Cherish what you have...before it's too late.

Song Playing: I Wanna Thank You For Stepping Into My Life - Dam-Funk

July 4th, 2010. The day my grandmother left this world and transitioned on to a better place. I wish that I could find the right words to describe the feelings inside of me when I got a call from my mom yesterday to hear the news. Although there are many things churning inside my heart when I think about my grandma's passing, (the only one of my grandparents that I ever got to know) the main feeling I am certain about are deep sorrow, and great joy. Hearing through the sobs of my mother her talk about how she felt she wasn't a good daughter, how she didn't want her mother to die, and exclaim, "she's dead" made me think years into the future when my parents would eventually pass. Would I say the same things? What would I talk about? One thing that is for certain is that I will never even question for a second the fact that I never tried to be a good son. It's ironic that my sister, the one who cares the least about our family is the one who ended up going to Puerto Rico to my mom's high school reunion and to see my grandma one last time before she went into her coma. Sorrow obviously speaks inside of me because of the physical world that we are all taught to consume us, it's clear that my grandmother's physical body has left this world and will soon become one with the soil surrounding it. Great joy because I know that my grandmother's soul is free of the pain of her slow death and is now free for eternity in Heaven. One day I know that I will join her, along with all the people that are dear to me. We'll all sit around her in a circle as she plays one of the fourteen classical puerto rican songs on the piano that she memorized and we all will sing along as long as our lungs allow us.
Te amo manina, cuidate, dios te bendiga. Yo se que estas en el cielo con el Senor bailando con la bomba y plena. Voy a verte un dia despues que sea un abuelo similar a ti a mis nietos...


When we were younger, my grandma would pray with us in spanish and then sing us a song to help us sleep.


Dame la mano paloma so
i can be next to u
dame la mano paloma
para subir a tu nido
que me an dicho que esta sola
que me an dicho que esta sola
a compañarte e venido
they have told me that your lonely
they have told me that your lonely
and i've come to be with you
cuando llege el año nuevo
yo quiero estar a tu lado
cuando llege el año nuevo
yo quiero estar a tu lado
para darte el primer beso
para darte el primer beso
del año que a comenzado
para darte el primer beso
para darte el primer beso
del año que a comenzado
they have told me that your lonely
they have told me that your lonely
and i've come to be with you
para darte el primer beso
para darte el primer beso
del año que a comenzado
they have told me that your lonely
they have told me that your lonely
and i've come to be with you
they have told me that your lonely
they have told me that your lonely
and i've come to be with you