Melanie M. Marrapodi

I am honored and grateful to have been a friend of Melanie´s since we met at Baldwin Wallace College. We took a spur of the moment trip to Virginia Beach following graduation to celebrate, and I still smile and laugh at the memories from that trip all those years ago. We got very busy with our separate lives and didn´t see each other as often as we would´ve liked, but we stayed in touch through the years. I looked forward to our spirited discussions that we had every several months or so. We...

I will miss my cousin Melanie (aka Mama Mia by our grandfather) who for years we connected via the internet and discussed our family history in detail - all of our beloved Archacki descendants. She is just gone too soon; but I believe, at the end, all of our aunts and uncles came for her, and I am sure that brought her much peace and joy. One day, she will tell me about it.