Time seemed to freeze for a moment. His eyes are the type you can lose yourself in,
in a heartbeat. They were kind and welcoming. You know how you sometimes get a
feeling about someone, just by looking into the windows of their soul. With him, I
felt nothing but genuine comfort and sincerity.
I snapped out of my sudden trance to respond. He was now no more than an arm's
length away from me. As I began to converse with him, within the moment of a
snap, everything around me faded away to complete darkness; but then I heard a
door open and a voice.
"How are you? Still in bed! You've nonstop been the talk downstairs. You know how
important today is. You've got about 30 minutes before your absence will be fully
noticed by more than just me." She proceeded to say, while opening all my curtains.
Norma Iris Pagan Morales was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico. She comes
from a very lovable family. Her parents, Juan Jose Pagan Rodriguez,
and Digna Morales Figueroa, now deceased, always helped her with
her projects as a writer and teaching career.
Norma had three siblings, Adelin Milagros Pagan Morales, Juan Jose
Pagan Morales, and Julio Manuel Pagan Morales. Julio Manuel Pagan
Morales died on September 19, 1998, and my dear sister Adelin Milagros Pagan
Morales died on February 17, 2023.
Norma did all her academic studies in New York City, Puerto Rico, and Canada. She
worked in the City of New York Police Department. As an Educator, she worked
in New York City Bd. Of Education as an English Teacher, in Puerto Rico Bd. of
Education as an English teacher and in the Puerto Rico Army National.
She has teaching certifications for English as a Second Language and Teaching English
as a Foreign Language.
She had published twenty books: Proud of My Puerto Rican Bequest, ¿Porque Soy
Boricua? Poemas del Alma, Art in Written Form, A Baffl ing Short Stories Collection,
On Job in the Big Apple, Puerto Rican Soldiers Serving with Pride, Nature's Rage in
the Caribbean, Boricua de Pura Cepa, You are the One, The Unfaithfuls, Christopher
Columbus, Violence in the City, Poemas Tiernos, Mis Raices, My Little Sister, Two
Stranger and The Wrong Man.
