"It is never too late to destroy yourself yet if you wish to build yourself you ought to refrain from useless and negative activities. Does he want to have a badly functioning body?"
Roberto Carrillo Diaz Barriga (my grandfather) Febuary 2, 1910- September 11, 2010
Not so long ago I wrote about my grandfather, well it is a sad day today for my family and me as he passed away at 9:00 AM CST. After living 100 years 7 months and 9 days the day I dreaded, yet was mentally prepared for, has happened. Mind you I am not sad or grieving, but happy as he will now be rejoined with my grandmother. He lived a good and very long life and he will continue to live through the my generation and the next and the next. It will be very strange not to have him around anymore, but as I said before I knew this day would come, although I didn't expect it to come so soon.
So here is to my grandfather Roberto Carrillo Diaz Barriga, Morelia, Michoacan Mexico Febuary 2, 1910- Mexico, D.F. September 11, 2010, my heroe.
So here is to my grandfather Roberto Carrillo Diaz Barriga, Morelia, Michoacan Mexico Febuary 2, 1910- Mexico, D.F. September 11, 2010, my heroe.
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Comment by James Halcomb on September 13, 2010 at 12:04pm -
A toast to all the influential men in our lives!
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Comment by Scott Brenner on September 12, 2010 at 7:32am -
Yes, I think you're right to toast your grandfather, Carlos. The man lived to be one hundred years old! That's a feat in itself. My goal is to live to be one hundred and one. I should be as fortunate as your grandfather. Here's to him!
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Comment by Cesar Yanez Fernandez on September 11, 2010 at 5:11pm -
I know how it feels, let me share with the community a little bit about my past. I never met my father, so my mother did all what was possible to her to sustain my grandparents and me. I live with my grandparents since I was 2 years old, my grandpa died when I was 10. I have really good memories of him, he taught me carpentery and how to be a gentleman when I was just a kid.
A Cheers to our grandfathers, a toast of Charanda for yours.
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