Marley Garcia
Bio
Just a young woman who saw the worst side of humanity growing up and decided to not let it define me.
Each of my stories have a little truth in them. I hope everyone who reads them enjoys them as much as I do. ✨
Stories (8/0)
Surviving my genes.
Summer of 1976, end of June, a Mexican American couple living in central LA will welcome their 7th and final child, a little girl who they named, Dominga. Dominga was the youngest of 7 girls. 3 of whom actually shared the same mother and father. The 4 older girls had a differed father but all shared the same mother. The were a lower class family, living in a 3 bedroom home in the barrio. Dominga’s parents are originally from Idaho, and moved to California in hope of finding work in the City. After having 7 children they realized there wasn’t enough work in LA to live comfortably so they sold their house and moved back to BlackFoot Idaho and bought 10 acres of land and decided that’s where they would finish raising their children. Jacob and Marie Ramirez (Dominga’s parents) would live a traditional Mexican lifestyle, they were catholic and Jacob had the final say in any decision. Jacob was very loyal to the church, he was what you would call a very important servant of God and he made sure his daughters were just as loyal. His daughters were only allowed to wear skirts or dresses that covered from neck, wrists and ankles. They were to wear vails over their heads at all times and they were not allowed to be entertained by anything outside of the church or in other worlds, anything worldly. Jacob even timed how long they were allowed to use the restroom. He was a very strict father and he believed in very tough forms of discipline but in reality he was just very abusive. Jacob was hiding a very big secret that would soon become very public. Fast-forward to 1987 an 8th child would be welcomed into the Ramirez family but this child’s arrival would be the beginning of the end of this family’s powerful reputation. If you remember earlier I said that Marie had 4 older daughters whom she did not share with Jacob, Yolanda, Lorel, Grace and Sally. Sally was 16 by the time Marie married Jacob and she soon left the home to live with her grandmother. Yolanda was 13 when Dominga was born, Lorel was 12 and grace was 10. Between the time Dominga was born and 1987 Jacob would start pursuing a relationship with Yolanda. Yolanda being just a child and knowing that Jacob was not her father, she truly believed there was nothing wrong with her step father making sexual advances to her. Jacob treated her differently from the rest of the girls, he wasn’t abusive, he wasn’t strict and he would often bring her gifts. Marie was aware of the relationship between her daughter and her husband, out of fear of being beaten by her husband or him beating her other children, Marie looked away every time. By the time Yolanda was 15 she was regularly having sex with Jacob and often sleeping in the bed once shared between her mother and her step father. Yolanda was so brainwashed that she truly thought she was in love with Jacob. She would draw out fake marriage licenses with her name next to his, “ Jacob & Yolanda Ramirez”. Soon the rest of the girls would catch on to how much time Jacob would spend alone with Yolanda, never did the girls know the extent of this time spent together until late December of 1987 a baby girl would be born, Celia. Celia’s birth caught the attention of the church very quickly as they noticed that they never knew Marie was pregnant, but however they did notice the absence of Jacobs oldest daughter, Yolanda. All of the Ramirez children were very involved in the church, so for one to just disappear for say.. 9 months caught the attention of the elders in the congregation. Very quickly rumors were spreading that Yolanda had a child out of wedlock and the church was scrambling to figure out who could’ve sinned against God and created a child with Yolanda. The rumors were confirmed when Yolanda returned to church with a noticeable difference in her weight. The elders were questioning every young man in the church and encouraging fathers to talk amongst their families to figure out who got her pregnant. It wasn’t until a surprised visit from the Sunday school teacher, Sister Susie that they would find out Jacob fathered his step daughters child. Sister Susie arrived one afternoon to drop off gifts for Marie, only to see a intimate moment between Jacob and Yolanda through the living room window. Not only was she shocked to see the pair kissing but so openly with no concern of who might by watching, and to see Marie preparing a meal in the kitchen with no care of what was going on feet away from her. It was quickly brought to the elders attention that Jacob was the father, he lost his position in the church and his reputation was quickly tarnished. When Jacob found out the truth was out he took his wife and kids to the church so that he may repent for what he had done, but it was far to late. The congregation started shouting words at the Ramirez family and completely shunned them. Everyone had known of the vile sin Jacob committed before God. The family was banned from the church, never allowed to step foot again. However they remained in Blackfoot, Marie raised the infant as her own, Yolanda moved out and was married to a man by the time she was 17 leaving behind the child she shared with Jacob.
By Marley Garcia10 months ago in Motivation
Living the American Dream
If my ancestors could see what this land would be or know the long term price of having “freedom” they would have just made it work in our homeland. All the lives lost and blood shed just to wear shiny chains in another country, this is not the dream they were chasing.
By Marley Garcia2 years ago in Humans
Solitary Confinement
The practice of solitary confinement was first practiced in the 19th century when Quakers in Pennsylvania used this method as a new form of public punishments in federal prisons. The reform for solitary confinement did not surface until 2014 when study found a significant amount of similarities between being in solitary and committing an act of self-harm. Thus leading activists to protest and push assembly speakers in New York to pass a bill with a 15 day limit to solitary confinement. The reason for a limit according to the Activists and United Nations “Any period of confinement longer than that amounts to torture.'' Studies have found that prolonged isolation has serious detrimental effects on inmates with and without pre-existing mental illness, and it continues to grow.
By Marley Garcia2 years ago in Criminal
Baggage of fears
I have always preferred to be alone when it comes to family. I was raised in church, my parents both worked full time, my brother and sister were 2-3 years older. I knew from a young age I was different. I saw things differently, I felt things deeply and yet I played my part. I was involved in church, I tried very hard to understand christianity, faith and God yet somehow I only ever had questions with no answers which left me feeling lost in my own head.
By Marley Garcia2 years ago in Confessions
Euphoria character breakdown
We learn in season 1 that Rue lost her father and only has her mother Leslie and little sister Gia. We also learn that Rue is a 17 year old drug addict who admits she has zero intentions of ever getting clean. I feel that the show has given each character 1 reason for being as significant as they are. Rue’s reason for being such a main character is to see what will be the cause of her actually getting clean, so that being said we are being dragged through the process of seeing her fight to keep drugs in her life. We have already seen the lengths she is willing to go, lying, faking drug tests and stealing. We start off seeing Rue as this quiet, very lowkey person but in reality I think she is this loud and very outgoing person but we aren't being allowed to see it.
By Marley Garcia2 years ago in Psyche
The time Abigail Jones saved me.
I was raised in a very strict christian household. I was forced to wear long skirts, long sleeve shirts, no makeup, no cutting hair, no television, only certain books, no cell phones, no public school and I could only attend my home church. Many read that and first word that comes to mind is "abuse" and I would almost agree. I say almost because at the time of my upbringing I was only ever around kids like me, who grew up the same way. I attended every weekly church service, prayer meeting, youth groups, church clean day, Saturday reach out day, Sunday morning and night service. My parents created the perfect blinding bubble to raise us in to the point where we thought the whole world lived the same way. Our school was private and christian based. Every lesson had to do with God and our classes were separated by gender. I didn't know what I was robbed of until I got my first job working at a grocery store.I begged my parents for months to let me get a job, I wanted to have money of my own to contribute to Sunday offering.
By Marley Garcia2 years ago in Fiction
