The Fourth Wave of Feminism and What it Would Look Like

I decided to change my thesis statement a little bit as to look and search that if there was to be a fourth wave of feminism, what it would look like and what would it involve. This topic interests me because after reading the last readings all three of the waves pretty much discussed the same thing. Equality for women, but it seemed to me that the vision lost its focus. How can men and women be equal to each other? Clearly you can see men are built bigger and stronger than women (now a day’s …well I think the steroids that are fed to cows and the chemicals that are sprayed on the plants may have a bit to do with the shift) even if you have one that works out, a woman cannot get as big as a man can. (I am talking the majority of men not all), our brains our bodies function differently, so I ask again, what was this fight all about? I believe that for five decades feminism was fighting a losing battle. I am however still searching for the discovery of when did the awareness begin for domestic violence. I think I found it but am still researching more to confirm my conclusion. However the most exciting part about this paper is the revision of the Good Wife’s Guide…not so much a revision. I couldn’t decide on how to revise it so I went into a totally other direction. I think you will be interested in how it turns out. My discovery on the Fourth Wave of Feminism is that men and women can co-exist. It’s all about compromise, and making each other happy, not being on separate teams but the same team. After all isn’t it apart of the same family? I am very excited about this paper, it is probably the first paper and project that I really got into and had fun with. It allowed me to really see for myself, where it all went wrong. I got a lot of insight on the fact that feminism has been a waste of time, because it lost what women are all about, and I also discovered why men have been acting the way they have. Through a feminist movement we lost our femininity. We are no longer women, when we are fighting to be equal to men. To be equal to men, you are asking to be treated like one of the boys. When the men do that we get mad because we aren’t respected, so it isn’t equality that we are looking for it is appreciation, and respect that we hunger after. Admiration and gratefulness of what we do on a daily basis, and how much we accomplish in spite of everything going on around us. To be looked at as a household administrator and not just a housekeeper. That in order for the man’s world to be in order, the woman has to be in order. We are the glue that holds everything together. It’s a shame to recognize this now, but a true feminist movement is the ability to maintain our femininity and recognition at the same time. That isn’t too much to ask for. To eliminate all stereotypes of what a feminist looks like, because she could be the one sitting right next to you and you wouldn’t even know it.

White, Milk, or Dark Chocolate? What Does it Matter...When I Have A Chocolate Craving I Just Want Some Chocolate!

I can remember when my youngest daughter, was old enough too distinct the difference between different hair textures, she would always say, “Mommy, I want white girls hair”, I would reply why, and she would then reply “because their hair is prettier and it sways back and forth”. Even at three years old, my daughter could tell that even hair texture of the white race girls were preferred over the texture of an African American girl. At three years old, how did she come to this? I never did ask her, what made her think that their hair was better that hers, and now she doesn’t even remember why she said that and what would make her say such a thing.
All the pieces read for today, tie into my theme for my final paper, and they really tie into each other as the issue that no matter what shapes our lips, texture our hair, the color of our skin, the size of our backside, or front side for that matter, we can never measure up. Not to societies expectations, but our own expectations. We set such high standards because it’s what we think society wants us to think. This has a lot to do with the advertisements of today’s products. Fashion, perfume, mouthwash, cars, alcohol, etc, everything sold now a day’s involves sex. It takes sex for everything; you have to be sexy to where perfume, drinking alcohol drives you to sex, you have to wear sexy clothes, and in order to do that you must be a certain size to be looked upon as being SEXY. But why does it take sex to sell everything? Take the Dove commercials, finally a product that has decided to put real women in the commercial. They’re not airbrushed, or tummy tucked. They have wrinkles, they are over the age of 50, and they are overweight. They are real women of the real world. There is nothing perfect about them, but they are happy to be who they are. Used to be a day that I worked so hard to lose weight and maintain a certain stature of how I looked. Why? Because I wanted to be attractive to other people, now the only reason why I work out is to be healthy and to live a long fulfilling life. If I lose weight along with being healthy then great, I have accomplished two things at one time. But to be healthy is the main and only reason. I like food too much and love to eat and have starved myself before in order to lose weight, but I wasn’t happy in life because I was hungry all the time.
As women we need to embrace our beauty as we see it and not how society sees it. We need to embrace and encourage other women on their beauty. When you see someone that doesn’t look like you or have features like you that are ok, because we were not created equally or simultaneously. We created to be special and different and that is what makes this world so interesting. I believe that I might have mentioned this before. If we all looked the same, then we would be stuck in the middle of the Avatar movie, blue with pointy ears and tails.

Where Did It All Begin? and How Did It Get To This Place

People call me a feminist, and with that comes all the stereotypes and stigmas with it. Even though none of those fit, and they have all the wrong pieces to this puzzle, I accept this title, as a new feminist leader, with great pride and honor, that could possibly change the focus of what the purpose of feminismtruly is all about. After all we are NOT all man haters or bashers, we are not all lesbians who at one time were heterosexual and crossed over to the other side because one man treated us bad. Where these stereotypes come from, are from those who have hatred in their heart towards a certain race, and/or group, and don't want to be alone in their hater world. I mean come on, who really wants to be the only person standing alone on a single issue? It is so much easier to rally against an entire group when you have someone whose got your back. However, when you rally for the wrong reasons, you create alts against those who may be able to help you. This brings me to my final project. When looking at the issue of domestic violence...when did all the protests and awareness begin. This is what I am searching for.

I want to find compare how feminism was in the 1950's to how feminism is in the present time. I will begin to research and find statistics on femenism back then, who was protesting and the activists in the past days. Who are the activists of the present time? When did the awareness begin and what caused society to advocate for those women who were being beaten? How did domestic violence switch from focusing on the physical abuse to being more aware on the emotional aspects of domestic violence? By doing this I will not only be able to make sense of this issue to myself, but to other women who don't understand why women stay in violent relationships whether it be physical or emotional. I will target all women of a community and I picture this turning into a women's conference, perhaps a women's luncheon. I want to allow all women to have a general over view that domestic violence is more than just men beating the crap out them and that it goes beyond the physical. That I could have a room of twenty women and only seven of those women would have endured physical abuse but that ALL of those women would have encountered the emotional trauma of domestic violence,; some have even suffered P.T.S.D. (post traumatic stress disorder). I am hoping that this will not only bring awareness to what true domestic violence is, but will bring all women together to advocate for one another. No matter what the situation, no matter what their class status, stature, race, gender, or ethnicity; that we as women can come together, and acknowledge our oppression that was forced upon us in the past times. Let us look at the African American race. No matter what, they stick together through out everything. The older generations help the younger generations understand their history of how they came to grow and become as one to fight for not only their freedom, but their integrity and dignity as human beings; because after all it all begins with the youth because they are our future advocates. That they were more than just slaves, that through all their trials and tribulations they made it through the tough times together. That all the fighting and all the riots never amount to anything but that their faith is what got them through. Now is racism completely vanished and disappeared? No, but we as society and Americans have come so far to eliminate racism and acknowledge that no matter what your race the only race that matters is the human race. I believe that we as women can come together and do the same. One status is not better than the other. What we need to do is help those who don't understand why certain women act, dress, and present themselves the way they do, and teach them to become women of virtue. Instead we cast them aside and let them figure out on their own, only to repeat the same insanity of making the same mistakes over and over again, and never getting anywhere. If one woman can reach thousands, imagine how many a billion can reach. Eventually we, as women, can come together and create awareness that we are more than just a housekeeper, a nanny, a taxi driver; that we can then come together as a community, men and women, to put an end to not only domestic violence but oppression.

Using the "Goodwife's Guide" as a guideline to creating a new updated version of the Goodwife's Guide of the new century. Since it was 1950 that it was originally written, I think that it is finally time to revise and create one that is politically correct for this day and age. One that will satisfy all walks of human life. It may not create totally and complete unification, there will always be someone who will go outside of the boundaries to create havoc, but at least we can attempt to create awareness and an environment for women to come together and become one accord.

Global Feminism??? Is It Even Possible When We Won't Even Help Our Own???

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Malawi: The Mind Set of Oppression Needs to Be Transformed to the Mind Set of Possession.

Malawi, which is found in the southeastern part of Africa, is a country that suffers from a number of different lacks; lack of fuel, food, medical supplies to help with the growing number of HIV/AIDS victims, discrimination, gender issues, and even political issues. You wouldn’t think that a third world country such as Malawi would have political issues but yes they do.

Members of the Democratic Progressive Party (DDP) and members of the Malawi Congress Party (MCP) are what make up the government in Malawi. There was a comment about the DDP wanting to change the Constitution to be able the give the sitting President more power, however others in parliament fear that this will give the President too much power. This, to me, is no different that the President of the United States of America. Our President really doesn’t have too much of a say so in much of anything. He can have some really good ideas on how to save the nation and help it grow, however if someone in Congress feels that a particular decision will not benefit them, they can go ahead and knock it down. (http://www.africamission-mafr.org/kanengonov09.htm).

When we look at the economy of Malawi, fuel is one of the highest scarcest commodities. It got so bad that President Bingu wa Mutharika , called a halt on any international travel (including himself) to protect the supply of fuel (Malawi Press Review, Nov 2009). Along with the fuel there is also a shortage of water, electricity, and soft drinks. (http://www.africamission-mafr.org/kanengonov09.htm)

To enhance the food source, there was a Greenbelt Bill that was passed. This was done in order to boost food supply and combat hunger (http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i6kqhaPrKXKssw2MoJEbjyFGreTw).

Hiv/Aids are another still growing epidemic in Malawi. A woman by the name of Dr. Mary Shaba, who is the Principle Secretary for Nutrition and Hiv/Aids, “the fight against Hiv/Aids will not be completed if the country ignores the fact that there are gays in Malawi”. How can this issue be ignored or the fact that there are gays in Malawi? Not discriminating against the homosexual community, and by no means am I blaming the GLB community for the spreading of Hiv/Aids, however if they have statistical evidence that this is how it started then why not admit to the obvious, advocate for the people, and create an awareness to help stop the rapidly growing disease. Instead put a band aid on it, and wait for the adhesive to give out until the wound is gushing out all over the place. Aids is not just a homosexual disease, it affects all walks of life, but instead of taking care of the issue at its earliest moment when we can slow down the process wait until it grows out of control, or better yet, wait until it affects your immediately family and then watch how fast government is quick to jump up and make things happen. (http://www.africamission-mafr.org/kanengonov09.htm)

Last but definitely not least let’s talk about the gender issues and human trafficking that goes on. Women are still looked down upon as “no voice”. Amazing that a country that has yet to meet the 30% rate of females who are allowed in the decision making, is being praised still the this day for their efforts of the empowerment of women. Human trafficking is among the children; in fact they are not even allowed to go to school. They work on a farm and even the owner s of the farm rape these children. How does this tie into gender issues that goes on in Malawi? It is because of the female children that are targeted in human trafficking. (http://www.africamission-mafr.org/kanengonov09.htm)

These are the very issues that were discussed in the “Notebook” the story about Malawi. I guess I could consider myself blessed? That I don’t have endure what these women and children must go through in Malawi, but if you look at the big picture the only difference is that the United States has more money, we still are faced with the possibility of our children being taken away and sold for sex, poverty runs our streets, and all of us are just a paycheck away from going hungry, or getting the lights cut off. We the similar issues that the people of Malawi face, our country just have more money….even though we may never see it.

If You Cut Me Do I Not Bleed Red? If I Cut You Do You Not Bleed? So What Makes You Better Than Me?

Back in 1992, Sir Mix-A-Lot (a famous rapper), came out with a song, "baby got back", which emphasized on the size of the butt of the African American women. In the beginning of the video are two white teenage girls commenting on a black woman standing there who has a largely proportionate backside. They even went as far as to call her a prostitute, since she was wearing a dress that fit rather tightly. In the song baby got back, as Sir Mix-A-Lot is complimenting the fact that black women have large butts and that is what black men prefer, a comment is made that "even white boys gotta shout", stating that it is a sexual desire to black men for "their" women to have large backsides, that she is so attractive that a white man has to agree. I thought, for a minute, that this was just a craze that had started in the 1990's, until I read the piece on Sarah Baartman. What I have to wonder is why was she picked out when it stated, "Baartman's physical characteristics, not unusual for Khoisan women, although her features were larger than normal,..." "....when a British ship's doctor, William Dunlop, took an interest in her. He was fascinated by her large backside and genitalia-common to Khoisan people.", again talking about how this was a common trait among the Khoisan's. Fascinated my ass, he was intrigued by her body as he as never seen anyone so well in doubt. When slavery was well on it's way not only just the white masters of the fields were "fascinated" with the women slaves that they raped them, however it went both ways that the wives of the masters, being fat and out of shape, were very fascinated by the stocky well built men slaves that they seduced them. Just how Sarah Baartman was seduced by telling her that that she was going to become rich by putting her body on display. The first sign of human trafficking, and possibly prostitution, although there isn't anything mentioned about in any article that I have read thus far. However I am sure that it went on and is kept hush hush.



Is it not enough, George Cuvier, that Sarah Baartman's body was exploited while she walked the earth, that now that she is dead, you mutilate her, and put pieces of her on display as though she is some freak show, some science project for the school science fair? A trophy that honors your findings? Why is Sarah Baartman not able to finally rest in peace as it usually written on one's tombstone? Or are those just words to make ourselves feel better about the loss of someone? Did you even shed a tear for her over what you and others put her through? Did you ever consider her a human being or just a side show for your own benefit, pleasure, and riches? How could Sarah Baartman be able to hold her head high knowing that she is only on exhibit? And we wonder why the women of today are silenced, and don't speak out when they are humiliated and objectified. They keep their mouths shut; Why? Because of decades and decades, and centuries of humiliation and degradation of their worth. Women have for years been looked upon as objects of pleasure and sexual desire, as was proven in the documentary "kiss me softly: 3". My 13 yr old son was able to see this documentary in one of my other classes, and his comment was, "Mom, who cares, they made the choice to do those ads, and pose for those pictures. Nobody forced them or put a gun to their head." Most would think like "OMG, he is already turning out to a womanizer", but in all actuality this opened up a great conversation, and allowed to two of to have a deep intellectual conversation that you wouldn't think a 13 yr old boy and his mother could have. Especially a mother who is considered to be a Feminist. I explained to him that he had a very good point, however that in the years of oppression, that in this day and time, that women are subjected and limited to what they need to do to make "the big bucks". If you notice anything that contributes largely to a woman's bank account, is considered to be sexual and contributes to the desire and sexual pleasure of the male species, and has a price to it as well and I'm not talking $$$. The price is her self-esteem, self-worth, her pride, her power of herself, control of her emotions and actions. She is not allowed to express her feelings because she is owned by someone who has the power and the say so, because they control on how much money she will receive. Prostitution, exotic dancing, modeling, pornography, pornographic films; even in Hollywood, an actresses income can be determined by how much skin she is willing to show. I have heard that Jennifer Lopez, who is also well known for her well-in doubt backside, actually has her butt insured for about $1,000,000,000. Sarah Baartman was not just an object of fascination, but an object of lustful fascination, however as a scientist, who is suppose to study and find out why the Khoisan's bodies are different than others in Eastern Europe, do a gene study, but to mutilate her body and cut it up in different pieces and then put it on display. " Georges Cuvier, you are no different than Jeffrey Daumer, you sick bastard"

When The Last Piece You Hold Doesn't Fit To Complete The Puzzle

"One more push" the doctor says as a woman is laying on the hospital bed and her husband, partner, or significant other is standing beside her, supporting her, as if a cheerleader on the sidelines encouraging their team to make a mark on the scoreboard. The woman is exhausted and just when she feels she can't go on any more out comes a healthy, beautiful, baby that she has been carrying for approximately nine months; but then looks of confusion are on every ones face and the mother wonders "what's wrong with my baby". The doctor says well nothing but we don't know what it is. How does a parent deal with this type of reaction and then how to process what to do, for the best interest in the child. A female with an enlarged clitoris, or, a male with a small penis? These are not questions that are asked about the infant but rather about the adolescent, or the adult that is about to engage in their first serious relationship. I have heard of these gruesome stories about vaginal mutilation and that the doctors make the decisions for these infants when they have no voice to speak up for what they want. Parents try to make the best decision possible for the future of their children, because there is nothing worse than a child that is teased and ridiculed for something they had no control over. Female masculinity happens more often than what most are admitting to. When I was ten years old I was the biggest tomboy on the face of the earth. I had an older brother and surrounded by boys in my neighborhood. I had no choice but to join them, because I sure couldn't beat them. I was not known to be intersexed nor am I today. I was just a girl that likes to participate in boy activities if I wanted to live a normal life and be a normal active pre-teen. It wasn't until I reached junior high school that I started making other female friends and when I turned eighteen that was when I actually started wearing more feminine looking clothes and doing my hair and makeup, and actually looking like a female, or what society considered a female. I can remember over hearing my mother asking my brother if he thought that I was a lesbian because I never talked about liking any boys or all I did was play softball or basketball with them and that was it. Needless to say that if my mother had only come directly to me, I would have told her something like this. "No mom, I'm not a lesbian, I like boys very much and do find some of them to be cute. But they are more interested in having sex with me rather than knowing exactly who I am on the inside, and I'm just not ready for that." If that conversation would have gone on then the conversation of whether I am having sex or not (when the doctor put me on birth control to regulate my menstrual cycle) wouldn't have come up either.Why is that we always have to go by societies rule book and not just do what comes naturally. The last time I checked the only one that has the right to judge me for the decisions I make is Jesus Christ himself. Nobody in society laid upon a cross to forgive me so why should we have to go by what society says. What someone’s perspective on what is normal and what isn't is vague and changed day to day. We are supposed to be privileged and unearned advantage, to live in a country that is so diverse, yet is run to be so structured. Just because the majority of society says that something is not normal, does not mean that everyone else needs to follow suit. "Each person should have the right to choose between pink and blue tinted gender categories, as well as all the other hues of the palette. At this moment in time, that right is denied to us. But together, we could make it a reality." (Feinberg, pg. 1) Why can't we just be the female or male that dwells within us without having to conform to society? This does not make any sense living in America, LAND OF THE FREE, and still living by societies play book. The doctor that turned away Feinberg because he assumed she was a troubled person should be banned from working in any hospital, as I am sure that this is against the code of ethics according to the doctor’s board. Whatever happened to bedside manner, and you cannot tell me that this would be the first that he has ran into anything that he seemed to be "unusual" in his site. Trans liberation gives us a broader spectrum of ideals to live by that allow us to be truly who we are and not what society dictates to us that we are.

"Your individual journey to express yourself is shunted into one of two deeply carved ruts, and the social baggage you are handed is already packed." (Feinberg, pg. 6) "This movement will give you more room to breathe-to be yourself. To discover on a deeper level what it means to be yourself." (Feinberg, pg. 6)

When Domestic Violence Becomes a Plague Rather Than an Opportunity to Save a Life

According "The Good Wife's Guide" a wife (woman) is suppose to be submissive, seen and not heard, she is not to complain, she is suppose to be cheerful and full of joy 24/7, the peace keeper between the husband and children. She is to maintain control at all times over the household and herself, she is the nanny, the cook, and the maid. However that was back in the 1950's, when the article was written. Now in today's time with the economy at it's lowest; men and women are getting laid off their jobs, two incomes are required in the household, yet that seems to be the only thing that has changed in the last sixty years. Wives are still to maintain the household, keep peace, and know her place, and the husband still gets to go to work come home and unwind, while the wife cooks his meal (mostly in a slow cooker or crock pot so it is ready when he returns home), makes sure the children are bathed and homework is done. She still does the house cleaning, the laundry, and expected to tend to her husbands every need and desire. But what happens when the wife gets tired, and agitated? What happens when she is frustrated and needs peace and tranquility? Is she still to remain calm, quiet, and never complain. Domestic Violence has been on the hush hush because this is the way that little girls have been raised by their mothers. To be in compliance with whatever the husband decides. So when the shit hits the fan and she misses a fraction of a detail, then what? Because she has been told by the generations before her, to shut up and do whatever it takes to keep the peace, it gets swept under the carpet until the next episode. After all through life experiences we have learned that if nothing is done about it, if no one stands up for what is right, the violence goes around in one big cycle and each time the wheel turns it get worst and worst.

Excuses are made to cover up the unbelieveable stories of what the real truth is. Women, in turn, then tend to lose themselves in the midst of this all and mighty tug of war of becoming the breadwinner or c0-breadwinner and "the good wife". Clarkson talks about a woman from Congo who lives every day in the fight for her life and self worth. Her husband has turned away from her after she had been raped from soldier men, as if to blame her for letting it happen, when in the end of the day he fled, leaving her helpless and did nothing to protect her. Crenshaw, bring attention to women of color, mostly immigrant women, who fall into the intersectionality of politics. The fact that they have two categories in which they fall into that puts them between a rock and a hard place. Immigrant women who are in fear of being deported back to a country in which they fled unless they marry a citizen of the United States of America, making them easy prey for a domestically violent situation. Threats of sending them back if they choose to leave the relationship or reporting any type of abuse. "The evidence required to support a waiver can include, but is not limited to, reports and affidavits from police, medical personnel, psychologists, school officials, and social service agencies. For many immigrant women, limited access to these resources can make it difficult to obtain the evidence needed for a waiver." ( IWS pg. 201) In this complicating gender war we also find cultural differences also that makes it so easy for the perpetrator to get away with such violence. As Asians, it is in their culture to stay with the family no matter what, to be submissive to their husbands and generations and generations of siblings live in the same household. While women have their role and men have theirs. http://www.endabuse.org/userfiles/file/ImmigrantWomen/UnheardVoices.pdf

Allison on the other hand was a different story, where her abuse happened as a child and that as she got older, she became stronger and fought back. "At sixteen, I jumped free and turned to face him. 'You can't break me,' I told him. 'And you're not ever going to touch me again.' It was a story to tell myself, a promise." (Allison, pg. 68)

Sticks and stones may break my bones but you have broken my spirit, my self-esteem, and my self-worth. Domestic Violence does more than bruise and breaks bones. It breaks spirits, self-esteem, and the worth of a woman.

Land of the Free or Misfit Island???

After reading these three articles, I was reminded of the story Rudolf the Rednose Reindeer. Where all of the toys that didn't have the proper parts, or worked the opposite of what they were crafted to do, were all sent to an island called, The Island of Misfit Toys. Until one day Rudolf saved the day and proved to everyone in the North Pole that just because you are different doesn't necessarily mean that you don't belong anywhere. I could definitely relate to all three of these articles because being adopted at a very young age of 18 months, I still to this day have no knowledge of what my identity is nationally, racially, or ethnically. I too have went through life with the question "what are you?". My bestfriend from back home, in Milwaukee, Wi, has never made an issue about it or even questioned what my nationality was. It was not until I turned 18 years old and started to experience life outside of my own small, unidentifiable world, did others begin to realized how differnt I really was from my adoped family and began to really question of what am I. After a while of getting annoid with that question I would answer "HUMAN". Not too many liked that answer because they would then follow with a statement of explaining what they meant, in which I clearly understand what they were meaning.

I have noticed that with all three of the literatures, even though different scenerios, the authors have felt a sense of not belonging. Wondering of where they might fit in. In Martin's article, she mentioned of "the different Laurens, the different versions of who I am, not competing with one another, but all of them calmly resting inside" (Martin, pg.6) . I think that many of us have been in that situation where we might feel like a camelion, fitting in, or changing for different settings and surroundings. Being called, white, so that the other whites would be able to associate with me because they loved my personality. Italian, because I was too dark to be white and too light to be black. Hispanic because of my latino features; others (Mexicans and Latinos) would approach me mumbling "Ablo Espano" automatically assuming that I spoke spanish, and then the "well we can tell she's not white" comments. By the time I was in my early 2o's the comments that were made to my brother (who is also adopted) finally surfaced to a face to face conversation with again the question of "what are you", when I then return with yet another question "does it matter?" Is it not bad enough to be classified by race and gender but to then to be categorized by dissability, and then as the gawkers and gapers continue to glare, deciding in their own minds of what the parents did or who did what wrong for that person to have ended up that way. The main similarity among all three, are that nobody every seems to get it right. What is "it"? It can be a number of things, it can refer to gender, race, ethnicity, religion, or even nationality. Instead the others, who are making there own perceptions, are too busy thinking up silly names to call them, rather than thinking of ways to stop the ignorance. Just because someone doesn't look the same, dress the same, walk the same, doesn't make them an outcast. I believe that is why America is so unique, for the different types of people, and traditions and cultures that we have. If everyone looked the same we would all be stuck in the avatar movie.

What I like about ME!!!!!! not really just 3 things about me

1. First and for most I am a single mom of 4...three girls 18, 16, 10, and one boy 13. I love them all the same however they have individual identities that make them very unique. My oldest daughter is getting ready to graduate high school and has been on the honor roll through out her entire academic experience. My second daughter gets straight A's and love playing sports, volleyball is her favorite, yet she also plays soccer and runs track. My youngest daughter has a love of many. She also is an honor roll student and at times a straight A student (I guess she got a little bit of both sisters). She loves to praise dance for our church and loves playing soccer and basketball. She dreams of being in gymnastics however I believe that her height gives her a much disadvantage. My son, the unique one, has a very strong personality in which I don't like at times but in the future will make him a very successful lawyer since he is very persuasive.


2. I barely have enough time to do anything for myself with going to school full time and keeping a full time job where I work at a shelter for battered women and their children. I enjoy this job and I have a passion for this field; being a survivor of domestic violence myself, I know that there was one time some one there for me and helped me become a smarter and stronger woman.

3. The third random thing about me is that with my plate full I really lead a very boring life at this moment and look forward to life getting a little more exciting after graduation. So for now this is it, life consists of my children, school, work, and sleep whenever possible.