It may seem like my life is a vacation, even to me, but I do work full-time. In fact, I’m lucky enough to have two jobs! But this past summer, I took my first official vacation in two years. How does a flight attendant spend her vacation with the world at her fingertips? With family,…
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Wait, where? Pearsall, Texas, y’all. It’s my hometown. And it also happens to be the hometown of the king of country music: George Strait. In fact, his dad, Mr. Strait, was my brother’s math teacher. My grandmother, a little Mexican lady who didn’t speak English, was so proud of this native son that she kept…
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I’m from southern Texas. I don’t live there anymore, but I go back every summer to visit and every February to rodeo. Well, I don’t actually rodeo, but I attend it. This year, however, I did not. Why? Because my 80-year-old mother threatened to go with me. And at the start of the rodeo, she…
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