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Susan´s farewell words:
My
family is
very
blessed to
have such
a
wonderful
Grandmother,
Mother and
Wife. Yeya
fulfills
each of
these
rolls in a
way no one
else
could. Yeya
always
gives of
herself to
others.
She
always
wants to
help us in
times of
need and
of course
always has
“pena”
when
unfortunate
events
happen. I
speak
about her
in the
present
tense
because
she is
still very
much with
all of us.
And as I
speak I
know she
is
watching
over us. When
my two
brothers,
sister,
two
cousins,
and I were
little
Yeya would
find a way
for all of
us to fit
in her
house.
Eddie
always had
his
macaroni
and
cheese.
She
always had
vanilla
cookies
for Ani to
have with
her
coffee.
Billy
and Debbie
always had
their pure
de papa
and
bologna.
Kenny
his
scrambled
eggs with
ketchup
and me my
double
cheeseburgers
with no
pickles
from
McDonalds. As
I was
growing
up, Yeya
was always
by my
Mom’s
side
helping
her cope
with us.
She
would pick
us up from
school;
take us to
ballet,
judo, and
gymnastics. Every
day at
about Even
when Yeya
was in the
hospital
and
terribly
sick, she
was always
thinking
of others.
Whenever
Yeya would
see me
come into
her room,
she would
always ask
me who was
taking
care of
Sofia and
DJ and she
kept
insisting
that I
should be
with them
instead of
with her. When
Yeya heard
that Eddie
and Becky
were
coming to
see her,
she
immediately
turned to
Nono and
told him
to change
the sheets
on their
bed so
that Eddie
and Becky
could
sleep
there;
apparently
Nono was
going to
have to
sleep on
the sofa
while
Yeya’s
beloved
grandchildren
slept on
the bed. After
my
daughter
Sofia was
born I
would join
my mom and
Yeya
during the
daily
visits.
When In
her last
few weeks
of
physically
being here
with us
she was
very lucky
to do the
many
things she
did. Three
weekends
ago Yeya
went with
my Mom and
Nono to
Tia
Daisy’s
house in
the Keys,
which she
had not
visited in
months.
Two
weekends
ago she
saw
Kenny’s
new
apartment
and she
was also
able to
visit Ani
in Last
weekend
Yeya came
to my
house and
joined the
family for
an Easter
lunch
together
with all
of her
great
grandchildren.
The
following
Tuesday
she and
Nono sat
for a
portrait,
something
that they
had never
done
before,
and then
had their
regular
Family
Dinner Day
at my
parents’
house. Last
Wednesday
Yeya came
to my
house with
Danny and
Andres to
play with
Sofia and
DJ.
As
always,
she swung What
a
fulfilling
last
month! During
her last
hours Yeya
seemed
peaceful
and ready
to be with
her
parents
and sister
in heaven. Yeya
loves all
us so
much, more
than any
words,
even those
in a
thesaurus,
can say,
but she
has a
truly
special
love for
Nono. Last
night
after we
left the
funeral,
we took
Nono to
eat at La
Carreta.
We were
physically
a party of
five, but
Yeya was
also there
with us.
When the
waitress
took us to
our table,
there were
six chairs
and when
we sat
down, the
seat next
to Nono
appeared
to be
empty but
we all
knew that
Yeya was
there to
watch Nono
eat his
café con
leche and
tostada…
and a big
slice of
pudin de
pan. Yeya and Nono were married for 61 years and she waited to start her journey to heaven until she could say goodbye to him. It wasn’t until she saw her loving husband for one last time was she able to go in peace.
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