We keep thinking about our Son, who is going to be fifty tomorrow. That thought process is hard to comprehend, Because I don’t feel like we brought him home that long ago. I remember that my Mom, bless her heart, Bought him a brand new crib that we couldn’t afford. Our miracle baby who, the… Continue reading Our Son At 50
Category: Poetry
If I Had Known That
My Cousin Adrian
In his youth, he was never shy and quite witty, Adrian always had a big smile on his face That no one could ever erase, For he was always the “happy go lucky one” as you’d say, Always a fun time with him for sure, and much love was in him I must convey. I… Continue reading My Cousin Adrian
My Brother Bill & the Rest of The Story
He overcame a disability as a young sprout, Never letting polio get in his way. That he was the strong-willed one, there was no doubt. The third of four sons complete, When we all lived in a little house on 38th Street. Overcoming a disability and adversity at an early age Probably laid the cornerstone… Continue reading My Brother Bill & the Rest of The Story
50 Years Ago
Fifty years ago today, In a beautiful church in South Texas, I walked down the isle and said “I do” to a woman. For on that day, I married the love of my life, my wife. That woman that would define my purpose of living, and would give me life’s sweetest bouquet. Now she’s… Continue reading 50 Years Ago
Missing Mom on This Mother’s Day
Mom, does it seem that long ago When we were all young? When life was not complicated, and much loved flowed In that little house on 38 Street, When my brothers and I always shared laughter and all kinds of noise, and life was always sweet? Do you recall the greatest of times when we… Continue reading Missing Mom on This Mother’s Day
Our Beloved Aurelio Raul Collazo
I imagine today that Raul is surrounded by all his heavenly brothers, his sister, his Mom & Dad, and more. Before he passed, they looked down at him from heaven, To the last one from a great Collazo generation, All were so individual, so memorable and yet all so sweet. Raul was the last of… Continue reading Our Beloved Aurelio Raul Collazo
My Illustrious Great-Grandma Gregoria Allen Elizondo
My maternal Great-Grandmother was, Gregoria Elizondo, Who I always knew as “Mamá Goya”. According to her grandson, Javier Elizondo, She was known throughout the neighborhood as a real character. A second-generation German, her given name was Allen, When she married Matias Elizondo in Laredo. Primo Javier, who lived next door, remembers a specific incident when… Continue reading My Illustrious Great-Grandma Gregoria Allen Elizondo
Thanksgiving To Me This Year
I have been blessed in the doorway to life. From the early days where I lived life in a blaze, To now, where the years have slowly slipped away, I see all the many long, good buffets I’ve had, and think Life has been truely good to me, in life’s beltway. I thank God for… Continue reading Thanksgiving To Me This Year
The Cobwebs of My Mind
Memories from the dusty cobwebs of my mind, Are filed deep behind other memories much entwined. They lie like old black/white pics painting my childhood complete, Where my brothers, cousins, and a pile of neighborhood kids All played ball on summer days on that hot concrete, In front of that house on 38th Street. More… Continue reading The Cobwebs of My Mind