This is my dad
Cruz Gonzalez Jr.
My dad taught me that, in many ways, failure was a mindset. I came to learn that no matter the obstacle or the critics in my way, If I set my mind to it, I could do it. Being a woman or being of a certain social class or being any classification at all was never deemed as a valid reason to back down from my goals. My dad taught me to ignore ceilings and strive for my personal version of accomplishment as he did.
My dad told me one day he said no one has true friends; you are your only friend.
Now, though, I can appreciate how his words shaped me throughout my life. He taught me early in life to depend on myself for my own happiness and not to look to anyone to tell me what I could or couldn’t be. It is because of him I became a confident, sometimes stubborn woman who doesn’t back down from her version of happiness. It is because of him I simply don’t see limitation
In addition, I, in all honesty, have had a pretty smooth path growing up.
Nonetheless, I am thankful my dad is the dad he was.
