Joaquin A. Alfonseca
Died Dec.
3, 2016
TRAVERSE CITY – Joaquin A.
Alfonseca, 61, of Traverse City, died Saturday, Dec. 3, 2016 at Munson Medical
Center.
Visitation will be held on
Tuesday, Dec. 6 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Martinson Funeral Home of Suttons
Bay. The funeral service will be held on
Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. also at the funeral home. Burial will follow at
Leelanau Township Cemetery.
Arrangements are with the
Martinson Funeral Home & Cremation Services of
Leelanau.
A week without my dear friend
ReplyDeleteOne week ago today I held your hand and thru tear filled eyes said goodbye to you
I just can not believe you are gone
No more knocking on my door to get coffee, sugar, an onion, a cigarette, any other thing and of course vodka!
You protected me, helped me, provided for me and watched over me
We laughed, we cried, we fought and bantered
My only regret, not being able to save you
Not getting you help, getting you away from the evil that sucked you in and kept you there.
I wish I had pushed you harder to STOP, going somewhere you could not get it!
Even hoped you would get arrested so that time in jail could allow you to get sober and back on track
I was told after your passing that "everything happens for a reason"....maybe it happened this way so that your passing was quick....not ending up suffering, not hooked up to tubes, or living a life being trapped in a body that would not allow your "crazy Cuban" soul to be happy and free.
All I know is a miss you deeply. Your voice and presence has been in my mind, my house, my life for a year and a half....without it my world is very silent, very empty and alone.
*His granddaughter and two little girl friends rode their bikes by my house the following spring and stopped to talk . She was proving to them that Joaquin was her grandfather.
I was working in a flower bed when they asked "how did he die?"
I said that he started taking medication that he wasn't supposed to have and I pointed to the flower bed and I said see all these flowers, those are who Joaquin was. Now, you see those few leafs over there that I pulled out of the beautiful flowers, those represent the bad things he was doing, things he wasn't supposed to do......don't remember him as a few dumb leafs, remember him as this great big flower bed, filled with colorful and glorious flowers and plants!
If he was standing right here with us, he would be telling each of you how very beautiful you are, even the two of you that had never met him, he would be so impressed with you, so proud of you.
I imitated his accent and what kind and happy words he would be saying. And if they ever had a problem, or someone was hurting their feelings or bodies, just come tell him....cause NOBODY hurts one of Joaquin's girls!!!!
So, girls, even though you didn't get a chance to meet him, I can guarantee you he is watching and listening right now, and you are one of his girls, just look up to Heaven when you need him, he will always be with you.
I gave them each a flower, and they rode away smiling, knowing the Joaquin I knew.....
Sincerely, Heidi