Asia Dominguez Ch. 13- A bird leaves the nest

Asia (48) her husband Vincent (52)
their children: Naremi,(20), Paul and Simon (10), Barett, Marilou and Penelope (1)
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Narrated by Naremi

With the arrival of my new siblings, my parents decided that it was time to find a bigger place that would fit all of us.  My mom did not want to purchase a home just yet.  She wanted to make sure we all had a chance to go to college with some of her help.  I am still debating whether to go to college or not.

We finally found this awesome place. My little brother Paul and Simon were ecstatic to check out the new yard that came with our apartment. I was more interested to see how or sleeping arrangements would be. After all we were moving for more space. 

My work as an intern is going well. My relationship with Goopy is going strong. One day we were cuddling and before I knew it, one thing led to another. It was the first time for the both of us.  We were not planning on going all the way but I could not stop myself let along Goopy.

It was magical for both of us.  Sure it is my first time but I hope it will not be more than one time. Goopy was worried that we would be caught.  We rushed to get dressed and back to work.

My mom is back into getting working out. I decided to join her to see if we could talk about what happened with Goopy and I.  I just could not find the time for us to talk about it. I mean how in the world do I say to my mom.. "hey mom im no longer a virgin". I could not say. Maybe one other day I would find the correct time to tell her.

Goopy has been getting crazy because I told him that I wanted to go away to school. He is naturally worried that our relationship will end.I am not worried about it because I know it will survive. I love Goopy with all of my heart. 

He finally agreed that college would be best for me.. for us. He also wanted to go to college but he didnt now how he would pay for it. I told him that we would find a way. He wanted to ask me something before I left for the day.

He knelt in front of me ans asked me to marry him. I was surprised at the proposal.I also  knew that I would say yes. We would definitely make this work.

We were both excited to get started in this stage of our lives. At first I was scared that he wanted me to stay here but he told me no.  He wanted me to go to college and make sure to come back to him and to our love. I mean can it get any better?

I told my mom and she was of course concerned. She was hopeful that I would not change my mind from changing about college.  I told her that we both decided that I would go to college and then I would help Goopy finish college. She was concerned but I think she realized that I was now 20 years old and pretty much could do what I wanted.  My mom and I did end up talking for a while and getting along.

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Goopy had amazed me because he went out with my step dad to ask his permission to get married. I love my step dad but he also was concerned. I never did expected my step-dad to actually approve but he did because he is a romantic at heart. For me all of the pieces were falling into place.

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I registered for school and  I could not believe I was actually doing this. I Naremi Dominguez was a college student. I was scared but my mom assured me that it would all work out.  Here I go off to college!

Nicholas Dominguez- College years

Nicholas (18)
Narrated by Nicholas
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My sister and I have arrived at college. I am really bummed about being here. I think this is not going to be the place for me.  Sasha on the other hand fits right in.  You can truly see how she loves being here at College.

I have to give this speech of school and I was freaking out. I practice all afternoon to make sure I didnt make a mistake.  I hated this in  high school and I hate it even more now. 

After all my hard work my Freshman year was finally over.  I decided to major in Biology. I figured that I would have less speeches to give. Now that I was a sophomore my classes were harder and I am not passing my tests. I dont know if this is for me to be honest with you.

I started to try to date Willow Gothier. She is pretty and I think that we could hit it off.  I don't know if we can but at least I will give it a try.

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Once the grades for Sophomore year came out, I knew I was doomed.  I did not do well at all and was asked to withdraw from my classes.  I decided to withdraw from school all together.  Sasha was more devastated than I was about this.  I told her that she would be fine because in all honestly she loves college. I on the other hand was happy to be out of there.

Sasha Dominguez- college years

Sasha Dominguez (18)
narrated by Sasha
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College has been great to me.  I really love going to class but mostly having the freedom to do as I wish.  My brother Nicholas is having more of a harder time dealing with the freedom that we have. 

School has not been just about books and my guitar.  I started dating this hot guy.  I like him but I also don't want to limit myself.  His name is Jihoon Chun.  He is a great kisser.  Yes I am going to make up for lost time in college.

One of my professors came to see me in my dorm.  He was concerned because I had not declared my major yet.  I did know what I wanted to major I wanted but I had not had a chance to declare.  Therefore my professor showed up to shame me into declaring my major. So I declared myself as a Political Science major.

I felt relieve after I declare my major.  Jihoon was happy as well.  He asked me to date him exclusively and I said yes. 

Dominica Dominguez- Ch 7- Motherhood is trying to kill me.....

Dominica (30) her husband Jeff (30)
Their Children: Jeffrey Ocatavius, Kadijah, Kyle, Raygene (2).

Narrated by: Dominica

These children want to kill me. I am totally convinced.  Jeff doesnt think so but he gets the opportunity to leave for work while I stay with the kids.  Lately I have been second guessing my choice of being a stay at home mom. 

Potty training has been the worse. I think these kids will never go to the bathroom on their own.  I have tried everything and they still don't use the potty. 

I started turning my tiredness and crabiness towards Jeff.  He surprised me one day by dressing up for work then announcing that he was not going to work. I was surprised. He told me to leave everything and he would take care of the kids.

I could hear Kadijah screaming but refused to get up.  I wanted Jeff to get a taste of what my days are like. 


I could not believe how fast I fell asleep. It was the best knowing that the kids were taken care of.

Soon I got up and looked at the little sleeping faces.  Jeff told me that I literally slept the whole day.  I helped him put Kadijah and Raygene to sleep. 

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After that day Jeff talked with his boss and he went part time. He has helped me out a lot. Now I actually have time to enjoy being a mom.  Sure it is still overwhelming but having Jeff here helps a lot.

Being busy with my family I havent had time to check in with my moms.  My moms are not doing great.  They have to move out of their home into an apartment and begin to pay back their debt.  My mom still has not found a job and my other mom is jobless as well.  I don't know what they are going to do. I feel helpless but at the same time do not know how I can help.  My mom suggested maybe taking in a couple of my siblings but I don't like the idea of splitting them up. 

Jeff knew there was something on when I sat down to dinner. I told hm what was going on and he said that if I wanted to that we could have everyone move here temporarily.  I felt so happy that he said that but the house would literally be too crowded.  We would have to come up with an alternative plan. 

Ariel Dominguez- Ch 9- Starting to feel normal.

Ariel(34),her boyfriend Zeeshan Despret (40)
Children (with Frances) Ben and Estelle (14) and Nianna (10)

Narrated by Ariel

I have to admit things have been going great for our family. It feels that we are finally settling into moving on with our lives.  I still miss my baby girl but I have to stay strong for my children. 

I still have them help out with my so called attempt to garden.  After all these years we still are trying to be able to harvest vegetables that are good enough to eat. Ben has really dedicated himself to the garden. It makes me smile seeing him out there working hard.

Then I feel guilty that I am overworking my kids so I go in and help out.  Estelle says that this is their garden and I should let them take care of it.  I didnt think that they would be so possessive over it.

I am still dating Zeeshan. He finally met the kids.  Nianna approved him quickly.  She really took to him.  It makes me happy that they get along.

He comes over for dinner quite often. The kids and I love having him over.  I try to tell him that we can go out on dates but he says having dinner at my home is great.  Did I mention what a great guy he is.

When the kids go to sleep we hang out and watch TV.   I feel so relaxed when we are together.

But enough was enough. No matter how I like staying home, I needed some romantic alone time outside of the house.  Now that the kids are older they are OK to stay home for a bit.  I have told them that if I suspect something out of the ordinary is going on while I am gone then they will have a sitter until they are 21.  However Frances always comes by to do a surprise visit.  So far we have never been surprised.

After our dinner we decided to take a stroll in the park.  Its starting to getting a little chilly and I was ready to call it a night. 

Out of the blue Zee got on one knee and proposed to me.  I was in shock. I mean we are great but I honestly didnt expect him to propose.  After the shock wore off I of course said YES. I love Zee so much.  

We got home and the kids were waiting for me. Well except Nianna, she had fallen asleep. I couldnt believe that Zee had told the kids he was going to ask me to marry him. He had asked their permission first. 

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I am still friends with Frances even though we are divorced. We struggled at first but now we are fine.  He comes over to have breakfast with the kids when he gets a chance.  The kids told him before I could that I was engaged to Zee. 

We stepped aside and talked about it. He congratulated me and told me that he wishes me nothing but the best.He also told me that he had news too.  Turns out that he and Cecilia are trying to have a child.  I thought he was done having children but he said that Cecilia wanted at least one child.  This made me think of Zee.  We never really talked about having kids.  I dont know if I would want another child. I feel fulfilled with my three kids as it is.  I guess this is something that I need to talk to Zee about.

For now I just wanted to enjoy the breakfast with my kids.  I will talk to Zee about having children soon.

Suki Dominguez-Ch 12 Life as I know it.

Suki (41) her husband Toby(43) Their children: Madison (14), twins Donnatella and Annatella (9)
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The kids are growing up so fast. I keep telling Toby that sooner rather than later they are not going to be around us all the time.  Soon high school will be their main priority.  I have thought about having more but then I think of all the hard work and stop myself. I am find with my precious babies.

Madison and Donnatella hang out a lot. I feel that Annatella gets jealous sometimes. I have to kindly remind Madison that he has two sisters not just one.  I know he doesnt do it intentionally but the girls are a little too young to know that.

My business has been booming.  We finally saw a profit and Toby was happy for me.  Now that Madison is in high school we have to pay a little more.  I am just hoping that my stylist can keep up with the demand.

I now have a long waiting list.  I try to refer to the stylist that rent the booth in my salon but they refuse to leave me.  So I go client and client making sure that everyone leaves happy with their new look.

Many of them do like their new look.  I always love when I have to convince someone to let me do my thing with my shears and then they like it.

Then there is the other type of client that god knows where they went to and they come here for me to fix them up.  I dont know what these people were thinking. I mean how could a man walk around with make up on?  Thank goodness he came to see me. I fixed him up right away. Before I know it my day has ended. I close up shop and start it all over again the next day.  I wouldnt trade my life for anything in the world.