I Remember Papa

<p>I Remember Papa<br />The American Dream</p><p>My beloved papa Edward Liberati was left alone to raise five girls and one boy when my mother passed away with uremia a poisoning of the blood because the kidneys have stopped functioning properly. I am the youngest and I never knew my mother because I was barely one and a half when she died. </p><p>My papa alone through our upbringing gave us advanced university education overseas study and piano voice and dancing lessons. We all learned to speak several languages. And on I could go about how he dedicated his whole life to the six of us—all of whom along with him are in heaven except yours truly. </p><p>Sylvia Liberati Rooney-Rosencrans</p>