Dedication to Michael "Miggs" Daly from
Good Food Bad Food by Chef Angela Bell
Letter to Michael’s Family and Friends
When I was 12, I
had a friend named Michael, who saw my teenage insecurities. He went out of his way to include me in his
circle of friends with his easy smile and sweet words of encouragement. We were friends at the beach in a town named
Old Saybrook. I felt safe.
When I was 18, I
had a friend named Michael who visited me, frightened and alone in Boston, my
first time far away from the beach in a town named Old Saybrook. But he was there with his easy smile and
sweet words of encouragement. I felt
safe.
When I was 25,
married with kids of my own, I had a friend named Michael who gave me strength
and made me laugh with his easy smile and sweet words of encouragement in a
surgical suite in a hospital far away from the beach in a town named Old
Saybrook. I felt safe.
Now, I have only
the memories of my friend, Michael, with his easy smile and sweet words of
encouragement. Alone, for the first
time, I walked to the beach in a town named Old Saybrook where my world no
longer felt safe. But, with an easy
smile and sweet words of encouragement, I prayed for Michael, that he did. (Letter
from Michael’s friend, Christi Moutinho Holmes on Michael’s passing)
From the Author: My nephew, Michael Scott “Miggs” Daly passed
away on October 10, 2010. He was 35 when
he died in his sleep from complications of diabetes, T1D (type 1 diabetes). He was uncle, brother, son, and nephew, but
most of all, friend. If friendships were
wealth, then Michael’s legacy was worth a fortune. This book was dedicated to his memory. To Michael, the richest man in town!
If you would like to help in the fight, please join team Chef Angela Bell as part of the annual "Miles for Miggs" sponsored by JDRF and captained by his mother, my sister, Joanne Civitillo, also living with T1D. To donate, please go to Miles for Miggs and help the fight to create a world without T1D.
