Abuelas...and to those who come after
This past Sabbath we said our earthly goodbye to our dear Abuela Laura. In life as in death, she was surrounded by her family. Her legacy is her children and grandchildren-whom loved her deeply and selflessly, led unmistakably by the example she lived throughout her life in how she cared for so many others. While disease had taken her mind and much of her speech in recent years- she still left her mark on the world- with nurses and other patients constantly remarking on her kind, sweet demeanor, her loving smile. It was a privilege to have born witness to the gentleness, care, respect and love which surrounded her as she passed- even in death our elders have much to teach us. It is the end of an era..to have lost 3 grandmothers in less than 3 years is painful. Abuela Yeca, Abuela Leyda, Abuela Laura. To realize that I now have no more abuelas in my life is haunting. I am saddened that my own unborn son won’t have the privilege of knowing firsthand how wonderful his great and great
