Rob's life was one of joy and love. It all began on July 17, 1964. When he was young he lived in an apartment by his grandparents. His family lived downstairs and his grandparents up stairs. Then at some point early on the family moved to co-op city (NY); which he is where he spent most of his childhood. He also lived in Florida for a year and loved it! He always said that he wished that he had lived there longer. After Florida it was back to Co-Op City. A couple of years later the family moved to Little Neck Queens. He attended Cardozo High School and then went on to CUNY Queensboro Community College. He always had a passion for computers. He spent a whole summer bagging groceries in order to buy his first computer. He would spend all hours of the night playing with it. When he was a teen he even sold and designed some simple computer game programs. He also taught night school and tutored people on computers. He had other jobs which included working a fast food restaurants, delivering papers and shoveling snow. At one time he thought that he wanted to be a lawyer and did a law internship; which he also loved. He enjoyed going to court and seeing all the action. I think that is where he perfected his debating skills. At one point in his life he was very into OA (Overeaters Anonyomous). He lost a bunch of weight and kept it off for a long while. He would travel to OA conventions and he did public speaking for them. Rob lived all over Queens and Long Island for many years of his adult life before moving up to Massachusetts. He worked for Bankers Trust/Duetsche Bank doing IT work (computers) for many years and then was offered a promotion if he moved up MA. He worked in Boston and then Salem for the same company. Rob was with the company for a total of 8 years where he worked himself up to a Vice President level. He lived life large and enjoyed himself and his very large expense account…as did I :) I often would go with him on his business trips and enjoy all the perks while he worked. Duetsche Bank got taken over and he helped with the transition. He soon after lost his job and went into real estate. It was a true passion and he incorporated all of his computer and technology expertise into real estate. He loved being in business for himself and put everything into doing well. After a few years of real estate he went back to computer work for John Hancock in Boston as Platform Specialist. It was there that he finished out his career until he got sick. He was thankful each day for the people and job he had at John Hancock. I can think of no better place for him to end up. So that was the basics, but how do I really capture his life? Well let me start by saying that Rob put his heart into everything his did and every relationship that he had. There was nobody that enjoyed life like him! He had a zest for life and the biggest and kindest soul. He would give you his last dime and do anything for the people that he loved. He wore his heart on his sleeve and had a gift for making people laugh and smile! He always said that he had to wait for me to grow up before he truly lived. That is because we are 12.5 years difference in age. He said that I completed him and made his life worth living and fighting for. The truth is that is what we did for each other! The finer things in life always appealed to him. His motto was “why have something fake when you can have the real thing”. He used to say “you only live once so you should enjoy it”...and he did! His favorite brands were Polo, Nat Nast (Which Charlie wore on Two and a Half Men) and Tommy Bahama (Which Tony wore in the Sopranos). He loved a good steak and Morton's was his all time favorite restaurant! A close second was veal parm. He was very generous to himself and to others. He loved picking out meaningful presents and making each day special. Robert especially loved all of our neices and nephews. Next to being a husband; being an uncle was the most important thing to him! Rob favored anything electronic. Almost all of his hobbies involved some form of technology in one way or other. He always had to have the latest gadget and video game system. He loved movies and movie collectables too. His favorites included Superman, Star Trek, Star Wars, Planet of the Apes, and all gangster movies. He was also a big fan of romantic comedies and unlike most men he would ask me to go and see them when they came out. TV was another favorite past time of his. Two of his favorite shows were House and Two and a Half Men. He would try and convert anyone he knew into fans of the shows. When he got sick and needed a cane he got the one that House had on the show. However, he loved all the old classic comedies as well and let’s not forget the Sopranos and Law and Order! He knew and could quote the lines to so many movies and TV shows. Rob loved to stay close to home and be with our dogs and cats. We spent many nights just watching movies and playing board games…another favorite past time. Yet we never stopped having “date nights” and he always made a big deal about all special occasions. He went way beyond what the normal husband would do! Rob also loved to explore and find new places to visit. Over the years we took numerous day trips and had lots of adventures all over the New England area. He was always up for doing something new and exciting but as he used to say to me “When I find something I like I stick with it. That is why you are stuck with me". He had strong political views and was a proud Republican and conservative. He could spend hours debating the issues and loved to prove his point of view and how it made sense. He was very practical and logical in his thinking about life. Rob chose to always focus on the good and accepted people for who they were not what he wanted them to be. Although he was a conservative republican he was truly a little kid at heart. He was so pure and angelic to me; even when he was alive. He was always truthful and never found a need to tell a lie. Rob to this day is the most honest person I will ever know. He also loved anything Disney and it was him who chose Disney for our honeymoon. Rob certainly enjoyed his life. He never over thought anything and was always true to who he was. Rob was who he was and if you didn’t like it then that was too bad for you...not him. But most of all he was a true romantic and friend. He let the whole world know how much he loved me and how special our bond was. He was always trying to get me to be grateful for the little things and live in the moment. He even got me a rock to read evert day which stated " Good morning...this is God... Today I'll be handling all your problems. I won't need your help. So relax and leave everythinh to me. And yes,as much as I hate to admit it;in the end he was always the one that was right in our relationship. Robert Alan lived his life with almost no regrets. He truly valued each of his relationships in life and made everyone he knew feel special and loved. He died a happy man!