June


(it takes a village, or several, to keep our lives going and i am so grateful - now it is plumbing, underwater, out of reach, will need an underwater saw, hydraulic and diver - it never ends - the romance of houseboats :)


(i found a source with a more full description of these kids who were murdered: Eliahna Cruz Torres -  anxious but excited to play in the final softball game of her season. She always looked forward to the days she would wear her green-and-gray uniform and eye black grease. There was a chance she would make the Uvalde All-Star team.


Leandrah Rodriguez last spoke to her niece on Sunday. Eliahna "was saying like, 'what if I make (the All-Stars). I'm going to be so nervous.' And I was like, 'Girl, you got this. You're going to be good at it.' So, she was excited," Rodriguez told KENS-TV in San Antonio.


On Tuesday, Rodriguez and her family spent hours waiting for information on Eliahna's whereabouts. She knew something was wrong because the girl owned a cellphone and she would call if she felt scared or threatened.


Adolfo Cruz, Eliahna's grandfather, told ABC News he waited outside the elementary school for more than 10 hours, hoping to hear his grandchild was not among the victims. Late Tuesday, he found out that she was among the children who were killed, he said.  Needless to say her family is heartbroken - blessings from me and all of us)