HOLLYWOOD BOOK FESTIVAL
As some of you know, I was invited to the Hollywood Book Festival to read from my book. Since I will be unable to attend tomorrow's event, I have asked and received the OK for my Ahijada Lucy Bailey Elizonda to represent me, the book and the Quadalajara "family".
I now refer to my Goddaughter as "First Daughter". Lucy is the daughter of Bill and Maria Elena Bailey, the first quadriplegic veteran to marry a pretty senorita in Quadalajara (October 23, 1958)!
Below is a touching response from a Myspace friend who has become a true friend! Thanks, Laura!
"WOW Jack,
What a great choice! She is a living, breathing example of the happiness and the existence of love and care in that Utopia! She has a heart felt interest in the story and will represent her parents, the story and you well. She must be very proud of your accomplishment too!
I am in tears when I think of you, her Godfather, hammering away at the keyboard for her parent's legacy... and how special she must of felt when all this effort and love was revealed in your words.
I wish I could be there, as I am sure, you especially, would be too... to hear Lucy Bailey Elizondo, read from your book. We would feel the circle of life spinning out from this special place in time, her smile on one end, her arms wrapped around the book on the other, as she reads your words. What an poignant moment in time, a living metaphor of Quadalajara.
This a great time for all of the living members of that community, their children, and all those who are living through these situations today, who wish there was a place to go - that felt like a Utopia and resulted in such love and care.
I think this is bigger than you think, my best to you and your Goddaughter Lucy."
Love, Laura
http://www.hollywoodbookfestival.com/
I now refer to my Goddaughter as "First Daughter". Lucy is the daughter of Bill and Maria Elena Bailey, the first quadriplegic veteran to marry a pretty senorita in Quadalajara (October 23, 1958)!
Below is a touching response from a Myspace friend who has become a true friend! Thanks, Laura!
"WOW Jack,
What a great choice! She is a living, breathing example of the happiness and the existence of love and care in that Utopia! She has a heart felt interest in the story and will represent her parents, the story and you well. She must be very proud of your accomplishment too!
I am in tears when I think of you, her Godfather, hammering away at the keyboard for her parent's legacy... and how special she must of felt when all this effort and love was revealed in your words.
I wish I could be there, as I am sure, you especially, would be too... to hear Lucy Bailey Elizondo, read from your book. We would feel the circle of life spinning out from this special place in time, her smile on one end, her arms wrapped around the book on the other, as she reads your words. What an poignant moment in time, a living metaphor of Quadalajara.
This a great time for all of the living members of that community, their children, and all those who are living through these situations today, who wish there was a place to go - that felt like a Utopia and resulted in such love and care.
I think this is bigger than you think, my best to you and your Goddaughter Lucy."
Love, Laura
http://www.hollywoodbookfestival.com/
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