Of course, we had rough times but I can say that it was well worth it. I accomplished more than I thought I even knew that the actual goal that we went on a mission for was not completed. In this day to modern Mexicans I cannot really tell you how they see me. They know I am a famous explorer but during the time there were a lot of vicious people hurting the country and a lot of invasions going on.
Shane and I have picked Bolivia for our family vacation and general tourism. Two years ago we went to Mexico and climbed the Coba Mayan Pyramid Ruins and learned a great deal about how they constructed and built their community. It will be very educational for us to tour Bolivia and experience how they live. Shane needs to experience the fact that not all 12 year old boys have nice houses, with video games, domestic animals and a good education. We already have valid passports so that piece is out of the way.
. At the age of sixteen her father learned of her reluctance to accept her heritage, and placed into motion a radical plan. Instead of sending her to dance camp in Aspen, he sent her to Mexico. Reluctantly, she did as her father asked and found that he was right. She loved everything about Mexican culture, and returned to the States with a newly found apparition for her Latino roots.
I would like to propose a toast to my best friend Joy Kentish. For those of you that don’t know Joy and I have been best friends for about 7 years. We met our 10th grade year in high school at Tampa Bay technical High School. We were in drivers ed together and I was so nervous because it was my first time driving and we were partners. She told me to relax and just have fun but not too much fun.
Every country is unique in its own way. I have not traveled to many different countries in my adult life, but this one I will remember forever. While I was not there for very long left a lasting imprint. Last year I got the chance to journey the Western Caribbean on a cruise with my husband and our last stop was in Cozumel, Mexico. This island is the largest of the Atlantic islands of Mexico.
Never in my life had I thought that moving from Mexico, to California would set a new perspective and direction on my life. Who would have thought that a single person and country could have such an impact in an individual’s life. Now that I think about it, I can’t remember acting or being different of how I am today. To begin with it all goes back to my summer vacation for the 5th grade. I had been told that I would be visiting my dad is the U.S.A. for the first time in 3 years.
Family is the single most important aspect of the Mexican culture. Family comes first, and everything else comes second. Ricky can always depend on his family, whether it be immediate family or distant. 5. Do you celebrate holidays?
I visited a few Caribbean counties. When I lose my job my friend Lee invited me to the US. She assured me it would be the best thing for me at the time. I took her on the offer. I went to Barbados in October 2007 to get my visa, which was given to me for ten years I spent Christmas and New Years with my family since I wasn’t coming back home any time I could never forget the night I arrive
Spending my early years in my family’s native Lebanon gave me a sense of history and permanence on this earth that seemed very at odds with the new life we started when my family moved to New Mexico when I was ___ years old. Life in Lebanon is, on the surface, much like it was hundreds of years ago, and if you were to take a picture of our street there and its inhabitants, I have no doubt with the exception of the particulars of people’s faces it would look much the same as a painting from long ago. It seemed at first that nothing in New Mexico was older than 20 or 30 years old, families moved on and off our block regularly, and everything seemed to be in a constant state of flux. This was so unlike what I was used to that it took awhile to get adjusted, but I soon learned, however, to appreciate my new home and see the importance in constantly trying to improve on what has gone before you. My parents moved us to the US in order to further my father’s education and it is with great pride that I now too seek the same opportunity to build a career on solid educational foundation.
We had been living in the beautiful sunshine state of Arizona for the last three years, my youngest daughter Vivian and I. The climate was wonderful, warm sunshine, clear blue skies, majestic mountains on the horizon, in a word, breathtaking. But Texas was home, and now we had a reason, a very strong motivation to return home. The birth of my first grandchild, and Vivian’s niece. Emily Jane Darer, born on a Tuesday, January 17, 2011, I was ecstatic, thrilled, happy, excited and missing her already, yet we haven’t met.