Magical life blooms after challenging start
“Growing up, there was a lot of chaos and turmoil in my home. I had two drug-addicted parents. And when I was 8, my mom started dealing drugs. People were coming and going. There were a...
“Growing up, there was a lot of chaos and turmoil in my home. I had two drug-addicted parents. And when I was 8, my mom started dealing drugs. People were coming and going. There were a...
“One of my duties at work was to create ID badges for all the employees. They had to be renewed on everyone’s birthday. When Juan came to see me, I made his ID and we flirted...
“I was really young when I had my boys. I got pregnant at 12, and I was 15 when I had the second one. Basically, I was raising my babies while I was still a baby....
“It’s a 1966 Impala. My great-granddad, who lived in Waco at the time, drove to Dallas and bought it from Johnson Chevrolet at the end of 1965. He went up there to buy a Caprice, which...
“After everything is over, it really starts to sink in. Then everybody forgets about you. They forget that your baby died. And that’s when it’s really hard. People just kind of move on. Obviously, your loved...
“About two years ago, I decided to go get my bachelor’s degree in special education. I thought it was a good match for me and where my heart is for these kids. But I wouldn’t have...
“He’s 8 months old, and he never cries. He’s just happy all the time, smiling and playing around. “I’m lucky. Normally babies cry for everything, for no reason sometimes. The only time he cried is when...
“When I was 12 years old my daddy said to me and my two brothers, ‘Boys, you may never go to college. You may never even get out of high school. But by the time you...
“My husband thought he wanted us to have a baseball team until the twins came along. I guess reality hits at how challenging that can be sometimes. But then he was so happy when we found...
“I’m here with my son and grandson. We’re showing him how to catch crabs.” Do you have other children? “I have two others. One is deceased. I lost him in 2000 when he was 21. He...