Q: Why did you decide to move from Colombia to the United States?
A: I came here because your dad told me that he was expecting a baby girl and he was going to need help raising her. So I gathered up money and made preparations in Colombia to leave.
Q: How did you end up working at my dads work?
A: Your dad invited me to work for him. I automatically just liked the iron and I already knew how to do it so I figured just stick to what your best at right.
Q: Did I impact your life in anyway?
A; Yes you changed my life completely. I always wanted a girl and you brought joy into my life. You were like the daughter I never had and I’m glad your in my life.
Q: Is it true that you got sick while I was still young?
A: Yes I was diagnosed with lymphoma tic cancer in 1998. You were 3 years old when this happened. It was a very sad day, I thought I was going to die and I didn’t know who would take care of you.
Q: Doesn’t the iron at work also cause you an illness?
A: The iron gave me a peripheral neuropathy in my hands. Which basically means that my central nervous system is messed up. The signals that go to and from my brain don’t work as well as they should I get a sort of tingly feeling in my hands, like if they fall asleep all the time.
Q: If you would change it all would you?
A: I would have to say no simply because my life here is great and although it is tough dealing with this sickness I could have easily had it there. Life works in mysterious ways.
A: I came here because your dad told me that he was expecting a baby girl and he was going to need help raising her. So I gathered up money and made preparations in Colombia to leave.
Q: How did you end up working at my dads work?
A: Your dad invited me to work for him. I automatically just liked the iron and I already knew how to do it so I figured just stick to what your best at right.
Q: Did I impact your life in anyway?
A; Yes you changed my life completely. I always wanted a girl and you brought joy into my life. You were like the daughter I never had and I’m glad your in my life.
Q: Is it true that you got sick while I was still young?
A: Yes I was diagnosed with lymphoma tic cancer in 1998. You were 3 years old when this happened. It was a very sad day, I thought I was going to die and I didn’t know who would take care of you.
Q: Doesn’t the iron at work also cause you an illness?
A: The iron gave me a peripheral neuropathy in my hands. Which basically means that my central nervous system is messed up. The signals that go to and from my brain don’t work as well as they should I get a sort of tingly feeling in my hands, like if they fall asleep all the time.
Q: If you would change it all would you?
A: I would have to say no simply because my life here is great and although it is tough dealing with this sickness I could have easily had it there. Life works in mysterious ways.
Celeste Restrepo I am a freshman at California State University Northridge. Majoring in Biology and hoping to become a surgeon.