My About Me is Over 1200 words.

Lola Hernandez was born in Manhattan Beach in 1932. Her father left quite early on and she never really learned much of his whereabouts other than that he had a bad heart. Her mother Narcissa moved them around until they settled in the Chavez Ravine area near Yale street in what is considered to now be Downtown L.A/Chinatown. Narcissa used to get Lola up early to get ready for skool and take care of her siblings while she rode the train down or hitched with friends to Cudahy to work in a canning factory. Sometimes she would work as a seamstress too. Lola would make sure the house was fine until she left for skool at the Placita Olivera Church. Later on, they were able to move to Pacoima where they settled and she still lives. The family was pretty big and there were always kids to take care of including one named Richie who played gutiar quite well. He died when he was quite young like many people did around her. During that time, people had random speakeasies in their homes after school. Lola would dance with a man she met walking home from school named Jesus. Everyone drank liquor, danced and tried not all that well to avoid trouble. On their first official date, Jess and Lola were forced to take Rosalie (her lil sister) with them to the movies. On the way home, young boys in their neighborhood took shots at them. Lola wondered what the hell was with these people but she decided to stay with him and eventually married him. They got a house on Lev Ave. and Jess began to build additions to the house when there was extra money. He also began to race and homebrew with friends. He won various trophies and prizes from street races in the area which would start in San Fernando and end in the L.A River ditches. People would stack hay in order to make sure the cars would stop. Lola and their two young daughters would go Sundays to watch, worry, and eat tamales and hot dogs.
Lola is still here in Pacoima. She is just watching paternity tests on Maury Povich and hoping her granddaughter will be safe in Oaxaca. She is hoping she will only eat things from Walmart because Walmart is really the cleanest safest thing around. The last time Jess went to Cuidad Obregon in Sonora, neighbors wouldn't tell him where his family lived. It is modern tradition. If you really care about your neighbors, you won't let them get killed. You don't know who could be asking so they led him to various wrong addresses. People are paranoid, she tells her granddaughter. And Obrador, she says he is going to declare himself president while you are there. Lola is worried her granddaughter will get trapped. The borders will close and 29 years of citizenship, 74 years of citizenship, and hundreds of years of roaming will mean nothing.