![]() The food and this eerie combination of conservatism and liberalism expressed in a peaceful battle to maintain a culture alive while hosting festivals about every-single-thing every weekend. ![]() What is the best thing about where you live? Oh wait, let’s not forget the Bible or the Quran, these books have lessons and change lives every time you read them. Sun Tzu’s "Art of War" always has something to teach also. Any book by Eça de Queiroz or Gabriel García Márquez is a piece of written art that feeds my soul. Any book by Mia Couto is a read over and over. A book that changed my life was Albert Memmi’s "The Colonizer and the Colonized" (in French, because in English it loses its essence). Depending on your personality I could say Paulo Coelho, or Aimé Cesaire, or Chinua Achebe…Let’s do this, I will tell you books that changed my life and books that I go back to read over and over, and over one more time. I don’t have a book that I would tell everybody to read. They like different genres and different things. People have different likes and dislikes. What book would you tell everyone to read?Įveryone? That’s difficult. What was the best advice you were ever given?Īfter much thinking I reached the conclusion that I don’t have one best advice, they were so many given to me, I lost the count because I always end up doing what my head and heart compromise on doing. I’m inspired everyday by good things that everybody does, even the smallest things. ![]() People are humans and as such we do good and bad things. My kids, people I work with, people I hear stories about. I don’t have one single person that most inspires me. My first year at UL, you would often see me in front of cypress lake coping with homesickness. But I love to be in my room (when it's organized), walk along a beach back home, or watch the swamp. Once you become a mother and your children are not teenagers, there is no such thing as a place to be alone. Where is your favorite place to be alone? I appreciate waking up every morning, I appreciate service (my love language), and I appreciate the smallest things that make me smile and continue my journey.Īny journey that involves meeting new places, people, having fun, and acquiring more knowledge and understanding of others but also myself. ![]() Food to eat, a place to sleep, clothes to wear. My kids often hear me mumbling “Thank you, God” or “What a blessing.” I honestly appreciate everything. It's not just one thing, I’m so appreciative of everything. Turns up my dreams got even more reinforced, so it was all worthy.īe yourself, be helpful, be truthful, and always do your best. I didn’t want my parents to raise my kids, I didn’t want to be a statistic, and I didn’t want to give up my dreams. When I decided to become a mother, I decided I wanted to be the best mother I could be. I was faced with a decision that either way was going to impact my life. I was fortunate to reside in a country where I could decide what to do with my body, but also in a society that often judges and victimizes single parenthood. I was 27 years old, away from home, with a master’s, but no family here. The actual moment I decided to become a mother. Not when I got pregnant or when I gave birth. What event in your life most shaped who you are now?ĭeciding to be a mother. What advice would you give the younger you?ĭon’t be so gullible, get the book smarts but get that street smarts also. But every day, not in the same order or time, I must exercise my mind, body and spirit. Everyday we have different activities, I go to different jobs, different meetings … and I love it. There are no typical days in my life, maybe typical weeks, but not typical days. It was a combination of three jobs: Taking people’s tickets at UL football games, night hostess (fancy name for night desk workers) in the UL dorms, and student aid for the UL Lafayette controller, Ms. She is an asset to her students, her family and all of us that know her. She is always positive, inspiring and such fun to be around. She’s currently studying for her second master's degree at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. I have known her for a few years now and never fail to be impressed by her.įumy is a mom, teacher, translator, interpreter and student. I always learn something from Fumy every time we meet. in 1998, but her roots are from a small island nation called São Tomé and Príncipe off the coast of Africa - yes, I looked it up too. Fumy Rita was born in Russia, grew up in Portugal and came to the U.S.
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