Mexi-Gringo
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“No, Bernarda! I can’t just sit around and wait for that to happen. If those sons-of-bitches come anywhere close to my daughters, I’ll kill them. I tell you I’ll kill them!”
Bernarda Flores watched her husband pace back and forth across the room where they had lain in each other’s arms night after night, creating the children that he loved with all his heart. Bernarda wanted to say something to calm him. How could she, though? She was just as upset as Bonifacio was, if for a different reason. One thing was certain; if anything happened to their daughters, it would be the end for their family. Not only would she have to endure the horror of watching her daughters raped and possibly murdered, but she would be forced to watch her husband die a slow death after he exacted revenge.
As he paced the floor in frustration and rage, Bernarda sat on their bed, her hands in her lap, barely conscious that she was wringing them. Her hands were normally the color of rich caramel. Now, she watched them change from caramel to beige as she silently prayed for a miracle. She would do whatever Bonifacio wanted. That was certain. It wasn’t her place to tell her husband how to lead the family. He knew what was best. Still, it never hurt to ask for a little help from above.
She sensed he was near, and looked up. Bonifacio stood before her, searching her face and eyes. She smiled deeply into his heart, stood, and leaned into him, hoping he sensed the love she felt for him. He tenderly cupped her face in his hands and stared into the eyes he had fallen in love with so many years before.
“You will do what is best,” she whispered. “We will do as you wish. Whatever is best for the family, we will do.”
He nodded; his eyes heavy with grief and repressed rage. “I thought I would live all my days in this beautiful place. But now, that cannot be.”
The decision was agonizing, yet clearly there was only one choice. Bonifacio knew they must leave the land his ancestors had worked so hard to regain.
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Forced to leave a prosperous and comfortable life in Mexico behind them for fear of retribution from Pancho Villa’s bandit’s prior to The Revolution, the Flores family leaves their beloved land and flee to Texas. After a fatal freak accident, the youngest member of the Flores family is born – three months premature. Told the baby would not survive, the family travels back to Mexico to bury two of its members, but survive he does. This is the story of a family’s slow spiral into the depths of poverty, and the struggle of one child to change it. Armed with the driving motivation to succeed, some Guardian Angels, and a never-ending faith, this young child manages to survive the violent streets of Mexico by using his street smarts and the Golden Rules of Life. Hungry for a better life, he uses his wits, determination, and uncanny understanding of the worst and best in people to become a self-made man. From Mexico to the United States, this young child turned man shows the world that anything is possible, as long as you keep reaching for your dreams.
About the Author
This is a first-time venture in writing for Bonifacio Flores. Storytelling has always been Bonifacio’s forte, but the numerous requests to write a book and share his awe-inspiring life with others was hard to believe. It wasn’t until the passing of his beloved wife, and the urging of his children that he picked up a pen. Armed with a Spanish-English dictionary and a notebook, Bonifacio sat down for the next seven years and wrote his story in both English and Spanish.
Armed with a story, but no knowledge of how to get it to the public, he enlisted the help of his daughter Chela Hopkins. Over the next three years, Chela helped her father rewrite his work into creative non-fiction. Building detailed stories of her father’s family before he was born, and detailing his life as a child and young man.
Ten years after pen first hit paper, Bonifacio has the opportunity to share his unfathomable and motivational life with others.