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you’re a girl, right? Especially in the islands, right? And that little trick always worked, except for one time. What happened? Well, it was my second year there, I think it was in ’92, and there was a group of guys that came in from the United States right as we were closing. One of them said, “I’m from Notre Dame.” And I was like, “What is Notre Dame?” And he’s like, “You don’t know Notre Dame?” And I said, “No.” So, then he was telling me about how he played football, and that they had won some championship. Football is not a big thing in the island, so I didn’t really know what he was talking about. Then he asked for my phone number, and I didn’t have one of my fake papers, so I just gave him my mom’s phone number instead. It was the first thing that popped into my head. I didn’t live with her, and she doesn’t speak English, so I figured that would be the end of it and I’d never see him again. But he showed up again the next day and said, “Hey, the phone number is wrong.” Long story short, we end up getting to know each other and dating. And, as it turned out, he was from Paso Robles. So, that’s how you end up here… Yes, we were married for eleven years and had two amazing kids—Ysabel, who is now twenty-one and becoming a firefighter; and, Aidan, who is twenty and goes to the University of Oregon. So, then, a few years later, I was remarried, and we have an eight-year-old boy, Alexander. After the divorce, we moved to Los Osos and, let me tell you, that first day there for us, it was very clear that this was home. I feel exactly the same way that I felt being raised in the island, in my little village. I remember unpacking everything from the car and everything we were going through with the divorce—the sadness, the loss, the loneliness—and being so scared. But I’ll never forget that first day, getting tulips from the neighbors, and cookies, the fresh kale and garlic, everyone saying, “Welcome.” I would try to thank them, but they would say, “You don’t >> 38 | SLO LIFE MAGAZINE | AUG/SEP 2021
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