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Letter to Max
“You’re tucked in my heart like a precious jewel.“ It has taken me a couple of weeks to finally be able to write this without crying. I feel like something is missing all the time. Your bowl and collar are empty but you are still in my heart. I know it will take time and strength to mourn this loss because you were a very important part of my life. I brought you home in Feb. 5th, 2004. You were found by our school secretary that day. Your were so tiny and had a spiked black collar that made you look so cute and irresistible. Your ears were the softest…
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Life as a Migrant Student
“Ya son las 5:00 de la manana, levántate a usar el baño antes que tu papa.” My mother would whisper to wake me up. We lived in a very small one bedroom apartment with one bathroom. We couldn’t wait to move into a trailer home, but those were given to families that had seniority. We started traveling to Wisconsin as migrants since I was in elementary school. We would attend school Oct- April and migrated up north end of April or beginning of May. We never had a chance to finish the school year with our classmates. We gave our notice of departure weeks in advance and were required to…
