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    A Fresh Tree Every Christmas: A Love Story
    A Fresh Tree Every Christmas: A Love Story
    A Fresh Tree Every Christmas: A Love Story
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    A Fresh Tree Every Christmas: A Love Story

    By Dot Cacchio

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    A Fresh Tree Every Christmas is the celebration of life. The author writes about her thirty-year friendship with Carol. Together they shared life, dreams, and hope (sprinkled with fun). Dot tells of her loss, her sadness, and her memories, which one day will return her joy!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBalboa Press
    Release dateOct 26, 2013
    ISBN9781452583723
    A Fresh Tree Every Christmas: A Love Story
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    Dot Cacchio

    Dot Cacchio was born and raised in Morris County, New Jersey. It was there she was educated, and she holds a bachelor’s degree in music from Caldwell College and a master’s degree in music education from Trenton State College. After thirty-five years as a music teacher, including seven years on the faculty of Caldwell College, she retired and moved to Mt. Bethel, Pennsylvania, to become a full-time performing musician. Dot is the founder and music director of the Silver Starlite Orchestra, which has been performing concerts and dance music for more than thirty years. She loves reading, cheering for the New York Yankees, and taking care of and observing the various wildlife on her property. She has a full-time job taking care of her cats.

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      A Fresh Tree Every Christmas - Dot Cacchio

      Table of Contents

      Introduction

      Carol

      Education

      Carol’s Illness

      Dot’s Pain

      Work

      Certificate of Appreciation

      Our Life Together

      Exercise

      Christmas

      Travel

      Talent

      Adventures on the Water

      Our Cats

      Turkey Ridge Road

      Camping/Sharing

      Music

      Dove

      Love

      Our Biggest Adventure

      Reflections

      Peaches and Cream

      Placed with Carol’s Ashes

      Epilogue

      About the Cover Artist

      About the Author

      Acknowledgments

      Dot and I have been best friends since our college days. Many decades and thousands of miles later that friendship has continued and passed the test of time and distance. I was delighted to meet Carol when she came into Dot’s life-becoming a kindred spirit and a life long companion. This book is a wonderful attestation of a beautiful, successful, long lasting and perfect relationship between two souls who resonated deeply with each other. I am honored to share my thoughts about Dot and Carol and their life together. . . . and in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.

      Florence Mercurio Riggs

      The love that Dot and Carol shared together is brought to life in this small and comfortable book. Dot’s tribute to her beautiful life companion/soul mate, ‘Carol’, is a beautiful portrayal of an enviable love relationship. The moments recounted are both poignant and humorous. Dot’s easy writing style allows the reader to enter each chapter with freshness. Having only met Carol on a brief occasion, her energy was apparent to me. Carol’s personality is palpable in Dot’s book. I can feel the character of this special woman in each scenario. To aspire to be more like this extraordinary woman is another gift offered by Dot’s writing.

      Thank you Dot—for taking the time to put on paper a legacy of a life never to be forgotten.

      Beth Moses, friend and supporter

      At the time of Carol’s passing, I hadn’t come to know Dot very well—yet. As fate would have it, I was with Dot and Carol at the hospital during Carol’s last few days and was privileged to bear witness to such total devotion, dedication and love. I could not leave Dot alone to face that deep, dark abyss. And so it goes that we soon became true and dear friends. Since that time, I have seen Dot struggle with her deep sense of loss and grief over Carol’s passing, yet she has remained strong in spite of it all. In seeking the help of counseling and opening herself up to new friends and avenues, she has forged many new and different approaches to life. I am very proud of her accomplishments. This book is a testimony of the love Dot and Carol celebrated and cherished, sharing some of their most intimate thoughts and special moments. Dot has poured her true heart and soul into this book. What a magnificent tribute to Carol and to the love they shared with each other!

      Nancy S. Harm

      Introduction

      I wanted to write something about the life of the woman with whom I shared thirty years.

      Carol was an ordinary woman who did extraordinary things while here on earth. Her legacy will be her three wonderful grandchildren, Hailey, Josh and Brooke.

      At the start of this writing it was not clear to me how it would proceed or why it should even be written. I believe everyone has a life to share with someone special. We are all here to love and be loved. I was

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