Candace was my birthday present, Erin was my Father's Day gift, and Elliana was my equal opposite. Our birthdays are exactly six months ...

It would have been the Christmas of 2008 when I had the idea to take Elliana to The Dollar Store so she could buy presents for people who we...

I worked for a non-emergency medical transport company named Transpro for a few months in 2008 before departing for Northwest Transport. Can...

Javier called me somewhat in a panic. Elliana had been crying incessantly since she had her shots earlier in the day, and he could not figur...

I was eleven when we went to San Diego to visit my uncle and his family. It was there that I saw my first major league baseball game. The ...

Note: This was written by me on July 28, 2009. That date has no significance to the reader. It has significance to me, because it means th...

The most popular post of 2023. * * * * * Elliana has several cultures in her genetic makeup.  Her father has indigenous and Mexican blood on...

The final part of the day of work at Transpro was washing and putting away the van. Candace arrived while I was washing the van one sunny da...

I was greeted at the door by my youngest granddaughter. "Hi Papa. Merry Christmas and welcome," she said.  It was not her no...

It is not unusual for me to gather my family for a weekend breakfast. This particular day was a Sunday at Bar Bistro. I started out with...

I heard a quotation that everyone believes that they have the best dog in the world, and none of them are wrong.  I don't personally hav...

I have been going through boxes and stored items so that I can get rid of things that I've saved over the years that I will never need. ...

Originally written November 8, 2007. * * * * * With love from her deep brown eyes more piercing than Cupid’s arrows, she comfortably posit...

It is about ten minutes to two in the morning. I have had a bit over five hours of continuous sleep and feel rested now.  I think the thing ...

With tremendous sadness, the family of Elliana Tapia announces that she passed away on July 18, 2023. Elliana was born on July 28, 2005. S...

As I try to reconcile my granddaughter's death on July 18th, the relationship to so many things come to mind as I think about the things...

Elliana made a comment about wishing she had packed differently in case she went to inpatient treatment. I spent as much time as I could let...

Most of her things had already been packed when she awoke yesterday. Unlike the days leading up to yesterday, we would be packing Elliana...

Even though my love for each of my children and grandchildren is equal, my devotion to Elliana over her seventeen years has exceeded what I ...

Sometimes the most difficult thing about accepting truth is that it comes at the expense of some of our favorite prejudices. A prejudice I o...