,Hi. My name is Mirella.My uncle passed away on 5th  june 2011, at approximately 2: 10pm. He was my mother's brother.  My uncle was diagnosed with fourth stage lung cancer one year before: the doctors said that he would have only seven months left to live, also because the tumor had already spread to the liver.  Once we got to know this bad news, the world stopped turning around us and everything seemed to have no meaning. We felt so powerless, but we did not want to lose the hope. We started consulting the best oncologists: all of them told us the same thing, that thing we didn't want to hear again.  On september 2011 he began  chemo treatments whose side effects were devastating. My uncle never got married and had no children, we were his family: me, my sister and all my cousins. My mother, my aunt Nicoletta and my uncle Salvatore never, never left him alone, through the time of his desease. He was a very smart person, he loved music very much, soccer and reading: his house is still full of books.  He was reserved, shy, honest, but at the same time his being was so impenetrable. There has been such a sadness in our family after his passing, when we think of what happened we still could not believe it. Sometimes I pretend he is still with us, or I imagine him in his house, reading a newspaper or watching a soccer match.  We will never forget him, we can't, he will be part of our lives forever and the many memories we have will keep his voice, his smile, his essence everlasting. Watch over all of us zio and be happy in heaven. 

  Nel nostro cuore, sappilo, sempre nel nostro cuore...vorrei essere sicura che questi messaggi arrivino a te, Dio solo lo sa, cosa proviamo dentro il nostro animo...perchè un nemico inarrestabile ti ha portato via? Le tue sorelle sono tristi, tanto tristi per te, tutti noi lo siamo...non ti ho detto la verità sulla tua malattia perchè volevo proteggerti, volevo che tu non avessi paura, che sentissi solo il nostro calore, solo il nostro affetto. Ma tu eri talmente intelligente e profondo da avere capito che cosa c'era davanti a te, a noi. Vorrei che tu fossi felice ora, dovunque tu sia, proteggici zio- take five!