Today I'm sharing my brother Paco's blog post regarding (what would have been) our kid-brother Gabo's (RIP) 40th birthday. See here: http://www.mfconsulting.com/blog/archives/000196.html
In the photos he posted, one shows Gabo and my nephew "Paquito" Francisco G. Martinez, who was also prematurely killed by a sniper in Ramadi, Iraq in 2005 at 20 yrs old. The other photo with my mother was taken 2 weeks prior to his death, while on procession at my wedding in 1990. See my previous post about Gabo here: http://spiritualityintheflesh.blogspot.com/2011/10/and-tree-grows-still.html
See this story about Paquito here: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4571154
As you may well guess, New Year's Eve since 1990 has always been bittersweet. On one hand is a celebration of his life and the loving being that he was, on the other hand it's a melancholic day for me because of how much I miss him still.
In honor of both: Happy New Year 2013!!
Much Light & Love
