"Illustrate a Story"

Listening to this story immediately made my eyes fill with tears. My grandfather came to my mind immediately. The kind words with which Priya Morganstein and Bharani Jaroff describe their father in the interview are exactly the ones anyone in our family would use for Luis Alberto Flores, my “Abuelito” (grandpa).  My grandfather was a kind, hard-working, role model, loving husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather.  His family was his biggest treasure and he always pushed for us to be together regardless of distance. He overemphasized family and when he saw us together his eyes glowed. This year will be 10 years since his passing and not one day goes by that we don’t remember him. The digital image is a collage of our family together like always. And as the family keeps growing, we keep adding to the tree. The image has a message in Spanish which reads:

To have lived giving love is extraordinary, but even more so is to have lived and passed away remaining unforgettable. For all the footprints you left behind…We love you!