tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001640637211199606.post2313250965102936974..comments2023-02-16T02:57:29.150-07:00Comments on The Original Mind of Cristinalaloca: From the ghetto to the Westside!Cristinalalocahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00695858209874363260noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001640637211199606.post-38472345565137441132010-06-05T22:29:48.232-06:002010-06-05T22:29:48.232-06:00Cristina, your house is beautiful!!!!
All I can i...Cristina, your house is beautiful!!!!<br /><br />All I can is that thanks to my humble background, I am able to appreciate what I have and am able to withstand any obstacle without crumbling down easily. Thanks to growing up the way I did, I can take on any challenge without giving up easily. Everyone's got different hardships, and it makes them stronger. <br /><br />I can't wait to go visit you at your house!!!Lothirielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746888926301065265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001640637211199606.post-47215255399158302512010-06-04T08:59:14.028-06:002010-06-04T08:59:14.028-06:00I have lived both sides of the spectrum, more so o...I have lived both sides of the spectrum, more so on the poor side. My fathers side of the family is extrmely rich. My mothers side is higher middle class. While my parents were married which was untill I was in 2nd grade we lived good, my dad had a good job, and mom stayed at home and cared for me and my brother.But when we had money I still had to deal with my Dad using drugs, beating my mom and us kids it was NOT fun. when they got divorced my mom was a waitress putting herself thru school and raising us we were VERY Poor living in a motel then a 1 bedroom apartment. We had notha we ate beans and kool aid lol. So girl I know how it is to be rich and poor. I am very poor right now struggling to pay the bills but my kids are happy I may be stressed but the kids are happy and thats all that matters. Cristine I know hardships you prob read my last blog. Laura I know what it is like to have money BUT you know how you say we make you fill when we say stuff about you being privlidged you get hurt. Ok we get hurt when you make us feel beneath you you may not know your doing it and you might not mean it the way it comes out so just always remember me and Cristina are struggling Moms and we have a ton of stress as it is so please remember that. And I will chill on giving you shit about that phone but damn thats alot of money WOW ok last time! But dont talk crap about my rinky dinky phone cuz thats all I can afford love ya buh bye!SMOOCHESIt~is~What~it~ishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08877389691220511597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9001640637211199606.post-36356202918609415642010-06-03T21:55:36.590-06:002010-06-03T21:55:36.590-06:00Cristina, yeah, so maybe I never had to go through...Cristina, yeah, so maybe I never had to go through being poor or never had to go without help from my extremely generous parents, at least not in a time that I remember, but it doesn't mean I'm a bad, ungrateful person. I'm just as thankful for my life as you are, just because I come from a privileged background doesn't mean I don't appreciate everything that is around me and everything that I have ever had in my life. I may not remember it well, but when I was 7 my parents separated, and my mother had to work at JC Penney for probably less that 6.50/hr, and she took care of me the best she could in a tiny little apartment feeding me Tuna Helper for a year and a half. Now that my parents have the means to help and support me, they are happy and proud to help me and my sister, and I am extremely grateful to them. I rarely ask them for help - they more often offer it. I have even offered to give money back to my parents because I didn't need it, or have pushed it away when my dad tried to hand me a $20 bill when I only needed a $10 or even when I didn’t ask for anything at all, but they have told me to keep it. Why should I continually get beaten down for this and be made to feel as if I'm a weaker person than you or others less fortunate? Just because I've never had to go through financial hardships and I've had new things more often than not doesn't mean I haven't gone through hard things in my life. There are other kinds of hardships a person can go through, that can shape who you are just as much. Just because I get "things" more easily than others doesn't mean I'm not grateful. Just because I can spend money given to me as a gift and not have to pay bills with it doesn’t mean I appreciate the gifts any less. Just because I can afford to use my savings for large, unplanned-for purchases from time to time doesn’t mean I understand the value of saving any less. As hurt as you get by things a person might say to you about your poor background, I get just as hurt when people jab at my privileged upbringing. I’m proud of the way I grew up, just as you are. I may not have had to fight as hard as you have to get where I am in life, but I certainly know just how blessed my life is nonetheless. I may be fortunate and spoiled, but I’m not some ungrateful spoiled heiress who doesn’t understand just how fortunate she is. I know I’m spoiled, but I am grateful for it. I don’t, and have never, taken it for granted.Laurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01471914364630723464noreply@blogger.com