I have to do a shout out to my mentor, Elena. Except for my mother she taught me more about motherhood than any other woman. She was a young mother when I was a young mother. When we met, I didn't know any other young mothers to relate to. We quickly became friends. She taught me enjoy to pregnancy and motherhood. She helped me learn to ignore the "you are too young" or "you have to many kids" comments. She helped me in so many ways. She is my mentor, my friend, and the first woman that I am not related to that I felt was truly my sister.
We met Ernest and Elena right after we moved to Texas. Aaron helped the missionaries teach them the gospel. They were baptized shortly after. At the time, they had three young children and we had our baby Esteban. Now, they have six and we have five. They moved to Iowa years ago and recently moved back to Texas. We hadn't seen them in a really long time. So, when we were in Texas a couple of weeks ago we surprised them with a visit. It was so fun to just show up at their house. The first hug with Elena brought tears to my eyes.
It was so nice to see them again. That is one beautiful family with four-n-even-more.
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Wow! It has been years since I saw them last, the kids have grown up so much. They all look great. Do they live in Edinburg?
They moved into his mother's house out north of town. Next time you are down there, just drop in and see them. We did.
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