January 19, 2015
January 19, 2015
I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PROUD TALKING ABOUT MY FATHER. JUST BY SAYING HIS NAME PLEASES ME & MAKES ME FEEL FORTUNATE, NOT ONLY BECAUSE I WAS HIS DAUGHTER, BUT WE SHARED SO MANY MOMENTS BOTH SAD & HAPPY. MY FATHER'S NAME WAS APOLINARIO & LEFT THIS WORLD AT AGE 79 WITH A SMILE ALTHOUGH HE WAS RATHER A SERIOUS MAN & VERY SENTIMENTAL. WHEN SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED TO US, HE WOULD GO TO HIS ROOM KNEEL DOWN & PRAY. SOMETHING I WILL MISS ABOUT MY FATHER IS HEARING HIM TALK ABOUT ME & MY BROTHERS & SISTERS WITH PRIDE & WITH TEARS OF EMOTION IN HIS EYES DESPITE OUR MISTAKES. HE WAS THE HARDEST WORKING MAN I HAVE EVER MET & NEVER STOPPED DESPITE OF HIS DIFFICULTY WALKING AROUND. I HAVE LEARNED SO MANY THINGS FROM MY FATHER AS WELL AS MY MOTHER WHOM HE JOINED NOW TOGETHER IN HEAVEN. HE TAUGHT MY MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND ME TO VALUE THE MOST IMPORTANT THINGS & TO PUT IN SECOND PLACE ANYTHING THAT DID NOT GIVE A TRUE MEANING TO OUR LIVES. WE NEVER SAW MY FATHER DRUNK; I MEAN HE DRINKS SOCIALLY BUT NEVER DRUNK OR VIOLENT. HE WAS A CONSERVATIVE MAN, BUT HE UNDERSTOOD US & GAVE US FREEDOM. HE WAS ALWAYS INTERESTED IN HIS COUNTRY HE WAS BORN AND INVOLVED POLITICALLY. HE DID A LOT OF THINGS FOR HIS LAND; A "SANITARY HEALTH INSPECTOR", & TAUGHT US THAT IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO BE WELL YOURSELF BUT TO FEEL BETTER WHEN THE REST ARE ALSO WELL. I WILL MISS YOU A LOT "PAPA", AND I HOPE YOU KEEP YOUR WORD & BE WITH US EVERYDAY OF OUR LIVES. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US EVEN THOUGH NOT TOO LONG ENOUGH TO SHARE TOGETHER WITH YOUR GRANDCHILDREN UNTIL THE END. WE LOVE YOU PAPA. I'M NOT READY FOR GOODBYE OR SEE YOU LATER, NOT READY FOR THE END, NOT READY FOR REALITY FOR THIS LIFE WITHOUT YOU IS A FORGOTTEN DREAM. BUT GOD HAS HIS OWN PURPOSE AND HE CAN CLAIMED YOU HOME ANYTIME IN HIS TIMELINE. KNOWING THAT YOU ARE GONE WON'T MAKE US ANY EASIER. I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH PAPA , INFINITY AND BEYOND.