Yes, I am. I was raised by a very traditional family where the mom stayed home to raised the children and the father worked until late some days w/o the kids even seeing him for the day. We were 6 in the house counting mami y papi, and let me tell you we were a handful...ohhh yeah, I feel bad for mami. We lived in a house w/ 3 bedrooms so it was one for my parents, one for my brother and one for the three of us. We did not had a lot of money but we had everything we ever needed. We even had a Barbie house (the one w/ the elevator)... I know it was the cheapest one, but we HAD a BARBIE HOUSE and that was great.
My mom has always loved shopping, I think I get that from her... LOL!!!! I will always remember mom will take me shopping w/ her all the time. I remember everytime I would see something I wanted she would have this painful smile in her face, and I immediatly knew we couldn't afford it. I learned this from very very little so I would always telled her "no te preocupes, otro dia" ("don't worry mommy, you'll get it for my another day"), that's why my title for this entry blog. This statement was very strong in me, I knew that if we could afford it we would get it for xmas or for 3 kings or maybe for our bday.
I grew up into a teenager and this statement kept coming from my mouth so easily, I know I had everything that I needed. I could see my mom's painful smile turn into a beautiful and compasionate smile, the ones I liked. For my 9th grade graduation, it was hard all my friends had have their "quincea~eros" (we celebrate sweet 15 b-day in Puerto Rico) and I didn't and I did not care, but my mom wanted for my graduation to be special, and it was... we spent MONTHs sewing between the two of us this gorgeous gown. It was so special, I was the only one that could say that my mom and I made the dress from scratch and I must say I had the best dress ever. To top it all I wanted this cute earrings that we could not afford so I gave her my "not today maybe tomorrow" statement to my mom. My dad surprised me w/ them for my graduation, they were the cutest cubic zirconias I have ever seen. I still have them.
I have to say my statement is still w/ me. DH was making fun of me that even when we can afford some stuff now that we couldn't when we got married I still "use" the statement. I guess is part of who I am... so when we couldn't get pregnant I told dh "not today hun but for sure tomorrow"... this statement has taken us where we are right... pregnant w/ our first peanut, leaving in our own house and having two great jobs.
BTW. I want to thank Amy for pushing us to work on our blogs, thanks sweetie...
My mom has always loved shopping, I think I get that from her... LOL!!!! I will always remember mom will take me shopping w/ her all the time. I remember everytime I would see something I wanted she would have this painful smile in her face, and I immediatly knew we couldn't afford it. I learned this from very very little so I would always telled her "no te preocupes, otro dia" ("don't worry mommy, you'll get it for my another day"), that's why my title for this entry blog. This statement was very strong in me, I knew that if we could afford it we would get it for xmas or for 3 kings or maybe for our bday.
I grew up into a teenager and this statement kept coming from my mouth so easily, I know I had everything that I needed. I could see my mom's painful smile turn into a beautiful and compasionate smile, the ones I liked. For my 9th grade graduation, it was hard all my friends had have their "quincea~eros" (we celebrate sweet 15 b-day in Puerto Rico) and I didn't and I did not care, but my mom wanted for my graduation to be special, and it was... we spent MONTHs sewing between the two of us this gorgeous gown. It was so special, I was the only one that could say that my mom and I made the dress from scratch and I must say I had the best dress ever. To top it all I wanted this cute earrings that we could not afford so I gave her my "not today maybe tomorrow" statement to my mom. My dad surprised me w/ them for my graduation, they were the cutest cubic zirconias I have ever seen. I still have them.
I have to say my statement is still w/ me. DH was making fun of me that even when we can afford some stuff now that we couldn't when we got married I still "use" the statement. I guess is part of who I am... so when we couldn't get pregnant I told dh "not today hun but for sure tomorrow"... this statement has taken us where we are right... pregnant w/ our first peanut, leaving in our own house and having two great jobs.
BTW. I want to thank Amy for pushing us to work on our blogs, thanks sweetie...
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