There is this quote that I really appreciate. It came to mind todayas I witnessed Alexa graduate High School. āWhen your heart is everywhere, your heart is nowhere. If your heart is nowhere, then where is your heart?ā
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I feel like I can dance with this quote and come up with so many ways to interpret it. But the one that I am leaning towards the most is this one: This quote made me realize that a shard of my heart DOES live outside of my body and today I witnessed it graduate high school
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Itās hard to convey what I am feeling right now. But I was so proud to see my daughter walk down that field, hear her name be called and watching her hug others sheās made friends with over the years
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I saw her little smile. A smile that I havenāt seen in a very long time. A smile that I am familiar with. A smile that knows she is certain she actually did it. A smile that I remember she first tried as a baby
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Sooooo sooo proud of her y si, la mera verdad estoy llorando de pinche felicidad y orgullo and I not ashamed of it yāall because you have no idea the things weāve been through just to collectively be alive and exist to witness her get her diploma
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18 years ago I held her in my arms when I graduated high school. 18 years ago I couldnāt believe I had graduated as well. 18 years ago I was undocumented, right out of HS with plans for college and was finding ways to work under the table to survive. 18 years ago, I kept the hope going, I didnāt give up. Today, I saw her keeping the hope going as well in her and I witnessed her having the tenacity to not give up
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I did ask Alexa to take some time to read this post so I just wanted to say to you dude, I am soooooo freaken proud of you. I am beyond orgulloso a lo lejos que has llegado. You ARE our ancestorās wildest dreams. Never forget that mija.
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Right now, Aaron is in such an interesting stage š¤£š¤£š¤£. Iām getting mad flashbacks of when I was his age because thatās when I began to retain more memories. I mean I have memories of since I was two years old and some memories at three but most of my fruitful memories started at four years oldā¦Aaronās current age lol
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Iām trippin out, because this is the also the age where my own life began to flip upside down
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This is when I started understanding further what was going on between my mom and dad. Around this age is when I started feeling the brokenness of my family because I understood ācertainā things better. A esta edad siento que perdĆ mi mas sentido de la inocencia
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I remember good bad good bad good bad bad bad bad bad bad then good good for a while then skyrocketing bad but then good
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These memories haunt me yāall from time to time. They cross my mind but they simply pass through like a day dream but more like a fading bi-monthly night terror. Well in this case a day terror. I just let it pass through because I know itās leaving and it gives me peace of mind knowing now that I can foreshadow my own process so I can enjoy taking these photos of Aaron more and getting to just be here
These past five years of being married to Nancy have been exactly how I predicted, sheās the volcano šof the relationship and Iām the tornado šŖ
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Those of you in long-term relationships understand EXACTLY how unpredictable the forecast can be
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At times, I come in and sweep the energy out of the room like a tornado, sucking up everything around me and throwing it without understanding the consequences. Other times, Iām the same tornado that sweeps in and takes everyone away to a happier placeļæ¼ļæ¼ļæ¼ļæ¼ with newfound exploration and perspective
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At times, Nancy comes in and melts the entire area with her hot lava, burns everything around her without care. Other times sheās the same volcano with smoldering lava that creates new islands, gives birth to new perspectives to explore together
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It just depends on the day I guess and thatās the hard truthļæ¼ļæ¼ļæ¼ š¤£
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In the past five years, Iāve learned that which ever tornado I end up being and whatever kind of volcano she wakes up as, its all about understanding, respecting, loving and growing from our mutual chaos
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Love forged us, bent us, molded us and gave us perspective and we are still here fighting the good fight and getting through the bad weather
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ļæ¼Iām still amazed by how far weāve come. Iāve known Nancy since elementary school yāall and I fell in love with her in high school so for those of you who know us, know us very well, you understand how freaken crazy itās been these past couple of years š¤£ļæ¼ļæ¼ļæ¼ļæ¼
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Pero ahi vamos, one moment at a time
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Sometimes weāre THRIVING and sometimes weāre SURVIVING and thatās just how life has been for us lately and thatās okay
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The one thing I wish weād do more in the next five years is to date each other more often. Itās hard to date each other with three kids but every single time I get to āseeā her again I remember why I fell for her
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Yeah, five years does teach me that there is a honeymoon stage, a disillusionment stage and what weāre going through right now, the adapting stageļæ¼ļæ¼
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ļæ¼To many more years of volcanoing and tornadoing amor š¤£šŖš
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To many more years disturbing and disrupting the weather togetherļæ¼ļæ¼
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I love you, happy 5th wedding anniversary cachetona ššŖšā¤ļø
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