My nieces: Dominique, my goddaughter and Barbara’s daughter; Rose, my brother Matt’s youngest; Angela, my brother Matt’s oldest; and Allyson, Vinny’s daughter. With my own daughter, Erin that makes five girls in that generation. I think of them as the leading edge.

The nephews are: Salvatore, Barbara’s son; Bernard, Matt’s son, Leo and Lorenzo, my brother Steve’s sons. That’s it for the boys. I think of them as the leading edge too.

In the newest generation, Erin has a son, Atreyu who is my heart. Dominique has a son, Michael. Rosie has two daughters and one son; Ally has Marcus. Angela has Todd.