I GREW UP IN A CUBAN HOUSE
I GREW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD WHERE COFFEE, MILK AND SUGAR WERE PART OF A BALANCED BREAKFAST. WHERE MY ADD AND ADHD WAS TREATED WITH EN CUANTO TE COJA TE VOY A PARTIR LA CABEZA – INSTEAD OF RITALIN. I GREW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD WHERE ALL IT TOOK WAS JUST ONE LOOK. WHERE WE LOVED WHITE RICE AND FRIED EGGS. WHERE LENTIL SOUP WAS CONSIDERED COMIDA DE PRESO. WHERE SPANISH WAS MY PRIMARY LANGUAGE.WHERE SPANISH WAS MY ONLY LANGUAGE…
I GREW UP IN HOUSEHOLD WHERE I HAD TO GO TO MY SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE TO TRANSLATE FOR MY PARENTS. WHERE MY SISTER AND I SHARED A ROOM UNTIL I WAS SEVENTEEN. WHERE MUSIC OR TV WAS NEVER PLAYED ON GOOD FRIDAY.
WHERE WE ATE BACALAO ON GOOD FRIDAY BECAUSE ALL OTHER FISH WAS TOO EXPENSIVE. I GREW UP IN HOUSEHOLD WHERE WE ATE LECHON AT THANKSGIVING. WHERE WE ATE LECHON AT NOCHEBUENA.
WHERE WE ATE LECHON AT BIRTHDAY PARTIES. COME TO THINK OF IT, I GREW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD WHERE WE ATE LECHON AT EVERY SOCIAL FUNCTION. I GREW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD WHERE MALANGA AND MANZANILLA WERE THE REMEDIES TO END ALL REMEDIES.
WHERE I COULD HAVE CAFE CON LECHE FOR BREAKFAST BUT I WAS TOO YOUNG FOR A BUCHITO DE CAFE. WHERE WE WATCHED LA NOVELA WHILE WE WERE HAVING DINNER.
WHERE I WAS NOT ALLOWED TO SLEEPOVER AT ANYBODY’S HOUSE BUT THEY COULD ALL COME OVER TO OUR HOUSE. WHERE WE DIDN’T NEED CABLE BECAUSE WE ONLY WATCHED EL CANAL 23.
I GREW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD WHERE THE CARPOOL WAS EL RIDE, EL CARRITO WAS THE LUNCHMAN Y LA LONCHERA WAS THE LUNCH BOX. WHERE LA CARNE WAS FROM LA CARNICERÃ-A AND THE GROCERIES WERE FROM LA BODEGA.
WHERE MEAT AND POTATOES WAS LITERALLY CARNE CON PAPAS. WHERE OXTAIL STEW HAD THE COLORFUL NAME OF RABO ENCENDIDO OR A FIERY TAIL. I GREW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD WHERE PEOPLE WERE EITHER BLANCO, NEGRO, INDIO O CHINO. WHERE WE DRANK BUSTELO BECAUSE EL PICO WAS FOR PUERTO RICANS.
WHERE WE ATE FRIJOLES NEGROS Y COLORADOS, MANY TIMES BURNED TO A CRISP BY AND EXPLODING IN LA OLLA DE PRESIóN! WHERE THE OVEN WAS USED EXCLUSIVELY TO STORE LAS CAZUELAS AND THE OIL.
WHERE LOS PERROS WAS THE DOG TRACK, LAS MAQUINITAS WERE SLOT MACHINES AND EL JUEGO WAS ANYTHING RELATED TO GAMBLING. I GREW UP IN A HOUSEHOLD RUN BY CUBANS. THANKFULLY I SURVIVED IN THAT HOUSEHOLD RUN BY CUBANS.