Dedicated to the memory of Matilde Mencara Reyes Lamson
Mati was born in Las Palmas, Grand Canaria, Canary Islands of Spain on January 14, 1927. She is much loved and will always be remembered by all her friends and family, mostly for her infectious laugh and her generous spirit. She passed away on January 1st, 2012.
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Thoughts
Hi abuelita. You've been gone for two years. Can you believe it? It's been forever since I've hugged you. I think of you often and tell stories about you. You live in my breath, my words. It doesn't seem quite right that you are gone. There is this space in my life where you should be. Everything about you is so vibrant, so colorful that I forget you're gone sometimes. I think, she must be here, I can see her and hear her laughter. Then I remember. I love you. I miss you.
Christina
2nd January 2014
Abuelita there is so much to say and no more time to say it. I love you. You are me and I am you. Every time I tell a story with my hands, every time I fret about swimming, every time I make rice pudding and laugh loudly, you are still here. I'm glad because I don't know how to live in a world where you aren't there.
Christina
5th January 2012
A beautiful woman with a sparkle in her eye that made even the brightest diamond look dull. I didn't have the pleasure of knowing her very well but I know her brilliant spark lives on in those that carry her blood in their veins.
Las acompaño en su sentimiento.
esperanzaeterna
5th January 2012
Candles
What's it been? Eight years? One would think that you'd enjoy your rest, but you keep hovering around, some days more present than others. I'll see you in an image on a can of rice milk. I'll hear a laugh that sounds like yours. I'll pick up some object and be transported to memories both good and bad. You always said you'd haunt me and maybe you have. Or maybe my wounds are more raw some days and more healed on others and you are the just memories, flashes of synapses. Whatever you are, you've been very present recently and I just wanted to stop by and tell you that I love you. And I miss you.
Lit by Christina on 24th July 2020
I should have posted this yesterday but had alot ony mind just couldnt ,today is the day
Lit by Julie Lamson Hart. ( daughter) on 2nd January 2017
Abuelita. A light in case you get lost in your travels. You keep showing up in the weirdest dreams.
Lit by Christina on 2nd January 2014