A photographThere was always room for one moreDad insisted on cutting the cake himself. Every slice was enormous, and he somehow always found someone who needed a second helping.1999 · Added by MariaThe Rossi Family
The things we’ve kept
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Memories5 kept
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A photographThere was always room for one moreDad insisted on cutting the cake himself. Every slice was enormous, and he somehow always found someone who needed a second helping.1999 · Added by Maria
A photographThe drive westFound Dad’s photos from the drive west. Mum said they stopped every time the country changed color. He kept the camera beside him the whole way.1954 · Added by Paul
A photographBefore the doors openedDad remembered falling asleep to the sound of his parents counting the next morning’s loaves. That bakery was the center of everything.1938 · Added by Maria
A photographWhere the family story beganThe oldest photograph we have. On the back, someone wrote only ‘Napoli’. We keep it beside the letters Giovanni sent to his son.1904 · Added by Paul