Christopher Malcolm Miele

Dear Cherri,

I am a mother of three sons. This last March I lost my first born. He was 28 years old. His death was not violent like your sons. I am so sorry that he has left you & in such a way. My son went to sleep and never woke up. He left behind to beautiful boys. Iziah (9 years old) & Trenton (2-1/2 years old). Unlike yourself I have two other sons, but I think our pain is still the same. For the first four years of Uriah's life it was just him & me. I had him at the age of nineteen. I met my husband when he was four years old & then we had his brothers Terry (24) & Christopher (19). My life has never been easy, even in my childhood, so I keep wondering how much more of the life I can take. This will be the first Thanksgiving & Christmas without my Uriah in 29 years. Uriah never has and easy life also due to different things in life. I can't stop crying. Thank God for work that makes me get up everyday and move. I seem to have to be busy to keep moving on. You have a beautiful site & I want to say thank you for sharing it. I guess it will always hurt.
Feeling your pain,
Barb Fridley

Chris was quite the comedian. You could be in the worst mood, and HE could make you laugh until you thought you were going to pee your pants!

I have written an email request to Hillshire Farms to help me complete this story of Chris's antics.

In creating my son's memorial site, I want to share some of the hilarious things he did. Around 1998 Hillshire Farm had a really funny sausage commercial of an older man in the woods, speaker phones were attached to the tall pine trees surrounding the opening where he had a large wooden table to display the sausage, fun funky country music playing filled the air as he danced a funny jig and talked about how much he loved this sausage.

My son Chris (14-15 yrs old) LOVED imitating this commercial by sticking pillows in his shorts and shirt to mimic the old guy's beer belly then he would dance around the living room like the guy on the commercial. I would laugh SO hard I almost peed my pants every time!

My son was killed in 2003... It would mean SO SO much to me to see that commercial, or even be able to place a clip of it on his memorial site, in memory of his incredible sense of humor.

Can someone here at Hillshire Farm make this possible for me? Pretttty Pleeease :)

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Dear Cherri,

Thank you for contacting Sara Lee. We are sincerely sorry for your loss, and we truly appreciate your moving story. We are glad to hear this commercial provided such a touching experience for your family to remember. Although at this location we do not have access to this commercial, we will forward your request to our corporate office to see if anyone will be able to assist you with your request.

Thank you again for taking time out of your day to contact us. Please let us know if you have any additional questions or comments.

Sincerely,
Julie
Sara Lee Consumer Affairs Representative