This past weekend was one of those weekends that you will remember for the rest of your life. It's like when someone famous dies and your asked, "do you remember where you were at or what you were doing when so and so died"? The answer inevitably is, "yes". Well, this weekend was one of those for me. Do I remember where I was when I got reacquainted with my nieces? Hell yeah I do! I was at George Mendoza's house my oldest and best friend in the world 32 years and going strong baby. It's been a while that we had lost contact with childhood friends Steve & Mary Martinez, in fact it had been
about 25 years. In addition to Steve & Mary I have a niece Lynda that is also niece to both Steve & Mary. And for the icing on the cake, Lynda has a beautiful baby girl named Bella. And like the name implies, this girl is nothing short of the name "Bella" or "Beautiful" as it translates.
A lot of time has passed and there is much catching up to do in the coming weeks, months and years and I look forward to every moment. I have learned a lot from my niece about her travels as well as those of my nephew who I haven't seen yet but eagerly await the opportunity to
do so. Lynda and Mark are daughter and son of my brother Mark and Steve and Mary's sister Evon. It's a relationship that go's back about 30 years now and from that relationship came these two wonderful individuals. My family and I lost contact when we moved away and shortly after Steve's family also moved away and before you realized the connection was gone. So over the years I would ask around mainly my buddy George and his brothers if they knew of my niece & nephews whereabouts and finally years later hear we are. Persistence pays off!
I must say that it was worth being friends with George & his
brothers all this time, it finally paid off! Now I can dump the bastard! He's of no use to me anymore! Ha..Ha.. Just kidding Georgie! Nothing but love for you my man!
So without getting too mushy, I want to say, I'm very glad to have finally had the opportunity to connect again. I'm sorry that it took a long time but now that we are connected we can make great memories for you and Bella to look back on as you get older. This is the beginning of something great kids!