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My grandmother Marian, was a sweet, hopeless romantic woman who loved my grandfather with all of her wayward heart. She used to write poetry and she loved autumn too.
Harry Heltsley, my grandad, was a shy and quiet young man from Illinois. After being in Korea's war, he met Marian at a army party. She used to volunteer at the red cross. They fell in love. She understood my grandfather's trauma from the war and was very patient with him. -
My mother fell in love with a complicated man. Like her mother, like the one before her.
She met dad at the beach. He came from Wisconsin to Colima as a vacation. I guess they liked each other very much because they got married a few years later and birthed me and my brother. -
On a rainy sunday of march 9th 2003, a baby that didn't stop crying was born. They named me after my passed-away uncle Kenneth and my grandmother Marian.
As the planets above dictated, the sun was in pisces, the moon in gemini and venus in acuarius. -
Despite having an absent father and a working mother, my brother and I grew up in a happy home.
If we couldn't be with our mom, we'd spend our days and nights with our auntie Zoila, who raised us among our older cousins. They were like parents to us.
I always wanted to be with my cousin Fabiola. Her bedroom was like a femenine palace and she was like a mother, an older sister. When I was little, I used to try to be like her.
To this day, in my dreams, home is with them still. -
As a kid, I loved going to school and making new friends. I believe that in this time, personality starts to take form. -
Just kids being kids. I started a new chapter of my life. Slowly, I detatched from home and began to live with people my age from different contexts. It was a very special time for me. We would laugh and cry together, I have so many stories and friends from this time. -
I began pre university school in the Bachillerato 16 at the Universidad de Colima. This is were I had more freedom that comes from being pre adult. I met some of my best friends. I have so many beautiful memories there. I cried the day I had to go back one last time because of that. -
Quarantine from Covid started and I had plenty of time free. I had so many mental breakdowns, started hobbies and a ghost started to open my bedroom's door every night. -
After a long waiting, I finally got into my dream career: international relations. I can't imagine myself doing something else this time of my life. -
As every human, I loved a man and then, I had my heart shattered. He went from being my favorite person to being a stranger. This time of my life is very special to me because I had the chance of having romantic feelings for someone. And I felt loved.
I had a lot of character development after that, for sure.