Family finances were strained by therapy bills. And his faith in God was shaken, though not destroyed. Sister Kristine Harvey also lamented that she can't find a way to help her mother. Viola Gould, who spoke the words to a favorite song when not permitted to sing in court, told her family she will not succumb to the pain. I will get better, I promise.
Holidays are joyless, and birthdays are spent at the cemetery.
Only mothers can comprehend this. Sister Barbara Puig read from writings in which her brother spoke of his determination to be the first member of his family to finish school. In his writings, Alberto Puig envisioned a day when he would have a family, a good job, a house and a truck. Brother Carlos Puig told Jessica Williams she devastated an entire family when she ensured Alberto Puig will not realize his simple dream. A day doesn't go by that I don't see my mother crying.