DELIA
DELIA IS MY FAVORITE ADOPTED
DAUGHTER. WELL ALRIGHT, SHE IS MY ONLY ADOPTED DAUGHTER, BUT SHE
IS STILL MY FAVORITE.
DELIA LIVES ACROSS THE STREET
FROM JOHNNIE AND ME WITH HER HUSBAND, SERGIO AND HER FOUR SONS.
THE YOUNGEST OF WHICH IS ONE YEAR OLD. NOW WITH FOUR SONS AND A
HUSBAND TO TAKE CARE OF, YOU WOULD THINK THAT WAS A FULL TIME
JOB. AND IT DOES KEEP HER BUSY, BUT SHE FINDS TIME TO DO OTHER
THINGS.
SHE ATTENDS CHURCH REGULARLY
AND HOLDS BIBLE CLASSES IN HER HOME TWICE A WEEK. SHE IS A VERY
SPIRITUAL PERSON AND LIVES THE LIFE OF A SPIRIT FILLED WOMAN.
SHE IS A HISPANIC LADY, TALL,
AND THIN WITH EYES THAT SPARKLE AND HAIR THAT SHINES FLAXEN BLACK.
AS LONG AS DELIA HAS LIVED
ACROSS THE STREET FROM US WE HAVE NEVER HEARD HER SCREAM OR RAISE
HER VOICE AT HER BOYS.
DELIA IS HOSPITABLE AND
HELPFUL AND TEACHES HER BOYS TO FOLLOW HER PRINCIPALS.
SHE MAKES SURE THAT SHE OR THE
BOYS ARE WILLING TO HELP JOHNNIE AND ME WITH ANY CHORES WE HAVE.
MANY TIMES WHEN JOHNNIE CAME BACK FROM THE GROCERY STORE, WITH A
CAR LOAD OF GROCERIES, IF DELIA OR ONE OF THE BOYS SAW HER, THEY
WOULD COME RUNNING TO HELP UNLOAD THE GROCERIES AND CARRY THEM IN
THE HOUSE.
DELIA IS GRACIOUS AND A LITTLE
MISCHIEVOUS. SHE LIKES TO TEASE ME AND DOES EVERY TIME SHE GETS A
CHANCE. BUT THAT’S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR A DIFFERENT TIME. SHE
NEVER FORGETS A BIRTHDAY OR A HOLIDAY TO SHOW HER LOVE FOR JOHNNIE
AND ME.
DELIA HAS A BEAUTIFUL SINGING
VOICE AND SHE AND SERGIO SING AT CHURCH.
THERE IS ONE MORE THING I’VE
GOT TO TELL YOU. IT IS NOT ABOUT DELIA BUT IT SHOWS HER INFLUENCE
ON HER BOYS.
ONE TIME JOHNNIE ASKED SERGIO
JR. WHAT HE WANTED TO BE WHEN HE GREW UP. HE TOLD HER HE WAS
GOING TO BE AN ATTORNEY. “OH GOOD WHEN I RUN A RED LIGHT AND GET
A TICKET, YOU CAN GET ME OFF” JOHNNIE SAID.
“NO MA’AM I COULDN’T DO THAT”
SERGIO JR. ANSWERED.
SHOCKED JOHNNIE ASKED, “WHY
NOT?”
SERGIO JR. HUNG HIS HEAD AND
SAID IN A VERY QUIET VOICE, “BECAUSE YOU WOULD BE GUILTY.”
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2004
