About me :)

Everyone has a different definition of what they want in life, that certain image that floods their mind and pushes them to want to leap and grab it so badly. Traveling back and forth between Iran and Italy until age three, life seemed like a breeze. Writing songs about braiding my hair and about how jealous my mom's friends would be not having my messy, braided hair was just about the hardest thing in my life. I moved to the US at age three and life really began from there.

When people ask me about my dad and his death, I really don't know how to respond. I was still a toddler when he passed away and don't have much of memory of it. When someone close to you dies, people expect that stereotypical, dramatic reaction whenever the name of the deceased is even mentioned. However, like it or not, everyone will lose someone they love and care for at least once in his/her life. It's an unfortunate part of life and it hits you hard every time. Even though it sounds cliche, being happy for who you still have and what you still have is all you can do. I'm more than happy to have my mom there for me every single day. I look up to her so much, raising a child single handedly, knowing nothing but broken English during the toughest of times.

I've always loved animals and, after many fish and a golden retriever, my mom brought me home two kittens named "Romeo" and "Juliet". I had them for three years and they had even had kittens of their own. Romeo became very ill one summer and acquired a urethra blockage. The surgery costed more than we could afford so we had to give it up to a no-kill shelter that would pay for his procedure. That was the day I decided I was going to work hard and become a vet. I've never wanted anything more in my life and on the day I graduate Veterinary School, I will give all the credit to my mom for showing me that working hard for what you believe in is worth the drain it first brings.