https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866 A story about me and my life en-us 2017-03-07 23:39:45 UTC 2026-02-05 11:11:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/179844978/fb93bdb650e8064d6b220a72ade0dd86/Screen_Shot_2017_03_07_at_3_20_36_PM__.png groomsjb827 https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158526907 The day I was born: I was the eldest of me three sisters, Minerva, Dedé, and Marie Teresa, Although we call her Mate. ]]> 2017-03-07 23:41:54 UTC https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158526907 groomsjb827 https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158527222 At the age of 17, I married Pedro. It was love at...well feet wash. I met him while washing his feet, it was then I knew I was supposed to marry him. He was so handsome and made me feel loved. I knew I am born to be a wife and a mother, and I then knew it is Pedro that I was supposed to do this with. ]]> 2017-03-07 23:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158527222 groomsjb827 https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158527440 It's official, I was a mother of my first son, Nelson Gonzalez Mirabal. I couldn't have been happier. He was so perfect, just like his father. Holding my baby in my arms, I knew I was to have many more.]]> 2017-03-07 23:48:03 UTC https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158527440 groomsjb827 https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158527715 My beautiful Noris, she held all the wonders in her eyes. The way she cooed at me, and made my heart warm. She was everything a mother could've wanted.]]> 2017-03-07 23:51:33 UTC https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158527715 groomsjb827 https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158528277 When I found out I was pregnant with my third child, I was overjoyed. Throughout the pregnancy I had moments where I felt weird, with all the drama with Minerva and all. When he was born my heart dropped. Not a cry to be heard, the room was silent. My poor babe born dead. Losing my child was one of the worst things that happened to me. I began to lose faith in my God. I found myself asking "Why me".  ]]> 2017-03-07 23:57:33 UTC https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158528277 groomsjb827 https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158528918 The trouble she always found herself in. I remember her being invited to the capital. I always admired her bravery, but nothing could've controlled her.]]> 2017-03-08 00:04:50 UTC https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158528918 groomsjb827 https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158529204 I was pregnant, again. With my fourth child. The nerves of losing another made me chew my nails to the nub, but the hope of actually being a new mother again made it all worth it. ]]> 2017-03-08 00:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158529204 groomsjb827 https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158529446 As I listened to the bombs drop, I held my stomach trying to protect my unborn child. When the bombing stopped shooting began. A boy my sons age holding a gun stood outside the window. I yelled for him to get down. A bullet hit him, sending him to the ground. Something inside me broke in that moment. ]]> 2017-03-08 00:09:56 UTC https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158529446 groomsjb827 https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158529840 Patria could not finish this due to her death on November 25, 1960. When going through the collection of her things, I found this. So in honor of her I will finish it for her. Patria Mercedes Mirabal. A mother, a wife, a fighter for all. May her legacy live on, and her story prosper. ]]> 2017-03-08 00:13:35 UTC https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158529840 groomsjb827 https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158530170 2017-03-08 00:16:35 UTC https://padlet.com/groomsjb827/lz90ut1f3866/wish/158530170