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By Ana Garduno<br />
here are just so many<br />
things that are taken for<br />
granted in life, and not only<br />
in the United States, but<br />
in the entire world. Its simple things,<br />
mostly; things like hanging out with<br />
friends, having your parents drop you<br />
off at a friend’s house, having a nice<br />
family dinner, or even having a lazy<br />
Sunday. But what people don’t seem to<br />
understand is just how fast these things<br />
can all but vanish from their lives. One<br />
second, they’re planning a night out<br />
with the family, and the next, it’s all<br />
The Real Heroes:<br />
Orphans Of The World<br />
gone. This is what my mother, Monica<br />
Roldan, had to experience when she<br />
was just fifteen. Her father died in a car<br />
crash and after that, her life spiraled out<br />
of control. She went from being a carefree<br />
teenager to having to stay home to<br />
help care for her four younger siblings.<br />
And then, a few years after losing her<br />
father, Monica lost her mother to a brain<br />
tumor, leaving her as the sole guardian<br />
of her brothers and sisters.<br />
Monica was born in Mexico<br />
City into a family of seven. She was the<br />
oldest of five children, and was closest<br />
to her dad. She recalls how “whenever
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