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dear grandpa josé

Do you remember when I was 16 and going to Hawaii? You told me about the Honolulu Santiagos, your cousins who left Puerto Rico as teens, like you did. Except they went to Hawaii instead of New York. (They’d heard, you said, about the pineapple.) You wanted me to look them up.
But Grandpa, I countered, [...]

Posted on February 27th, 2010 under Grenada. Tags: childhood stories, family, grandpa jose, grandparents, grief, gringo grandchildren, hawaii, love, never forget, puerto rico, racism. Comments: None

happy birthday, mom

This photo of my mother was taken in 1970. She was a year out of college and teaching biology at Cathedral High School in New York City. She was born and raised in South Bend, Indiana. Living in Manhattan was an enormous challenge for her. That first winter, she tells me, she got herself a [...]

Posted on February 8th, 2010 under Grenada. Tags: backstory, caribbean, childhood stories, early days, family, grandma kay, Grenada, grief, happy birthday, joaquin the illustrious bean, love, motherhood, PHOTOS. Comments: 3