Manette Cucchiara-Derosa
When I was about five, my loving Great Aunt Anna and Uncle Carl, took me to a summer bungalow they rented in Rocky Point, Long Island, for a week's visit. I had the most wonderful time of my life, and always thought I spent the entire summer there with them. I live one town over from Rocky Point now.
Aunt Anna pierced my ears in her kitchen with ice cubes and a needle (!!!) and she is and always will be my most beloved Aunt. When my mom (Anna, but Annie to everyone else) passed in March 2013, my aunt was heartbroken. Now in heaven, reunited with my great uncle, the Masi-born clan are all reunited with their spouses and I can only imagine the "good-times" going on. Aunt Anna, you will be missed here - till we meet again. You are on my heart. Your great niece, Manette