“You do not remember your family?' ...'Tití tried to find them after the storm...[E]veryone figured my family got washed out in the rapids with the hundreds of other boricuas who disappeared.' Río held himself like he was bracing against a chill. 'You speak as though it does not pain you.' 'I ain't gonna cry about it,' I said, tucking San Cristóbal back into my shirt. 'You can't change what happened. Better to just accept it and move on.' 'Benigno.' He brought himself upright again. 'Do you mean to say you do not cry?' ...'What does that matter?' 'It -matters,' he insisted. 'Salt water has healing properties. That is why our tears are made of it. Why should you hold them in?” GriefEmotionHealingTearsSorrowCryingExpressions Of Emotion Book:When the Tides Held the Moon Source: When the Tides Held the Moon