Family Matters

I’m going to stray away from Arizona for a moment. I still have one more story, but I’ll save it for later.

I’m a card carrying member of a Mexican-American family. It’s a good family, but as time passes it has become more and more unsettled.

            I have a cousin who is in Virginia studying to be a doctor. She’s in her fifth year now, and I’m very proud of her, as are her parents.

            I was talking to my aunt Maggie the other day, and she told me that my cousin Lily was trying to talk my Virginia cousin out of being a doctor. Lily said something about the preponderance of lawsuits and time, and money. Lily's argument was that it wasn't worth it. 
            I was sitting there listening to the story and all the while I was thinking how god damn ridiculous. I’ve never heard of such a thing. I was appalled. Only in a Mexican family will somebody try to talk you out of being a doctor.