Marriage

Marriage today is different than how it was a long time ago. Marriage now is about love and making the lifelong commitment of being with who you love. Love was not part of marriage before , before it was more like what your future spouse had to offer the family and was more of a contract than love. That is still going on today but in different parts of the country like for example when parents make arranged marriages. Arranged marriages are bad because both husband and wife are unhappy. That is not the way to go , marriage should be about who you love the most and you can be until death do you part.

                My grandma tells me that her father’s friend wanted to marry my grandma and his son so that my grandpa could be free from poverty and he could become rich by marrying his daughter into a wealthy family. My great grandpa refused because he knew that no amount of money could be worth his daughter’s unhappiness. My great grandpa knew that he needed the money but he wasn’t going to “sell” his daughter’s hand in marriage. My grandma is happily married with my grandpa and this year they will celebrate their 40^th wedding anniversary.

                I can’t believe how some people are willing to sell their daughter’s hand in marriage for materialistic things. No father should sell his daughter into a life of misery a life where she will hate every single day of it and hate her father even more for giving her away in order to take them out of poverty. Financial instability should not be a cause for this. I believe that this practice should be long gone but it still happens in many countries.

                I see marriage as the lifelong commitment between two people who truly love each other and are willing to spend every last moment with each other until they die. I believe this because my great grandma and grandpa were happily married for 70 years. I saw the way my great grandpa looked at my great grandma, the look as if he had fallen in love with her all over again. I would always think to myself that I wanted someone to look at me that way one day. They were the definition of true love they were always together and even though they had their fights they would always end up together again as if nothing ever happened.

                I believe that there shouldn’t be a temporary marriage because if there were one it would reduce the rate of actual marriages. It probably would reduce the divorce rates but it would make for a contract instead of a bond between two people who loved each other which would throw off the common marriage and make for a business. I don’t think this should go in effect whatsoeve

Joanna Paola Corona

     
 I was given the name Joanna Paola Corona. I really don't use my middle name because I prefer to go by the name Joanna. When I ask my parents who named me, they both say it was them. My mom says that she named me but when I ask my dad he says that it’s not true because my mom was so tired that she didn't have any energy to even name me. I always laugh because I think it’s funny both of them say it was them but I don't actually know which one of them actually chose my name.

 The one thing I know for sure was that my mom gave me my middle name which is Paola. I like the name Paola but I love the name Joanna so I go by my first name. My first name is derived from the bible which is a girl’s form of John. Although that's not why I was named Joanna. My dad says that my name was given to me because my dad went to the bank one day and the teller's name was Joanna so he liked that name and decided to name me after her.

My last name is always a conversation starter I know that for a fact. In high school when my teacher’s took role they would always ask me “Oh. Corona, like the beer right?” I would always think that it was kind of strange that they would always refer to my name with the beer. I liked my last name until I felt that they would wear it out. I always had a frequently asked question which was “Does your family own the Corona beer company?” I would always tell them no until one day I actually started playing along. I would tell them “Yes, I’m like 7^th in line.” People would actually believe me. I thought it was pretty funny.

My last name comes from my dad’s side of the family of course. I think I will keep my last name up until I get married and even then I’m still keeping my last name. The one thing that I think is sad is that my last name ended because my dad doesn’t have any boys which means that the family last name will not be carried on . My aunts are both married so the last name ended there as well and my uncle only has girls so they won’t carry the last name Corona either.

The thing that I want to do is that when I get married I wish that my kids will have my last name before the dad’s even though he might not want it that way. If I have any boys the boys will have my last name that way they get to carry the last name. I know it might be a little too much to ask for but that’s the way I want things to go. I think it is a great last name and I wish it can still go on for generations to come.

           

 

Life

         I was born in Ventura but was raised in Oxnard , I grew up with both parents living with me. I had the best of both worlds because I was an only child which meant I had all the attention. Being an only child had its perks but it was a lonely life I had no one to play with. I started asking my parents for a brother or a sister once I turned 7 but nothing happened. The only people I got to play with were my cousins they were like my brothers .
        When I turned twelve I got the best present ever . My little sister I was no longer an only child and I now had someone to look after. Someone to always have with me when I needed her. She is the best thing that happened to me . I now have two little sisters and I love them to death. They can be a handful sometimes but I can't imagine life without them, they keep me busy and they drive me insane sometimes but that's the best part about having sisters there is never a dull moment.
           I plan on transferring to CSUCI so I can stay close to home . I plan on becoming an orthodontist which has been my dream since I was 6 years old. After I become an orthodontist I plan on getting my own place and live my dream. As I will always take care of my parents and sisters because they are my world and I would do anything for them.