Tuesday, September 11, 2018
What a beautiful picture of my tia Lile. I have so, so many wonderful memories of her from the time I was about 6 years old of all the times we would go to Harlingen and we always stayed at their home. I enjoyed my time there with my cousins and my tia and the time we spent going to the stores with her and my mom. Two (2) memories that really stand out are: we were getting ready for Thanksgiving and my tia, my mom, Jane and I went to the store to buy the final items needed and she was going over the list in English and Jane asked her, well what are we going to drink and she said, we are going to drink te, in Spanish but with an English accent; we burst out laughing because it sounded so funny. The other one was we wanted to go to a quinceniera but we didn't have an invitation and my tia was the taxi driver for all of us including her nephews and nieces and she told us, why worry, get a rock, put it in a box, wrap it up and boom, you have a present. She took us to the quinceniera, we went in and Lonzio and I am probably spelling it wrong, went in with us, stood by the table, got invitations for the rest of the clan who was waiting outside and once we were all in, we had a blast.
My aunt was one of a kind and there was never a dull moment with her. I am sorry that I could not be present to say my farewells to her but I have some medical issues that include my possibly passing a kidney stone which is very painful and I cannot sit, stand or lie down for too long and I did not want to slow my brother Jerry or my sisters Lupe and Sally down but tia, I love you, I will miss you but I my console is that you are no longer in pain or suffering anymore; that you are now seated at God's table reaping of the joy, happiness and partaking of God's love along with my tio, my mom and dad. Until we are all reunited, there will always be a void in my heart. I love you tia. Rest in peace.
