salience
September 9, 2002
My familia.
I am constantly amazed by them.
I have chosen to separate myself from them for more or less eight months out of every year for the sake of my education. It was torture last year, because I had to get used to tolerating a complete bitch in my personal space. What a challenge. Gone was the tight circle of blood that had served as a haven for me for eighteen years.
This year, things are better because I am not rooming with someone I completely detest. Michelle is quite the opposite and it makes all the difference.
Nevertheless, I do miss my familia immensely.
We started a routine last year of me calling them once a week, my mom being the exception for I am to call her twice a week.
So every Sunday night around 9:30 I dial up Alpharetta.
Last year it was hard for the guys, meaning Lorenzo and the twins, to relay their entire lives to me over the phone. I wanted to hear about every detail of every minute of their week, and they just weren't used to it. This year though, things run more smoothly and I can't get them to stop talking.
I love it!
I am truly myself when I am in contact with my familia. And that is as it should be.
I am constantly amazed by them.
I have chosen to separate myself from them for more or less eight months out of every year for the sake of my education. It was torture last year, because I had to get used to tolerating a complete bitch in my personal space. What a challenge. Gone was the tight circle of blood that had served as a haven for me for eighteen years.
This year, things are better because I am not rooming with someone I completely detest. Michelle is quite the opposite and it makes all the difference.
Nevertheless, I do miss my familia immensely.
We started a routine last year of me calling them once a week, my mom being the exception for I am to call her twice a week.
So every Sunday night around 9:30 I dial up Alpharetta.
Last year it was hard for the guys, meaning Lorenzo and the twins, to relay their entire lives to me over the phone. I wanted to hear about every detail of every minute of their week, and they just weren't used to it. This year though, things run more smoothly and I can't get them to stop talking.
I love it!
I am truly myself when I am in contact with my familia. And that is as it should be.
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