Birth date: Aug 15, 1947 Death date: Jul 1, 2014
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My heartfelt condolences to the family during this time of sorrow. (1Corinthains 15:26). May Gods word give you comfort and hope during this difficult time. Jesus promised us that soon we will see our loved ones whom we have lost to death (John 5:28,29).
The Passing of a Sweet Soul
On the passing of my Cousin Barbara
Barbara Ann Randino August 15, 1947 - July 1, 2014
Today, the most important thing for us to remember is that we are all souls occupying this existence together. We are not merely human beings passing through a spiritual existence, we are spiritual beings passing through a brief human existence.
Yes, we are all souls together and Barbara Randino is one of them and now her's has moved on to a higher place, a better place, a place we don't know and cannot yet understand....but Barbara understands now and her suffering and pain are over.
Barbara Randino was a beautiful lady inside and out. She could see the souls of people and she even saw the spirits in animals. I believe that she saw the innocence in them and that's the common bond she held with them. Innocence.
She was a very sweet, kind, and uncomplicated lady. She had a simple elegance, a kind of Audrey Hepburn charm. Her mind wasn't full of discord or motive and I can not ever remember a time, even when things were tough, when I didn't see Barbara without a smile on her face and a kind word on her lips....and I know, that toward the end, her patience was tested. Through all the hardship and pain, both from within and from without, she maintained that simple uncomplicated smile.....and she was courageous.
We were all together a couple of months ago at my Sister Jennifer and Scott's home. She was happy and it was wonderful to see her and through all the years that I had not seen her and that I had missed, she still had that smile....and that's how I want to remember her.
Through the passing of years, the world put itself in a hurry and made itself extraordinarily complicated. Barbara came from a simpler time. Because I'm a voice from the past, only recently coming back into the fold of the family, I have a very unique perspective on that simpler time and the people who inhabited it...A couple of distant memories of Tony and Barbara from a child coming through adolescence and growing into manhood that will make you smile....and I think that's what Barbara would want us all to do now....to smile....and to be of good cheer.
When I was 9 years old, I would go down to my aunt Mary and Uncle Joe's house, it was only three houses down in the neighborhood. I remember Tony's bedroom, it was this fascinating "museum". There was all kinds of neat stuff in there. Colognes on the dresser. Strange knick knacks. Fraternity stuff on the walls. There was a paddle with a Delta Tau fraternity logo in red and silver glitter. There were books and surfing stuff and sports stuff and some dumbells on the floor...This was where a young man lived.
One evening, Tony was going to some fraternity costume party, and my mother, my sister, and I went to Aunt Mary's to see Tony in his costume....And there was Tony with this beautiful blonde woman namedBarbara...whom I had never seen before....and they were both dressed like cave people wearing furs and fur hats with horns sticking out of them. Tony was in this animal skin bathing suit thing and he was carrying a club and Barbara was in this animal skin bikini thing. This was around the time when the movie "1,000,000 BC" with Raquel Welch had been released...Well call central casting.....WOW!....Who was this lady?....And I remember asking my mother a very curious question after they had left for the party; I asked her, "Is Tony going to marry this girl?"....I was 9....It's funny how innocence allows you to see things as they really are....I never met Barbara before that night, but I just knew, you could see it. This lady was special and when I saw Barbara and Tony together, well, there was chemistry and sparks were flying.
In subsequent months after that first meeting, I began to notice things in that young man's bedroom that had begun to change. I started seeing these little drawings and pieces of art on the dresser that said "Tony and Babs" on them and it wasn't too much longe
Deepest condolences. With love.
I miss you Tia, I love you and thank you for everything. God Bless.
