We have recently experienced the loss of family members. This chapter is not so much to tell a story, but rather to share some thoughts, as I’m getting prepared to create the next chapter and the next stories. I’d love your feedback on this podcast you can push the button to provide it and share it, these are scrambled thoughts and ramblings really trying to make sense of the loss and incorporate these beautiful stories. Thank you for listening.

Éste no es un capítulo te cuento todavía estoy tratando de completar el siguiente historia. Por el momento comparto un poco sobre la pérdida de nuestros seres queridos y como cambia la realidad de y como afecta nuestra historia.

Recorded in Spanish:

What is it like to wait for your father only to see him 2-3 months out of the year? What was it like to see him leave every time? Herminio was 4th in birth order but the first male and therefore inherited the role as the man of the house. My grandfather would spend 9 to 10 months working in California and the remainder at home in Zacatecas with his family. This went on for over 10 years. Herminio at age 16 left La Tetilla to work with his father al Norte but left his mother's side for the first time.

Jump to small town Rodeos.

Herminio loved to colear los toros as traditional rodeos provided la banda with music, the queens to hand out ribbons to the successful charros, and the men who competed in this sport.

Here is a link to an actual rodeo in Garcia de la Cadena showing how it is done. Enjoy!

New stories:

Romance

Culture

Traditions

Travel

Rediscovery

Stories

The undertone is about time.

Hope you enjoy.

This is in Spanish.

If you would like to collaborate I will be sharing between episodes a series in your voice and your parent's voice. Hear me out...

Leocadio and Julia were two kids in the heart of southern Zacatecas Mexico growing up during the great depression born toward the end of the great Mexican Revolution.  Needless to say it was a terribly difficult time for most in that region.  Intro to their love story as it pertains to a beautiful legacy that they could never have imagined back then.  Join me in their journey as we understand how love really can change the world or at least a family.

Leocadio eventually was able to get approval for his family's green cards and in 1971 they left La Tetilla to venture out into a new world together.  For most of them they never looked back.  They don't know where this place is anymore as decades have escaped.

Only Leocadio and once in a while Julia returned to this humble but beautiful place in Zacatecas.  Home was no longer there for them.  Home became Southern California in a fine little home on La Rosa Drive.  With the family finally together this became the safe haven for so many travelers as well as the family.