By Tom Rodriguez This story of memories is the result of a conversation I had with my two daughters, Alexis, age 26, and Lyla, age
Category: Stories
A Christmas Eve Memory
By Tom Rodriguez Every holiday season as Christmas Day approaches, I always remember a very special Christmas Eve that occurred when I was a young
Thanksgiving Day Memories
By Tom Rodriguez When I was a young boy, Thanksgiving Day in my home started with my three brothers and I waking up to the wonderful
The Day We Almost Drowned
By Tom Rodriguez Every summer during the years that I was growing up in Topeka, Kansas, some boy, usually a Mexican-American, would drown in the
My Dog Spotty
By Tom Rodriguez I don’t know when we got Spotty but he was always around when we were little kids. I guess Dad thought we
Love Story
By Tom Rodriguez In 1931, when my mother, Jennie, graduated from Our Lady of Guadalupe Grade School, a K-8 all Mexican-American enrolled Catholic school, she