With or without my man, I was going to make them proud to have me as a mother. And I was going to make my parents proud, once again, to have me as a daughter.

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My mother never let on that anything was wrong. She kept her chin up and acted as if everything were just fine. So we did too.

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We never told on each other. That was an unspoken rule.

Jenni Rivera

Mots clés siblings

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I wasn't going out easy. I was the gangsta bitch frrom Long Beach. The Rivera Rebel who never lost a fight.

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I vowed that I would never tell anyone of my shame. They say that when you kept a secret, it eats you up inside, but I felt it was better that way. I wanted to appear strong in front of my children and my family. I didn't want anybody to know. And I would maintain my persona as Jenni, the Rivera Rebel who had never lost a fight. But deep down inside I knew I had lost a piece of myself that I would never recover. My soul had been shattered, but to the outside world I did just as I had been taught since I was a little girl; I kept my head up and continued forward. It is, after all, the Rivera way.

Jenni Rivera

Mots clés strength inspiration shame rape survivor

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The key to success in life is getting up early.

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In my family they always called me "unbreakable", and I never wanted to shatter this image of myself. On the outside I kept my head up and maintained my tough girl image. However inside I was dying.

Jenni Rivera

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Whenever I took a step forward, it seemed as though life was pushing me five steps back.

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I ain't scared of you, you little bitch! I'll fuck you up!

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There was not just one American dream, in a nation of immigrants, there are countless versions of the dream; the Mexican American dream, the African American dream, the Cuban American dream, etc. I've always thught that was such a beautiful lesson and I've carried it with me throughout my life.

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