Is it really worth dying for?- Joaquin Luna (DREAMer)

Hi!, so I haven't blog in a week or two..well I usually don't anyway.

Today I want to talk about a story I read about yesterday, I'm sure all of the DREAMer community know about, it's the story of Joaquin Luna, who took his life this past Friday November 25th. Why did he do it?. That was the shocking part, It broke my heart when I read that he took his life because of his legal status here in the U.S. Like me, Joaquin was a Dream act qualified student, but he was afraid things were never going to change, and the his future here was not promising. I believe this will at least bring sympathy to all of those senators etc, who don't want to vote for the Dream Act. This story is very touching , yet hurtful. No one should have to go through something like that, last time I heard. This does not make America look like a country of "opportunity" , but like a country that lives in fear!. My situation is tough , but I know their thousands of people my age going through the same trauma, and I am not alone!, yes Joaquin should've probably talked to somebody about the way he felt this would've changed everything, but unfortunately, we can't go  back in time and change this unfortunate event, all we can do is learn from it, we all need to come together and make the best out of this situation, because it's not going to be FOREVER.  It will be fixed. If you're feeling the same way Joaquin felt, please don't lose hope. It is not dying for, it's worth FIGHTING for. Don't give up! hang in there.

Why does it take FOREVER!!

Is it a teen thing,?...thinking everything takes forever to either happen, or come to an end. Well..I think I just defined: Impatience. I've become so impatient over the years.  I feel as though I can't wait for something to happen. CHANGE for instance. They say that when we're impatient, things actually do take long to happen. I totally agree with that theory. But being impatient is something we sometimes can't seem to grow out of. I wish I could stop being so impatient, and just wait for things to happen. Like my parents say "todo su tiempo", theirs an appropriate time for everything, you just have to sit back and wait...Don't get me wrong, theirs certain things I can actually wait patiently for.My point being, Patience is a virtue we all do not posses, and it's okay, sometimes.  I personally think the group of people with more impatience are high school students. I think you all agree with this. High School students, specially seniors , cannot wait 10 months to graduate!. Well, I'm a junior right now, and I'm so ready to graduate and begin my life on the outside!. I think it's the excitement of the situation that makes us impatient. But at the end of the day, waiting for things to happen PATIENTLY pays off, the excitement lasts longer. perhaps, the situation itself lasts longer as well. So sit back, and wait patiently...well at least try. And if you feel as if you won't ever accomplish anything, think again!, waiting is all it takes. Things will never come before you magically. Hard work pays off.

Dream Big, Smile Big

 Often times, we find ourselves in really depressing situations. Sometimes you ask yourself questions, like..where do I go from here?. I actually ask myself that question WAY TOO MUCH. but I make sure I have an answer for that at the end of the day. This week our JROTC department  invited two U.S Army recruiters to be our guest speakers for the day. They were really nice and gave out lots of information. When they were done talking and whatnot, they had passed a piece of paper and a pen, and passed it around the classroom, in the paper you were supposed to write whether you were interested in enlisting or not. I of course, didn't think twice. I wrote my name, and beside my name I wrote "Interested". After that I had given them my address and all of my information to have them come over and talk with me about enlisting etc. After I wrote down all my info. I told one of them "I really REALLY really want to enlist, but they won't let me..." he replied "well..what do you mean they won't let you?" , Is said "Ugh, I know they won't let me and I don't know why I'm still trying, but it's because I'm not a citizen/resident", he told me that to enlist, you needed a GREEN CARD, he told me that and walked away. I felt horrible, I knew that I needed all of that to enlist BEFORE, I just went ahead and still tried to get around enlisting somehow, at the end of the day I tried.  And this made me think , "what is it that I'm doing next?" , "what's my next move?" . Well, joining the Army isn't my only choice. I also want to become a flight attendant, they have great aviation schools in Spain, I can do that right? , "I can go back to my country , and TRY to come back with a student visa", pshh...why can't I just get married with a U.S citizen/resident?, yea...it'll be years before he can legalize me, is that right? . At the end of the day , I realized that it's NOT the end of the world for me, CHANGE will happen, when we least expect it. Hopefully by the time I graduate, we DREAMers will have some rights around here!. Another question that comes to mind all the time. "Why can't I serve MY country?"...Yes it's my country, You can say whatever you want, Nothing will change that. Baby, I'm home.