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ENGAGEMENT, MATRIMONY AND CHILDREN
tHe pain

Paquita never got over the pain of little José María’s death, at
the age of only 5, but this did not prevent her from living in the joy
of the Risen Lord, as her son recalls: «I remember when, on the 50th
anniversary of their wedding, I made the mistake of putting a photo
of my brother José María in the living room. I wanted us all to see it
when we came in and take a photo of ourselves next to it. I went into
the living room first, with my mother on my arm, and as we entered -
45 years had passed since my brother’s death - she saw the photo and
grabbed my arm tightly. Her hand stiffened and I, who had always
seen her cheerful, as she was that day too, understood that she had
lived in peace, without complaining, with joy, but that the wound of
her son had never healed» .
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illness and deatH

Tomás died on May 17, 1992, at the end of a painful cancer.
Paquita died on August 29, 1994, following a cerebral disease
that had left her paralyzed.

6 Ibidem.