I just wanted to tell u about the new puppy. He's a bit of a handful but yesteday was my b-day cool huh i'm old. Ryan I have qustion do u play battleship or chess with abert einsten? cool talk later uncle pat
It is almost 4 years since you left this earth and I miss you more and more everyday. I know you have been playing with your new little sister and she will get to learn about you and your life as she gets older. I went through some of your clothes and gave them to Joey he was very excited to see all the spiderman clothes. He loves your batman shoes and spiderman backpack and hat. I still have more to go through. I kept some of your shirts you wore alot and am hoping to make a blanket out of them. Catlyn came over wearing some of your clothes she likes to wear your clothes .
So when are you going to help us welcome Sarah Ryann into this world? Daddy and I are not sure how we are going to spell Ryan for her middle name. I think she is ready and trying to break out she hurts me when she moves around. I do not think you or Alyssa were this active hopefully she will be a good baby.
Your love is still with us! / Catlyn Crespo (Cousin)Read >>
Your love is still with us! / Catlyn Crespo (Cousin)
Ryan, everyone misses you so much. Grandma Val cries all the time. You know she wanted to spend every moment with us.
Congratulations to you and you family! I have gone through that stage 3 times and I can promise you it won't happen again. :)
I hope it is a boy and I hope he is just like you were. It will give Joey someone to play with. And you were always a great cousin. You know, I gave Uncle Pat his skateboard back.
I want to get a fish and name him Ryan. And I want him to be red. Flaming Red. Maybe even some spiderman black, too!
I wish Alyssa would come play more often. She must be lonely without you. At least she will be a big sister. (well, soon anyways)
Well, got to get to my homework! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX
Your sister misses you so much as much as Daddy and I do! You are going to be a big brother again!!! Your sister is so excited, she wants a sister but will take a brother. Daddy of course wants a son. Mommy doesn't care as long as the baby is healthy. I am sure we will find out if it is a boy or girl because your sister wants your room but to keep her walk in closet. I told her that was not fair. Girls, what are we going to do with them????? I can not believe it has been 3 years since you have left us. I hope Auntie Ang is showing you everything we didn't have a chance to. I love you so much Ryan and I am so sorry you had to go through what you did. I want to give you a really big hug and kiss, I miss those!
I love you SOOOOOOO much! / Catlyn Crespo (Cousin)Read >>
I love you SOOOOOOO much! / Catlyn Crespo (Cousin)
I remember everything about you. You have made a place in my heart that will never go away. I miss you and love you so much. Guess what?! I stole Uncle Pat's skateboard! I don't think he knows. One day I will too join you up their in heaven. You know, a few days ago Bailey (my beagle), ran away from home. Shannon was sad. But, Matthew (my best friend) ran and caught him. He went past your old home! He is really fast. I had to pray that we would catch him. I love him a lot. I wish you were here still. You spread your wings a few months before my brother Joey was born. He would have liked you so much. He loves cars. And guess who he was for Halloween? SPIDERMAN! He loves the costume. Also, just this year I got a new baby sister, Lillie. She looks like Shannon when she was a baby. You always loved Shannon. I know she misses you too. I have so much to say! I sleep on my Ryan pillow every night. And so far, every sleepover I've went to I brought my pillow with me. I remember when I used to go out every day selling bracelets and coffee for the fundraiser. It was fun, but very tiring. I love you so much Ry-ry! NEVER FORGET ME!
I sit here writing to you in hopes you can read all these posts and candles. You are so missed and so loved Ryan! I can not believe this is the 4th Christmas without you. As the song goes. "what would you be like today" 3 years older. I can not believe I have a son in heaven and for the holidays we decorate your grave.
I love you and miss you so much! Merry Christmas Ryan, I hope you and Auntie are celebrating and having fun! Give her a big hug and kiss from us.
Hi Cutie, thinking of you, grandma and auntie angela. Thanks for the sign, I know you welcomed grandma with open arms. Part of our family is in heaven looking after all of us, I guess we have The Lamantia Angels, are you riding harley's? Keep watching after your sister, she misses you so much. We all do and Auntie Angela. Bella and vinny need their mommy. I hope one day she will give Bella a sign. Love you and tell grandma I said go easy on the candy bars and those kisses you are getting are from me and daddy.
Your cousin vinny ( I like saying that) called me a penis head the other day. I started the name calling when we went to florida and he has come up with some pretty interesting names. I have to tone him down a bit and uncle scott said if he gets in trouble at school the teacher is calling me. He had your spiderman mask on all day Sunday and took it home with him, I am not sure if he has taken it off yet. We miss you doing all those things!
Love you,
Mommy
Mary Josephine Lamantia, nee Guffrea, 90. Beloved wife of the late Tony for 40 wonderful years; loving mother of Anthony A. (Patricia) Lamantia and Rosemarie A. (Peter) Stojanovich; fond grandmother of Scott (the late Angela) and Todd (Mary)
Lamantia; great-grandmother of Isabella, Alyssa, Vincent and the Late Ryan; dear sister of Joseph (the Late Mae) Guffrea and Mary was preceded in death by eight brothers and sisters; sister-in-law of Anna Grossi and Antionette Pisano; fond aunt of many. Funeral Wednesday, 9 a.m. from Cumberland Chapels, 8300 W. Lawrence Ave., Norridge, IL to St. Celestine Church. Mass 10 a.m. Interment Queen of Heaven Cemetery. Visitation Tuesday, from 3 p.m. until 9 p.m. Info 708-456-8300.
Another Lamantia joins you in heaven / Mommy Read >>
Another Lamantia joins you in heaven / Mommy
Ryan,
1st Auntie Angela and now your great grandma, you have loved ones with you in heaven, which in a way makes it a tiny bit easier. Give Grandma a big hug and kiss from us, we were a few hours late to tell her goodbye and we loved her.
We love you so much! Your cousin Vinny woke up last night and said Auntie Mary I want to sleep in Ry-Ry's room. He loves to play and be in your room, which makes me so happy. I am glad I never changed your room, I just gave your big bed to your sister. She loves it! You are thought about on a daily basis, everything around us reminds us of you. Everynight before bed daddy kisses your picture and says goodnight bubba. Your sister and I blow you a kiss and say good night ry-ry we love you!
Tonight 3 years ago, I sat next to you all day long and held your hand. At 9pm I got up and went to the computer to check on some other children. Daddy called me and said you had a really high fever, I came over and we held you tight and told you we loved you. I told you, you could throw coins all over the house to let us know you are here ( I find them all the time, thanks). I begged for a miracle and then I begged to make sure you were in no pain. Since I didn't get my miracle I really do hope you suffered no pain. You came into this world with a fight and you left with a bigger fight! I know you didn't want to leave and I know you were not happy when you did. At 12:40 pm we thought you took your last breathe. Then you scared me when you took 2 more deep breaths. I jumped each time. Everyone got to hold you before they took you from your home. Your cousins and sister were here with us. Ryan it just kills me to know others have to suffer the pain you went through.
What happened to the angel at the top of the page, it has been there for 3 years and now it just disappeared! Auntie Cathy had her baby, a little girl named Lily. 2 cousins you never got to meet.
Is Auntie Angela showing you around? I hope she takes you to a Cubs game, like daddy always wanted to do. We love you and miss you more than anything in this whole world! We are sending up really big hugs, kisses and balloons to you, I hope you get them all!
3 years ago you were on the couch sleeping alot but were here with us. I was able to hold you, kiss you, hug you and see your handsome face. Oh, how I miss that so much. It hurts not being able to see you and see what you would be doing today. Would you be in complete remission? Would you be playing baseball? One thing I do know if you were here, is you would be helping other children. Your sister misses you so much, she is playing soccer and her jersey is #9. She said she picked that number because you would be 9 years old. Bella had her 8th birthday party yesterday and she went with the Supergirl theme. She was not able to get the supergirl emblem on the cake so she said she wanted superheros because of you! I got really choked up and tried not to cry. Great Grandma turned 90 today. She looks really good. We love you and miss you so much Big Guy!
We missed you so much in florida this past week! Daddy and I kept saying the "remember when's" about you. We also went to Give Kids the World Village and saw your star on the ceiling. We took pictures of it. I cried alot when we were there, so many great memories. Universal Studios was a lot of fun, we saw spiderman and went on the ride again. It will never be the same without you! Your sister had a great time, she really enjoyed the parade and having the characters wave and blow kisses to her! She enjoys all the scary rides and loves do what you did. Vinny and Bella had a great time too. A new Disney scrapbook will be made to remember all the things you loved to do and how we are still doing them in your memory! Love you so much kiddo.
Daddy's cousin Colleen, she has a son Brendan, you played with him at Uncle Scott's house. Well they did a walk in your memory for the make a wish foundation. They wore Red Sweatshirts and your wristbands. How sweet was that!! We miss you so much. Bella made her 1st communion yesterday and I thought about you making yours. Bella is sad her Mommy was not there to share in that special moment. She looked so beautiful, she looked like a little bride. I hope Auntie Ang is showing you alot of places you didn't get to see with us. I hope the both of you will be with us at Disneyworld in June. We love you and miss you so much. I just had the courage to go into your room and start giving your clothes out. Don't worry, Vinny has them and Uncle Scott really likes all of your clothes.
Yesterday, I rode my skateboard, for the first time. It's like surfing. well everybody pretty mean here so your not missing much dude. haley saids hi. well it's sad that your not here, I always had planned on us lean to skate together, fall down to get hugs for the ladies, dude! i've been trying, not as hard as i could i guess. mean chicks are mad at me for not hitting on , or doing it to much, can't win.
Well, don't think you mom doesn't miss you, she does, we all do. grampa cries some times, same with grandma, I hear them it feel bad to hear them cry, but i think it good for them, i don't cry about you anymoreI your in heaven i dobelive that surf forgot skateboardiong.
I know you gave Auntie Ang a big welcome! / Mommy Read >>
I know you gave Auntie Ang a big welcome! / Mommy
Ryan,
I know you showed Auntie Angela all around heaven. I bet you gave her the grand tour and told her many stories. I now know you will be well taken care of. I am sure she gave you a big hug and kiss and told you we love and miss you so much! I hope you both will be there today and tomorrow and give Uncle Scott strength to get through this. He is holding on really strong, but could always use a little extra support. Please let her know that we will take good care of Uncle Scott, Bella and Vinny. We love you both and miss you like crazy. Look forward to seeing what kind of sign you will give us.
Your sister lost her first tooth. She is so excited, but wishes you were here to see it. She is getting so big Ryan. You would be proud of her lately. Sleeping in her own bed, she is so independent.
love you / Grandma Val
Everyday I ask, why my baby, why and how did this happen? I miss you so. I hope you know I would have changed places with you in a flash if only I could have. Everyday with out seeing you is hard, everyday with out hearing your voice is hard on all of us. I see toys I want to buy for you and know I can"t and it hurts. I see your face in every child I see and miss you so. I try and tell myself you are in my heart and all I want to do is hold you. I know you know I loved you sooo, and I know you loved me. Missing you grandma val. Close
love you / Grandma Val
Everyday I ask, why my baby, why and how did this happen? I miss you so. I hope you know I would have changed places with you in a flash if only I could have. Everyday with out seeing you is hard, everyday with out hearing your voice is hard on all of us. I see toys I want to buy for you and know I can"t and it hurts. I see your face in every child I see and miss you so. I try and tell myself you are in my heart and all I want to do is hold you. I know you know I loved you sooo, and I know you loved me. Missing you grandma val. Close
There is another boy named Ryan fighting a brain tumor and they found out today with only one treatment his returned cancer is gone!!!!!! WOW, I only wish you had that option. I love you so much and I really do hope this is the breakthrough we wanted years ago. Love you so much.
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