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.