Mary Moments!

If you haven't read my blog about my dear friend Mary, then click HERE. Read it first then you can truly enjoy and understand the rest of this blog. I was in Florida for the AAU Taekwondo Nationals, but you cannot begin your week in Florida without a visit from my dear friend Mary Scrit and her son Franco.

I went to a bunch of meetings for the AAU Taekwondo Officials on Monday and when I returned to my condo I was picked up by Franco and Mary to go out to dinner. Right from the get go, the laughing began. Mary and I have so much history, the two of us together was just hilarious. Everyone from the ladies in the parking lot to our server in the restaurant we left them with pangs in their sides from laughing.

"I'm always looking for a good time!" says Mary. "I take them in lumps!" She also says she is 21 years old. Or at least in her right foot. I took a few videos but I couldn't upload them to the blog, which would have been awesome for you! Oh well. She was cursing in Italian and cracking herself up.

I asked her if she liked her dinner. "Ohhhhhhh, veddy good!" she joked in her fake Italian accent. I asked her what her favorite part was. "I got it for nuthin!" And she cracked up! And so did I. She continued to curse in Italian, cracking herself up. Her favorite phrase of the day: Tutti-a-bull-a-shit! She repeated several times that her mother in law would say it all the time. Little does she realize, so does she.

We went back to their home for dessert where the laughing continued. She at one point said "Va Caca Shcul (sic)!" However you spell it. I laughed and said "What the hell did you say!?" She side glanced a smile and said "Ohhhhhh that's a beauty!" She then burst into that cackle high pitch laugh. "It means go sh*t in the dark!" She burst out laughing!

I continued to take videos of her and we laughed and she sent a whole bunch of messages to our relatives back in Jersey. And of course I have taped the Pastafasoul story, which is all we heard the rest of the night. But I am glad I have it archived.

Seeing Mary was such a treat. She's living with her son, Franco, and visiting them was such a highlight. Her dementia has done nothing to her wit, her humor, and the love and laughter she shared with us and all the strangers we ran into. We need more people like Mary in our lives who will only bring to us more laughter and love. Thank you to Franco and Mary for a wonderful evening! (BOWS)

Yours in service,
MASTER A TRENTO