The year of the Family

2011.

A year I knew would be about transition but never imagine it would be about Family. This year in the mist of me fighting for my own survival in this economic depression...I re-discovered what Family is about and learned to embrace them in my deepest darkest moments. In previous years I carried their problems and was too prideful to let them in my personal life..........I have managed to bring my family back together in a non-conventional way but in the end we are still together.........loving, supporting and caring for each other.

Rebuilding the love and trust that I cherished with my father and my brother……….has helped them love, forgive and appreciate each other. We have all changed so much in the years of our separation…….we each have suffered great depressions, we have fought and lost many personal battles against life and love  but we also survived on our own. We return as warriors ready to protect each other at no cost.

You talk about the loss of communication due to cyber worlds……….but I can tell you it has also brought us together. In a non-traditional family story.

For many years I resented the fact that I didn’t have the chance to grow up with my cousins in Mexico but today I feel like I am part of their lives more than ever. I see their everyday, the growth of the family and I share with them my daily secrets. Regardless if it’s my father in the other side of town, my brother down past the Trinity River, My cousins in colonial Puebla  or the Vidrio’s in Jalisco……..I feel connected to them all.

Claudia coming up to Fort Worth this past summer was one of my best experiences this past year. She was great company and we had wonderful time learning about each other. I was glad to show her my day to day life………one that is so different than what could have been if I would have stayed in Mexico.  I’ve always wanted to my cousins to see what my life is like because they only know me Natalia the “visitor” in their own city but never Natalia the person with a life. Jajajaj The only other cousin that knows that side of me is Norma but she came down when we were teenagers and well my life is different since then. Claudia came at a perfect time in my life too………she was like my career angel. She is very wise, smart and knowledgeable in this particular area. I can’t wait for her to come back. I am also looking forward to my cousin Norma to come down from Florida and spend some fun time with her!!!