Like Mother Like Daughter

My mother was a flight attendant for Avianca when she met my father who worked for a short while as a pilot for Avianca. My mother is Colombian, my father American. Her pregnancy got her fired and as an unwed mother she had to go live with her aunt in Medellin (1986) where I was born. Not the best time to be there.

My father recognized me and had me registered with the Embassy. He kept my citizen option open and when I turned 18 he pushed me to become a US citizen, my mother was totally against it.

Their relationship while I was growing up was strange, he came to see her when his scheduled allowed and she had to receive him. My mother's aunt would take me for a walk, telling me often that my father was there to spend time with her and my mother needed to accommodate him. When I was old enough to understand accommodate and receive I fantasized of my parent's love. It never crossed my mind whether my mother wanted to accommodate him. By the time I was sixteen she talked about about it, however she always accommodated him.

I went to college at the University of Florida and graduated with my degree in Finance. My father put me up in a nice condo, a car and a monthly allowance, and paid for my college. I was a princess in college. I dated but being Colombian I kept my virginity until I fell for a pilot friend of my father's, had a baby and went to live with my mother's cousin in Dallas. Like my mother I receive my son's father when he flies through Dallas, and while I accommodate him my aunt takes my son to the movies.