Monday, June 30, 2008
I am a WIP !
Hello world..
So this is my first time using a blog, and I think I like it already. I mean.. what's best than having a place where you just write, and think, and vent, and write and vent some more :-) about whatever is rounding your head at a certain moment. I'm excited about this!!!
My name is Ana Milena. I am a Colombian native, from Cali specifically. I have a beautiful 7 year old daughter.. her name is Laura Marcela. She is my daily vitamin and the best thing that could have ever happened to me.
About me.. ummm I am a work in progress.. (WIP)
I have accomplished many things, but at the same time I feel I haven't.
I came to the US when I was 19 years old. I could say I came to study, but deep inside I was trying to get away as far as possible from home. My teenage years were very difficult, and I didn't have a well-founded relationship with my parents. I was known for independence and leadership, qualities that conflicted with my parent's moral standards and views.
I came to this country with nothing but a bag full of dreams and $300 dollars in my pocket. I didn't have a place to live, eat of sleep. However, God never left me alone, and always found ways to guide me through the days. His most precious gift : He sent me an angel: my ex-husband Jhon.
I married Jhon right before my 20th b-day. I was already pregnant with my gorgeous daughter and have found ways to get my career and life started in the "country of opportunities" I knew I had the strength , the drive, the ambition and the skill to become and "American dreamer achiever." And so I did.
In less than 7 years I became a recognized marketing and pr guru, a home owner and a successful entrepreneur. By age 24 I was the owner of my own house, cars and many other trivial things that right now mean nothing... only material things.
Yes it took a lot of guts and sacrifices. By age 20, I had recently wed, had a newborn, a new job, a new apartment, tons of debt and overdraft fees and had embarked in a a college journey as a full time student. I had my hands full and in the mist of everything, became career obsessive and put what should have been by number 1 priority at the end of the line: motherhood.
It took me 7 years, a downfall and a loosing streak of almost everything (marriage, career, money, love health and tears) to wake up from my nightmare and change my way of living LIFE.
In a year I lost everything it had taken me 8 years to built. But in that same year I gained back what I had lost years ago : sensitivity, love, family, dreams, friends, laughter, smiles, positivism, a much better career, self-respect and self-love, happiness and my independence.
It is mid 2008 and I'm still recovering from a very interesting 2007. A year, in which I finally got control of my life and woke up to realize that "life is what happens to you, while you are busy doing other things"
Today, I am passionate about life. I enjoy blue skies, rainy and summer days, I love crying, laughter, hugs and kisses, family and most of all "sleep" (which for sooo long I considered a waste of time)
Things always happen for a wonderful reason, and is ALWAYS for the better. Is just about learning to understand the purpose and letting it be. Situations, probes, or even experiences, are meant for learning, for growth and most importantly to bind you with your inner-you.. and heal wounds that don't let you grow and become a better person
Like I said.. I am a work in progress.. but right now.. I wouldn't want it any other way.
Ana
June 30 ,2008
So this is my first time using a blog, and I think I like it already. I mean.. what's best than having a place where you just write, and think, and vent, and write and vent some more :-) about whatever is rounding your head at a certain moment. I'm excited about this!!!
My name is Ana Milena. I am a Colombian native, from Cali specifically. I have a beautiful 7 year old daughter.. her name is Laura Marcela. She is my daily vitamin and the best thing that could have ever happened to me.
About me.. ummm I am a work in progress.. (WIP)
I have accomplished many things, but at the same time I feel I haven't.
I came to the US when I was 19 years old. I could say I came to study, but deep inside I was trying to get away as far as possible from home. My teenage years were very difficult, and I didn't have a well-founded relationship with my parents. I was known for independence and leadership, qualities that conflicted with my parent's moral standards and views.
I came to this country with nothing but a bag full of dreams and $300 dollars in my pocket. I didn't have a place to live, eat of sleep. However, God never left me alone, and always found ways to guide me through the days. His most precious gift : He sent me an angel: my ex-husband Jhon.
I married Jhon right before my 20th b-day. I was already pregnant with my gorgeous daughter and have found ways to get my career and life started in the "country of opportunities" I knew I had the strength , the drive, the ambition and the skill to become and "American dreamer achiever." And so I did.
In less than 7 years I became a recognized marketing and pr guru, a home owner and a successful entrepreneur. By age 24 I was the owner of my own house, cars and many other trivial things that right now mean nothing... only material things.
Yes it took a lot of guts and sacrifices. By age 20, I had recently wed, had a newborn, a new job, a new apartment, tons of debt and overdraft fees and had embarked in a a college journey as a full time student. I had my hands full and in the mist of everything, became career obsessive and put what should have been by number 1 priority at the end of the line: motherhood.
It took me 7 years, a downfall and a loosing streak of almost everything (marriage, career, money, love health and tears) to wake up from my nightmare and change my way of living LIFE.
In a year I lost everything it had taken me 8 years to built. But in that same year I gained back what I had lost years ago : sensitivity, love, family, dreams, friends, laughter, smiles, positivism, a much better career, self-respect and self-love, happiness and my independence.
It is mid 2008 and I'm still recovering from a very interesting 2007. A year, in which I finally got control of my life and woke up to realize that "life is what happens to you, while you are busy doing other things"
Today, I am passionate about life. I enjoy blue skies, rainy and summer days, I love crying, laughter, hugs and kisses, family and most of all "sleep" (which for sooo long I considered a waste of time)
Things always happen for a wonderful reason, and is ALWAYS for the better. Is just about learning to understand the purpose and letting it be. Situations, probes, or even experiences, are meant for learning, for growth and most importantly to bind you with your inner-you.. and heal wounds that don't let you grow and become a better person
Like I said.. I am a work in progress.. but right now.. I wouldn't want it any other way.
Ana
June 30 ,2008
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