Gloria Ann Del Toro
Lolie and i were close throughout the years, for the simple reason her mom Noemi and my dad Abel were the youngest out of their siblings.We would go visit Tia Chica ( Noemi) and Uncle Alfred numerous times at there home. Lolie would be there and we would have fun laughing and listening to Tia Chica and my dad joke around. Lolie would always say your daddy is something else.After the passing of my father I always kept in touch with Aunt Noemi because she was the closest person in the flesh of my dad. Lolie would always tell me you can visit mama all you want and share memories of your dad with us and I did. I often called Lolie to see how she was doing. We would end up cracking jokes and remembering how silly my dad was and she started to tell me I had my dads sense of humor. After taking both of her parents in to care for them both she had health issues herself and had a big load on her. Plenty of times I reminded her that we have a big family and that she needed anything to call for help. Well she never did. Uncle alfred went into a nursing home and Tia Chica staying with her. I often reminded her again that I could help her with Tia. But again never took up the offer. After the loss of both parents she became depress. She felt alone , but I encourage her that she was not alone that God was with her and that the Holy Spirit will strengthen her if only she allowed him to. Lolie had health issue and battles throughout her life that would only lead me to believe she was giving up on life.I constantly encourage her that God had a plan and a purpose for her life. I said God could have taken you three times but he didn’t. He is giving you life still for a reason.But I prayed every time after our conversation, praying and hoping that everything I had ever witness to her that she would think on it and ponder on it until it got deep down in her thoughts. My last conversation with her was she wanted to see if I had a video I had posted on a another cousin who had pass away in March that his parents wanted me to do a live video on Facebook. Well I couldn’t find it and I encourage her that I had her moms video. So I sent it to her and she called back crying. She was missing her parents even more so towards the end of her last days. But now blood we are with them and you can walk and run and enjoy our family who have gone before us. Until we see each other again.
Love ❤️
Gloria Ann Del Toro
