August 4, 2020
Author: Sylvia Gutierrez
Jaguar’s Birthday Memorial #4
‘It’s Not That Bad’
A few years ago, for my birthday in October, Javier surprised me with a Mercedes. Never before had I had such a nice car and we made great efforts to take care of it – covering it, parking it away from other cars, backing it out carefully, etc. Come December, Jaguar and his family arrived in San Antonio for the Christmas holidays. There were plenty of activities to keep us busy and coming and going the entire time. Pulling up at home one evening after one of our events, we happen to spot Jaguar, who had arrived a few minutes before we did, trying to park his monster of an SUV in front of my mosquito of a car. Any other person would have thought to park their vehicle elsewhere on our large yard. But no, not Jaguar. He was smiling with his head sticking out the window while trying to squeeze his Excursion between two of our other vehicles, one being my Mercedes. Javier was like, “I know he’s not doing what I think . . . OF COURSE THAT’S EXACLY WHAT HE’S DOING! We felt so anxious, we couldn’t even look! All I could think about was how I was going to strangle my son if he hit my car. After a few minutes our ordeal was over, and as expected, we were disappointed to discover a 6” scratch mark on the side of my front bumper. Jaguar, on the other hand, was actually quite pleased with his skills and that it wasn’t that bad! Gabby, in the meantime, can be heard in the distance laughing at the whole situation. Javier and I had intended on holding him accountable, but believe it or not, a week later one of my students backed into my car and the bumper had to be replaced anyway. I hadn’t driven my car since before Jag’s passing. It had sat parked in the driveway for months until a few weeks ago when Javier finally started her up, cleaned her up, and we took her for a spin to the cemetery. It was there that I remembered the incident and I couldn’t help but smile at how things had worked out in Jaguar’s favor 
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