family

Growing up,I had four siblings.We were always working together.but we had lots of fun.My parents always wanted the best for us.My family was very happy.and then at 17,I got married.and I moved to his house.My husband's family also made barbacoa . They put me to work.I was always busy cleaning,cleaning,cleaning.Everything had  to be cleaned,chopped and stored.I'd go to sleep at 10:30 at night.But at 3:00 in the morning,I'd have to get up because I'd have to remove the barbacoa.That was my job.I was like an employee,not a wife.I wasn't allowed to see my family.When I tried to say that I did not like it,he started treating me so much worse.He told me,"you're no good at anything.You're not worth anything."He beat me brutally.Hitting me every day.Over and over.I'm screaming.And his mother says,"I don't hear anything."I was never the same again.

Here,if your family does not insist that you study,then you get married.you can't pursue anything else.It's like a chain.there needs to be someone to break that cycle.

"I don't want you to repeat this same story." "Well,I want to go to boarding school." "Now what am I going to do?"

One day,Benjamin tells me,"I want you to rest one day.Let's go to the river."I hear the birds.and the rustling of the trees.He took me by the hands and he kissed me.and I was like,"Wow,I have an American boyfriend!".A week later,I talked to Karla,and told her I met a man."Ay,Mommy!I've never heard you so excited."but I heard that my daughter was very happy. That gave me the confidence to go out with Ben.Time passes.It was more.more chemistry,more love,more...I fell  in love with Ben.

When I married Ben,my life charged.Ben gave me light and confidence.And I found that stability,protection and that love that I searched for many years of my life.

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