Although the city of Messina is beautiful today it has a somewhat tragic history. In 1908 an earthquake struck the city killing nearly all of the 100,000 inhabitants. Today it resembles all of Italy in its unique historic looking 3 story buildings throughout the city.
Unfortunately Messina has little to offer tourist, so we drove about an hour to the city of … to visit theaters and castles built thousands of years ago. The first stop was the Greeks first built the intricately designed theater in the 2nd century. But soon enough the Romans conquered the Island and added the famous Roman arches and built tiger cages for the gladiator matches they held in the theaters. At last the Arabs captured the island and destroyed the theater and what remains today are ruins from each of the periods.
Not only were the people amazing but as always the food and especially the gelato was delicious. Our drivers English seemed to be better than our guides, but she kind and diligent in giving us the best experience possible while in Sicily. Although I loved the people and they had much to offer, I couldn’t get my mind off of the experience in order to learn from the people.
The morning of disembarking my mother came down with a sickness that quarantined her to the cruise room, so the rest of the family went without her. From the moment we piled into the Mercedes van for the tour it felt like something wasn’t right. From the time we set foot off the boat a mysterious feeling lingered throughout the day. There were no more eye rolling jokes, no more random questions about some seemingly unimportant detail, and no more mom.
It was then that I realized what our family would be like with out her. What I would be without her. It was as if the life of the family was sucked from us. Without our mother our family would fall apart. She brings smiles, energy, and love to our family.
We love our mother, she is the glue that holds our family together.
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