Personal Childhood Web

As we now know many individuals help mold us into the adults we are today.  Here are a few people that made and still make dramatic impacts in my life.

My very own Super Mom!  Eleonora! She was a very busy mom working a full time job and raising 3 girls as a single mother.  Yet she always instilled love, family, and religion.  I have so many memories from spending movie time, lazily talking around the house, playing "bolita" (dog pile on one another), and helping us in good times and bad.  My mother is my rock, my friend, my support!  Always supports my crazy ideas, different phases, and will give me the shirt off her back.  She has shown me that we should always be there for our family by showing us through example.  I LOVE MY MAMA!!!

This is my father Joseph.  Unfortunetly I grew up in a divorced family.  Fortunetly I have a father who moved mountains for his little girl.  He was and still is as involved in my life as much as possible.  Not living with my father was very hard on me.  I was extremly blessed to have my dad "make time" for me as often as he did.  He would constantly call me, send me mail, and even spent his lunch time with me at school. We would go on many adventures like concerts, zoo trips, and exploring what good old Texas had in store for us while learning all about my family.  I have learned so much from my father and I am SO PROUD to be his daughter.

These are mis Abuelos , my Grandparents, who I lovingly call Pepa and Mema. I have learned about traditions, family, values, religion, and most of all never ending love. My Mema still cooks the greatest foods from scratch. A great memory I will always cherish is when I assumed my grandmother made watermelons (she made everything else). Mema looked at me with so much love, and laughter, in her eyes she grew me my very own watermelon patch. My Pepa has always been the strong head to our family and showed my how to

                                                      draw.  I LOVE DRAWING!

My late Grandmother Rosita. From the beginiing my grandmother instilled the love of family, religon, and culture. Rosita would show my unconditional love, taught me about relationships with people, fundamental family values, and showed me how important family is to one another. What she pushed the most was education. She gave up education to provide for her family. As do most parents, she wanted us to get ahead in life and live our lives to the fullest. Mama Rosita is gone now but she lives on in our hearts, minds, and actions. Her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren carry on her memory. Education is a top priority. I can still see her smile and hear her laugh.

These two lovely ladies are my aunts Sandra and Rosie.  They have been like mother's to me.  Always instilling the love of family and the need for education.  To this day they watch over me and love me like their own. 
Both of them are educators as well.  I can easily say that I look up to them and they might have influenced me to continue the "family tradition".  My aunt Sandra teaches at the collegiate level and Rosie teaches middle school.  I have had the chance to see them shine in their classrooms as a younger child.  I remember watching them and learning from them.  I am very thankful to have them in my life and I love them dearly.  Thank you for your guidance!