A MOTHER'S DAY TRIBUTE TO HILDA BOSCH

Al llegar a America, Suzy entrevisto a Gran ma, (Hilda) y enfoco en la experiencia de ella, lo siguiente es parte de ese reporte.

"Hermenegilda Garcia nacio en Ponce, P.R. y tenia 26 anos cuando emigra los Estados Unidos. Se crio huerfana pues su madre murio cuando Hilda tenia una edad intermedia. Conocio a su primer esposo Joaquin Maldonado Sr, con quien tuvo un hijo-Joaquin Maldonado. Cuando Joaquin tenia 9 meses de nacido, el padre del nino murio de tuberculosis, una plaga que estaba azotando al pueblo en ese tiempo. Hilda quedo sola en la crianza de su hijo. Fue entonces que el Hermano de Hilda (Nico Garcia), que ya estaba trabajando en los Estados Unidos,le envio el pasaje a ella. Hilda llego aqui en el barco "Marine Flasher" en Julio del 1946. Vino a vivir en Simpson St., Bronx, NY en el apartamento de una amiga (Carmen Guzman)

Con persistencia encontro trabajo de costurera en una factoria en Bleecker St. en Manhattan. Como ella no hablaba ingles la entrenaron para trabajar la maquina "Merrow". siempre estuvo agradecida de poder trabajar como miembro de "Ladies Garment Worker's Union. eventualmente, pudo traer a su hijo Joaquin,a quien habia dejado al cuidado de la familia de su difunto esposo. En ese tiempo, tambien, busco y hallo una iglesia permanente la cual fue, La Sinagoga, la cual pastoreaba el Rev. Manuel L. Reyes. Fue fiel miembro de la misma or 68 years.

Hilda fue puente para traer a su familia que venian a vivir en un apartamento. al conseguir mejores trabajos-en correos, mechanica, en hopitales, como choferes, etc pudieron luego todos conseguir sus propios apartamentos y casas. despues de estar aca por diez anos, Hilda conocio al segundo esposo-Octavio Bosch con quien tuvo 3 higos-Miriam,Osvaldo, y Ruth. Por ultimo, el elemento de union que mantuvo la estabilidad de la familia-lo fue y aun es cierto, es el compromiso Cristiano y fiel en el senor Jesus, a pesar de cualquier adversidad, siempre apreciare los valores que se me han dejado atraves de Hermemgilda (Hilda) Garcia de Bosch. ahra que su lucha aqui ha terminado, confiamos queel ejemplo de su dignidad y fidelidad a dios y a su familia permanezcan.

Susanna M. Alvarado

HILDA , TAVIN, JOAQUIN AND CLARITA

HILDA BOSCH REMEMBERED

THE NEW STAR TREK IS A STAR HIT!!!

Did somebody just reach through the space-time continuum and pull out a white rabbit?

The crew of the Enterprise, led by James Kirk (Chris Pine, left) goes forth on a new voyage.

Even diehard Trekkers might agree that Capt. James Tiberius Kirk's best days are behind him, but by going boldly back into the past for "Star Trek" -- a "reboot" of the famed series -- director J.J. Abrams and crew have done more than prove the point. They've presented him with a whole new future.
This exhilarating blockbuster gets under way at warp speed with a prologue that climaxes with Jim's birth -- under fire from angry Romulans -- and the heroic self-sacrifice of his father, who goes down with his Starfleet command. Life, death and special effects!
The widow Kirk doesn't get much of a look. Next thing we know, James T. is an angry teenager hot-rodding in a vintage convertible and nearly throwing himself off a cliff in the process. A few years later, he's still the impetuous hothead, getting into a barroom brawl with a company of space cadets and then reporting to the Academy himself the next morning.
A Cold War hero who doves could dig, Kirk has always been a projection of American "soft power," a gunboat commander on an intergalactic peacekeeping mission. He's not perfect, but his flaws are human -- and in the Cold War context, American flaws: he's stubborn (or determined), irrational (independent) and above all, emotional (feeling). He never met an alien of the opposite sex he didn't like or a problem too complex for his gut.
These traits have a youthful, Kennedy-esque character, so it makes sense that they're accentuated in Chris Pine's portrait of the captain as a raw Starfleet recruit, bucking the system. No offense to William Shatner, but it's been a long, long time since Kirk was this sexy.
Spock traditionally mitigates Kirk's hot-blooded excess with a dose of cold, hard logic. In the classic Gene Roddenberry scheme of things, the Enterprise runs most smoothly with both men side by side on the bridge. Watch how Pine and Abrams shot a key scene in the movie
In this new, young, sometimes angry "Star Trek" -- written by Abrams cohorts Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman ("Alias") -- most of the running time they're banging heads, rubbing each other the wrong way. In the development most likely to dismay "Trek" traditionalists, they even have eyes for the same girl (Zoe Saldana as a prickly Uhura).
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Despite the tension between them, Zachary Quinto's young Spock is considerably less aloof than Leonard Nimoy's; Quinto stresses confusion and earnest self-doubt where Nimoy mined cool irony. The performance makes sense, in context, but the balance of the story doesn't allow the younger actor to step out the of older Vulcan's shadow in the same way.
This is definitively Kirk's -- and Chris Pine's -- movie: brash, confident and affectionate.
It's cleverly cast across the board, from Winona Ryder, quietly effective as Spock's earthling mom, to Eric Bana, a tattooed and wrathful Romulan. Karl Urban ("Bones" McCoy), John Cho (Sulu), Anton Yelchin (Chekov) and Simon Pegg (Scotty) are physically close enough to evoke their counterparts from the original show, but they're not the finished article, which is where a lot of humor comes in. Orci and Kurtzmann have crafted brisk, snappy scenes for each of them, playfully bouncing off our shared sense of these men's future (our past).
You'll notice I haven't explained the plot, and I don't propose to try. Whether it will stand the test of time -- or even a second viewing -- I don't know. But I do know I watched this movie with a big smile on my face; it's a film with a near-permanent twinkle in its eye.
The new Enterprise is a joy to behold. The movie positively gleams with big-budget production design and deep-space special effects. If the studios are smart, they'll be lining up to get J.J. Abrams to rejuvenate every other washed-up franchise in town. May his work live long and prosper.

A MOTHER'S LOVE

A Mother's love is something that no on can explain, It is made of deep devotion and of sacrifice and pain,It is endless and unselfish and enduring come what may For nothing can destroy it or take that love away . . .It is patient and forgiving when all others are forsaking,And it never fails or falters even though the heart is breaking . . .It believes beyond believing when the world around condemns,And it glows with all the beauty of the rarest, brightest gems . . .It is far beyond defining, it defies all explanation, And it still remains a secret like the mysteries of creation . . . A many splendoured miracle man cannot understand And another wondrous evidence of God's tender guiding hand.

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY!

The modern Mother's Day holiday was created by Anna Jarvis as a day for each family to honor their mother,[1] and it's now celebrated on various days in many places around the world. It complements Father's Day, the celebration honoring fathers.
This holiday is relatively modern, being created at the start of the 20th century, and should not be confused with the early pagan and Christian traditions honoring mothers, or with the 16th century celebration of Mothering Sunday, which is also known as Mother's Day in the UK.
In most countries the Mother's Day celebration is a recent holiday derived from the Mothering Sunday holiday in the UK.
It is celebrated in the United States each year on the second Sunday of May.In 1912, Anna Jarvis trademarked the phrases "second Sunday in May" and "Mother's Day", and created the Mother's Day International Association. [1][2]
"She was specific about the location of the apostrophe; it was to be a singular possessive, for each family to honour their mother, not a plural possessive commemorating all mothers in the world."[1]
This is also the spelling used by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in the law making official the holiday in the U.S., by the U.S. Congress on bills,[3][4] and by other U.S. presidents on their declarations.[5]

OBAMA TO PRAY PRIVATELY TODAY???

COLORADO SPRINGS - Organizers of this week's National Day of Prayer still don't know whether the White House will participate.

The event's evangelical character earned it a White House welcome during President George W. Bush's eight years in office. But Brian Toon, vice chairman of the National Day of Prayer Task Force, says to date, there's been no mention of a White House observance being held this year.

According to an article this past week in the Colorado Springs Gazette, advocacy groups for so-called inclusive dialogue on faith in America are "trying to break what they perceive as the organization's monopoly on the event."

The newspaper went on to say that the "Interfaith Alliance and Jews on First sent a letter this month to President Barack Obama asking him to declare that the National Day of Prayer is for Americans of all faiths - and even for nonbelievers."

The Gazette also reports that "White House officials have not said whether the Obama administration will formally honor the prayer day."

The newspaper said that as of Wednesday this past week, Joshua DuBois, executive director of the White House Office of Faith-based and Neighborhood Partnerships, had not responded to several e-mails from The Gazette.
Meanwhile, Toon emphasizes that Americans of any faith can stage their own prayer gatherings or attend those organized by the task force. Unfortunately, he says some have sought to abolish the National Day of Prayer instead.
Amid wars, terrorism, moral decline and swine flu, Toon says there's plenty to pray about.