Richard Alexander Lou lived in Tijuana, Mexico until he was almost 9 years old, and every day for almost three years, he would cross the border to go to elementary school. Around 6:30 a.m., Lou’s father would pack him and his four siblings in the car and drive across the border into the United States. Lou.
Blocker is strategy and communication adviser for the San Diego-Tijuana Smart Border Coalition. He lives in La Jolla.
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” Mother Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu, Saint Teresa of Calcutta
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After I moved to San Diego 21 years ago, my friend Teresa Doyle gradually connected me with an epic three-generation story of mothers doing small and great things with great love. As a minor byproduct of these mothers’ lives, I found myself for a time stuffing stacks of donated day-old Bread & Cie loaves up to the roof of the back seat of my car for delivery to a church meal program in Southcrest. Here is a handful of glimpses into this mothers’ saga stretching over a century.