Tia,
A picture may be worth a thousand words but I find a letter priceless. Because it comes from the heart and soul which is why I write this letter to you.

Losing my mother, your sister, was my first traumatic experience, losing my wife was my second, and now you. It’s just so difficult to find any happiness when you have lost so much. 

And so I want to thank you for being part of my life. I’m really going to miss sitting and talking with you about my mother and your childhood experiences and growing up. Being raised in an orphanage and standing on a stool to reach the stove so you can make tortillas for the workers boarding in the house that somehow your daughter Debbie ended up living in. The time my Tio Beto made sandals out of the new boots your dad bought you. How my mom used rocks to clean Tio Joe’s bottle that was a RC cola bottle with a rubber glove. Or how Tio Alex was always in the hospital and how you and my mom used to wave at him through the window. 
I will never forget all those precious stories we shared. They will stay with me forever. The dearest one that stays closest to my heart is the one when you and my mom were so happy the day of your mothers  funeral because they bought you two  new dresses and you never had new dresses before. 

Well Tia, today I bought me a new suit. I’m going to try to capture a bit of that happiness. In other words Tia, I will never forget the struggles that all your generation made for us. I could never forget what made me. I want to thank all of you. Now may you all rest together as brothers and sisters with our Lord Jesus for now we will bury the last true Matriarch of our family.

Love you Always,
Peter
P.S.
Give My Love and my Mom a hug and kiss from me


Grandma Sally holding Cynthia for the first time 

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Soledad Jaramillo Martinez

May 11, 1936 – April 4, 2023

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