Today January 11th 2015 marks 6 years of my loving mother's death. She passed away on January 11th 2009 @ 12:55 am I was in the kitchen at Hospice with my sister Carmen and Lydia we went to get some coffee and that's when my niece Letticia came crying to the kitchen yelling grandma passed away we ran and I was crying saying no mom no but there was nothing we could of done. It was her time to go to a beautiful place where she will no more suffer with pain, I remember her by all the good memories I had with her when she came to visit me here in Florida to meet her new grandson Joshua and of course see her other grandson Matthew that she has met when he was 10 months old when I took him to Buffalo. She called them her little rascals LOL, I remember when my son Joshua would cry and I will wake up to go make him a bottle and when I go to feed him, he's not in his crib, I go look to take his bottle, they both are sleeping. I will say to myself mom got him like always lol. She always grab him out of his crib and lay him right next to her on the bed with her and Angelica and my mom cuddling nice and cozy with him so I will leave the bottle next to my son and leave them alone sleeping. I also remember when my son Matthew would go up to my mom and say "Abuela" can you scratch my back please, mom my gets a kick out of it because how he asks her in that little sweet voice for a 3 years old boy lol, so she will go sit on the couch and tell him to lay on her lap and he does. I cried happy tears seeing how loving and caring my mother was with my kids. I also remember when she came to Florida in 2004 and spend Christmas with me and my son at home and I was so happy that she came to spend it with me. In 2007 she came again to Florida and spent Christmas, New Years and her 64th Birthday with my and kids, we went to the store to shop for Christmas and also I shop for her birthday with out her noticing because I would have 2 shopping cart, one for Christmas and birthday gifts and the other one with food to cook for Christmas. I had bought her like 10 gifts for Christmas and for her 64th birthday, we celebrated her birthday and took her out for dinner and took lots of pictures with her. August of 2008 she came back to Florida along with my sister Carmen and her daughter Isabella to visit me and my kids and also to leave my daughter in Florida with me. I was on the phone with my sister Mimi when my mom arrived in FL. and my sister Mimi asked me why I was crying and I said because I'm so happy to see mom again and my sister Carmen also I was crying because mom told me that this was her last trip to Florida and I asked her why you say that mom and she told me hija (daughter) because I'm going to be gone from this world soon, she said I feel it and God my Father is calling me home and I told her mom you're not going to die, you going to live many more but I was wrong and se was right. The day she passed away, it broke my heart in thousands pieces, she was my mother, father, and friend all at once. I will stop right here because I started to cry and that's one thing she didn't want us do but it's hard for me for all these 6 years :'( My mom was my inspiration, my courage and my strength. I miss you when something good happens because you're the one I want to share it with, I miss you when something troubles me, because you're the one who understands me well and I miss you when I laugh and when I cry, because you're the one who makes laughter grow and the tears disappears. Mom you For Ever In My Heart for all you were to me in my life and all the joy you brought. Your memory is with me in every single thoughts.
May You Rest In Peace Mom
1-4-1944/ 1-11-2009
Love your baby girl Sara Ines Santiago