I was born in a small and desolate city in the
north of Chile, Calama. At that time, in the early 2000s, everything related to
entertainment, technology, television, health and education was very poor. When
I was born into my family, I was very poor and our house was made of adobe and
a dirt floor. We didn't have a drain, a bathroom in good condition, and we
didn't have many amenities. My neighbors had similar conditions, in addition
there were not many children my age and the few that had were in "bad steps".
For this reason, in my childhood I did not have many friends, and in my school
it was similar. It was a school with good infrastructure but due to the
conditions of my family it was not very friendly. I had few friends and they
weren't really friends, and the few I had I lost because I had to deal with
things that a child shouldn't. Or so they would say in current times. That is
why my best friends were my own family and especially my two mothers and my
uncles who were the ones who tried the most to get ahead and get out of our bad
situation. They are my best friends because they shared our sorrows with me, I
have always known them and I have very nice memories with them and we continue
to make more memories. My first mother died this year and with her I have
memories like this: When I was a child I did not know how to talk to my
grandmother (my first mother) so when I dared I called her grandmother. She
reacted with shock and said forcefully: "Grandma no, tell me Vicky or Mom
Vicky." I never told her grandmother again.
