Herb Alpert- this has moved from it's site so please just search "The lonely bull"- my dad use to listen to all the songs on this 8 track tape
Junior,
Do you remember:
-how we use to love playing marbles under the carport and get the little rolly pollies involved and it was a big deal when we won the 'silver' marble
-all the fruit trees that dad had planted in the back yard, the pear tree, the pecan trees, the peach trees, the fig tree, the pomegranate tree, so when we went out to play and needed a snack, we literally just ate off the trees!
-Your best friend Fernando P. who lived just two houses away from us?
-our neighbor next door, Felicia, whom you called 'Flea' and her love for dancing?
-our other neighbor from up the street, Sandra?
-The Solis family that lived behind us across the ditch and their two sons that we attended Holy Rosary and Little Flower School with?
-our summer vacation in Houston when dad took us to see the Astrodome?
-our vacation to Galveston Island and mom wore a two piece bathing suit!
-our vacation to Mexico City and we visited the pyramids?
-our vacation to Acapulco and you found that gold ring in the sand?
-our unending summer swimming lessons at Woodlawn Park and San Pedro park?
-the concert at Hemisfair Park with Trini Lopez, Jose Feliciano, Johnny Rodriguez and Freddy Fender?
-the 8 track tape dad always played on his blue 8 track player by Herb Alpert titled The Lonely Bull?
-our cousins from Uncle Sam's and Aunt Rosie's kids, all 6 of them
-Uncle Albert and Tia Tencha's son Albert aka 'chinito' because of his curly hair
-Tio 'Mundo', Edmundo and Abuelita Julia dad's brother and mother
-Tio Cresencio 'chencho' and Tia Fanny's kids Henry, Diana, twins Helen and Fanny and Martha
-Tia Nancy and Uncle Tony and their kids, Tony, Cathy and Adam?
-Tia Beatrice 'Bee' and Tio 'Pilo' and their kids Rene and Vangie, and Vangie's son Stevie
-Uncle Jesse and Tia 'Mine' and cousins Jesse, of whom I learned was just never home (this is an update after attending our Tia's funeral reception Mon. Nov 12, 2012) and Eddie, the one who played the drums, and the photographer, as well. We visited their home often since they lived very close to us.
-Tio Manuel's and Tia Gloria's kids (all 6 of them, Manuel, Christopher, Anthony, Joshua, Mandy and Gina, not sure whom of them you got to actually know, probably all the boys, I believe the girls came after you visited Washington. You spent an entire summer with them and 'welito and 'welita and you fell in love with that state so much so that you did not want to come back home!)
-Tia 'Mine' Herminia and Uncle 'Ross' Rosendo in Washington State, also, and their kids, Ruby, Ross, Tammy and Rocky came after you became missing
-Tio Raul's and Tia Diana's boys Raul and Rene
-Tio Alfredo's and Tia Maria's kids, well you didn't get to meet them since you disappeared before they were born, but you did spend a lot of time with them and you were there for their wedding, the very day before you disappeared
-Tio Miguel's and Tia Alicia's kids Mikey, Margot, Veronica and Roxanne came after you became missing
-Tia Chita's kids Ismael, Richard, Robert, Michael and Nereida
-Tia Anita and how she lived with 'welito and 'welita until... just another something I will need to explain to you when you come home
-Tio Benjamin's and Tia Mine's kids in Allende, Coahuila, Mexico and Tio Kiko's and Tia Julia's 3 girls, Julieta, Norma and Antoñia. We were at their house that very day, June 29, 1975, celebrating a BBQ, for what, I do not recall, but everyone was there and when we got home, we came home to the biggest nightmare
Over the course of these years, these 36 years, and almost 5 months, memories do flash in my mind and I tell myself, "oh, yea, I need to mention that, too" but one thing for sure is that our childhood was filled with so many memories involving our family and friends. Since both mom and dad were from a family of 8 brothers and sisters, the cousins just multiplied and we thoroughly enjoyed that. If any of my cousins are reading this, I do welcome you to share your memories of my brother. The more comments, the better. Also, if I have mentioned anyone's names incorrectly, please send me a comment so I can correct it. It is greatly appreciated.
