Brautie "Ditto" Garcia
Many moons ago I helped raise this wonderful little boy. I loved him at first sight with a mother’s instinct even though I wasn’t a mom then. And he adopted me as his Mama, even though he had his own. He was barely three years old then. We spent many weekends together, baking cookies and going to the park and zoo. When he was a little older we would spend summers together. He would go to camp and I to work, then I would pick him up and he would play in the yard or ride his bike enjoying life as every little boy does.
Then he got even older and we became even closer. But I moved away and out of his life and broke his little heart. It took a lot of courage, and the determination of his sweet wife, and after 20 years we were reunited. We exchanged a lot of emails and shared what was in our hearts and decided to move forward with a brand new start.
When I first saw him at the airport my knees buckled and I began to cry. All I could do was hug him, look at him, and hug him some more. We had the best visit. He got reacquainted with his sisters, and acquainted with their boys. And my new little grandson Matthew fit right in with Demitri (whom he insists is his brother).
So my little family unit continues to grow as I now have another grandson and a great daughter-in-law.
I love you Ditto.
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| In DC |
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| He is 6'5" |
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| Me and Matthew at Oregon Ridge Park |
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| John and Ditto waiting for the girls to get our cappuccinos |
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| Sweet Angela |
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| Lisa, Angela, and the boys |
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| Isn't she pretty! |
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| My children |
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| The boys on the train |
3 comments:
Thank you Mercy for all the kind words. I feel fortunate for having a beautiful smart caring and accepting new mother in law and I now have sisters . I thank god everyday for all of you in my life the world has so much more opportunity !
I read this when I woke up this morning at the Fire Station. I had to let my best friend read this and she said she was going to cry. Thank you so much for writing this for us. As Matthew would say "its very AWESOME' I am so blessed to have all of you back in my life again. Can't wait to see all of you again. Love you, miss you BYE
I am blessed beyond measure.
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