Samuel C. Messina Sr.

On the anniversary of your passing. Miss you every day cous. I always think back on those good times with the family when I was kid. Hard to believe 8 yrs have gone by.

Lisa and Sammy,

I am so sorry for your loss. My heart is so heavy for you both. Sam was a wonderful man. My greatest memory of Sam is how much he loved, adored his wife and cherished his son. I also remember what a fantastic cook Sam was, I loved his sausage and peppers. Sam was passionate in everything he did. Lisa, it has been a few years now since I worked with you at Crozer. I have thought about you many .times and wondered how you all were. Words can not express how...

Hey Cous, I love you and will miss you dearly. There will not be any days for the rest of my life that go by where I don't think about you. I will always remember the holidays spent at your Dad's (Uncle Johnny) house with you and the entire family, those were the good 'ol days for me. I know you will be smiling down us. My thoughts and prayers with Lisa and Sammy.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the family in this time of need. Remember he is not gone, but rather moved on to a better place where we will all meet up again and until then Sam will be watching over and protecting his dear loved ones.

LISA AND SAMMY, WHERE DO I BEGIN! WE HAVE SO MANY MEMORIES OF ALL OF US DURING THE ROOKIE BASEBALL YEARS. COACH SAM WAS THE BEST COACH ANYBODY COULD HAVE HAD! HE GAVE DEREK HIS NICKNAME "BIG D". HE MADE US ALL LAUGH AS HE DID A CANNONBALL IN OUR POOL AND ALL THE WATER SPLASHED EVERYBODY. FROM ALL THE TIME HE SPENT MAKING THE KIDS THEIR OWN PHOTO ALBUM OF EACH SEASON TO THE RED HOT MAMAS T-SHIRTS FOR THE MOMS AGAINST THE KIDS BASEBALL GAME. WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM AS A FUN LOVING KIND...

What moves through us is a silence, a quiet sadness, a longing for one more day, one more word, one more touch, we may not understand why you left this earth so soon, or why you left before we were ready to say good-bye, but little by little, we begin to remember not just that you died, but that you lived. And that your life gave us memories too beautiful to forget.