The best decision of my life was to have my second child. I always wanted to have a son so he could have my father's name. My son has made a good impact in my life because of the joy that my father had when he learned that his third grandson was going to have his name. Although not everything is positive because my son was born two months premature and had to be operated many times. He was operated at one week old for his head twice and again at a month old twice and again at age two twice. There was a lot of trauma involved and a lot of frustration but we got through it. Now we have a happy life and he's been surgery free for four years. He's become an amazing student and is very active.
My best moment was the first time I came to the United States and decided to stay.
One of my struggles right now it quitting smoking, I am on day 12 of not smoking and I have been good so far because I know that smoking can hurt my health. I used smoke a pack of cigarettes a day one in the morning going to work and as well going back and throughout the week and the day. I would have a 45-minute window going to work and coming and that’s where the smoking came into play. I don’t look like the type of person to smoke and when I was younger I would say that people who smoke were dumb because the cigarette is killing you slowly. But now I say to myself I am dumb because I am smoking and I have been for sometime now. My goal now at the moment is to stop smoking but it’s hard just because of the fact that smoking was a stress reliever for me and the taste was addicting. I have tried all type of things the electronic cigarettes, the nicotine gum and even the patches but nothing. So at the moment this one of my struggles is quit smoking.
When I get older I want to go to school have my drivers license and live with my dad. Easy peasy lemon squeezy!!!
The greatest struggle for me was to grow up living in a strict house hold. I felt like I been caged up my entire life as if I've never seen the real world. I wonder how different my life would've been if things were to be the opposite.
We were waiting in the car with my drunk father. He showed pictures of women from Facebook to my older brother, but he ignored them. "You're not a man, be more like your father," he told my brother. "I don't have a father," my brother responded back. He started to cry and sped up the car yelling "Los voy a matar!" We started screaming, my brother telling him to stop. My father stopped the car, and began to hit himself. I sat there, crying. He wanted to kill us.
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Yes, because we've alienated ourselves with social media and fame along with fortune. We're all unique in our own way and what I mean by alienated ourselves is that we've abandoned Earth to live in a virtual world.
I won't change for others. I will do what I have to do to take care of my relationship with God, and God will do his best to take care of me.
It's all my fault. I could have been there to save her. Others tell me it's not my fault, but it is.
What would you encourage this generation to do differently?
Get away from our two political parties that plague our constitution and our rights as citizens.
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The worst moment of my life has to be 3 years ago when my parents divorced. One night they were fighting and I had to pull my mom and dad apart while my little brother and sister were watching.
I love playing goalie. It still allows me to function as part of a team, and to with others, but it also lets me to do my own thing. It is a solitary position. When they score it is my fault. When the team fails, it is up to me to bail them out, usually in the form of a bruise for my efforts. It's kind of a thankless job, but I love it.
I'm not scared, I just don't know what independence entails for me. I question if I will be ready for so much responsibility all at once.
The best moment in my life was becoming a big sister. It was a big responsibility. I like the idea of becoming a big sister, and also the idea of having someone who looks like me.
The most angry I've ever been was last Thursday when they kept calling my name over the school speaker to sub for a class. ARGHHH!
My biggest regret is not teaching in prisons. My family wanted me to go into law enforcement. I chose education. For me, this would have been a great compromise between education and reform. My family definitely didn't want me to be a doctor. They said there was no money in that.