Category: Poetry

Born in Laredo but moved when my brother got sick. Then my Dad, Mom, Grandma and four brothers lived in Loma Park in San Antonio. We spent our summers all day having fun and playing baseball Until the street lights came on. Best part is we were raised on a whole lot of love, When… Continue reading The Many Roads of My Life

Ed, a quiet young man, a lefty, and a natural athlete, He was the youngest of my Mom and Dad’s four sons. The four brothers were taught early to be thankful for our food and for everything we had in our life. Grown up, Ed and Elizabeth raised a beautiful family, Two Sons, and a… Continue reading My Baby Brother Ed

You’ve been my Godmother and kept in touch with me since I was six. Throughout my life, you and Abe were always my mentors, my sounding boards. Together with my Mom & Dad, I now recognize You all shaped, and molded me to be able to choose my correct life’s path; So grateful to you… Continue reading My Godmother Celia

The youngest of ten brothers and one sister; My earliest recollection of him, I’m thinking I was eight, Was of him and Dad putting our bikes together, Him playing Santa, and all of us just happy; For Fernando was there. Recalling a young teenager driving us fast to school, In his 49 Chevy, looking cool… Continue reading Fernando Was Always There

The Son of my Mother’s Brother, He’d give you his shirt if you needed it, A good man who can be trusted to lead, At whatever needed to be done, Neto worked hard all his life to succeed. Absolutely not one to follow the rules, Neto has lived life as he wanted, Going full steam,… Continue reading My Cousin Neto

Oscar was a first generation American who loved his country. Twenty-four years in the Navy and in submarines he did serve; Rising in rank to the prestigious rank of “Chief of the Boat” that he deserved, He was mentor and friend to many. If he knew you needed something, he’d be with you for the… Continue reading Our Very Own Chief of the Boat

Luis embodied what he felt was important in his life – God, Country, and Family. First, he made his peace with God; Country because he was part of the “greatest generation”, served faithfully in WWII; Family because he would do whatever it took for family. Luis was a very kind, and loving man, Would gladly… Continue reading My Tio Luis

I have now known you nearly all of my life. You have been my refuge from life’s storms, My salvation, my love, my wife. Yet with every passing year together, I feel we grow closer still. Now you know the road we’ve traveled; It has sometimes been long and steep. Yet we have had a… Continue reading My Wife

At the top of his profession, Abe was a brilliant, eloquent lawyer and judge, steady as a majestic oak, Who provided his wife and family all of his love and support, But now sadly has been silenced by the ravages of a stroke. Praying and hoping for his recovery, His wife of sixty years is… Continue reading My Padrino Abe

Jim was born in New Jersey, But at twenty, was a saddle-bronc rider Doing rodeo across the plateau, With too many broken bones And too little money to show. Both Jim and his two sisters Have seen their departed mother many times, they say, A sign of eternal life, or a spiritual bouquet? Their 85… Continue reading Jim & Mary