My daughter performed recently at her middle school’s Coffehouse. She, along with all the other 7rh and 8th graders, had to pick a poem, memorize it, and perform it last Thursday for the vast array of parents and grandparents of every kid there, including myself. I was surprised, honored and pleased that she picked a poem I wrote.
Here is the poem:
My name is Monica Adriana Bermudez Garcia Olaya Escobar Diaz Giraldo Mazo Montoya de Sleeter. I am the daughter of immigrants, the wife of America and the mother of the cosmic race.
I am the daughter of Carlos Enrique Bermudez Olaya who gave up middle class status to bring his daughters to the “promise land,” along with his wife, Maria Edilma del Socorro Garcia Escobar de Bermudez, who gave up a nanny and a maid to become a maid herself for her daughters’ future.
I am the cousin of those who speak only English, of those who speak only Spanish, and of those like me who savor the taste of both languages like we do green mangoes with salt.
My name is Monica Adriana Bermudez Garcia Olaya Escobar Diaz Giraldo Mazo Montoya de Sleeter. I am married to Scott Matthew Sleeter, he who is 1/4 German, 1/8 French, 5/8 British and All-American. We are the parents of Destiny Adriana, chocolate child whose African blood seeps through her cafe con leche skin and Zoë Alexandria, vanilla child with Nordic blue eyes, the color of ice. Cosmic children of the 21st century, bound to no ethnic or racial ties, a perfect mix of love and blood.
My name is Monica Adriana Bermudez Garcia Olaya Escobar Diaz Giraldo Mazo Montoya de Sleeter. I am the daughter of immigrants, the wife of America and the mother of the cosmic race.
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Hi.. Sorry, stopped blogging for a while. Restarting. yes, logo is a personal creation.. actually my husband created it. We actually thought about selling vinyl stickers of it for cars and stuff. 🙂