In a few days it will be my Mom’s birthday so it seemed right to share this photo with you on Throwback Thursday. My mom was an amazing woman. She was studying to be a lawyer when Batista shut down the university due to protests in Cuba. She worked to free Cuba of Batista only to find a harsher master in Castro. When she tried to undo that wrong, she was forced to flee Cuba to avoid imprisonment. There was only one place to run to: the United States. My mom knew this was the one country where her family would be free and when she got here, she did everything she could to ensure that her children would be able to live the American Dream. Boy, did we. Thanks to her mentoring and hard work my sister and I were able to attend college. That education gave us so many opportunities. Unfortunately, my mom only witnessed my graduating college. She passed before seeing my sister graduate barely two years later. That day was a hard one because I knew she would have been so proud to see that accomplishment and I hope that she is proud of all that her daughters have done. Happy birthday, Mom. You left us way too soon.
What a loving tribute to your mom. She is a loving angel in heaven.