The list

 When I prayed this morning before her surgery 

I asked God to please be with her 

Then I called on my abuelos, 

Güelita y güelito por favor protégenla 

Tía Chita, Tía Anita

Prima Neddy, primos Ismael y Roberto,

Tía Mine, Tío Miguel

Y por fin mi Tío Freddy

La lista es muy larga me digo yo

Not many left now and we are bereft

She came tumbling down

Brother, brother what do I do?

Our mom is aging but where are you?

To see what her body can and cannot do

All while her emotions aspire to still see you

A tumble, a fall will not change her thoughts

She’s stuck in time from when her son got dropped off

To a venture of a lifetime no one expected

And she still awaiting to see you again

Now she’s been equipped with titanium 

For the broken bones mended in her arm

I wish it were that simple to heal a broken heart

For these years have distanced us further apart

Her Hope filled heart seem hopeless to me

To see our mom age with despair in her heart

For she only longs to see her son once again

The very reason she doesn’t want to leave her home

For she feels she’s leaving you once again

I hope one day you can feel the titanium in her arm

Caress your head

November 11, 2023

 Our Tío Freddy passed away November 11, 2023. He lost an earthly battle with liver cancer. His soul now lives a new life with all our loved ones who have passed through this life. He was ever hopeful to see you again. Hope remains my dear brother of 11 1/2 years. Mom is very devastated that her baby brother is now gone. Mom was waiting for a miracle to heal his body. Wish you could be here to console her. 

The following poem I wrote when our oldest Tío Miguel passed away. I wrote this for our Güelita Herminia as she reunites with her children in heaven.

Shown on next posting…

Life has ended but hope remains

    Recojiendo a mis hijos

(un poema escrito por mí, en la “voz” de nuestra abuela, Herminia Felán Realme, ya que su primer hijo ha muerto de nuestras vidas- En paz descanse, Tío Miguel)

Recuerdas los momentos cuando te acaraciaba tu carita

Caulquiera cosita que necesitabas, Te lo di

Nunca me molestabas

Tu sonrisa la tengo en mí memoria 

Tus manos las sigo deteniendo

Te seguí queriendo aunque ya de grande 

Tuviste que estar con tu familia

Te vi creciendo 

Me viste vejezando

La vida siguió

Y yo ahora empiezo a recojer a mis hijitos

No temes morirte porque alli estaré

Esperándote para seguir amándote 

Uno por uno regresarán a mí Lado

Simplemente la vida sigue porque ahora

estoy recojiendo a mis hijos

Unfathomable 2020 unhappy new year 2021

 Rest in peace:

Ana Maria Felan Realme

January 1st 2021

Nereida De La Fuente

January 4th 2021

Herminia Realme Esparza

February 9th 2021

Your best friend, Fernando Perez

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Fernando joined his heavenly family on June 15, 2020

45 years ago

Year 45
45 years ago we woke up in a hotel at Matagorda Beach.
At this time we were already on the beach talking to deputies from the Sheriff's office.
Since the holiday celebration of the 4th of July was around the corner, we were told it would be hard to search for you. Of course their assumptions were that your body was somewhere drowned in the ocean. But we did the best we could. Dad hired a company to do an air sweep over the waters to look for your body. He even called in the US Coast Guard, since he was a US CG man, and both resulted in nothing. The sheriff's department assured us that whatever drowns in the ocean does return to the beach as a pair of young siblings had just drowned and were found.
We had no clue what was awaiting for us once we returned home.
The mysterious phone calls, my best friend seeing you at the Frontier Burger on Bandera and Woodlawn Ave, mom and I seeing you pass by our house (and more than once ) so we knew we were not seeing things. We knew it was you.
Waiting for you, brother, just do it, come home