Mariela Cepeda Campbell , my mother , has left us after 15 months of dialysis and other complications . She was such a cheerful person and her presence will always be felt by us . Thanks to our friends for their compassionate kindness . My sorrow is only eclipsed by my great sense of luck that my brother and I were born to her . Soon after , my father , Hardy also passed . A great man who always thought of everyone else first . His humor and intelligence was recognized by many friends the world over. He spoke spanish with natural ease , a true man of the world . My Pa . With Love , Mark Campbell