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Monday, June 28, 2004


Faith


Hello.. I hope that you’re still liking my Blog and that you can get something positive out of the messages, for your daily life. Today I received a letter from Grandma, which always gets my spirits up, because she’s always positive and thinks of God before anything else. I only hope that God keeps her (and my Grandpa, who has Alzheimer) alive, during my last years in prison. Here I’ll write the letter I received from Grandma today. I wish that I could photocopy it, but it’s impossible for me at this time. So, I will try to write it, word for word. Take care and see you next time.

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Dear grandson,

God bless you and give you health. Pedrito I Pray to God, that when you receive this short letter and always, you’re enjoying good health. I will tell you, that, Enrique, is still the same, isn’t getting better, but isn’t getting worse either. They tell me that, they get worse, these people, who get this illness. But, I, Pray and ask God, much, so that he, doesn’t get worse, because, this way, that he is, doesn’t give me too much work. And me, thank God, although I have my ailments, but God helps me so much, and I can do my housework, thank God. Imagine, that God, gave me the opportunity, to teach Catechism and I could, do it, very well, with the help of God and the coperation of other people who helped me a lot, they came for me here, to the entrance gate, and then they brought me back again, imagine, God did all this, because he loves us a lot, and never, fails us. I started on January of 2004, with 12 kids and finished, the 16th of May with 14, 7 boys and 7 girls, all of them received, their first Communion, imagine, all this, was, through the grace of God. Because you know, I am older, and also I’m handicapped, because of my left foot which is the one with the broken tendon, But with the help of God, everything, can be done, if we love him; and you know, very well, that my love of God, is over all things.

Changing the subject.

I will tell you, that the message, that you sent me in your card, is really pleasant, as in a soap opera, I thank you so much, and always ask God, to take care of you and the others, and soon, you all can, accomplish your good, wishes, now I tell you until the next one if God permits, I hope, I can send you, something as a gift for Father’s Day, if God permits as always in a money order.

Your Grandma, who never forgets you, with all my heart, for you and your pals, my blessing to all with all my love. From your Grandma and mom,

Toñita.

Ps. The letter has orthographic mistakes, but this is how Grandma writes and I wanted to write it exactly as she wrote it.

Message for the Soul


Maybe God wanted us to meet the wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally met the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift. Maybe when the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don’t see the one which has been opened for us. Maybe the best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you’ve ever had. Maybe it is true that we don’t know what we have until it’s gone, but maybe it is also true that we don’t know what we have been missing until it arrives.

Giving someone all your love is never an assurance that they will love you back. Don’t expect love in return, just wait for it to grow in their heart; but if it doesn’t, be content it grew in yours. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone, and a day to love someone, but it takes a lifetime to forget someone. Don’t go for looks; they can deceive. Don’t go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.

There are moments in life when you miss someone so much, that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real. Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you only have one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do. May you have enough happiness to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human, enough hope to make you happy. Always put yourself in others’ shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.

The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.

Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss, and ends with a tear. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past. You can’t go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die, you are the one who is smiling, and everyone around you is crying.

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