Love at First Site
Posted for: RICHARD CHARLES ADAMO:
It was love at first site for me. I met Ritchie when I was about 9 or 10 years old. We 'Maggio's' traveled from Jersey to NY to be with the 'Adamo side' of the family. I didn't understand that he was my cousin and frankly, I didn't care! Love is like that. Ritchie let me, a girl, play stick ball outside with the boys. He let me go first (something my own older brother never learned), and he encouraged me to do my best. When the adults called us inside to eat, he held the door for me and allowed me to fill my plate first. I loved going to NY - to the 'Adamo side' and I especially loved Ritchie. Soon after, life changed. My dad died at the young age of 45 and we didn't go to NY anymore. But I never forgot my cousin Ritchie. He was a sweetheart. I was in Texas, while my own husband served in the Air Force during the war. It was a terrifying time. Then I got the message from home that Ritchie was killed in Vietnam. My heart stopped when I got the news. We had grown apart and I'm not even sure if he even remembered his Maggio cousin, but I never forgot him. Love is like that.

Marilyn Maggio
Posted by: Marilyn Maggio
Email: marilyne@airmail.net
Relationship: Cousin
Sunday, September 12, 1999
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