Love My Mommy

The Aucoin Family & Friends Respond

The Aucoins, Barracloughs and Roches are Hungry For Life!

Jack Robert Roche is Hungry For Life!

Jen and Tom are Hungry For Life!

The Roche Family is Hungry For Life!

Neil, Bobby, Timmy and PJ are Hungry for Life!

Dennis & Jeannie

The Sasso Family Responds

Jay and Janel are Hungry For Life!

My Uncle Dennis was a huge inspiration to me. He was the most charming person I have ever met. He could light up a room. He had an amazing sense of humor and a great personality.
Many people miss him, but in my heart he isn't gone. This isn't a goodbye, it's just a farewell. I hope some day I can meet him again. He will never be forgotten and will always be remembered with me. He truly was a hero.
-Janel

Breakdancing

Here are a couple pictures from back in the day. I know you would rather remain nameless but there was a Little Roc (Dennis), Jazzy J (Jimmy), Snap (Noel), Body Rock (Steven), Double D (David)-- and don't forget that Chain Reaction (Billy).

The Mackays Respond

Alexis is Hungry For Life!

Rich Kids

The Dragonfly Story

Down below the surface of a quiet pond lived a little colony of water bugs. They were a happy colony, living far away from the sun. For many months they were very busy, scurrying over the soft mud on the bottom of the pond. They did notice that every once in awhile one of their colony seemed to lose interest in going about. Clinging to the stem of a pond lily it gradually moved out of sight and was seen no more. "Look!", said one of the water bugs to another. "One of our colony is climbing up the lily stalk. Where do you think she is going?". Up, up, up it slowly went....even as they watched, the water bug disappeared from sight. Its friends waited and waited but it didn't return..."That's funny!", said one water bug to another. "Wasn't she happy here?", asked a second..."Where do you suppose she went?", wondered a third. No one had an answer. They were greatly puzzled. Finally one of the water bugs, a leader in the colony, gathered its friends together. "I have an idea. The next one of us who climbs up the lily stalk must promise to come back and tell us where he or she went and why." "We promise", they said solemnly.
One spring day, not long after, the very water bug who had suggested the plan found himself climbing up the lily stalk. Up, up, up, he went. Before he knew what was happening, he had broken through the surface of the water and fallen onto the broad, green lily pad above. When he awoke, he looked about with surprise. He couldn't believe what he saw. A startling change had come to his old body. His movement revealed four silver wings and a long tail. Even as he struggled, he felt an impulse to move his wings...the warmth of the sun soon dried the moisture from the new body. He moved his wings again and suddenly found himself up above the water. He had become a dragonfly! Swooping and dipping in great curves, he flew through the air. He felt exhilarated in the new atmosphere. By and by the new dragonfly lighted happily on a lily pad to rest. Then, it was that he chanced to look below to the bottom of the pond. Why, he was right above his old friends, the water bugs! There they were scurrying around, just as he had been doing some time before. The dragonfly remembered the promise: the next one of us who climbs up the lily stalk will come back and tell where he or she went and why. Without thinking, the dragonfly darted down. Suddenly he hit the surface of the water and bounced away. Now that he was a dragonfly, he could no longer go into the water..."I can't return!", he said in dismay. "At least I tried, but I can't keep my promise and even if I could go back, not one of the water bugs would know me in my new body. I guess I'll just have to wait until they become dragonflies too. Then they'll understand what has happened to me, and where I went."
And the dragonfly winged off happily into its wonderful new world of sun and air.....


Thank you God, for the story of the water bugs and the dragonflies.
Thank you Erin Lyle for introducing me to such a wonderful, heartwarming story.

Uncle Bob & The Great Wall of Hope

Most of you have seen the pictures of Dennis' Great Wall of Hope. It was an unbelievable tribute to my brother. What some of you don't know however, is that it was the second Great Wall of Hope in existence. The first was made to honor Uncle Bob. Our Uncle Bob had a tumor in his brain. At first it was removed and he underwent chemo and radiation treatments. He improved for about a year but the tumor came back and it was inoperable. He passed away on March 1, 2000.
The original Great Wall of Hope was my Auntie Paula's creation and it gave Bob the will to fight-- but mostly it just made him happy. Happy to see just how many people loved and cared about him, how many lives he touched, and how many memories he helped to make. He died knowing he was loved by so many people.
When Dennis was in the hospital, he wrote a note to my Auntie Paula and said that he was envious of Uncle Bob's Wall of Hope. Immediately after that day, Dennis' was created.
Uncle Bob was always close to Dennis and Jimmy. They always thought of him not only as an Uncle but also a friend. We will always miss Dennis and our Uncle Bob. They are two very special men.

Uncle Bob is on the bottom left in the photo below, which was taken on a paintballing trip with Dennis and Jimmy.

Dennis signing Uncle Bob's Great Wall of Hope.