August 12, 1980 to October 23, 2006

Robert Andrew Romero
"PACO"

“A dreamer is one who can only find his way
by moonlight, and his punishment is
that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world." Oscar Wilde“

Sunday, November 11, 2007


The last time Andrew went hunting...West Plains, Missouri
Sorry, I can't remember the year but it was at least 5 years ago. I was always a nervous wreck when he was hunting, so afraid he's get hurt.
When he got old enough to understand his father told him that when he got to be a big boy he could go hunting with him. After that every single morning when Andrew woke up he would run to our bedroom and climb in bed between his dad and I and say the same exact thing. "Tell me about hunting Daddy." And his Robert would tell him the exact things he had told him the day before. This went on for a very, very long time.
Once when he was a freshman in high school in Santa Rosa, NM he and his father went hunting. They shot a deer right off the bat and brought it home. Robert hung it by its neck in the out building we had. The deer's back feet were about 4 or 5 inches from the ground and its head was cocked to the side. I was gone and Robert came to get me to tell me they had their deer, leaving Andrew home alone.
When we returned to the house Robert insisted I come out and see the deer. To this day I kick myself for not taking a picture of what awaited us. Robert unlocked the door and flipped the light switch and there was this deer who although still hanging from the rafter now had a blue paisley bandanna tied Cholo headband style around his head, sunglasses on, a cigarette in his mouth and a skateboard that fit perfectly under his back feet.
That was Andrew right there....he was absolutely the funniest person I have ever known in my life....

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a funny story! I've never met anyone as funny as Paco!!

Cara said...

Thank you "anonymous" - sure wish I knew who you were but thank you for reading "The Zen" no matter what.

Unknown said...

ha ha. joel told me about this story before. lol.

Cara said...

Thanks Michelle!

Anonymous said...

Hi Cara, it's Toni. The anonymous messages, at least this one and one a week or two ago are from me. I don't have an account. Can I create one?

Cara said...

Hi Toni - just Goggle Blogger and set up an account - its that easy. I'm really glad to know it was you who left the comment, you would have known what you were talking about. He was so funny.

Toni said...

Hi Cara, I hope this worked. :)

Cara said...

Success!!! Welcome to Blogger Toni