Tanya Tapia:  

WELL,IF U REMEMBER ME AT ALL THEN ULL RECALL I WAS AND REMAIN PRETTY LAID BACK....IM SURE A FEW OF U HAVE ALREADY SMIRKED....LIFE IS LIFE U KNOW....UPS N DOWNS LIKE ALL....BUT THANK GOD FOR GIVING ME MY TWO BOYS....WHICH R NOT BOYS AT ALL NE MORE...THEY R NOW YOUNG MEN....MY OLDEST IS MICHAEL JOSEPH....HE IS A SENIOR AT LAKEWOOD HIGH N IS AND HAS BEEN WORKING ON HIS LIFES GOALS....HE IS AN AWESOME BASEBALL PLAYER N WAS N STILL IS N GREAT DEMAND AMONGST MANY ALL-STAR TEAMS N CITY-WIDE TEAMS...IF UVE EVER BEEN BLESSED TO HAVE WITNESSED HIS ATHLETIC ABILITIES THEN U ALREADY KNOW HE IS KNOWN FOR STEALING BASES ESPECIALLY HOME PLATE....HE IS LIGHTENING FAST....I GET CHILLS EVERYTIME I C HIM PLAY N HE GETS ON BASE N I C THE TWITCH N HIS LEFT HAND....NOT THAT IM BIAS....LOL...MICHAEL PICKED UP TWO STRAWS ONE DAY AT MCDONALDS AT THE TENDER AGE OF 9 MONTHS N N MUCH AMAZEMENT HE HAD TWO DIFFERENT BEATS GOING AT THE SAME TIME WIT BOTH HANDS...I KNEW THAT DAY THAT HE WAS A NATURAL MUSICIAN N BOY WAS A RIGHT....I BOUGHT HIS FIRST JUNIOR SET OF DRUMS WEN HE WAS TWO N HE STARTED LESSONS AT 3 N HE CAN PLAY NE SONG BY EAR N READ N WRITE MUSIC...LETS JUST SAY AT THIS POINT HIS STAGE N DRUMS N ALL ACCESSORIES HAVE ADDED UP TO THE COST OF A LUXURY CAR BUT WORTH EVERY LAST CENT WEN HES PLAYING THEM....ALSO HE IS PRO-AM SKATEBOARDER SPONSORED BY UNITED BOARDSHOP N FILMING ON LOCATION ALL OVER CALI N N JUNE WHILE BEING FILMED FOR A VIDEO N CYPRESS HE WAS PERFORMING HIS SIGNATURE TRICK DOWN 12 FLIGHTS OF STAIRS WEN THE WORSE HAPPENED(NOT THE FIRST BROKEN BONE BUT THE WORST OF THE WORST).....HIS BOARD GOT WEDGED BETWEEN THE TWO RAILS N HE FLEW N SUFFERED A SEVERE COMPOUND FRACTURE TO HIS RIGHT LEG...HISFOOT WAS ALMOST ...Expand for more