Los Tres Reyes Magos  / Veronica Cendejas (Sister)

Habia una vez tres reyes magos, uno de ellos ya no esta, pero quedo el hermano menor, que tomo su lugar.
hace unos anos le llevamos las mananitas a mi mama. ese ano estuvo marco. sin darme yo cuenta, esa seria la ultima navidad que lo veria vivo. esta navidad le llevamos mananitas a mi mama. y fue lo primero que pense, el rey mago que falto.
Feliz  Navidad......... 

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THE WALK  / VERONICA CENDEJAS (SISTER)

THE BEGINNING OF THIS MONTH WAS VERY DIFFERENT, LIKE NOTHING WILL BE IN MANY YEARS TO COME, THERE WAS A RALLY TO PROTEST THE WAY THINGS ARE WITH ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT LEGAL.
THERE WAS A MARCH IN DOWN TOWN L.A.
IT STARTED AT MACARTHUR PARK ON WILSHIRE AND ENDED AT LA BREA AND WILSHIRE, MARINA, LITTLE AARON,SEAN HIS KIDS AND I WENT, WE MARCHED ALL THE WAY TO LA BREA, I BELIEVE IN SUPPORTING MY PEOPLE, BUT I ALSO DID IT FOR YOU, IT WAS A FEELING THAT I DON'T THINK I WILL FEEL AGAIN IN A LONG TIME TO COME,ALL THE PEOPLE THERE, IT WAS AMAZING, YOU WOULD HAVE LOVED IT. THAT MARCH TOOK ME BACK 19 YEARS, WHEN WE WENT TO MEXICO IN FEBRUARY WITH MOM,LOUIE AND COOKIE AND WE MARCHED UP THE HILL TO THE LITTLE CHAPPEL AT THE TOP OF THE HILL, IN HONOR OF ST. NICHOLAS. ALL THOSE PEOPLE PAYING THEIR RESPECT AND KEEPING THEIR PROMISE TO WALK ALL THOSE MILES UP THAT LONG CLIMB UPWARD, SOME ON THEIR KNEES, SOME BAREFOOT,  BECAUSE THEY BELIEVED IN WHAT THEY WERE DOING.I DIDN'T FULLY UNDERSTAND/APRECIATE THE EFFORT OR DEDICATION THAT IT TOOK FOR THOSE ON THEIR KNEES ALL THE WAY UP, THEY MADE A PROMISE AND THEY WERE KEEPING IT AT WHAT EVER COST, UNTILL MONDAY MAY 1. MY WALK, THE DISTANCE WAS MEANNING LESS COMPARED TO THOSE AT THE HILL, BUT, I HAD TO DO IT, TO THE END OF  IT. I UNDERSTAND. AND I CAN REALLY SAY, IF I HAD TO WALK ANYWHERE FOR YOU, I WOULD.

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God!! My Tio Marco....  / Laura Zendejas (Niece)

He was a very good man.He was a great Tio when-ever I had the chance to see him.He was always "Wussup Mija?,How are you doin'?I would always tell 'em "Nuthin,why"?But he always had this great BIG kool aid smile on his face each n every time he stopped on by to say Hi.He always had this habit of smelling our feet for some reason and saying "Eww, fuchi, mija your feet smell like your daddy",and we would crack up and laugh.He was a very special person to everyone in some way or another.Sadly to say that the last memory I have of my Tio Marco's was when we went to My Grandma Lilia's house to sing her the Mañanitas to her and he was their with his little bottle of tequila that was more empty than full,but he told my grandma,:"Ama,echese un tequilita con migo pa que se caliente."He poured it all and then was trying to open up Louis bottle of Captain Morgan.And Tia Vero,Tia Cookie,Tia Jesse,And Tia Mary were like:"If you open it Louie is gonna go crazy if he finds out it got opened up without his permission.He opened it but he said it was for my grandmas B-day so it was okay.That was the last time I ever saw and spoke to him.I really enjoyed it because it was the very first time that my grandmas kids were together on her B-day.So my last memory of my Tio Marco was very pleasing and forever memorable....."TiO mArCo, I wILL fOrEvEr MiSs YoU n LoVe YoU n PrOmIsE tO kEeP yOu In My HeArT n PrAyEr'S!! =*) ......NeVeR fOrGoTtEn......

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I Rememer Marco  / Veronica Cendejas (sister)

it seems that as time goes by, you think it gets easier.
but in reality it doesn't.
out of sight out of mind doesn't work in this case. you are out of sight but not out of mind.
it's very hard not to think of you and cry. because the guilt eats you up. all that is left to do is pray to god for forgiveness and hope that maybe one day my soul will find peace from the horrible guilt. it seems that not one day goes by with out passing someone on the street that i have to do a double take because that someone looks just like you.time goes by very fast
the family will visit you next week, i will be here thinking of you
and wishing for the billionth time that things were different,that things had happened different. that you were still here. Close

UN GRA VACIO EN EL ALMA  / Virginia Cendejas (sister)
 es dificil creer que hace un ano que nos dejaste, y parece que fue ayer el dolor es mas intenso.no hay dia que pase que no piense en ti, me duele que no estes cuando estoy en casa de mi mama pienso que en cualquier momento vas a entrar por la puerta para llevarle pan o cualquier cosa para los ninos, y me quedo viendo a la puerta y tu no estas.nos as dejado tantos recuerdos pero tambien nos as dejado un gran vacio.solo espero que donde te encuentres nos perdones por no averte comprendido y decirte hermano te quiero y aqui estoy, hoy es muy tarde te lo podremos decir frente a tu tumba pero lla tu no nos escuchas.le pido a dios que te de el descanso y la paz eterna que tu alma necesitaba, descansa en paz mi querido hermano. Close

Regrets / Veronica Cendejas (sister)

It's very common that you hear common"sayings" such as....you never know what you have.... type of "sayings",but the reality of it is that they are all true, and the so very used "do and tell your loved ones in life....could be no truer in my case with marco. he and i were never close, not like i am with my other family members, and i remember and don't have enough fingers to count the times in my adult life when he tried to bridge the gap in our relationship and i wouldn't let him, forever holding a stupid  grudge because i always thought that there would be a next time, but, my next times ran out......and as the time worn tale goes..if only i would have, or i should have...but, should haves, would haves don't matter know. because the truth is , i didn't. and that is the one regret that i will have to live with for the rest of my life, nothing to do to fix it, there is no "fixing it" ,not for me anyways. there is no absolution and no redemption. now that he is gone, i have learned a little more of him, i learned that he was in love, he finally  found the woman to take his heart. and if anything, that  makes me happy, he had noemi in his life to the last days. he found what we all look for, someone that we love and loves us back to share our lives with, to the very end,  and i say "thank you god" that she was in his life, because she brought happiness to him. but, see, i never knew that till after , when it's too late to say...what?  i am happy for you.  so i say to you now, late as it is because he will never hear me say it...." i never stopped caring and worring about you, i didn't show it, but i did, i am  soo sorry..i love you."

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LOS RECUERDOS Y ESPERANZAS / Jaime Zendejas (Brother)
Para muchos pasaste desapercibido pero para los que convivimos y compartimos el tiempo contigo sabemos cuanto es lo que nos haces falta de varias formas por eso es que tu cuerpo ya no esta con nosotros pero tu sigues y seguiras conmigo hasta el dia que yo tambien tenga que partir y nuevamente nos volvamos a reunir y esperemos en dios que en donde quiera que te encuetres estes disfrutando de todo lo que aqui no pudiste disfrutar tu hermano que no te olvida y siempre te recordara descansa en paz. Close

DESCANSE EN PAZ MARCOS / maria gomez (sister in law)
A pesar de que lo trate muy poco me di cuenta que era una persona de muy buenos sentimientos y de buen corazon. A el le gustaba como yo cocinaba i las veses que comia en la casa me pedia para llevarle a noemi su novia porque diaro se preocupaba si ella lla avia comido o no.Todas las veses que el iba a la casa todo el tiempo le llevaba algo a cristina y a tony En una ocacion no tenia dinero i no se como le hiso pero se acordo del cumple anos de chepo i le regalo 20 dolares i a chepo no se le olbida ese detalle tan bonito de su parte porque el sabia que no tenia dinero. Eso i muchos detalles mas que no puedo escribir poque no terminaria en toda la noche. Pero llo se que se fue contento porque jaime esta con migo i tenemos una hija que el queria mucho. Que al fin i alcabo como el me desia (cunis) que descanse en paz marcos de NANCY CHEPO TONY CRISTINA ALEX. TE EXTRNAMOS. MARCOS. TODOS Close

In your Memory, In the Hearts that Love you. / Judy Galvan (Familiy Friend)
The times i met (Marcos) were only but a few. The times i've known the family are forever.  I can't say that I know how the  family feels by personal experiece such as this one.  But I can say that I know what it's like to lose a loved one forever.   So close I have come to get to this familiy, that when I heard the news I could not hold back my tears. To hear my friends in pain as I heard them yearn when they told me the news, I felt their pain and sorrow. However, knowing them for so long and knowing what a strong, loving, compassionate and close familiy  this is, I know that they will embrasse the memorie of  their loved one forever close to their hearts.  And they too will get through this together.  God Bless you Marcos now in the time of your passing just as you were blessed to have such a beautiful familiy while you were here with them.
To the familiy: I can't find the words  to say to all of you
and i don't think i ever will to make you feel better. the only thing that i can say is that, "i wish you all the best of blessings and i pray for all of you, that you continue to remember Marcos in the most happiest times you spent with him when he was here. And that you continue to support and love one another as you always have.
Stay strong,  as i have known for all of you to be. 
God be with you, with ALL of you.
Forever your friend, Judy. Close

In your Memory, In the Hearts that Love you. / Judy Galvan (Familiy Friend)
The times i met (Marcos) were only but a few. The times i've known the family are forever.  I can't say that I know how the  family feels by personal experiece such as this one.  But I can say that I know what it's like to lose a loved one forever.   So close I have come to get to this familiy, that when I heard the news I could not hold back my tears. To hear my friends in pain as I heard them yearn when they told me the news, I felt their pain and sorrow. However, knowing them for so long and knowing what a strong, loving, compassionate and close familiy  this is, I know that they will embrasse the memorie of  their loved one forever close to their hearts.  And they too will get through this together.  God Bless you Marcos now in the time of your passing just as you were blessed to have such a beautiful familiy while you were here with them.
To the familiy: I can't find the words  to say to all of you
and i don't think i ever will to make you feel better. the only thing that i can say is that, "i wish you all the best of blessings and i pray for all of you, that you continue to remember Marcos in the most happiest times you spent with him when he was here. And that you continue to support and love one another as you always have.
Stay strong,  as i have known for all of you to be. 
God be with you, with ALL of you.
Forever your friend, Judy. Close

Never forgotten / Maria Ibarra (Sister)

At first i said i would never visit his grave,not because I didn't want to but because i felt so much guilt. But now i have a responsibility to let him know that i do care. I often wonder why he chose to live the way he did. But i guess i will never know.  But i do know that he hurt, he hurt in more than one way, more than anyone of us could imagine. I thought what does he know about life,family, but if i had taken the time to know him as a real person, maybe i would have understood him. His life was a mystery and so was his death.

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Story Teller / Marina Lopez (Neice)
There's nothing I can't say about Marco that hasn't all ready been said, nothing about his life anyway, because I didn't know him as well as I would have liked too. The only thing I can proudly say about him is that I listened, and he taught me that everyone has a story to tell. He taught me that until you see the world as a breathing, flawed, and heart broken being; or looked into another person's face and realized that thoughts were racing through their minds, you would never be able to learn anything beyond "the two blocks where you live". To this day I still look at strangers who don't see me back, and wonder how it's possible that they have a life, in which he or I don't exist.
Like the people who visit this site and never knew who Marco was, I don't doubt you ever walked past him on the street and never spared him a passing glance, but he saw you, and granted these people an ammenity they would never grant to him: to be seen as an equal. And even when I was a child, he bade me to treat everyone this way, and in his memory, I continue to do so. Close