By Jose Dominguez — When I go to El Paso, Texas, I always stay with one of my oldest brothers, Ramon. He and Bertha are a superb pair of hosts. They treat me as if I were the president of Mexico. The only thing that can be an obstacle with them is that they are 100% Christians and I am 100% nothing. They believe that everything happens according to what their faith says and do a lot of praying for everything. I respect their way of living and appreciate all the warmth and courtesy I receive from them. But always I have thought that it will come the day when I will face Ramon and his way of thinking.
This September, I went to El Paso, Texas and among other nice things, he invited me to drink wine, and it was a big bottle, so almost at the end of the bottle, we were speaking more vividly and freely. Then I spoke to Ramon saying: “I want to thank you that even when we believe very differently and we have different ways of thinking, you have not tried to convince me, or pressure me into your religion. And for that, I thank you for the respect you have with me.”
There was no answer from Ramon. He only said, taking his glass with wine to his mouth: “I drink to that.”