Who am I

I am from sparkly pink nail polish and high healed boots.

From the pale yellow house with a Japanese snowbell tree that smells sickening sweet in the summer.

I am from long summer days full of water fights and pea eating contests.

I am from loud family gatherings that seem to stretch on forever.

From Angela and Jorge the Alvarez-Palacios.

I am from the hour on Sunday spent looking up at hte cross on a wooden pew.

I am from Colombia full of rice and coffee.

I am from the photo albums in the upstairs closet that somehow always end up being shown to visiting family.

I am from days when I used to wear Hello Kitty slippers and Barbie headbands.

I am from staying up late to watch Mexican soap operas that never ever end.

From four leaf clovers hidden away rarely seen.

These are the moments that I am from.

-Juliana A. 8th Grade