that s how she paid our hospital bill. by the time joaquin and i came along, thisre ible woman had taught herself to read and write in both spannish and english. i can still see her in the room that joaquin and i shared with her, reading her agatha christie novels rate into late into the night. kiremember her every morning as we walked out to school, making the sign of the crosdz behind us, saying. [speaking sni] may god bless you. my grandmother didn t live to see our lives of public service. but she probably would have thought it extraordinary that two generations after her coming to san antonio that one would be the mayor of san antonio and the other would be on his way, god willing to the united states congress!