soraya

yesterday my nani called and asked me to help her carry her 70 lbs. dog up her stairs and into the car so she could take him to the vet because he couldn't walk at all... he was paralyzed in both back legs. my cousin and my mom showed up to help out as well..... poor dog was so scared....
... my nani is the most kick-ass strong woman i've ever met. i come from a family of seriously strong amazing powerful women.... they're loud and don't-take-any-kind-of-shit-typeof-women...(aka: stubborn)...
... being at the vet, watching my nani and her sick dog lucky, it was so hard to see the parallel. her wanting so much for him to keep going and be strong and get through this....she's been through so much herself this last decade or so, so many deaths in the family, diagnosed disease, raising pretty much all my cousins, all the legal and crazy bullshit, taking in one stray cat or dog after the next, and still working her ass off doing plumbing contracting.....shes pretty much been on her own going strong since she married at 16, moved across the country, moved ten years later with my mom and her other children, and then went into school while raising her three daughters who were in high school, in addition to working to pay the bills.

in my eyes the most amazing and strongest lady around and i love her
so much

...so it only made sense to her that if you try hard enough and have enough strong will that you can keep going and last through it all...
the only thing is life and death doesnt follow those rules or rationales.