After about a good 20 minutes of pushing, the baby came out. His name was Ivan Guadalupe Esqueda Rodriguez. Born on December 10, 2013 at 2:18 am. He weighed 8 pounds 11 ounces, and was 20 ½ inches tall. We all thought that the baby was going to be skinny and small, like the dad, but he was far from that. He looked just like his dad, but he also had some resemblance to other family members. He had green eyes like one of my uncles. My mom also said that he has big eyes, like me.
“No wonder your ribs hurt so much. Where did you have the room to put such a big baby?” My mom said.
“I don’t know.” Lorena said.
We got 30 minutes to stay in the room until the doctor took the baby so she could give him shots and all, then we had to leave. We left, but we had the joy of having a new family member with us.
In the Mountains of central Mexico, fifteen-year-old Victor Flores has been scratching out a living for his family by farming ever since his father died. Days after Victor’s best friend, Rico, runs away from home to seek a better life in the U.S. Victor learns that he may not be able to sell his corn this year. Victor heads north in an attempt to “cross the wire” into the States, find work, and send money home. Unlike Rico, Victor has no experienced men to travel with and no coyote money to pay the smugglers who sneak illegal workers across the border. He resorts to jumping trains, For a while Victor travels with Julio for Honduras, then the mysterious Miguel, and finally with his childhood friend, Rico. Victor’s journey is fraught with danger as he faces freezing cold, scorching heat of the Arizona desert, hunger, and dead ends. It’s a gauntlet run by million attempting to cross the border.
Crossing The Wire by: Will Hobbs