Personal Narrative: La Balboa

There was once a boy living in south McAllen which was often referred to as La Balboa, and a sweet loving young girl living in North McAllen, these two individuals were unaware to the event that would soon be taking place that would change both of their lives forever. These two individuals were my mom and dad mom was usually refers to as La Prieta while dad was called Willi. It was the year 1995 where Willi’s friend Ray and La Prieta’s friend Cristina begged and begged for them to go on double dates with them, both Willi and La Prieta always refused. After begging for so long they finally but reluctantly agreed to go out with them. They weren’t expecting much but to go out and hopefully have some fun along the way, little did they know the

This child was a very easy child to take care of she was not fussy, she was fun-loving little girl called Keila Alexis Ramsey. Since she was the first born everyone gushed over her because she was so cute and adorable. To put her to sleep was very easy all they would do was rock her to sleep then lay her down and then like a fort they would barricade her in the middle with Aunt Elizabeth on one side Mother on the other and grandmother at the feet to make sure that she would not fall from the bed. The easiest part was to entertain her, they would stick her in front of a television and it was like she was glued to the spot as she watched her favorite kid shows such as blues clues and Scooby doo. The reason they gave this beautiful little girl the name Keila is because her mother wanted for her to have a uniquely spelled name so that she wouldn’t be confused with another girl of the same name such as Kayla. This also made it easier on the family being most of the family were all Spanish

My Dad says that the best thing that I can do is to live life with a smile on my face and always think of the positives, don’t every let someone bring you down, and if you every need help you always have mom and dad to back you up no matter what the case may be because above all we love