Trooper Salvatore J. Embarrato

Dear Brother...I called the Tarrytown Florist on Monday...to order a 90th Birthday floral arrangement...in your memory...to be delivered and placed at the Van Wart Ave Station...Troop T Memorial...on this Wednesday, Sept. 29...the Feast day of the Archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael...which is also the day of your birth.

Our parish church of St. Michael is celebrating a mass tonight...in honor of Archangel Michael’s Feast Day. As he is the patron saint of police officers...I will be in attendance...offering my prayers and personal intentions for you.

I felt the need to apologize to the man taking the flower order... because I was getting myself sad...just thinking of how much of your lifetime was taken from you...and I was getting so choked up...that I was barely able to get out the words...that I wanted written on the acknowledgement card. I started to explain the circumstances of your loss...and he was quite understanding...and said "no amount of time ever heals...so no need for an apology."

After all these years you would think the thoughts of your loss to me...would by now...be such a routine part of that “new normal” we were made to bear...from what began over 60 years ago...on that July 6, 1961 day...but it’s not.

I guess it’s like Dad always said...when you love deeply...you hurt and grieve...just as deeply.

Losing you was a great loss to our family...so untimely and so unexpected...and now coupled with the loss of my own son...I know too well...what both Mom and Dad felt...in losing their so very loved son.

As your younger sisters...Cookie and I were also devastated...by the loss of our wonderful big brother. You were a truly loving, caring, and most amazing role model...for us to have...and you did just the right amount of "brother teasing"...and it was always in fun.

I know your presence in the lives of your nieces and nephews...if only you weren’t doing that good deed for another...would have been a great blessing to them too. Sal, you were always...the very best of us.

Know that you remain in my thoughts, in my heart, and in my prayers always.

God bless you...as I pray that you are at peace...and in the company of our other loved ones...until we all can be together again.

Please keep watching over Cookie and your nieces and nephews...as well as your leo brothers.

Love you so...and I cherish my memories of you.

You are...even now...still very missed...as I wish you A Very Blessed “Milestone” Birthday.

You are not forgotten!

Anita

September 29, 2021