Christmas Letter 2001

Merry Christmas from the Suarez Family in Tampa
Dec. 2001

Well as you all know I usually mail out 200-300 Christmas cards every year with a one page family letter. This year I’m going to do it the 21st Century way…..e-mail

This year will be remembered for Brandon graduating from 8th grade into High School and playing varsity (where he is playing half the game and ave. 6 ppg) after a lot of soul searching. He also went on his first “official” date and is driving the car (Manny got many new gray hairs from that experience).

Austin won the 15K Gasparilla Run with the fasted time for 14 and under. He also has taken off with his school’s laptop and he helps Dad and Mom with our computer needs all the time. Austin also made it to the Nationals AAU 10 and under tournament where he made the all tourney team. He wants to thank Tia Margy and Uncle Stevie for helping to pay for him to go to McCallie camp in Tenn.

Kathy continues to study for her Nurse Practitioner (masters in nursing). She continues to be the helper for all her classmates. Her breast cancer is in remission and she has found a new friend the internet (on her graduation present her computer….which crashes every other month).

Manny is busy as ever. He had 2,400 campers last summer and raised close to a million dollars for the school. There are 100 teachers that are happy to have summer employment. Brandon helped with 10 black kids from the ghetto and Austin runs around running the clock and helping the coaches.

Well we are sorry that Uncle Xavier lost his election in Miami, but glad that he will be able to serve his people in other ways. And we still pray for Aunt Lala and the Moonies who lost her husband/father this year. The first of the immediate family to pass away. But we are happy about all the NEW arrivals….especially Joseph and Mary in Atlanta.

Have a wonderful and safe holiday. Kathy is going to NC with Austin to visit her sisters farm for some well deserved R & R. Brandon has three Christmas tournaments. And I am going to Atlanta to play some ball and eat some brownies….

Love, Kathy, Manny, Brandon (15 – 9th grade) and Austin (11 – 5th grade) Suarez in Tampa, Florida