2008 Has to be Better

It has been well over a month since I have posted anything on this blog. My only explanation is that it was the first holiday season without my mother. The holidays were busy enough, but Christmas Eve would have been my mother's 75th birthday as well. Needless to say, my pop and I were a bit sentimental to say the least. As if that were not bad enough, we went to visit my mom at the cementary on her birthday early on the 24th. That is when my cousin Gabriel informed me that our other cousin Abram, had lost his seven-year-old daughter to a kidney infection. Destiny (her name) had passed-away two nights before Christmas. Obviously, 2007 was a terrible year for our family.
My father somehow comprehended that things were not right. Somehow we managed to survive the holidays. I only hope that 2008 will be better for all of us.
There were some good moments, I got to see all three of my daughters and my grandson Julian. Nevertheless, it is amazing to me how much my mother's presence is stll felt among both my father and me. We miss her very much.