My Family After Tragedy

Every 21st day of each month will live in my memory as long as I exist. Late morning, I visited the cemetery and brought flowers to The Rock.  Later in the twilight of the day, I visited The Rock again, this time accompanied by Raquel.  We took a few Christmas balls of different colors to adorn one of the bushes in the proximity.  We also took a ceramic little house with a light inside.  After our tasks were completed, Raquel and I stood in silence for a few minutes looking at the site where her mother rests. At this time of the year, sunset arrives early in British Columbia, and at about 4:30 PM it is very dark outside.  After dinner and around 7:30 PM I visited the cemetery again.  I wanted to see the little ceramic house lit.  It looked beautiful and more so as some of the glass balls adorning the neighboring bush reflected, dimly, the light of the little house.  I am sure Christina loves it. The rest of the cemetery looked very peaceful at that time of the night, especially because

  In the second part of November, in the Marino Horvath's home, in the cool of the season... many things are happening, personal challenges, struggles, and growing up for everyone.  Raquel has her own goals, like Livia and me, however, for her, an important chapter of her life is ending; high school.  She is also getting ready for the big long jump into post-secondary education; she wants to be a game developer!  It is scary for her as it is also for me but I have all confidence in her strength of character.  I always remind her that she can still learn from her mother; " what would mom tell you in a similar situation, what do you think she would advise you ".  Keep her memory alive while continuing to learn from her.  The same applies to me and I still learn from my wife. Recently, Raquel had her graduation pictures taken.  Yesterday, a catalog containing samples of the pictures arrived home.  The next step is to order the pictures that we want.  She looks beautiful in a