Posted by Frank M. on November 09, 1998 at 22:16:35:
In Reply to: Your family posted by Anonymous on November 08, 1998 at 11:32:07:
: Dear Mr. Anonymous:
I appreciate your taking the time to jot down your candid observations re. the Arreche family. Certainly, we don't hold a patent on foibles or irresponsible frivolities, but we do hope to use this forum as a way to help reduce their proliferation. I agree that we must "clean house" - the acknowledegment of past indiscretions is the only way to begin the healing process, and thus allow us all to move forward in peace as one. Many of us have wandered about our daily lives with little or no interaction from other family members. Some of this was self-imposed; others suffered this fate due to careers, life changes, etc. We have now been given the chance to reunite, albeit fraught sometimes with painful memories and/or consequences. May we all find the inner strength to show just how much we're willing to love one another for the sake of each other's healing.
I personally look forward to hearing your stories re. our family. The more information we receive, the better our understanding of the group as a whole. Maybe, in good time, we'll get to know who you are, Until then...all the best.
Frank
Webmaster, you do well in keeping your identity unknown!
: While I was perusing different names on the Internet, I found this page and I felt joy. Joy, because the Arreche family has been intertwined with ours for decades. This joy turned to horror and disgust when I read some of the postings.
: As I was reading the contents of this page, I could clearly see Don Eduardo and Dona Maria. My parents tell me that Don Eduardo always told them that having a big family was a dream for them both. They wanted to see a united front, a coming together of sorts. How they must be shaking their heads in disgust at the agendum of total negativity.
: I wonder what they think of the waves of envy and venomous anger from a person who touts "she is proud to be an Arreche." It is irritating to the core of my soul to see the vicious attacks on other members of the family who are really trying (as I see it) to post things that are meaningful. My wife and I have postulated that the unity Don Eduardo and Dona Maria desired to have, and could not have with their own children has just escalated into semantic atrocities and greed by some of their children's progeny.
: Having been raised in Puerto Rico and currently living in the United States, my family and I have kept contact with certain members of the Arreche clan. To the one who wrote about "white collar crimes" you show your complete ignorance of the facts. We (my wife and myself) both knew this person and this "white collar crime" was planned and carried out with utmost bravado.
: The attorney who was incarcerated also made some very bad choices. Her actions were borne out of greed and pomposity. She always believed she was "above the law" and tried to prove her cogency in many ways.
: White collar crime is not the only thing the Arreche family needs to discuss. You need to come to terms with the condition, or in present day vernacular, sickness of alcoholism and drug abuse. My parents were privy to many discussions with family members regarding this debilitating illness. It was very evident to us that child abuse ran rampant in this family. As ostriches you would do well to try and bury your heads in the sands of such abominations as child molestation, robbery and terrorism.
: Perhaps cowardice is the only way to define the fact that I give no name. Please remember that we have known your family for decades and its skeletons were not as safeguarded as you may have thought. Do my families or I act as your conscience? No, but you must!