Aye, aye, aye!!!!

Aye, aye, aye!!! John you’d be shaking your head at me if you could see this massive waste of ingredients today!!! Especially since I used butter 🧈 NOT MARGARINE!!!! Sorry John, one less cookie type for your funeral!!!!
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I’m pretty much amaaaaaaZing in the kitchen, UNTIL IM NOT!!!! Pretty much UNTIL I HAVE A MARY MOMENT!!! Bahahahahaaa liiiiiiike when I’m burning the kitchen down!!! 

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Today wasn’t that bad, I juuuuuuuuust didn’t see the 2 in front of the 1/4 and I accidentally made the Mexican wedding cookies with only 1/4 of a cup of flour in instead of 2 and 1/4 a cup of flour!!!! Oooooops!!!! 

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My sister said sooooo there is such a thing as TOO MUCH BUTTER!!! I said noooooo, there’s not!!! There’s only a thing as NOT ENOUGH FLOUR!!!! 

Mr. fix it!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Funeral arrangements….

Everyone is welcome to celebrate the life of my little brother!!!

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 I can’t believe you’re gone John, I still remember when mom told us she was having a baby!!! I still remember holding my baby brother, feeding you in your high chair, getting in trouble for us making a huge mess in the bathroom splashing all the bathtub bubbles, all those nights we spent together in the hospital when you were 16, chaperoning you on your first date with Lizzy, your wedding 💒 day, knowing you were someone else’s now, then you were a daddy and it seems like you were just asking me how I fry my tacos, annoying me an sitting on my lap and then I blinked and you were just gone… my little baby brother is gone with Jesus!!! I remember my life before you were here, buuuuuuut I never imagined my life without you once you came a long!!! It breaks my heart, yet I know you’ve accomplished what we are living to obtain!!!

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Still I will trust him, still I will follow, still I will listen to his every calling!!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Thank you Jesus!!!

I just want to thank God because I am FINALLY GETTING BETTER!!! I have been sick for so looooooong and then last Sunday my throat was starting to hurt like really bad and I was liiiiiiiike  I CAN NOT GET STREP OR SOMETHING RIGHT NOW!!!! So I went up and got prayed for at church ⛪️ and I asked some friends to pray and the next thing I knew on Monday my throat was completely better and I have been completely on the mend ❤️‍🩹 FINALLY!!! So when you hesitate to get prayed for cuz you think it’s just a dumb cold JUST GET PRAYED FOR CUZ GOD HEAL DUMB COLDS!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Surprise, SURPRISE!!!

Guess what you guys???? Last night when I got to church ⛪️ THEY counted and then they YELLED SURPRISE when I walked in!!!

Sooooooo I got to the church ⛪️ about 15 minutes early and was wondering WHY everyone was there!!! Cuz I get to church early all the time but it’s normally like two other cars might be there but I was like whateverrrrrr… I guess everyone wanted to be like me tonight…. Bahahahahaaa 

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Soooooo I’m just messing around in my car, reading texts, etc… and I finally go in!!!! And everyone is standing there smiling when I walked I was liiiiiiike HUH???? 

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And then they did the count down and yelled surprise!!! I was liiiiiike WOWWWWWW!!!! I think I may ACTUALLY have been speechless!!!!!

My sister said while they were waiting for me to come in, everyone was like what is taking her so long???? And my pastor was liiiiiike, she just got to church you guys, she’s gotta take a SELFIE!!!! Ahahahahahahaaaa!!! 

I definitely got in a lot of selfies last night!!!

Pastor wife of the year… EVERY YEAR!!!

I definitely got lotsa selfies with EVERYONE!!!

Me and the big sista!!!

Lola Bella actually came on a FRIDAY FOR ME!!!

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Guess WHO ACTUALLY KEPT THIS PARTY A SURPRISE??? He asked me if I was proud of him and when I said yes he asked me if I wanted to get him something for keeping it a secret???

Selfie with Sister Ev!!!

Thank you Landmark for loving me, Maryness and all!!! 

I can’t imagine NOT being and LPC GIRL!!! 💕 

♥Mary Frances :)

The ONE TIME he felt bad…

The main thing John and I liked to do together was COOK, buuuuuuuuuut more than just cook together we liked to compete with each other on WHO WAS THE BETTER COOK!!! Which we ALL KNOW WAS ME!!!  Well that’s what both of us said about ourselves!!! Lol

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The two of us had absolutely 💯 NO PROBLEM COMPLETELY GLOATING in each other’s faces when someone complimented us on our own food!!!!

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Buuuuuuuuuuut there was ONE TIME, I was trying really hard to impress a certain guy with my dessert, I can’t remember if it was at church or a family get together and I actually can’t even remember what dessert I made, I just know that…

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MY BROTHER MADE A CHEESECAKE and I, Mary Frances Ginty, can NOT MAKE CHEESECAKE, well not very good anyway, and that is THE ONE THING I will give John that he made better than me, his cheesecake really was THE BEST!!! (My red gravy pasta sauce though…IS BETTER!!! I will NOT GIVE THAT ONE TO HIM Eve if he is in heaven!!!) 

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Anyways, all the guy I WAS TRYING TO IMPRESS, wanted was my brother’s cheesecake!!! I was sooooooo disappointed!!! Liiiiiiiiike literally HEARTBROKEN 💔 😭 

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And you guys, my John ACTUALLY FELT BAD!!! He even asked the guy if he wanted some of whatever dessert I had made as well and he said no, he only had room for cheesecake!!!

He actually said I feel bad, I shouldn’t have made the cheesecake than he would’ve chosen your dessert!!! I was liiiiiiiiike, it’s FIIIIIIIIINE, clearly he’s just…

NOT THE ONE!!! 

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Annnnnnnd you guys, that is, THE ONE TIME MY BROTHER JOHN FELT BAD, that someone chose his dessert over mine!!!

Buuuuuuuuuuuut isn’t that SWEEEEEEEET???? 

♥Mary Frances :)

I wish…

There’s so many things I wish I could’ve told him about before he died!!! I knoooooow he’s in heaven having a blast, soooo not for him buuuuuuut FOR ME!!! 

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I wish I had made him try my Italian bomb chicken!!! I told him about the recipe I had made up and he said it sounded good buuuuuuuuuuut I NEVER HAD HIM TRY IT!!!! If I had known, I would’ve made him try it and get his UNWANTED OPINION!!!! Lol 😝 

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I wish I had let him read my kids book 📕 Peter’s First Italian Feast!!! I told him about it!!! My kids version of Acts 10!!! He thought it was cool, buuuuuuut I never had him read it!!! I just wanted him to see the final result!!! I even showed him Celia’s illustrations of Cornelius, who btw is HOT, buuuuuuut I should’ve let him read it before it’s published!!!

This isn’t from my book but I just wrote stuff like this to make him laugh!!! Along with us rewriting in the hospital 🏥 together when he was 16, Christmas shoes, to Christmas Lopo!!!! Lol My grandpa was Joe and he was probably the loudest man I’ve ever known!!! Liiiiiiiike I’m quiet next to my grandpa!!! And he used to call me Maria when I cooked with him!!! Also my grandpa was definitely 💯 one of John’s favorite people and he was the most like him and looked like him too!!! 
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I can’t go back, I can only move forward and honor his memory and treasure the moments we had together!!!! You would’ve looooooooved the story John and you would’ve looooooooved my Italian bomb 💣 chicken… it’s spicy… Buuuuuuut I’m also sure you wouldn’t have touched the sun-dried tomatoes 🍅 and had a few tips on what I could’ve done ✔️ to make it  even better too!!!!🙄

♥Mary Frances :)

The last thing I heard him say…

The only girl he ever loved was Lizzy, she was the absolute love of his life!!! I  remember after he got married, he told me how glad he was about other girls that hadn’t liked him back because he loved her so much!!!!

The last thing I ever heard him say was Liz!!! 💕 

♥Mary Frances :)

Just a note….

I just want everyone to know that I have like 80 text messages to respond to from last week and I will respond to them, everything has just been such a blur!!! This isn’t the way I normally am, I’m just trying to catch my breath. 

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July 16th at 1:30 am I looked at my phone and read a text that I immediately wished I hadn’t read. My brother and his wife were in the hospital and my brother had a third relapse of Leukemia. My heart immediately began pounding I knew, I just KNEW he wasn’t going to make it through this time. 

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I should’ve gone and visited him in the hospital on Sunday!!! I always went on Sundays before church and visited him, we would sit together and he would have his church streaming live and we’d listen together. Buuuuuuut I was soooooo tired and I couldn’t sleep and I never went and visited him… I don’t know why!!! I think I just didn’t want to face the facts!!! I just couldn’t think about him dying even though I knew he was going to this time!!! 

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By Monday the leukemia had taken over his brain and I talked to him but I wish I had talked to him on Sunday!!! Then Tuesday came and he was weaker and by three he was gone! Two weeks prior to that Sunday his blood work came back normal and without cancer. Two weeks ago he was asking me how make my tacos and then I blinked and he was GONE!!! 

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! Part of me will forever regret not not going there on Sunday and another part of me is glad he wasn’t forced into telling us all goodbye! It was his greatest fear that one day he would break our hearts and die! I’m glad he wasn’t left with the choice of having to see the grief and pain on our faces!!! All he knows is joy now. 

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We will ofteb feel guilt about the way things happened and what could’ve or should’ve happened when someone we love died!!! If I had only known, I would’ve done…. Whatever…. Buuuuuuut just know that God already knew exactly how it would happen and when you’re living for him, everything that happens, happens within his will!!! 

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And don’t worry, Classic Mary Moments isn’t going anywhere!!! John loved my blog and would sometimes let me know if he had read something at the hospital 🏥 usually when I was bragging about cooking better than him!!! 😇! Anyways, things will get back to normal, I’m just catching my breath as I grieve!!! So it’s gonna be a lot about my brother for the next few weeks till the funeral is over!!!

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Love you all!!! Thank you for the prayers and support!!! I’m so, so, so, SOOOOOOOOO THANKFUL for the family of God!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Happy Man-Crush Monday!!!

I don’t know how many friends I’ve sent my brother’s funeral announcement to that are like, WOW, your brother is really handsome!!! I’m like, yes, YES!!! Buuuuuuut what do you expect, he’s related to ME!!!! 😘😇

Okaaaaaaaay I knoooooow we look NOTHING alike, he loved letting me know that he looked MORE ITALIAN than me 🙄🙄🙄🙄 buuuuuut still, he only got even better looking after my MY DNA!!! Lol 

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Even at 450 the ladies would gush over him!!! He was like an old lady magnet!!! At his wedding 💒 one older lady told me that if she was 10 years younger this would’ve been HER WEDDING DAY!!! I was liiiiiike, UH, try 40ish years younger!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😇

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He is VERY HANDSOME THOUGH!!! This is hard for me to say, and I’m ONLY SAYING IT CUZ HE’s in heaven, buuuuuuut I actually think he MAY  be better looking than me…buuuuuuuut idk… maaaaaaybe!!!

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I love you John!!! You knoooooow I do if I said that you may be better looking than ME!!! 

                          I love and miss you so much!!! 🥰 💕 
♥Mary Frances :)

What gives me strength???

What gives me the strength to make it through the heart break 💔 of losing my little brother within two days??? We sang this song at church ⛪️ today and this is what gives me strength!!!!

The blood that Jesus shed for me
Way back on Calvary
 blood that gives me strength 
From day to day
It will never lose its power 
It reaches to the highest mountain 
It flows to the lowest valley
The blood that gives me strength 
From day to day 
It will never lose its power 

It soothes my doubts and calms my fears 
And it dries all my tears 
The blood that gives me strength 
From day to day 
It will never lose its power 

It reaches to the highest mountain 
It flows to the lowest valley
The blood that gives me strength 
From day to day
It will never lose its power 

Songwriters: Andrae E Crouch

♥Mary Frances :)

Single Saturday!!!

Why I’m NOT MARRIED… according to my brother John…

Apparently, God is STILL PREPARING ME!!!

♥Mary Frances :)

Sooooo many good memories!!!

I’m thankful to have my blog to look back and remember things that I had forgotten…

♥Mary Frances :)