13 Candles
As I reflect on the one year Anniversary of our Son’s passing I keep coming back to the power of numbers. I have always been obsessed with numbers and number 7 (number I wore for College Football and Lacrosse) is my favorite number because it is derived from the Haudensosaunee Indians. The premise in native culture is “Decisions we make today should result in a sustainable world seven generations into the future”. The Seventh Generation Principle
Mary Jo and traveled to Ireland over Thanksgiving as we really did not want to celebrate the holiday and the holidays that are coming in the next few weeks. We traveled to Boston and then changed planes for Dublin at Logan Airport. The gate that we flew out of was 13 (Gordon’s favorite number and jersey number in High School and College when he played lacrosse). The Airport Gate color was Purple which is an integral part of Gordon’s website as it is the color of Royalty and he so enjoyed this color. Purple is also associated with Suicide Prevention.
While visiting St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin I lit the 13th candle at the votive holder and placed one of Gordon’s “Take Care of Your Crew” brackets on a prayer tree at the church.
Over the last year sometimes on a daily basis I see the number 13 whether it is a flock of geese, Gordon’s license plate number (totaled) 13 or on another occasion 13 deer in my daily walk with our dogs.
Number 2 was my High School Football number but it is December 2nd that will stick in my mind now as this is the day/number that Gordon left us.
This has been a challenging year for Mary Jo, Caitlin, Nick, Lisa (Gordon’s Fiance’) and myself. Gordon comes in and out of my mind so many times on a daily basis and while a year has passed I am not sure if I will be ever OK but I would think Gordon would want us to press on and LIVE!
As I mentioned before we have lost so many players, coaches and officials over the years.
Tyler Cross, Owen Green, Andrew Bingham, Luke Abbate, Jamie McHenry, Holden Viers, Camp Schweers, Alec Jordan, Conor, Andrew Ozwald Rahiya, Ron Mallonee, Kevin Moore, Kurt Knisely, Paul Wendlant, Danny Arturo, PJ Garcia, Parker Jackson, Will Trautwein, Carter Davis, Tom Garrett, Alex Galloway, Skip Fulton to name a few that we have known.
There is no family, friend, teammate, co-worker or individual that is immune to the sudden loss of life or a long illness by a loved one. It effects us all deeply and I heard recently that “You don’t fall out of love and you don’t fall out of grief”.
I hope everyone does their best to spread joy and love during this Holiday season and beyond and when someone pops into your head give them a call or text it means a lot to make someones day. Please help us carry on Gordon’s Legacy of “Take Care of Your Crew”.
We thank everyone for their love and support over the year and we look forward to seeing you.
In the words of my good friend John Trautwein “I Love Ya Man” - Be a Life Teammate
The Life of Gordon Corsetti - A Fathers Eulogy to His Son
Gordon Corsetti Mental Agility Website - https://mentallyagile.com/ Terrific writings by our son and brother to help you on a daily basis with your mental health
Please consider donating to Gordon’s Mental Agility Foundation so we can continue to help people with their mental health - https://everloved.com/life-of/gordon-corsetti/