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This past week has left me profoundly sad, hurt, confused, shocked and angry - a whole host of different emotions all at once. To a point where I want to step away and focus on more important things over the next month: my family and my faith. I had planned on possibly fasting from Social Media anyway for the month before this past week even happened, but now I feel compelled to do so more than ever. . I’ll be unplugging from all of a Social Media for the next few weeks. There’s a lot to reflect on from this last week and I hope I can come back and share those reflections with all of you when my heart is ready. . #unplugged #✌️

On one of the most sorrowful and shocking weeks our family has endured, it was the most bittersweet & beautiful end. My brother and his wife, Danielle welcomed a beautiful baby girl, Lena Rae DiSarno 💕, on the very same day we laid our beautiful Aunt Rae to rest. What a blessing this baby girl is and will continue to be to our family. Congratulations, Greg & Danielle! Thank you for bringing this angel into our lives and for honoring Aunt Rae in her name 💕! . Aunt Rae “Ra Ra” was a constant in my and my siblings lives, an extension of our Mom. Not having her own, we were her children. Nothing has happened in my life that she wasn’t a part of and she always made us feel incredibly loved, important, and special. Losing her this week was sudden and tragic and still, honestly, quite unbelievable. We are confused, shocked and still trying to wrap our minds around it, but mourning the loss of life way too soon while welcoming a new life on the very same day truly gives us a glimpse of the fragility and preciousness of life. As hard as the sorrow is, it makes moments like this that much more beautiful and miraculous. We’d never appreciate the light without the darkness. Here’s to you, Aunt Rae, the one who ALWAYS saw the beauty and preciousness of life around you, and the one who always saw it in all of us, and the one who most definitely would have loved Lena Rae the same way you loved us: with all your heart ❤️ . #family #love #hope #life #tearsofjoy #tearsofsadness . @gregdis11 @danjoydis @surprisedbyjoyphoto @veenads

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