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Category Archives: TB
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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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
The Rose Garden
Groundbreaking for the Rose Garden took place in 1931. It took six years of planning and planting before it was officially dedicated. The San Jose municipal Rose Garden is 5 and a half acres in size. Thousands of visitors walk … Continue reading
Posted in autobiography, California History, Family History, Family Reunion, San Jose, Santa Clara, TB
Tagged family
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1956 by Joseph and Carlos Najera
Tuberculosis took nearly ten years away from us. As a family we were falling apart and growing more distant. TB is a terrible disease. We thought the doctors had it under control, but it came back, she had a relapse … Continue reading
The Little Flower by Carlos Najera
August 24, 1935 was the day our first born daughter came into this world. That’s her on the left Margaret Christina. That’s not what I called her. To me she was the beautiful little flower and I called her that, … Continue reading
Posted in autobiography, Family History, Oxnard, TB
Tagged family, Grieving, motherhood
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The Water by Joseph E. Najera
The 1952 polio epidemic was the worst outbreak our country has ever seen. Nationwide, there were nearly 60,000 cases reported in that year. Over 3,000 succumbed. Over 20,000 individuals were disabled and limited in their ability to walk. Polio is … Continue reading
Posted in Family History, Movie History, Polio, TB, Uncategorized
Tagged family, Oxnard, water
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Sir Walter Raleigh in the Southern Sky
I stay up late and wake up early. The evening settles across the sky. It spreads out like a blanket, As I sit here by my screen. I see the night fall, I see my father, when I was small … Continue reading
Posted in Family History, Poetic interlude, TB
Tagged family, The Poet, Tuberculosis
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The World According to Bugs #3 by Carlos and Joseph Najera
My mother was diagnosed with TB shortly after I was born. That was in 1947. In 1950 she was placed in the Maryknoll Hospital in Monrovia, California. Lonely and feeling helpless, my father sent these post cards almost every day … Continue reading
Brawley, California 1948 by Carlos Najera
I am working now in the Imperial Valley for the Irrigation District. There are many miles of canals and smaller channels and ditches that feed the thirsty land. This valley has become one of the richest agricultural regions in … Continue reading
Posted in Family History, TB
Tagged History of Imperial Valley, Mexicali, Tuberculosis, water
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