For Better and for Worse, the Family Stays Together

Author: Biby Flores de Smith

About Biby: Biby is a volunteer in “Sarahuaro” foundation and a representative of “Eagles Wings Foundation”, both institutions very committed to Los Cabos communities with less privileges. Biby will be sharing with us her work and activities she attends and helps with the involved less privileged families and institutions, and through her eyes you will be able to see that our contributions in charity events, donations or sponsorships do make a difference.

A letter from Biby:

This time I would like you to meet “Familia Gonzales”, a family of 6 members formed  by: dad Jose, 45 years; Mom Olga, 43 years; sons Irving, 21 years, who works as a cook; Luis, 19 years, also a cook; Marco, 14 years, goes to school and after school you can see him at the grocery store helping you pack your purchase; and little Hector with 4 years of age, which suffers cerebral paralyze and goes to the school for children with special needs in Cabo San Lucas. Hector is the reason why I meet and connected with this wonderful family that needs our help!

Don Jose and Dona Olga moved to Cabo 6 years ago, from San Mateo Toluca in Mexico, pursuing the big dream of a developing Cabo. “I had a good job!” Don Jose says, “everything was going good!” Jose has suffered all his life, he comes from a family of alcoholism and luckily found his way out of that life,  he meet Olga, they fell in love, and currently they live in a very tiny little house here in Meza Cabo San Lucas.

This family has gone through a lot of difficult times, one is Hector’s health condition and also father Jose. Jose has prostate cancer and osteoporosis, his job was delivering water in his truck, but since the disease progressed he hasn’t been able to go back to work. The boys work and help the family sustain, mother Olga cooks and cleans for the family but she is devoted to little Hector, as it is very hard for him to move around, even though Mobilize Mankind has given him a motor wheelchair which improves his life significantly, but he can’t use it around the house because the floors made out of dirt.

So, you might ask your self, why I am telling you about this family? The reason why I decided that I was going to help this family is because they are a family build of love, compassion and help. A very good example for our community. Volunteering and working in the barrios with the people made me realize there is not a lot of families that are still together and have a mom and a dad, mostly there is always the mom alone with the kids, not bringing love and belonging sense to their kids because of their own lack of it. This family holds hands, looks in to their eyes and even cries together, they fight together as a family and they believe love and working as a team as a family team is the only way of growing. I visited their house and I was impressed how they take pride of their little house, they keep it clean and nice, everything in its place. This is a very good example for their neighbors.

I want to invite our community to help this family, not by giving them money, or clothes, this family needs jobs, scholarships for their kids, health care but the most important Jose the dad needs to have a job to sustain his family.

Thank you so much for your interest and time! If you have some ideas, job or scholarship opportunities, or a car you don’t use that don Jose can use to work, please contact me. It would be my pleasure to introduce you to this wonderful family. For all your suggestions, comments and information, please email me to bibyfloresm@hotmail.com.