Carmen Montemayor-Montemayor leaves his beloved Mexico at the age of fourteen near the end of the Mexican revolution. If he doesn't go, he will be pulled into the federales he has watched torture and slaughter neighbors and friends and destroy property.
During this journey, Carmen encounters horrendous storms, swollen rivers, beautiful women, true friendship, and affirmation of his faith in padre Dios.
On arriving in America, Carmen comes to be called Carlos when immigration officials felt Carmen was too "girly" for a man and gave him the name Carlos instead, which was carried over to his naturalization papers. You will learn that whether it is Carmen or Carlos, he was an industrious, hard-working man who would come to have his own business and help create a wonderful family with his beloved Dominga Rodriguez Montemayor. Carlos tells us briefly of his children and their spouses, but his life centers around his love for God and for his beloved Dominga, even long after her death.
Geronimo (Jerry) R & Sherry W Montemayor are students of the human condition, wielding the written craft to enrapture the mind much like an artist wields a brush. From Sin to Serenity: My Father's Story, begun as a gift publication for family and friends, is the first in a series of recent pursuits. Look for their next project, a fiction work about tensions between coffee growers and drug cartels in post WWII Colombia. Jerry and Sherry make their home in San Antonio, Texas.