Joanne Kambakakis

Aunt Jo, my favorite phone friend, every single morning we lived for the phone calls. I miss you so much Aunt Jo. I miss hearing your voice. I miss talking to you about all the things we talked about. You had such a calming effect. Its all lost now. Nothing can ever be the same here on Earth. The other day John called Chris the Aunt Joanne of the family. Hes the one most like you. I thought that was a fitting comparison.I have been thinking about you alot these past few days. I try not to...

mommy i miss you so much not a day goes by that i dont think about you ... im sure you helped in creating your new beautiful grandson whoo brings us so much joy and i pray that you will continue watching over our family as im sure youve been doing i love you so much and i wish you could be here with me and everyone else.. its been so hard without you here.. its been so long that youve been gone already ..but i still feel you here with me and i know youve been helping me through rough times i...

Aunt Jo, Its been so long since I have written to you here. Im sorry, but its really true when they say that life goes on. I have been dreaming about you a lot in the past 3 weeks, and I wonder if you were coming to me in my dreams to brace me what was about to come. I also was dreaming of my Aunt RoseMarie, My father, and Aunt Loretta. Did you all get together up there to soften the blow, or to maybe give me a heads up that someone was going to leave us and come to you? I never, in a million...

Aunt Jo,
It seems like I am the only one left to write to you here. I know that life goes on, and that everyone is adjusting to a new life without you in it, but for me, it hasnt gotten any easier. I have picked up the phone so many times to call you. On a few occasions I even did call, but I knew that you wouldnt answer. I have been thinking alot about you. I cannot believe that it is almost a year already that you are gone. wow! I just want to say that I still miss you and I think about...

Aunt Jo, Here it is already July 21st. Next week Sally and John go for the transplant surgery. I know you know all of this already and I know that you are on the other side watching over them and making sure that everything goes well. I miss you. I wish you were here. It hasnt gotten any easier. I still havent gone to the cemetary to see your picture on your headstone. I just can't bring myself to go there. I am going to take a ride to the Alba house though to light a candle. The last time we...

I miss you Jones! Today, AGAIN, I picked up the phone to call you. I cannot get it in my head. From where you are, I need you to lift this heavy load from my shoulders. You know what the need is. Please help me Aunt Jo. Guide me towards what is right and what I am supposed to do. I miss talking to you so much. You always had the right words. Why did this have to happen now? We never thought you were going to die. I know that at the end, you were tired and you had to go. I see it all so...

Aunt Jo, Can you see us from where you are? You aren't here anymore to hold everything together the way it should be, to set straight what is right and what is wrong. You tried your best while you were here, but now it's all changed. We have tried to pick up the pieces the way you would have wanted it to be, but it's not working. What was once is no longer. It is so sad to see that after you died, life has gone on. Life sucks. Can you see us from where you are? I think you can because I keep...

Happy Mothers Day in Heaven! Aunt Jo,I still feel like I need to wake up from this terrible dream. It's almost like fading in and out of conciousness, not believeing that you are gone, and than facing reality that you really are gone, and than going back to not believing that you really ARE gone. It's a strange feeling that I have never experienced before. I don't think I have lost anyone so close to me since losing you. You were my strength. I could call you anytime of anyday and you were...

Today is March 20th. I turned 47 years old today. This is my first birthday without hearing my Aunt call me and tell me "Happy Birthday Anna". I can hear her in my mind. I can feel her presence near me, especially in these past few weeks. I have been dreaming about her alot and I feel like she is trying to let me know that she didnt forget me. I miss her so much. I still can't believe that she is gone. It's like a bad dream that I am still trying to wake up from. She was such a great person....