My grandma ran for her life and had no choice but to jump over the wall.. with gods help she made it over the wall safely and went to the location her and her friend agreed to, so she can get her daughter. They agreed on a certain time and told each other that they would only wait for 2 hours because if they stood at one location for too long it would look suspicious. My grandma waited and waited but it they weren’t arriving. My grandma cried and cried regretting her decision thinking she had lost her only child.. As sh cried on the floor, a car began honking and it was her friend, my grandma ran to their car and found her daughter there, safe and sound asleep. They picked up my grandma and gave them a ride to where my grandfather was staying.

The Sanchez Family all reunited, it seemed like nothing could ever go wrong until, my grandpa began becoming abusive and unlovable to my grandma. From family nights out to my grandma out in the middle of the night with her 5 year lad daughter looking for my grandpa. The perfect family that made it to the United State became a broken family. With so cut love my for my grandpa, my grandma did not want to leave him. She knew she needed to, but what kept her there was the money she would lose if she ever left him. She did not know how she was going to be able to take care of a child so she had to stay. 5 years later, and many women later my grandma was expecting her second child. Another baby girl, she thought that if she kept this baby he would change. But the abuse only got worse. My grandma began working days and nights tryin to save money to be able to leave my grandpa one day but something always stopped her. Another 5 years went by and my grandma was expecting again, this time with twins. 2 baby girls. My grandmas pregnancy was horrible. Not only was she carrying 2 babies but my grandpa began pushing her around to the point where she almost lost the babies. She knew once she had them she needed to leave for good. And she finally did.

As scared as she was because she had 4 little girls she needed to take care of, my grandma worked 3 lbs. By this time her first daughter was old enough to help out. She took care of all her little sisters while her mo worked.

Quail

Lemon

Onions

Chicken powder

Oil

As the years went by and the Campos family got bigger, bringing recipes from La Barca was something that made my family feel at home. My grandfathers favorite thing to eat was Quail. They would prep the quail during the day and grill them at night. As the amply got bigger my grandfather felt that grilling the quail would take too long. He got the idea of frying them in a “cazo” . He had to make a utensil that would help poke the quail as it rooked to make sure the inside was cooking as well. The irs time he tried it, he felt that it needed more flavor, so he started marinating the quail for 24 hours. The entire family loved the fired quail more than the grilled quail. They said it was more flavorful. This became my grandpas favorite meal. In 2009, my grandfather was diagnosed with cancer and unfortunately passed away a few months later. In his honor, every year on his birthday we make quail and invite the entire family over.