Jessikita Solita

My baby girl was diagnosed with Turner Syndrome (TS) at 12 weeks in May 2013. Though her due date was December 6, 2013...on August 14, 2013, in my 23rd week of pregnancy, I gave birth to an angel, Karina Nicole Robledo, aka "Sweet Pea". [6:09 pm, 11.9 oz]. I believe life begins at conception and I loved Karina from the moment I knew of her existence. I will always love her. I heard her heartbeat and have her sonograms. I had life inside me. It does not matter for how long. She is my daughter. I enjoyed and embraced each day I had her. She will always be a part of me and stay in my heart forever! She was special, and though short lived, touched and changed my life eternally. We too are connected in an inexplainable way that not even death can separate our love.  “The thing no one tells you about is the relationship that begins after they die.”   -Maggie,  Return to Zero I choose to take my tragedies and turn them into something else — sharing my story in hopes of re

Life took me for a bit of a roller coaster ride the year leading up to my departure. In the beginning, I remember attempting to become a YouTuber by making a trial video of the start of my downsizing and minimalist lifestyle. I came back from Corpus Christi after my Dad´s 59th birthday and attempted to get rid of my Christmas decorations. I ´m going to sell all my things and travel!  Well, that was a bust! I couldn't even get rid of Christmas decorations that I didn't even use that year! I hated the way my voice sounded and how I looked in the video.  I thought to myself, I'm crazy. This idea is way out of my league. I began to think of other reasons why I shouldn´t make this crazy idea a reality. For one, I was reluctant to be too far from my family. My mom was a sick and my fear was that something would happen to her while I was traveling. I would never forgive myself if I couldn´t be there. In addition, one of my stipulations before I made any type of move or change