Like Son Like Father: An Inseparable JourneyCorrespondent Beverly Darling | WorldNews.com | June 16th 2007
(Author’s Note: The media that is covering the tax protesters in New Hampshire, and has covered other stand-offs in the past like Waco and Ruby Ridge, often forgets that each person has a story. This is a father’s journey in which he has decided to join his son Cirino Gonzalez, who along with Ed and Elaine Brown, have barricaded themselves inside their home and are surrounded by Federal Marshals and the U.S. military.)
Thinking back, Jose remembers the story his mother would always tell him that when he was born the doctor tossed him on the bed and said, ‘Life is very hard for man.’ Living in the colonias of south Texas Jose can still remember the day they finally had running water in their small home. Years later he was thankful to also have electricity.
Jose’s father soon left and he remembers packing his suitcase and sitting beside the front door hoping and dreaming that his father would drive-up and take him away. His mother always reminded Jose that he would never see his father again. Jose’s mother was right. Later he vowed that if he ever had children, unlike his father, he would actively be involved and a part of their lives. READ ON...