Today was perhaps the second time that I have spoken to my Grandfather in twelve years. I miss him so much. He lives in Cuba and recently received a travel visa to visit the U.S. He is a humble and wise man who times his well thought-out phrases. My mother remembers him hitting her once in all her life on the buttocks and never once arguing with my Grandmother in front of his children. He and my grandmother have been married for over sixty years and have never once faltered each other. Everyone loves him, including me, his distanced grandson. I still remember sitting on the porch of his house atop the hill where it was built waiting for him to come home, usually with a sack full of Mamey which he knew I loved. I remember sitting on the porch with him awestruck as he pitted and peeled the red fleshy Mamey for my anxious lips. He loved to tell me stories during nightly blackouts and test my knowledge of animal sounds. I can picture him now, shirtless as we all usually are, rocking himself gently to sleep in the outdoor patio of our Miami home. I can’t wait to see him.
Abuelo
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I can only begin to imagine how you feel, but i do know and understand the love one has for their grandparents, i say cherish every single,waking moment you have with them!
Time is so unpredictable and unforgiving!
i so nice to know that u had a chance to talk to your Grandfather Yusef, I just got in touch with my Grandfather and i haven't seen him or spoken to him in about 16 years, and my father that i have not seen in about all my life. But know that i have them some what back in my life if feels good it was always like something or somepart of me was missing and now i found it. Damn Yusef i love this site its like i can open up to topics that i can relate to thanks, DAMN that felt good i havent spoken about my pops or grandfather to anyone.....
Grandparents are the best. However, for some reason or the other we are somewhat estranged from my father's side of the family. His father established himself in the US during the early fifties and I guess that we equate to a lower class standing then he, new wife, and daughter, whom he shows most love for. Perhaps my father reminds him of his failed romance with my grandmother (God bless her soul) and evokes difficult memories. I dont know. It is what it is.
beto u miss your grandpernts i grow up with mine as much as we fight and biker i alway think about them i speak with them everyday i miss miami
Well All i can say that i only went to Cuba 4 Times in my lifetime and I meet my grandmother when she was ther bcuz now she resides in Miami. I never had the chance to know my grandfather bcuz my grandfather left my grandmother for anotehr women. This is why Yusef I am glad that u have a close relationship with your grandfather. Unlike me who never had it. The last thing I ever heard is that my grandfather eventually moved to New Orlands aand died 14 years ago.