Catherine Paiz

Yeah, so my mom was born in Nicaragua. My dad is Panamanian. They met in Panama. They were teenagers when they met. And, you know, they had a lot of hardship. They had a very toxic relationship, just like any young couple that is new to a country, new language, new everything. They didn't have family. They didn't have friends. And so the first half of my childhood, my dad was a single dad.

my mom took herself out of that toxic relationship and moved to Florida. And so I knew she did that for the best of the family. And it's interesting, because I had such an awareness even as a child that I knew she's doing the right thing. You know what I mean? I knew that as a child. And I'm like, I know my mom is doing this for us, for the bigger picture.

my mom took herself out of that toxic relationship and moved to Florida. And so I knew she did that for the best of the family. And it's interesting, because I had such an awareness even as a child that I knew she's doing the right thing. You know what I mean? I knew that as a child. And I'm like, I know my mom is doing this for us, for the bigger picture.

my mom took herself out of that toxic relationship and moved to Florida. And so I knew she did that for the best of the family. And it's interesting, because I had such an awareness even as a child that I knew she's doing the right thing. You know what I mean? I knew that as a child. And I'm like, I know my mom is doing this for us, for the bigger picture.

My parents didn't have much money, really nothing. And I had this really weird relationship with money. I remember thinking, my mom would say things like, we don't have the money for that, or we can't do that. And I remember looking at her and thinking, I'm gonna make a lot of money one day so that I can do all the things that I wanna do and I can support you and I can support my family.

My parents didn't have much money, really nothing. And I had this really weird relationship with money. I remember thinking, my mom would say things like, we don't have the money for that, or we can't do that. And I remember looking at her and thinking, I'm gonna make a lot of money one day so that I can do all the things that I wanna do and I can support you and I can support my family.

My parents didn't have much money, really nothing. And I had this really weird relationship with money. I remember thinking, my mom would say things like, we don't have the money for that, or we can't do that. And I remember looking at her and thinking, I'm gonna make a lot of money one day so that I can do all the things that I wanna do and I can support you and I can support my family.

And it was like this drive that I had inside of me

And it was like this drive that I had inside of me

And it was like this drive that I had inside of me

Yeah, hugely. Oh my God, that's such a good question. You're so good at this. Thank you. Stop. Okay. So I feel like when my marriage was going downhill, we didn't have good communication. That's one thing I, you know, I take full accountability is I had the worst communication ever. And I'm still working on it today. I think I've gotten a lot better.

Yeah, hugely. Oh my God, that's such a good question. You're so good at this. Thank you. Stop. Okay. So I feel like when my marriage was going downhill, we didn't have good communication. That's one thing I, you know, I take full accountability is I had the worst communication ever. And I'm still working on it today. I think I've gotten a lot better.

Yeah, hugely. Oh my God, that's such a good question. You're so good at this. Thank you. Stop. Okay. So I feel like when my marriage was going downhill, we didn't have good communication. That's one thing I, you know, I take full accountability is I had the worst communication ever. And I'm still working on it today. I think I've gotten a lot better.

But when I look at my parents, I thought, I don't want to be another person.

But when I look at my parents, I thought, I don't want to be another person.

But when I look at my parents, I thought, I don't want to be another person.

couple that doesn't make it you know i want to i want to be i want to have that traditional love you say your i do's and you're in there for you know till death do us part that was like kind of my the way that i saw it you know um also having children you know you want your children to grow up with both their parents and that was my dream it's like i want to be able to have that family.

couple that doesn't make it you know i want to i want to be i want to have that traditional love you say your i do's and you're in there for you know till death do us part that was like kind of my the way that i saw it you know um also having children you know you want your children to grow up with both their parents and that was my dream it's like i want to be able to have that family.

couple that doesn't make it you know i want to i want to be i want to have that traditional love you say your i do's and you're in there for you know till death do us part that was like kind of my the way that i saw it you know um also having children you know you want your children to grow up with both their parents and that was my dream it's like i want to be able to have that family.

And when we had it, you know what I mean? And I thought, oh my gosh. Like I remember one morning, I remember thinking like, did I make it? Like looking around, I remember, did I make it? And I was like, well, why do I feel so empty?