I'll See You Later
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It was the day before the closing on the house, and when my daughter, Peggy came home from school, I stopped painting and went to the third-floor apartment where we lived. I started cooking chicken and potatoes and went to take a bath. When I came out of the bathroom, Peggy asked me, “Mami, can I go outside to play for a little while?” “Yes, but only for a little while,” I told her. “Dinner will be ready, and your father will be home soon.” She went out, her father came home and picked up the mail, and I went to comb my hair.
Suddenly, there was a scream, and I said, “That sounds like Peggy.” I looked through the window and saw that her white blouse was covered with blood. “It is her,” I screamed, and we ran down the stairs. When I got to her, they had laid her down and put a white towel on her chest. Her eyes closed. I began to cry out, “Lord, come save my daughter.” It seemed as if they had closed heaven, and my voice would not go further than the top of the trees. My heart knew that she was going to die.
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This book shows how a woman's faith in God allowed her to, not only survive the most tragic of circumstances, but to use her experiece to help many others. The accidental death of her six-year old daughter brought Antonia to the edge of insanity. But in her sorrow, she came closer to God and was able to prosper spiritually.
The changes in her life were not without pain and suffering. Anyone who follows Jesus will tell that your faith will be tested time and time again. And it takes uncommon faith to deal with the many difficulties that are thrown your way to cause you to waiver. As you will see, Antonia's faith did not waiver. In fact, it became stronger with every test.
About the Author
Antonia Cardona (formerly Heredia) was born in
Like many others at that time, Antonia's family was poor. A landowner had allowed her father to "section off" a corner of his land, to build a small house, plant a few crops and raise a few domestic animals. This seemed to be a common practice at that time.
Antonia lived with her parents, a brother and two sisters. Another sister had died at nine months of age, when Antonia was almost three years old. Needless to say, her life had more than its fair share of challenges but, there were many happy moments in her childhood. Although there were lots of chores to be done, there was also time to play.
Neither of her parents had attended school but they made sure that the children did and Antonia was able to get through the ninth grade. She liked to play the part of the teacher with her younger brother and sister being her students. She did such a good job that by the time they started school, they were well versed in arithmitic, able to count up to a thousand and to perform some addition and subtraction.
Her early childhood experiences formed in her a lot of the excellent traits she would exhibit during the rest of her life. A series of events caused the family to leave Puerto Rico and come to the