"Estrellita . . . Little star of the distant sky, you see my pain,
you know my anguish. Come down and tell me if he loves me a little . . . ."

Estrellita (Manuel Ponce)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbrLIe_l390
Monica Abrego, Orquesta Sinfonica de Aguascalientes, Mexico

Estrellita - My grandmother loved this song and she loved America. She was a daughter of Aguascalientes, Mexico, but fled her country, with her extended family, to find safety from violent political turmoil and a new life as a citizen of America. Grandma raised my Dad in the vibrant immigrant community of Boyle Heights in East Los Angeles, working long hours in the garment district as a seamstress, along with her sisters. It was a hard, but joyful life, living out the promise of the American dream and making it possible for her son, grandchildren and great grandchildren to live the dream. Her story is the story of America, a story of hope, of freedom and dreams fulfilled - dreams that must never be extinguished.

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