Right now I am sitting on the private patio of my room at an exclusive resort in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. I am listening to the waves of the beach as they roll in in consistent seven second increments. When I look up, though it is nearly seven o’clock in the morning I can still see the stars peering through the crack of the tall palm trees overhead. I wonder if one of those stars is my father, and that is his way of being with us this Christmas Day.
Today is Christmas: the first one without my daddy here. This is largely the reason (if not solely) the reason for this winter vacation to Mexico. None of us really wanted to spend our holidays at home without daddy; it’s hard to feel at home anywhere knowing that daddy is gone.
We arrived in PV yesterday on a Continental Express Jet around eleven in the morning. Customs were a breeze as there were no lines. I’m concerned it won’t always be that way. This is my first trip out of the country --at twenty-five (just short of twenty-six) years-old. Todo aqui es muy contigo. I have been working on my spanish since I have been here, though most, but not everyone who works at this resort speaks English.
My sister, the elder one, did a great job of picking out this resort. It’s all-inclusive which means that I really don’t have to pick up my wallet again until I am heading back to the airport and will have to give the valet a tip.
I am looking forward to what today holds. I am sad though that I am missing all of my friends who came into town (Houston) for the holidays, many of whom will leave before I return. Back at home, The Villa is being cared for by one of my closest friends in the world, and my baby, Texas is being taken care of by one of my favorite acting students. Life continues to go on. Many days I don’t know how, but it does.
Well the sun is starting to rise, and I can now see the formation of the mountains’ silhouette to my left, and the stars-- i can’t see them anymore.
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