Julieta Martinelli

In this one, there are pictures of his cousins playing high school ball. There's photos from his uncle's wedding. I mean, really, it's just showing all of these things, these memories, these moments that Suave missed out on because he was in prison. Bobby, can you just say how you're feeling at this moment? Emotional. What's going on for you?

was a woman who liked men.

was a woman who liked men.

was a woman who liked men.

They said that she liked to run off with her friends and that the family got really worried that she was going to get in some kind of trouble, you know, on the streets. And so they were working parents. They didn't have a lot of resources. And so they did what they thought was best at the time. And the thing is, Suave had never heard this story. His mom had never told him.

They said that she liked to run off with her friends and that the family got really worried that she was going to get in some kind of trouble, you know, on the streets. And so they were working parents. They didn't have a lot of resources. And so they did what they thought was best at the time. And the thing is, Suave had never heard this story. His mom had never told him.

They said that she liked to run off with her friends and that the family got really worried that she was going to get in some kind of trouble, you know, on the streets. And so they were working parents. They didn't have a lot of resources. And so they did what they thought was best at the time. And the thing is, Suave had never heard this story. His mom had never told him.

Now, over the years, Suave always really made it clear to me how much he respected his mom for doing it all alone as a single mom. In terms of his father, he only knows his name, and it's a painful topic. We really haven't talked about it. And Suave was told pretty early on in life that he and his sister, his twin sister Eva, were the result of a sexual assault.

Now, over the years, Suave always really made it clear to me how much he respected his mom for doing it all alone as a single mom. In terms of his father, he only knows his name, and it's a painful topic. We really haven't talked about it. And Suave was told pretty early on in life that he and his sister, his twin sister Eva, were the result of a sexual assault.

Now, over the years, Suave always really made it clear to me how much he respected his mom for doing it all alone as a single mom. In terms of his father, he only knows his name, and it's a painful topic. We really haven't talked about it. And Suave was told pretty early on in life that he and his sister, his twin sister Eva, were the result of a sexual assault.

So even without the support of her children's fathers, the thing is, is that Suave's mom made it work. She was doing it in her own way. She had her own parental philosophy about how you raise kids who need to be ready for the world.

So even without the support of her children's fathers, the thing is, is that Suave's mom made it work. She was doing it in her own way. She had her own parental philosophy about how you raise kids who need to be ready for the world.

So even without the support of her children's fathers, the thing is, is that Suave's mom made it work. She was doing it in her own way. She had her own parental philosophy about how you raise kids who need to be ready for the world.

I will never forget when Suave told me about the time that he first tried heroin. This was a drug that he was selling on the street corners, right, when he got into the confrontation that landed him in prison for murder. But, you know, when he was younger, he hadn't tried it, and then he did with his mom. And he wasn't even a teenager yet.

I will never forget when Suave told me about the time that he first tried heroin. This was a drug that he was selling on the street corners, right, when he got into the confrontation that landed him in prison for murder. But, you know, when he was younger, he hadn't tried it, and then he did with his mom. And he wasn't even a teenager yet.

I will never forget when Suave told me about the time that he first tried heroin. This was a drug that he was selling on the street corners, right, when he got into the confrontation that landed him in prison for murder. But, you know, when he was younger, he hadn't tried it, and then he did with his mom. And he wasn't even a teenager yet.

So, of course, as a mother myself, I had a really hard time trying to reconcile this, right? I had to really try to come at this without any judgment and understand where Suave's mom was coming from. Because also, I mean, she is kind of above criticism for Suave, and I didn't really want to kind of go there.

So, of course, as a mother myself, I had a really hard time trying to reconcile this, right? I had to really try to come at this without any judgment and understand where Suave's mom was coming from. Because also, I mean, she is kind of above criticism for Suave, and I didn't really want to kind of go there.

So, of course, as a mother myself, I had a really hard time trying to reconcile this, right? I had to really try to come at this without any judgment and understand where Suave's mom was coming from. Because also, I mean, she is kind of above criticism for Suave, and I didn't really want to kind of go there.

But now here in Puerto Rico with Suave's family, and I'm hearing more about his mother, I'm starting to understand that she was somebody who was suffering through a tremendous amount of trauma as a little girl, you know, as not even a teenager herself. And she had to make her life happen on her own terms.