I am a native American, from the Navajo tribe. I live on the Navajo Reservation, a small place called Birdsprings. In the community of Birdsprings, there are no stores, no laundry mats, no restaurants, there is just a local chapter house with houses. I live in a quiet community, where you can see mesas, and…
Cottonwood Arizona is located nearly dead center in the state of Arizona, which makes it relatively easy to explain to someone where in the state it happens to be. We actually live within a few miles of Centerville. Interestingly enough, Centerville is a mobile home park. Historically Cottonwood was named after a circle of sixteen…
I was born right here in Casa Grande at Casa Grande Regional Medical Center. I went to Cholla Elementary School, Cactus Middle school and I’m about one month away from graduating at Casa Grande Union High School. My parents also grew up in Casa Grande; as did my grand parents. Many people who live here…
Sometimes we would go to school with our hands blistered and smelling of onions, which would remain even when washed with Clorox. We would return to school in our worn hand-me-downs that were at minimum clean to be called “cebolleros” (onion pickers). Our living quarters, at that time, was a two-room shack and our furniture…
As a native Arizonan, I take every chance to reflect upon this wonderful place I call home, and count my blessings each time I do. Arizona is a beautiful state, a changing state, a complex and sometimes stressful place to live, yet I’ll always call it home and not trade it for anywhere else because…