#chuyortiz

I think of chuy often and this time of the year especially because he passed in late December.  When I first went to DQ we had to choose elective classes to fulfill our requirements.  I chose danza.  And since the first day I didn't think of as class.  It was more than that.  I remember doing fuego as the first one besides the permiso. Ever since that day I loved fuego and Chuy knew it. He liked when I chose it after awhile and came to ask me a couple times to do it. It was our dance we shared. Everyone had their dance they shared with Chuy and this one was ours.  so I will always remember him this way. He was our school Tio/uncle.  

I posted the poem John Trudell because it's one of my favorites!  I often felt so much like him in terms of the damn iktomi poem lmao! ....and my heart doesn't hurt anymore but my soul does....to take the hurt the heart cant take. But just relation to how his mind worked...such a beautiful soul!