24475677 8c3f2a1931cef4e130a68d80f88feded plrwm http://gravatar.com/plrwm plrwm http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/8c3f2a1931cef4e130a68d80f88feded http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/8c3f2a1931cef4e130a68d80f88feded thumbnail Sarah Graham Sarah Graham Poor Little Rich White Mexican My name is Sarah (Aguirre) Graham and I am a poor, little, rich, white Mexican. This title is obviously tongue–in-cheek since by its very nature, contradictory at every turn. I grew up fairly poor (I am talking about financial resources here) in a Mexican family hopping from apartment to apartment. As a kid growing up in the OC, everyone had more money than I did, at least, that’s what it felt like. Now that I am married and have children, I have climbed up a few rungs and would be considered (by some) as “rich”. I live in a 4 bedroom house in the ‘burbs; a full-fledged member of middle class… rich. (Note, I have always been rich in “love”) “White” refers to my ambiguous “culture.” Yes, I am that Mexican who can’t speak Spanish even though my parents are both bilingual. I know I am not alone in my shame but regardless, I HATE that I don’t speak Spanish. I am fair skinned and most people would never take me for a Mexican. My brother always teased me by labeling me “adopted.” He and my sister look like normal Latinos (dark hair, dark eyes, and dark skin) but I am fair, with medium brown hair and hazel eyes. To top it off, my husband is a Cali boy with blond hair and blue eyes. People must just laugh and laugh when my blond kids say that they are half-Mexican. I am neither rich, nor poor, nor white, nor Mexican (to any great level). As for the “little,” well….I am short but that’s the only “little” thing about me. The purpose of my blog is to muse over life through the eye-gate of one who is all of the above and none of the above and to figure out which is the best way to raise my two kiddos. Rich? Poor? White? Mexican?....they all are good and bad. Maybe I can find the best parts of it all and pass it on to my children. We will see.