About Me Pt. 2

First I would like to apologize for not finishing the blog post last week and splitting it up. I was dealing with a flair up of my symptoms and wasn’t feeling 100%. Also I would like this post to be dedicated to everyone that has had an impact in my life. This is my letter of gratitude to everyone in my life that’s been there for me and to everyone that’s helped me in anyway. I am so grateful for everything you do and have done for me.

After getting diagnosed I fell into a negative state of mind. The first year was a real trial and error with my medication and had to learn things that I never thought I would ever need to learn how to do. The most difficult one was self injecting myself everyday. This proved to be a challenge because I had to be changing injection spots so I wouldn’t get sore. At the time I was working with a nice girl who was studying to be a nurse and she offered to help me inject myself but also showed me how to do it on my own. I am so glad I had someone like her to help me out during this difficult time for me and to this day I am thankful to her. Finally, after months of trials with different medications, I seem to respond well to an infusion based medication called Rituximab. I have been on it for about 2 years and it’s been working great. The first few weeks after are rough but the outcome is always positive.

As I mentioned in my last post I grew up separated from my little sister. I was only with her for the first year of her life in El Salvador. She stayed with a family member until finally when she turned 15 years old my mom decided to bring her to be with us. It has been very difficult especially at the beginning to get used to someone especially when you have only actually spoken to them through the phone only. We struggled the first few years to communicate to be honest but there is something about her that I know has remained constant ever since she came. That is that she is always there for me to help me in anyway I need, she has become one of my caretakers when ever I am in bad shape. No questions asked she has always helped me even if it’s just helping me get up from the couch she has always been there trying to help. I am very grateful to her and admire her work ethic. While we are still working on our relationship and making memories together I am so glad to have someone like her by my side knowing I will always have someone I can count on. This picture I took in Shenandoah I dedicate to you. To remind you, that hard work and self discipline eventually pays off. I admire your work ethic and can’t wait to see what you strive to be. I love and care so much about you. Always wishing you the best!

Since the beginning of all this I have always had the support of my wife. She has been through some tough moments and held her head up high and I appreciate her for that. We just had our 7th year anniversary and I swear I can’t tell where time went and passed us by. I thank her for bearing with me through my worst episodes and for enjoying with me through my accomplishment. We have always had our back when she gets sick she knows she can count on me and I know I can count on her as well. Her brother has been so great with us as well and I thank him for the help and understanding he’s had with us. To my mother in law she has always been there since the beginning of all these and has always been willing to help us out no questions asked. To my wife and family I thank you so much for always being there to help out even in my lowest moments.

I grew up very distant from people, always been very shy and very scared to talk. Since I was a kid I was always conscious of the fact that my brain works in high speed. I could be talking with someone about how their day is going and have my mind in the sky thinking about something else. It makes it very hard to focus. I am also very random sometimes I prefer to blurr out what i’m thinking out loud just so it doesn’t leave my mind. It’s made it very hard to keep friendships and conversations going. To any one that has taken the time to meet me I appreciate you. Like I said I know I can be shy but if you speak to me trust me you will meet a very chill, outgoing person. I thank everyone who takes the time to read my blogs I know I have a lot to say. I am looking forward to keep sharing my photography and my story with you.

Back when my mom was working 3 jobs I started getting into a lot of trouble. My mother thought all the issues I was having was due to the friendships I had around me. We ended up moving in to a room she had found near her jobs so it was an easier commute for her. I started a new school a school named Timber Lane Elementary School. I finished my final year of elementary school there. My 6th grade teacher Michael Gerber was wonderful and helped me a lot throughout the year. One of the best teachers I’ve had throughout my school years he went above and beyond what was expected of him. At the time I only had a few pieces of clothes and he looked in to donations that people made to the school and got some shirt, shorts, and pants. Up to this point in my life had never received anything from anyone so this was something I will never forget and am very grateful. I have kept in touch throughout the years with him and he is always willing to help in any way he can. Him and his wife have been so helpful and words can’t described the amount of gratitude I have for you both. You have shown nothing but support for me. I wish to have the same impact you have had on my life onto someone else’s life. May god bless you and your family today and always.

I have been working really hard on building my portfolio and have really enjoyed seeing just how much I have advanced. I am self taught so I am always open to learning anything from anyone. I know to be great I have to learn from the best of the best. I have been trying to capture every season and I have to say the Fall season has been so wonderful. The colors, the weather and the overall feel have been perfect. I have been trying to capture the best color on the trees just to show how beautiful it can look. I am working on getting a shop set up where you can buy my prints. I will definitely be making prints of this picture because I really love the way it came out. There’s days when I go shooting and can’t seem to find a rhythm, on this day I couldn’t find the perfect lighting, I was struggling with my shaky hands, and it seem like the drive there had been for nothing. Even though it was a bad day I still managed to capture this beauty. I love how this picture turn out I worked really hard on the editing and got it to look the best I could. I decided to go over the weekend to go shoot and had a wonderful shoot. I love having those bad days I learn a lot and it challenges me and I love it. I have a lot of things in the works, I am trying to make sure I have everything in order first. I will keep posting my blogs on Tuesday nights so if interested visit every Tuesday @7pm Est. You can subscribed to my monthly newsletter to receive updates and adventures I been on the previous month. To everyone I mentioned and many more in my life I thank you and appreciate every single one of you. Hope you enjoy my photography and if you want to see more feel free to checkout my socials.