My Best Friend finally opens up to me

Evelyn Martinez

Anthropology 102

Professor; Dr. Leanna Wolfe

October 25, 2014

Its different now. I am no longer

“Mommys Little Girl”. I have to

financially support myself . I'm glad I

stood up for love, the love i had

encounterd. My mother might have

not approved of me turning lesbian

and moving in with my girlfriend, but

I'm finally happy. I'm learning and

growing as each day passes by. I

know I'm not perfect but I have

someone special to share my life

with.

My name is Jazmin Morales, I am 21 years of

age, a licensed Nurse and I have a beautiful

girlfriend named Cynthia Garcia. I attend Los

Angeles Valley college, I am a full time

student and I work full time with elders that

have mental disabilities. My life has changed

dramatically over the past year and I couldn't

be happier.

I recently moved in with my girlfriend

and left my mothers house. I have

someone to come home to every

single night and I could say that I have

much more responsibilities. I have to

provide for myself and also make sure

my girlfriend is happy. I have to pay

rent, buy groceries and pay different

kinds of bills, but instead of living with

my mom, I live with my girlfriend.

My responsibilities include alot more

house chores and cooking. I can say I am

not that great at cooking, but everyday

that passes by I am learning and my

girlfriend doesn't seem to complain.

We have our bill payments marked on

the calendar. We both pay an equal

amount of the payments. For example, I

pay Octobers monthly rent and Cynthia

pays November. When our cell phone

payment is due we both pay $65.00 a

month. We also mark down our

anniversary date to make sure we

celebrate it and just in case Cynthia

forgets.

She makes me feel special, loved and missed.

When I come home from work, Cynthia leaves me

romantic love notes, cards, and occasionally hot

cheetos. She knows how much I love food. You

can say Cynthia completes me. Although my

culture background and my own mother

disapproving my love life, its been hard, but even

that can not stop my heart from beating and loving

her.

She’s my best friend,

girlfriend, soul mate and my

lover. The one that can

fight with me and get angry

but still help me do my

homework.

“I want people to know that I do

not want no boys/ men in my

bedroom “ .

-Jazmin Morales

This is the first artwork Cynthia

ever gave to me. It symbolises

beautiful women, different

artwork but all beautiful. It

means alot to me because it

was the first picture we hung

up in our new home, and

because we express ourselves

as proud lesbian women.

She owns half of my heart. She makes me a better person,

she helps me strive for the absolute best. We disagree and

make up like any other couple, we love just like everyone

else does. My life has changed since I came out of the

closet, (being lesbian) but having Cynthia by my side makes

life a lot more easier. Im grateful for having Cynthia show

me what “Love” is. Love is patience, kind, genuine,

accepting each others flaws and forgiving each other.

I learned friends come and go for different

reasons, but Im glad I stayed around for this long.

We never really talked about her turning lesbian

on me until this day, she even brought her

girlfriend into my interview. I learned how much

pain she had to go through since she left her

mothers house, and had no choice but to be

independent. How fighting for her love has kept

her strong. I heard her explain herself to me,

something we had never done. Her love, cultural,

beliefs and sexual preference has changed but in

this interview I realised she is still the same goofy,

lovable, hard working, beautiful Jazmin I had met

4 years ago.