Our mom turns 74 years old today, February 18th. If you can remember, she has two birthdays, this one being her real birthday and on September 18 because that is the date they registered her in Allende, Coahuila, Mexico. We are lucky she has no health problems, thank God, just that she is going to have surgery on her cataracts. The one thing that has worried me is after so many years of living alone, she has made resolutions to her circumstances on her own and in her own way. The one thing that has helped her along the way of living as a mother with her only son missing, is her faith in God. As a matter of fact, she is at church right now and is staying for a charismatic meeting after mass. I am thankful for her strong and undeniable faith in God and I am thankful she has modeled that to both of us, since we were children, she has been very stern about her faith. I hope that where ever you may be, that you will think about our mom and say a prayer for her because all these years she has wondered if you have ever told anyone where you come from, who your mother is and where she is from and so forth. She is a model of faith to me and will remain for as long as I live and I hope she means the same to you.
Feliz cumple años, mamá.
