My Mother, Ramona Rocha Padilla, means the world to me. The only reason I didn't start my travels until November 1, 2014 was because her 75th birthday was on October 20th. There was no way I was going to miss such a celebration of her life, after all we had family coming in from all over to surprise her.
Surprised she was, we had led her to believe she was attending a friends wedding. My brother Rigo is always thinking ahead and even had her knit one of her beautiful blankets supposedly as a gift. What he didn't tell her was that it was being raffled off at her own celebration so one lucky person would have one of her pieces of art because that's what they really are.
A very rare occasion these days is being able to gather the entire family all at once. For future reference, when some of us have a hard time remembering everyone's names I hope this comes in handy. On the top row from left to right there's Carlos the second youngest, Adolfo is #6, Abelardo is #7, in the middle row is George the youngest and only one with an English name, then it's myself Miguel and I'm #4, then Bertha #2, Martha is #1, Rigoberto #8 and in the front is Oralia #3 our father Fidel and our Mother Ramona and finally my youngest sister Arminda who is number 5.
I had not seen my Mother since October 31st so I was really missing her. We are a family that tries to get together once a week. Not everyone makes it because of distance or previous commitments and work schedules. So this has been a little hard to do and being away from her at her age one never knows how long we might have them with us.
It was with a great surprise that she flew out to Dallas and spent a week with me and my cousins.
We had a good time going to different attractions here in the Dallas-Ft Worth area and I think she really enjoyed herself.
At the entrance to one of the best zoological facilities I have ever been to The Dallas World Aquarium.
We spent an evening with some of my cousins and one of my mothers sisters was also here from Mexico visiting.
We also went to the Ft Worth zoo.
She even helped with some Migueling!
She really enjoyed the famous Ft Worth Longhorn cattle drive.
She even got her picture taken with a real cowboy in Ft Worth!
The night before she was to leave my cousins once again had a small family gather to wish her well.
One week was way to short of a timeframe to spend with her but we all must continue in our journey. I think Dad was really missing her back home!
I will remember the joy in her face and until I see her again I send her my love!
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