Terrance was a very kind person with a beautiful soul. He was a one of a kind of a person! He had the most beautiful smile I’ve ever seen. He loved laughing and playing jokes! He would laugh so hard. He had laughs from the belly. He is missed and loved so much! I love you Terrance–one day I will see that beautiful smile again when we meet at Heaven’s Gate.

Everything reminds me of him. Food,music,sports and our kids. We will always talk about Durrel–it’s our favorite story.

I decided to go to college at the age of 26 and was accepted to Keene State College. Mom and I drove up to Keene from Connecticut to look for an apartment. We stayed in a hotel in town and I remember her finding me sleeping in the bathtub in the middle of the night and she started laughing and laughing and asked me why I was there. I told her she snored so loud I couldn’t sleep. We both erupted in laughter. We always told that story to others over the years.

Today, March 25, 2020 was the last day I would see Mike alive. He went into the hospital and never came home. Even after three years I still can’t comprehend how this happened.

Warnings about the dangers of Covid leading to massive deaths were purposefully delayed in our country due to political reasons in February and March 2020. How could they wait that long to warn us, especially since many super spreaders of Covid were asymptomatic?

My brother Johnny entered short term rehab in a nursing home in early March of 2020. If I had known what was covered up I would have transferred him home. He was a real helper and protector. I remember all that he did to help our grandparents when they lived with us and their health was failing. He was a huge helper for our father and mother with all their medical issues. I always helped my brother but his facility was closed to visitors shortly after he arrived in rehab. Where were the helpers and protectors for Johnny and all the others? Some were there but it was too late. We needed more helpers and protectors proactively. This is very sad and tragic for so many, knowing that it did not have to be this way.