By then I will be 18 and will be entering adulthood myself. These past few weeks of the college process have forced me to think deeply about my future. I realized that this might very well be the last year I ever live in Boston. I won’t have my mother, father or brother to turn to any longer. I’ll be leaving my hometown, where I’m comfortable, where I know my way around, where I know people, where I have family, and where I have connections.
My son Kaleb was born May 24 2008, and from that moment on I wanted to give him everything he deserves. I tried to go back to college right after my son was born, but I had no idea what I wanted to do for my future and taking care of Kaleb wasn't cheap. I was constantly working to pay for the expenses of Kaleb, while paying for the rest of the expenses I had. Finally four years later, I made the best decision I could for my family and that was going back to school. One of the many reasons why I came back was that I did not was to continue being in a factory the rest of my life.
Araceli was a maid for Scott and Maureen Torres-Thompson. After Scott and Maureen had a fight they both left the house leaving Araceli with their two boys. Araceli spent time looking for someone she could give the boys to until their parents returned. Araceli stated, “Of all these people, old man Torres was the only adult still alive and likely to live in a place reachable from Paso Linda Bonita” (147). Being gone for a few days the parents left Araceli with no other choice than to go and find the children’s grandfather.
After we were able to leave the hospital we went straight over to my grandfather’s house to show him that the baby was here. The next day, exactly 24 hours after our little girl being born, my grandfather passed away. We all think it was because he was fighting to see her before he
She is the most loving, caring, accepting, and hilarious person I have ever met because of that place and those people. She found people to support her through her pain, to help her raise us. My siblings and I didn’t need a father after that, we had a whole church full of fathers, and extra mothers, and even more brothers and sisters. After my father sobered up and begged to be part of our lives again, we added one more man to the pile of fathers that we had. We had great men in our lives to help my mother guide us, and I see now how courageous my father was to come back and attempt to be a father.
Right after I turned four, we moved to Fort Blackmore, Virginia, in order to be closer to my mother’s family. We lived with my grandparents for half a year before completing our home. In August 1998, I started my first year of school. I attended Fort Ridge Primary School, which was a small place, but it was a very large part of my life. Here I met some amazing influential people.
She kept me in a positive mind. I decided to go Michigan to visit them in September 2012, after my kid’s mother mom was caught. I did not want to miss my daughter’s birthday again either. I stayed in Michigan for a month and brought my kid’s back with me. I brought them back with me because they were moving back to the Middletown area because my kid’s mother was not going to be able to leave the state when she got out jail.
My eleventh grade year was also a disaster because of the struggle of passing my biology state test and I was really distracted and just wanted to go back to the alternative school but my mom and the principle would not send me back. My senior year I transferred to Christ Missionary and Industrial high school (college) the year flew by but I really enjoyed myself there. Now I am still here at CM&I , I supposed to be a summer graduate if everything goes as planned. Once I finish high school I plan on signing up for the air
Tom was also an active member of our church, First Purchase, with his family. Tom has always lived a simple life, living his life to the fullest and making the best out of everyday. He loved his wife and children dearly and worked hard to give them a happy life as well. Growing up, my brother always took good care of me. He was very protective of me, but was like that only because he loved me.
My grandmother passed away when I was 8 years old and the only home I had ever known at that point in my life was that one. I was not ready emotionally to leave that place, but there was so much more opportunity for me moving to my cousin’s. In Hope, Arkansas is where almost half of my life is invested, but if the time wasn’t used positively then it was time wasted. I think my childhood growing up in Hope was good. If I had the choices to keep it how is or go back and change it I think I would keep it the same way.