Lola

The woman who became my grandmother almost three decades ago died today at the hospital at 7:25am. She left us after 96 years.


April 04, 1937. Irenea Manuel and Marcelino Martinez.

She was the foundation of my family, and the families of my aunts. She was the voice of temperence and everything that is good in me. She was patience, she was humility, she was perseverance, she was generosity. She was Irenea Manuel Martinez, my grandmother.


2004. If she was aware I was taking photos of her in her sleep... Oh my! But definitely, she would have forgiven me.