…After careful consideration and common-sense prevailing, I considered my impending biological status at the age of sixty-two years old and having some level of awareness of my health; which was excellent at the time, I started writing everything that I had stored in long-term memory as the first step in the construction of this narrative. That was eighteen years ago.  I was aware when I was sixty-two years old that my years in the future were going to be different; of impending senior citizen status and thus I entered everything that I could remember from the time I have memory, likely, from the age of two or three to that moment when I started writing this narrative. My life as it has been has continued into the unknown; making observations, investigating and participating in the moment, every minute of the day.

The narrative of memory is the aggregate and my curiosity to investigate the origins of both my maternal and paternal family and of their history while growing up, is the driver.

Although I am saddened by my father’s physical crossing, I feel a great sense of gratitude for his teachings and for this beautiful gift that he left for me and my family.  My father began his literary journey at age 62.  Last summer, when my father was 79 years old, my son and I began assisting him to organize his work.  While we both work full-time jobs, my father’s full-time job consisted of writing and re-writing up until his last day on earth.  As I read through his manuscript for the first time, I cried intensely and laughed boisterously.  Now, it is my honor to accept the torch and continue his work, along with my children Robert and Sarah Teran.  This website contains excerpts and previews of what is to come.  It is raw and largely unedited, as it is just a start. We hope that you will journey with us into our history and family stories from my father’s beginnings in the American Southwest.

With gratitude,
Noell Rodriguez