Medina, Inc.

TRIBUTE: ANGEL STEVE MEDINA

MY UNCLE STEVE PASSED AWAY THIS SPRING. AJ AND I WENT BACK TO THE RESERVATION WHERE HE LIVED FOR THE FUNERAL. IT WAS NICE TO SEE THE FAMILY AGAIN AND TO REMEMBER HIS LIFE. ONE OF MY FONDEST MEMORIES OF MY UNCLE WAS WHEN I WAS IN THE FIRST GRADE. I WASN'T EXACTLY A NORMAL CHILD. I HAD EXTREME SEPARATION ANXIETY AND SCHOOL WAS TOUGH. I WAS SAD ALL THE TIME AND DIDN'T DEAL WITH THE CHANGE OF HALF DAY SCHOOL TO ALL DAY SCHOOL WELL AT ALL. LUNCH TIMES WERE THE WORST BECAUSE MY COUSIN ALICIA WAS IN KINDERGARTEN AND WENT HOME AND NOBODY WANTS TO SIT WITH THE KID WHO CRIES ALL THE TIME. MY UNCLE WAS THE CUSTODIAN AT MY SCHOOL AND HE WOULD COME AND STEAL PARTS OF MY LUNCH AND MAKE ME FEEL BETTER. HE WOULD ALSO SEE ME AT RECESS AND MAKE SURE I WAS DOING OK. I LOVED MY UNCLE AND HAD TALKED TO HIM THE NIGHT BEFORE HE PASSED. EVEN FACING CANCER HE MADE THE OTHERS AROUND HIM FEEL BETTER. HE AND MY DAD LOVED BASEBALL AND ALL I COULD THINK ABOUT DURING THE FUNERAL IS NOW MY DAD HAS SOMEONE TO PLAY CATCH WITH IN HEAVEN. MAY YOU FIND PEACE AND TELL MY DAD I MISS HIM.