My amazing Tito Pipo
Pipo, fifth son to Enchay and Rafael Roces in a line of nine brothers, was born on the feast day of St. Joseph, a patron saint favored by many families.
Pipo, fifth son to Enchay and Rafael Roces in a line of nine brothers, was born on the feast day of St. Joseph, a patron saint favored by many families.
Flossing one night, I feel suddenly fortunate I still have 25 of my full set of 32 God-given teeth!
One call from cousin Tina is all it takes to set the plan in motion, inviting ourselves—Sylvia, Ninit, Tina and me—to lunch with a favorite uncle, Marcos. As it happens, we are, by his own public declaration, his favorite nieces from our paternal Rafael Roces-Inocencia Reyes line.
In this country it’s a crime to be poor,” Dad would say, and proceed to challenge anyone to find him one inmate who was not. “So, kiddo,” he would tell me, “you just have to avoid being poor— like a plague.”
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