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Laura
June 17, 2025
Laura
May 14, 2025
Granddaddy, I was just reading all these memories and I realized I can no longer hear your voice in my head and it made me really cry out loud. It made me feel like I was forgetting you, so I was crying and Skye who is the best dog ever!!! yes she is so smart, doesnt bark like loki only if she feels someone is going to break in this 3rd floor apt. I realize now that I no longer hear you and I am thinking is that why this is getting a lil easier to get through, but its not, because on the 19th of May is when we lost you and I will never ever forget, its the 14th of May right now and I know that I miss you just as much but I dont hear your voice. I text everyone so hopefully we can get together this weekend for you if not, I prayed to the heavens a prayer and I know you heard and I will do what I said granddaddy just take care of me from there so I can.... Love you and miss all of you in heaven. Love Laura
Laura
January 28, 2025
Hi Granddaddy, guess who, yep I'm back. hahaha. Been a while, went through some tough times since I last wrote. Had to pull myself out of that awful relationship I was in, moved and been getting myself better. I miss you, grandma and everyone who is gone. I had a dream of Pete last night, it was crazy but we were up to shennanigans. haha however you spell that word. Well I am doing way better and I am doing pretty good, feeling better way better. I finally got the caddy granddaddy and Herman and I were like, Granddaddy would want to go to Louisiana it. Its nice and I am happy and very proud of myself for being able to move forward. It has taken me a long time to accept this, that your not here I kept you alive in my mind, this was the hardest thing I feel I have had to process, the grief. I honestly think about how you lost so many people in your 93 years and you kept going, it makes me understand now how / why you were the way you were. I get it now and I appreciate all that you did for us. We are all doing okay, your Deborah boooooy ohhhh boooy one thing are another, but she is learning its not easy with granddaddy not here. Herman he is letting her know, he is, letting her know. lol Well I am going to go visit the cemetery here soon. Just know we miss you everyday! Love you Laura
Laura Rodriguez
August 20, 2024
Well Granddaddy was thinking of you and just started crying and Skye was just looking at me and wondering what was wrong with me. All I know is you were in my dream the other night and was giving orders....lol that made me laugh. I am trying to turn the grief / loss into who knows, its still kinda raw and emotional for me. Herman is doing good and so is Denyse, now Deborah booooy you already know....lol. She is getting there say the same for Daddy he is getting there, his AC went out and I know your just like again? hahahaha... Im laughing with you over here because we already know...I know the TEXANS are winning and I was like if only grandddaddy was here watching these guys, you would still have something to say but they are doing better. Just wanted to send a quick hello and say that I miss you :-) Love Laura
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Laura
July 3, 2024
Hi Granddaddy its July 3rd, tomorrow is the 4th I know we used to have some good barbq get togethers on the 4th. Had a little flashback and wanted to stop in and say hello. I am going to go visit the cemetery and puts some flowers for you and grandma and great grandfather. I know I should go more often but its the damn traffic, I am not as close as I used to be. I know you would always call me and ask if I put some for grandma and I would be like, yes granddaddy I sure did! I miss your phone calls, I miss you this has been the hardest thing for me, what I saw and how it made me feel, something that I was totally not expecting but I have been dealing with it the best I can, my emotions were all over the place, I felt like I was losing my self and I had to get my faith and know that God is good and that you all are watching over us. I miss you and love you. till next time, good night Irene! :-)
Laura
June 13, 2024
Well Granddaddy its June and its sooooo hot in here...lol. Just sitting here scrolling through my messages to you and can see how helpful it is to come back here and send you lil messages. We all went to Schlitterbahn, had fun as always, we all did last week it was Tuesday and it felt good to log off work and just go have fun. Im sitting here working of course, as always, hahaha. well granddaddy I was thinking how you would always say take care of yourself when we would hang up and I think of those words alot lately, I am taking care of myself and doing good feeling way better, for a while there I had lots of anxiety and finally got my self taken care of. I love you and miss you :-)
Laura
May 28, 2024
Hi Granddaddy, just sitting here working and was missing you. Dropping by to say Hello, we had a lil get together last week for you, being one year since you left to be with grandma and all your family now. We had you here with us, now your with them in heaven watching over us. Last night I was watching a movie and it ended and I was like Good night Irene!, you would say that all the time. Your always thought of and missed. Hugs and Kisses, love Laura
Laura
April 29, 2024
Hi Granddaddy, just wanted to send a quick hello. Its almost May and its going to be a whole year already, it flew by so fast. It seems like it did but it didnt, there were days where I would just cry and cry and then days where I would speak about you and laugh, then I can hear your voice in my head saying something that would make me laugh. I was driving to a dental appt on last Thursday and wouldn't you know it, a song on the radio came on and it took all I had to keep my composure, it was Ray Price, For the Good Times! You and I would listen to that song a lot when we were sitting at the table drinking beers all night long and listening to songs you liked especially Jalapeno Lina!!!! We are going to get together in May and I sure will be playing those songs for you. I miss you and love you very much. Love Laura
Laura Rodriguez
March 5, 2024
Well Granddaddy its March, the 5th to be exact. Herman's bday is in two days and mine well its the 16th. Was going to go to Louisiana but circumstances for the better are happening to me right now, so I am doing good over here still by the water. Daddy was up in the back trying to get me a couple of fishing poles but it was so dusty, I was like we can do this another time, lol. He was like ok sounds good to me. I just want you to know Im here thinking of you, how you used to sit there with me and we would talk about nothing, lol. You would fall asleep and I just enjoyed being around you that I would go outside and then come back in, your mouth, booooy could catch some flying fish, it be so wide open...hahahha... you would start laughing when I would tell you. Its almost here, the one year since you been gone and it still feels like it was just the other day we were at the house with you, giving you lil sips of water and putting medicine on your lips so they werent so dry, you would know we were there but you were drifting and we knew it was happening, we just didnt expect it when it did! We stayed with you for a long time granddaddy and we were there just touching you, holding your hand and celebrating the life you had with us! I try not to be sad sometimes but I cant help it, I know you are in a way better place and I am happy that you are at peace with God. Love you so much and miss talking to you, I really really do. Love you Laura
Deborah Salazar
February 22, 2024
I miss cutting your hair , plucking your ear hairs ! Saying you had a cactus growing lol ; Trimming your mustache . The way you´d hold in your lips and mumble not to snip you with those 1970´s scissors you swore were still good I miss eating menudo with you and hearing your excitement when it was damn good ! Good GOD almighty! That´s good stuff you´d say ! Making you Charro beans! And arroz con pollo but make sure the rice is pink lol the look s I´d give you like you sure it´s pink or orange Grandaddy
Laura
February 14, 2024
Hola Granddaddy, its me just sitting here at work and thinking about all the things we used to do. Going to the lodge, all of us laughing have good times, you and David making every one laugh! I truly feel blessed that I got to spend those days with you, we were always going somewhere. The old Sears on Shepherd and looking at stuff, going to eat, hanging out at ol Buffalo Freds, going to casinos. I truly do appreciate all those cherished memories. I miss you and love you and always when I see 3:16 on the clock I know its our connection. I know you came to me in my dream and you were standing there so healthy and peaceful, it made me feel better but I still miss you. Love you so much! Got a puppy I know what you would be saying, lol. She is good, she a half husky / shepherd and I am training her just like lil lokie, hahaha...She is good I am glad I got her, she keeps me going, you would like her. Well gotta get back to work granddaddy and just know you are not forgotten :-)
Laura
January 2, 2024
Well granddaddy, its Jan. 2nd 2024, in 20 days grandma will have been gone 34 years and you will be gone 7 months. Christmas was at the house and Herman was very kind to us all and we had a shrimp and crab boil it was fun this past Saturday, saw Angie and Mark they came by. I miss you and I dont know what happen last night but I saw some kind of light in the middle of the night, I hope it was you, it was like a flash and it scared me a little but then I thought of you and I was okay. Just wanted to say Happy New Years another year down, in March will be our birthday, I am not sure how its going to be, but I will definitely drink a cold one for you. Cheers granddaddy, Love you Laura
Laura
December 14, 2023
Hi Granddaddy, its Wed. 12/14 and just sitting here working. I wanted to tell you something, yesterday when I got in the car after I logged off from work, the car turned on and it was 3:16pm right on the dot and I knew you were with me at that very moment, I kept staring at the clock and it didn't change for a while so I know you were with me and then I started to drive and still felt like longer than usual then it changed and I was on my merry little way to Seabrook post office, ohhhh was there some traffic, they are building another road over the bridge, which I am sure you traveled many many times. I miss you and right now I have some old Christmas cartoons on in the background and Rudolph is on and heard the song and just remembered when we were kids how we watched it all the time and made me a lil sad but happy memories of singing the songs when we were little. Love you and miss you, talk to you later granddaddy big hug :-)
Laura
November 22, 2023
Good morning granddaddy, I am sitting here working on the day before Thanksgiving, tomorrow is turkey day and I was just remembering all the times we had together. The cajun turkeys, the fried turkeys, the ones from the oven, the trips to the casino, which I will be taking tomorrow. Going to Delta Downs, I will of course play a machine for you. It just seems it doesnt get easier missing you. We had good times, drinking, laughing, joking and listening to your stories. Just know granddaddy that I miss you and I love you. Happy Thanksgiving grandaddy. Oh Herman and daddy sent flowers to me and they are very pretty, I can hear you say, of course same ol thing, lol. I enjoy looking at them. Miss you so much, today tomorrow and forever. Love Laura
Laura
November 1, 2023
Hi Granddaddy, went to see you this past Sunday, put some flowers and of course a Texans football balloon for you. No, they didnt win and I could here you, just saying all your funny things you would say about being "Wide Open" even Michael was saying it. I was there and just was talking to you as if you were right there sitting in front of me, I miss talking to you, you were always there for me, for us. Yes of course you had your say but I know now you were there for me and I love you so much and miss you so much. I miss you calling me to tell me when the Astros were playing and when the Texans were playing and of course the other team Dallas lol. I try to not cry granddaddy but its hard not too, I just keep telling myself you are in a happy place with grandma, your family and friends. Love you lots, Laura
Laura
November 1, 2023
Good times at with granddaddy. There is loki always with granddaddy, lol.
Laura
October 20, 2023
Hi Granddaddy, just missing you so much. I think of you every day! The Astro's are winning, Houston Texans are doing good. I know you would be cheering them on and cussing em out... I really try not to cry when I think of you, sometimes it just comes out, I can hear you saying "What yall going to do when I am not here" and I just ignored it because you were here, now I know. I got my flyer for Delta Downs and think I am going to take a trip just like we always did, we had fun, playing the slots, eating and having bloody mary's. I know you are watching over us and we are all okay, love you Granddaddy :-)
Laura
September 12, 2023
Hi Granddaddy, its Laura, was out this morning walking the marina and hearing the birds and the mullets jumping started thinking about all your fishing trips and big stories. Especially the one where you caught the turtle and showed all of us the vhs tape, lol, thats how long ago it was... Wow time does fly, I am really thankful for the 52years I had you in my life. Yes, there were some hard times, fun times, bad times, good times but we loved you! We still do. I miss you so much and I think of you daily, I miss how you would call and let me know when your damn Texans would play, man this game on Sunday was a doozy, I could just hear you cussing them out... big laugh. Then watched your other team the Cowboys they put a whooping on the other team. I texted Rosie and she was like you would be saying, how you like my Team...hahaha.. I get so angry sometimes granddaddy because your not here but I know its just me being selfish, you had a long life and I just knew you would be here till over a hundred just your dad. I know you held on as long as you could and I know you loved us and we are all okay, we all our just doing our thing now. Its different the house without you but Herman he is keeping that yard going and the house clean. I know pretty soon he will be having to remove things and it will be different but for now its just like you left it. Its comforting to me to go over there but I miss our talks, I miss your little remarks, I just miss you!
Laura
August 8, 2023
Good morning Granddaddy, its Tuesday 8/8, I was out walking this morning and it was already getting hot, you would probably be loving this weather because you would say it was always cold. lol. Well the hot weather is nothing new, it happens just the dang news which we all new you loved so much, big laugh!!! you watched it but always had something to say. Daddy was here a couple weeks ago and he said something and I was like, granddaddy lives on! lol. We all have some granddaddy sayings in us. Lil Loki had his little surgery you wanted him to have, of course something happen to his tail! I know your shaking your head, well he is okay and he is doing better. Just know we miss you and we are always thinking of you. I just watched the video of you leaving the house for the last time and of course I cried, I know you dont want us to be sad but we are, we love you and miss you. I know that you are way better off and I know that you and grandma are watching over us. Im always on the patio looking at the water when I look up in the sky send me a smile from above, love you so much Laura.
Laura
July 25, 2023
Hi Granddaddy, just sitting here thinking about you! I miss you so much. Just wanted to stop by and say Hi :-) love you Laura
Laura
July 7, 2023
Hi Granddaddy, just thinking of you and missing you so very much! We all miss you. I know your pain free now and I know you are watching down on us. We love you, love Laura
Laura
June 30, 2023
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June 30, 2023
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Laura
June 30, 2023
thank you Allysia for sending the pictures. I know there are lots more. Maybe a couple of years ago, one of the many days we always had fun. Love you Laura
Laura
June 26, 2023
Hi Grandaddy, missing you. We all spent yesterday at Typhoon Texas water park for lil mikey's 13th bday. We all missed you and knew you would enjoy us being all together. Herman and I were in the wave pool and of course we were being knocked around and we were just laughing and laughing and I know if you could here us tell the story you would be laughing with us. Herman pulled up a picture of you so that you were there with us. Alayna misses you and we all miss you so very much. You did so much for us and took care of us. I remember every morning you made Herman, Denyse and I tacos and put our names on them with pieces of masking tape and spelled our names out and every morning we danced up to the oven and opened it, I dont eat eggs so you made mine with chorizo and beans and they were the best, no one can make those like you did, big smiles. I think looking back on this whole situation, I would have sat with you and reminisced more about our childhood. We love you grandaddy and miss you so much! I think of you every single day!
Laura
June 19, 2023
Grandaddy, Mikey and me. One of the many awesome days spending it with grandaddy. We miss you! Love Laura
Laura
June 13, 2023
Goodmorning Grandaddy thinking of you as usual. I miss you and think of you! I am getting ready to head to the house to visit Herman and lil Loki, got him fixed and he no longer is following and sniffing you know who, hahahaha... Love you Laura
Laura
June 5, 2023
Well Grandaddy its June 5th, I am here working and thinking of you! I miss you so much, I miss you asking about my salsa. I remember the last time I made it at the house, you said it was too hot, lol! it wasnt... haha. Miss you very much always will, 52 years is a long time, so was 93 years. Lots of love, Laura
Denyse Reinhard
June 2, 2023
I'm Blessed to have you as my grandfather and I got to spend 50 years with you.i love and miss you so much. Forever in my heart . Now you have been been reunited with grandma and love ones.. Rest in Peace grandaddy.
Laura
May 26, 2023
Barbq at grandaddys
Angie
May 23, 2023
Miss you Herman, miss your laughter, your calls to rile me up.most of all miss are talks. You are whole again and healthy. You are surrounded by lived ones. Tell mom and dad hi, Love you
Angela EPpes
Laura Rodriguez
May 22, 2023
Miss you so much Grandaddy, love you so much. I know you are already watching over us, Love you Laura
Deborah Salazar
May 22, 2023
My loving granddaddy , I will forever live to honor you. You are the best great grandfather and loved me so much. I appreciate and admire your strength, courage , will power, determination, love and strong work ethic. You are the true meaning of the American Dream. ( My grandpa Robert said it first ) xoxo- love Baby Deborah
Laura
May 22, 2023
Miss you so much Grandaddy, love you so much. Laura
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