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Category Archives: Family History
Christmas Story by Carlos Najera
I made it to the fifth grade. It wasn’t easy. In fact I hated school. A lot of kids gave me a hard time, and many of the teachers were no better. I remembered my father telling me how important … Continue reading
El Centro
Here I am. In the background I can see the front of our house in El Centro, California, in the Imperial Valley. It is just a couple of miles from the Mexico/U.S. border. It was a small town back … Continue reading
Posted in autobiography, Family History, TB
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Prologue of the Fairies
They are here, right now. They are among us, and all about us, the fairies. They hear our thoughts and the beatings of our hearts. And in our deepest sleep they dance inside our dreams and dust our days … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestry, Fairy Tale, Family History
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At the Blue Onion
Everyone was gone, just Cousin Boy and I were in the house. He was baby sitting me again, although I was starting to think I was getting too old now to need a baby sitter. I was eight years … Continue reading
Posted in autobiography, Family History, Oxnard
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Sunset
Did you know? Did you really know? That the last time That you saw me was the last time you saw me? Did you know that The last thing I saw was your tail lights glowing red through the … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestry, autobiography, Family History, growing old, heart breaks, poetry
Tagged death, family
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Doña Christina
(1910 to 1981) Christina Ledesma child of Odilón and Margarita Ledesma. She had three brothers, Faustino, Melesio, and Eduardo. She had three sisters, Manuela, Katherine, and Emily. Christina was born in Lake Elsinore, near Riverside California. Her family moved to … Continue reading
Entreat Me Not
March 22, 1975 We were both students at San Jose State … Continue reading
Dust of the Moon
“My name is Carlos Leonardo Nájera de Madrid.” This is how my father begins his life story. I am not sure when he started writing. It might’ve been in the 1960s or 70s. But I remember seeing him many nights … Continue reading
Posted in Ancestry, autobiography, California History, Colorado River, Family History, halloween, heart breaks, Mexicali, Oxnard, paper boys
Tagged bullies, California, family, growing up, Public Education, School, water
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Star Watch
In the Imperial Valley, my father, and I suppose many other people, stepped outside to enjoy the cooler evening air of a hot summer night. I was just a toddler but I remember. He would stand or sit on the … Continue reading
Posted in autobiography, Family History, poetry, TB, UFO
Tagged childhood, family, The Poet
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The Lady in the Bed
“Who’s that?” I asked. The year was 1950. I was barely three years old, but I still remember. My memory is a bit fuzzy about exactly where we were. We were probably at the Maryknoll hospital in Monrovia, California. … Continue reading
