An embarrassing moment from my childhood is when I got caught for something that I would always get away with. While growing up, my mom would always send my sister and I to Dominican Republic for the summer to spend with our families. I mainly always stayed with my dads side of the family. I grew up calling my aunt and uncle “Mami” and “Papi” because that’s who I was with most of the time for 3 months out of the year. This side of my family is very poor so in order to support themselves financially, they sold food. Their specialty was a form of pastry called “pastelitos” which can also be known as empanadas. My cousin was in charge of making the dough, in which I would often participate in. Mami would cook the meat that goes inside of it and Papi would assemble the pastelito. My aunt would later fry it and they’re ready to go! One day, while my aunt and uncle were taking a nap, I snuck into the back part of the kitchen where they would assemble the pastelitos and the bowl of shredded chicken was there. (I think I was 6 or 7 years old). They would leave it to cool down and I would always go back to eat random pieces. My uncle woke up from his nap and noticed that the bowl was moved and the chicken was moved around as well. I was very spoiled growing up in that household so I would never get yelled at or in trouble for anything, I was their baby. However, in this moment, I knew things were very serious being that I got reprimanded and disciplined. I felt so embarrassed because I never made him angry before. I’ll never forget this moment in my life!!
