My final letter...

Dear Ms. James, 

Today I will be writing you my final letter and frankly it makes me feel sad. This letter makes me sad because even though I may be here again next year I never thought I would love a class as much as I love this one. we laugh, cheer and cry and I know that next year is going to be a good year but the odds of me being this comfortable in front of another group is doubtful. I don't think it’s the curriculum I've fallen in love with I think everyone in the class is what makes it so great, including you. I've really appreciated the fact that you have allowed us to make our own guided decisions in here, allowed us to be creative and express ourselves. today you have once again given us freedom to write something of our choosing and a list of suggestions, that I believe are going to be difficult to write about, such as what was my best writing from this semester, I think that this class has played a big role in helping me find myself and figure out what I like and what I am good at writing. So I want to say that if I could choose one writing "prompt" out of all of them that was my best I would chose this one and perhaps my tattoo piece. Excuse me if I am jumping around in this letter, but the most challenging piece that I've done so far has defiantly been this one. Something new that I've tried this semester has been poetry and I can honestly say I still hate it, I’m no good at it. All and all it’s been a good semester and if I could say something to future students I would say to be happy, even if you don't like the topic, it really not hard to please Ms. James, she’s so easy going and I promise you if you try your best there is absolutely no way you can fail. This has been my stress relief class so if this class is stressing you out then odds are you’re doing it wrong. Good luck and happy writing!!  

Dan in real life

What are some childhood nicknames....the family in the movie calls dans date Ruthie "pig face" Draper. Haha this cracks me up because it's nice to know your not the only one with the most embarrassing nicknames. Ever since I was a little girl my parents have called me michichi 😂 and it's so embarrassing especially when your in the supermarket and you here them scream it from the other side of the store. My dad has a gift of renaming people, my brother Edwin is coco, my brother Josh is Pepe, and my brother Brandon is Bebe, 

And don't even get me started on the kids names, all of the grandchildren have nicknames that I'm sure one day will haunt them 😌 as I've grown I've realized no matter how absolutely obnoxious these names can be sometimes, it's what makes you different and thats what makes you closer to certain people.such as your family members, friends and your significant others.

The Final Exchange... 

hey jing! i just wanted to message you and tell you that the school year is ending soon and even though i am not a senior this year i may not have this class again, although i hope i do. i'm trying really hard to keep it together today, you see because today is the memories assembly and a lot of my close friends are graduating.. i know i will see them again soon though so i suppose its not a total loss. i haven't heard from you in a little while so i hope your doing well and i hope to hear from you soon. i truly want to keep in touch with you because i think it would be great to stay friends. I've heard that your emails have been getting messed up over there so i hope receive this. 

sincerely 

your good friend from the u.s. Lastenia N. Roggiero 

Friends family and all things me...😌

I don't know where to start.... I think this post is going to be the least edited and realist post I've ever made, you all know how important family is especially to me but I don't think I ever speak about how important friends are to me..... Today is the memories assembly and I'm trying to stay as positive as I can, my friends are leaving ,most of them at least and it's not like I'm never going to see them again but it's not going to be the same, I won't sit at lunch with them laughing at the simple things and I won't fool around with them running up and down these halls ever again... Today is the sadest day of the year. These pictures reflect the things that mean the most to me and the moments I want to cherish forever... I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.

what would I do... 
in class we saw a few episodes of "what would you do" and in this particular episode there is a pregnant woman sitting in a cafe excited to meet the parents of her child. she was planning on giving her child up for adoption to a good family when a woman decides to make it her business and intervene because she sees the couple wanting to adopt this child is two fathers. 
this episode hit me hard and even made me tear up. there are so many couples in this world that don't have the ability to have children and are even fearful to adopt a child as it is and for someone to intrude the way this woman does isn't okay.. 
my brother and his fiance are one of these couples. my brother is visually impaired and gay so you could imagine the kind of judgement he receives. still he perspires and i think would be an absolutely amazing father. him and his fiance are very successful ,independent men and would be killer parents! i hope one day soon they would adopt a little one despite what everyone thinks!!! 

 my brother

 his fiance

 their engagement ring!! (my brother proposed btw :)

cat in the hat.

these quotes are big deals to me. they have impacted my life greatly!!  i feel that the older you get the more you realize that you don't need a lot of friends and its only the friends that are willing to strive for better with you and push you to be better that you need in life. ever since i was a little girl my mother always told me "dime con quien andas y te dire quien eres." meaning you tell me who you hang around and ill tell you who you are. 

point blank period, keep good company or don't keep any.. you choose your friends. choose wisely. 

 snow white Grimm brothers.

Beautiful

Aurora's long blond hair

Ludwig's bright mind

Lady's new gold tag

Giselle's graceful image

Oswald's luck 

Wonderlands excitement

Never-land's pixie dust

Belle's gold gown

Eric's heart of gold

Arial's beautiful bright smile

Undeniably royal 

Tiana's hazel eyes

Yzma's love for riches

A special twist on color..

Excuse my handwriting!! 

More about my piece and where I got the idea. 

my object......braille tattoo...... 

"Six dots. Six bumps. Six bumps in different patterns, like constellations, spreading out over the page. What are they? Numbers, letters, words. Who made this code? None other than Louis Braille, a French 12-year-old, who was also blind. And his work changed the world of reading and writing, forever"

 why is this important you may ask? 
Because there are so many people in this world who have no idea how important being able to communicate is, we take the littlest things for granted because we don't realize how much our lives are impacted by them.  Imagine not being able to see and getting multiple surgeries back to back just to be able to see blurred figures...Not being able to say when i grow up i want to be a surgeon or an astronaut or even fight for your own country in one of your military branches...
Not being able to drive to the local movie theater to hang out with some friends.  now i'm not saying that the lives of these people are miserable and that they will never amount to anything because they are disable to do so... because lets be honest that would be a lie. with the proper guidance and perseverance anything is possible.
This is a sore subject when it comes to the family and friends of those who wish they could do these great things but are restricted. they didn't ask for this but they have to learn to live with it. In order to explain to you what my tattoo means to me and how it inspires me i had to explain to you a very small part of being blind or growing up with family members who are blind.  so here we go......I have a tattoo placed under my left arm close to my heart that says "strength" in braille. 
my oldest brother Eddie was born on November 10th, 1985. My mothers first child, her baby boy. what was she to do, what could she do. she was 18 years old on that very day (Nov. 10th) and her only concern was providing the best care for her son. so she did, she never treated any of my brothers any differently, they never had special treatment because of their disability's and got punished like any other child would have. Eddie now lives on his own and works in the medical field not as a surgeon but he works in billing in coding from his home.  
My second oldest brother josh was born on march 26th, 1988, this was going to be different, my mother had a second child with the same disability and she was not going to at least attempt to give him a second chance, so she did her research, she read tons of books and spoke to multiple doctors, my brother had various surgeries in the attempt to correct his vision or at least to improve it and it did, not much but it did. he can see blurred figures and can even use a smart phone as long as the letters are on its biggest font and he looks really closely......but I've always thought that if josh had good vision he would be working at NASA, and it kills me to watch my brothers struggle the way they have not being able to do the things they wish they could, josh has always been a huge fan of the stars in our galaxy and hes fascinated  with anything that has to do with space. needless to say hes a bit of a nerd (: 
The youngest out of the boys and the one closest to me is My brother Brandon born on April 28th, 1992 also "lived" in the hospital getting various surgeries through out his young childhood. my mother spent multiple nights at a time in the hospital sleeping in a chair for the first few months of my brothers lives never leaving their sides and for that she is one of the strongest people i know, shes always been there for all of us and till this day she is always there. when i was born my mother taught me to never judge someone by their appearance and to love everyone even those who are a little different. I grew up watching over my brothers and helping them find things that they couldn't see or read things they couldn't read. now don't get me wrong we grew up fighting just like any group of siblings, bullying each other and even fist fighting but family sticks together no matter what and that's something my mother has always taught me. 
 so  there it is, that's the story behind my tattoo......

101-ish THINGS ABOUT ME 

1.  Born may 14th, 1998
   
   
   
2.  Born in the Bronx (New York city)
3. I am half Puerto Rican (mother)
   
4. I am also half Ecuadorian (father) 
   
   
5.  My first language was Spanish.
6.  Learned to walk in Puerto Rico
7. Saw the twin towers fall with mom from our window
8. Moved after the attack 
   
9. Grew up in Miami
   
10. Favorite drink is Inca kola!
11. I HATE bacon
12. I don't eat ham
13. I'm a huge superhero fanatic both DC and Marvel comics 
    
14. The day i have children I hope for a boy first
15. I'm really random 
16. I don't like people but i'm really friendly 
17. I love doing my makeup
18. When I graduate I wanna study criminology 
19. I hope to become a criminologist 
20. I have three older brothers 
    
21. In total I have five nieces and nephews that I adore 
22. I own a cat named Tobby
    
23. My childhood pup passed away about a year ago 
24. My childhood dog's name was Scottie <3
    
25. I just got my first tattoo
26. My tattoo is something really special to me, ask me about it and i will explain it to you!
    
    
    
27. If i ever get a ferret id name him rufus
28. I've dyed my hair bright red and purple before. (not at the same time..)
    
    
29. I've dislocated both thumbs about 4 times play fighting 
30. My brothers used to bully me as a kid.. now i bully them (:
31. I sang in the school play my freshmen year (hairspray)
32. I love singing (huge vocalist)
    
    
    
33. I'm closest to my mother (my main lady) and whenever she gets sick it breaks my heart...
    
    
34. I go to the gym but I hate PE. 
35. I am roman catholic
36. I love dressing up but I don't really dress up at school.
37. I love my ethnicity and i'm proud of it
38. I listen to a lot of Latin music
39. My favorite holidays are Christmas and thanksgiving
    
40. Something I would love to do is go paint balling 
41. I still don't know where i'm going to collage and it freaks me out.
42. I have an Instagram follow me @lastenia_n_r
    
43. I also have snap chat add me @natalieroggiero
    
44. yup Facebook as well (natalie roggiero)
    
45. when I was a little girl I wanted to be a famous singer
46. I hate when people chew with their mouths open
47. I love people who are not afraid to be polite.
48. I love outgoing people
49. I obviously need to learn more about myself because this is really difficult. 
50. I'm not brave at all
51. I am terrified of frogs
52. I my favorite thing to do on my free time is sleep
53. I'm on my phone a lot
54. I'm shy but once you get to know me I wont shut up.
55. I'm extra goofy once i get comfortable.
56. I'm loud but I think that just runs in the family
57. The one frogs I kind of like are the coqui and its only because they're tiny and from Puerto Rico!!!
58. I love many animals but i do not do reptiles 
59. I'm a Taurus
    
60. New York giants fan.
    
    
61. my favorite drink is green tea
    or any tea really.
62. my best friend gets on my last nerves sometimes but i love her to pieces!! 
    
63. I'm allergic to the world.. (trees,grass,dust etc...)
64. I miss the old 90's cartoons and wish they would come back!!!

     

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65. high school has impacted my life in an incredible way,ive learned who's only around to watch me fail. 
66. but I've also learned through out my high school career to make good relations, such as getting terribly close to someone i'd least expect....my bus driver, shes such an amazing woman and i'm so glad to have met her.
    
    
67. something this woman has thought me is that your not gonna be around your friends or people you enjoy to be around forever and that people come and go but its up to you whether  or not you stay in contact. her and i are still communicate till this day and i wouldn't have it any other way. 
68.  I've learned that you have to be great full for what and who you have in your life.
69. I've learned that you should never take advantage of what you have because you could lose it all in a heart beat.
70.   I think that the one thing everyone should know about me is that i'm an extremely respectful person and I don't judge.  so if you ever need someone to talk to you are more then welcome to come up to me and talk to me. 
71. last but not least I want everyone reading this to know that the most important thing in my life is family. 
72. p.s you can say i'm corny all you want but don't get it twisted.... just because i'm mature enough to post the real me doesn't mean i wont put you in your place (: