A Sad Weekend

We were planning on heading to Rome this past weekend for a quick visit but ended up staying from Sunday to Thursday. I will try to make a very long story short: Demetrio’s brother and his wife have 2 children. Alberto (D’s brother) died in 2002. His wife, Lorella died on Sunday morning and leaves the 2 children now aged 12 and 7. Demetrio’s mom who is a saint, along with her husband Mario, have been helping to care for the children for many years; they now are going to become their legal guardians. The other set of grandparents are in their 70’s and they are the logical choice. Demetrio however is the their back-up guardian and in the upcoming months we will be working hard to get to know the children better.

I don't have much else to report as this is a very private matter within the Ceccacci, D'Ambrosi, Di Pascale and Giovannini families.