Trooper Salvatore J. Embarrato

My Dear Brother... On this Feast Day of St. Michael the Archangel...I attended the noon mass...that I had scheduled to be offered...in your memory...as this day...also would have been your "89th Birthday."

So I pray that you are having...a Very Blessed Birthday...and that you are in the company... of our other loved ones...who also have been called back home...to God.

Sal...sixty birthdays have come and gone...since your 29th...which was the last one we celebrated with you...before our world was turned upside down...by your loss to our family...on that beautiful sunny Thursday...on July 6, 1961...and even after all this time...I can still vividly remember...every moment of that day...and that shocking news...as though it was yesterday.

Our family was left then...to cope with a most heartbreaking void...by not having you present in our lives...and even now...I know...just as you were such a wonderful big brother...to Cookie and me...you would also have been...a very positive role model...as an Uncle whose wise advice...and guidance...could have benefitted your nephews and nieces...as they grew into adulthood...if only that day never happened.

Please watch over our families...and keep them safe and out of harm's way...especially during these strange times.

I sent a floral arrangement...in memory of your Birthday...to be placed... at the Troop T Memorial in Tarrytown...since that is all I can do...to honor you.

I love you...I miss you still...and I think of you each day.

God bless you...as you rest in His perpetual light.

You are not forgotten...and you are in my prayers...always.

Anita

September 29, 2020