #Gospel & #Gratitude To all: It's amazing how "providential" today's Gospel according to Matthew (yup the long form) is for how I feel today. (I shall post it in full below in comments because of length) Much if it mirrors what Mom must have felt or experienced during our odyssey together, yet even while at home for 2 months on hospice, she never ever stopped teaching, loving, and reassuring me (and all of us) on how to face the inevitable with dignity & with faith. She was my angelface, and is now my angel. 🙏😢 Tonight from 6-7pm EDT, my TSC PKP friend/brother Kahlil V. Gunther is doing a FB live piano concert with a special dedication to Mom near the end. Please tune in then or listen later.🎹 @kahlilgunther At sunset tonight, which is 724pm (when she passed), please say a prayer or raise a toast to her; know how eternally grateful and humbled by your caring and loving of her and of me then, now, and always. 🍷 I thank Father Doctor Garry Koch, my former Christian Brothers Academy religion teacher now pastor at St. Benedict Church and School in Holmdel, NJ, for not only sharing this today, but also coming to anoint Mom at our home, comforting Jennifer and me, and most of all, giving Mom a proper and dignified memorial service at her wake and wise words at her funeral at St Jerome's Catholic Church in West Long Branch, NJ. ✝️ @cbalincroft @garrykoch @stbensholmdel I could not ask for better people who are chosen family who have texted, called, emailed, and reached out via social media yesterday, today, and always, to reassure me that I am not alone in this world... I can only #PayItForward. ✅ May God Bless Us all, our country, our world. Please continue to watch over us all Mama. I miss our goodbye ritual: Yes, I will be careful. 😉 Yes, I ate. 🇮🇹🇺🇲 Yes, I will text you when I get there. ♥️ Love always, your favorite son, Christopher ❌⭕ 📷 from @TheMonmouthMuseum July 2019 #CollageOfHope exhibit sponsored by @cancersupporthq @rwjbarnabas_health The 🍑 different swirls behind her photo represent the uneven paths of life we took on our journey. Written on borders of 🖼️ is #MakeADifferenceAndLoveYourNeighbor (at New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-kksPcA83S/?igshid=1lmh4qnqkknv9