Saturday, February 24, 2018

Cupid's 2018

What an amazing day! Angie's Awesome Angels raised $1,760!   The amount raised just blows my mind, I cannot begin to express my gratitude for every single person that donated.I am forever grateful for your contribution towards finding a cure for NF. 

I would just like to thank my Awesome Angels because you made my day so very special. This year Cupid's Undie Run was more significant than previous years because I was recovering from major surgery. I was embodying the reason we need to find a cure.  I do not want to have to go through another scary impromptu surgery because of my NF again; nor do I want anyone else to go through a similar procedure either.  

So without further ado, enjoy some snapshots of our Awesome Angels.




















And now to prepare for Cupid's 2019!!! 

Saturday, February 3, 2018

My First Boyfriend

My 'first' boyfriend was a high schooler, had long brown hair, beautiful brown eyes, and was a bit taller than me.At least this is what I told some girls in middle school that would bully me by telling me that I was too ugly to have a boyfriend. They would say to me that I was too skinny and unattractive because my face is disfigured.
So one day, I got so tired of their bullying that I told them that I did have a boyfriend that was a freshman in high school. I still remember their doubtful faces as I shared with them my fairytale romance with an older boy!  One of the girls told me that she wanted to see a picture of this 'boy' that I was so calling my boyfriend.  So, without flinching, I agreed to bring in a picture of Juan and I together.
Related imageA few days later I went to school with picture in hand. The truth was that Juan and I grew up together, we were more like cousins than friends. He and I spent pretty much every weeked together. Juan knew very well of the bullying I indured in school, many times I would just cry in his arms as he did his very best to console me. When I asked Juan if he would prentend to be my boyfriend and show some bullies a picutre of the two of us, he agreed right away. I do not know if my bullies believed me or not, and honestly, at this point it does not matter but the girls did stop taunting me, at least for a few days.
Through out my adolescense many classmates and so called friends told me that I would never find love. They would say that men would only see me as a friend. Instead of believing Juan and others that would say that they were wrong, I chose to believe my bullies. Afterall, I went through middle and high school without been kissed.

I had my first kiss and boyfriend at the age of 22.