oh the pena life

so everyone knows that my parents, roberto and rachel, are moving to brazil the 19th of january for a couple of years. they're saying three but we all know it'll be like five or so. but i don't think people understand how stressful this move is going to be for them, but to the kids in this family also. all three of us talk to my parents everyday, multiple times a day so for them to be living in a different country with magic jack and skype and planned times for chit chatting is not gonna work for us. just because we don't do to well with times things. and my poor mother....that's all im going to say. rach i love you. you're gonna have so much fun. just think about how much fun you're gonna have when you come and visit all your kids. if only tati could transfer to vcu. my brother texted me the other day and was like 'can you actually believe they're leaving us' and i no i cant believe they're going away. i'm holding back so many tears each time people ask how i'm doing and if i'm stressed out. and yes actually i'm really stressed out. i can't eat, sleep, or do anything. no clue why i usually just let things slide but i cant with this. everyone is moving...parents are moving, tati is moving cause of some issues, im moving, and well isaac is the only one not moving. but we are all trying to help my mom in a little way but we are also dealing with our own problems. mold underneath the kitchen sink, dust on the walls and waking up to an allergy attack from hell, pipes exploding and flooding the townhouse, trying to make the brazilian embassy function in american time and not brazilian time. everyones calling to take my parents out for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. its great but they got to pack and see us too. its crunch time for them. but at least im not in school right now. cause i would be a mess inside.

but i also know that the school in brazil is my dads dream. to help the orphans, street kids, the no bodies, the scum of the earth to actually have a chance in life and stop the cycle. and i love going to brazil every year and seeing what the school looks like and how much work has been done. and i love seeing the kids on the street that come and sit and watch all the american work on some building that is going to be in there neighborhood. and they will most likely be sponsored and go to the school to learn a trade or two. seeing the orphan's talking about going to 'tio pena's' school make me so excited that they are willing to learn. and understand the concept that this is there way out to the real working world and not just selling candy on the streets and running away from the cops. and sleeping underneath bridges in an 8by8 home with five people. eating rice and beans with way too much water cause they dont have enough money to feed everyone. breaks my heart. but things are changing slowly in brazil.

if only there were people in the world like my heros.... my dad and mom i love you guys long time.