Life Lessons
19 years ago today, we lost a guy whose shoes were just too big to fill. He was someone I respected and loved. He helped seed important things in me like morale and drive, as well as the fun things like pranks and that unique "Castro" sense of humor. I spent most of my 11-year-old summer with him, his last summer here on this earth and it changed me in many ways. Maybe at the time I was blind to what that summer really consisted of. Being only 11, and not fully grasping what such a loss would be like and how much things would really change. If you knew my Grandfather, you would understand how much of the gravitational pull he was in our family. Was he a perfect man? Of course not, there are no perfect beings; but man did he love with all his being! My favorite memories consist of Cape Cod, Fall River bakeries, summer evenings at random outdoor concerts and holidays which were filled with food, fun, family and not much elbow room! I loved listening to him speak Portugu