Three words to describe yourself: outgoing, down-to-earth, I love life!
I have known Tammy since I was born and I consider her as my aunt, or another mom ;) She was born in Pensacola, FL but was raised in Guadalajara, where her parents originally met, until she was fourteen. Her second uncle, Luis Echeverría Álvarez was the President of Mexico in the 70's (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Echeverr%C3%ADa). When her dad passed away when she was fourteen, Tammy moved to Tucson, AZ to live in the United States. She "hated living here" and it took her three years to learn English. After Arizona, she moved to El Paso, TX where she "met the first love of [her] life". Tammy and her husband lived in Hawaii for two years, but divorced because he was a "womanizer". Tammy says she "learned a lot from that marriage . . . people can't take you for granted". She then moved to Austin, TX because her family moved there as well. One night, Tammy went downtown with a friend, met her second husband, Michael, and they married six months later.
They moved to Plattsburgh, NY because Michael was stationed there, and they met my parents who were also living on base. Tammy's car had broke down, so she walked over to my parents house to ask for a ride, and her and my mom have been best friends ever since! My older sister, Jackie, was only a year old when they met, so Tammy played a big role in my sister's life as far as helping to raise her. Tammy and my mom believe they are sisters separated at birth and that they were probably best friends in another life. She told me a story about how she thought that my parents house was on fire and she ran--eight months pregnant--to their house to "try and save" my mom, but it was just steam escaping from the house. From Plattsburgh, they moved to Corpus Christi, TX where Michael was going to earn his Master's Degree. Then they moved to San Antonio, TX where Michael earned his PhD in Psychology at Our Lady of the Lake University. My parents moved to Bethesda, MD; where I was born, and where I believe my dad went to medical school or to complete his residency--I'll have to verify that. Afterwards, my dad was stationed at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, TX, so the Quintanilla's and the Pruitt's were reunited again!
Tammy and Michael became divorced a few years ago. She met another guy, named Miguel, who was a fireman and, for twenty years, has been living four blocks away from her house and she never knew him. (Note: my mom is currently dating a retired fireman...I tell you these two women are the same person). She fell in love with Miguel and described him as "somebody that can love you for who you are". Tammy was getting "scared when things started falling into place" as far as meeting him at this point in her life. After a year and a half of dating, Miguel asked Tammy to marry her on a Monday night, and she said "yes". Tammy had a weird feeling, however, that she knew "Miguel is not going to live for long". Miguel sadly died in a drowning accident in a lake the following Wednesday. It has been difficult for Tammy to move on from her loss, but she enjoys "being herself" and living the single life. In a few years, she would like to move back to Austin to start life fresh. I told her that she could just move in to our "sorority house" with my mom in Georgia because my younger sister will be in college. After all, both of them said they would live together in Florida when they retire!
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