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meant Mom was on her way. We as you can say
would always hide, but she always you tried your
found us. We had so much fun very best.” She Christ the King
every single day. There was always wants us to have Cathedral School
an adventure awaiting, and we a better and more
were always sad on the way home. successful life
than she has had.
My grandmother has taught me a
lot about life through her words Any chance my
and actions. I’ve learned to be grandma gets to Providing strong academic
selfless and to give to others. She come watch me and development programs for
always encourages me not just to at my sporting or
see a person for who they are on extracurricular students, PreK-3 through
the outside but for who they are events, I can high school, for over 60 years.
in the inside. She has helped me always count
become a person with thick skin on her to be
with the ability not to let anybody there. She is one
influence my decisions or beliefs. of my biggest
She always lectured me on not supporters in
being a follower but a leader. everything that I
do. I have learned
She has been a great influence in from her never to
my spiritual life and has taught “settle”, because Discovering, Learning and Experiencing the Word.
me great values and ethics. She she strives until
encourages me never to lose she reaches
faith and to find answers in our perfection. I try www.ctkcathedralschool.org | (806) 795-8283
Lord. She is very involved in her to do the same in 4011 54th Street | Lubbock, TX 79413
church community. I like to be everything that I
involved in things, like she is. She do. I hope to be
reminds me always to do my best, a caring person,
so that I can have a bright future. with wisdom and that can never be broken. She has
My grandmother never had the love. I hope to touch the lives of influenced my life and has taught
opportunity to attend school, and others just as she has touched mine! me things that I hope to pass on to
because of that, she knows how my children one day. I am so glad
hard life is without it. She tells My grandmother has been a great that I have had the opportunity
her grandchildren, “I know that blessing in my life and still is to to get to know my grandmother.
school is hard, but always do your this day! I can always count on her I cherish all of the memories that
best. It doesn’t matter if you get to be there for me, in the good and we have had together, and I cannot
bad grades here and there as long bad times. We have a great bond wait to make more!

Article Submitted by
Alexandra Gonzalez CHRIST THE KING

Alexandra Gonzalez is a Senior at Christ the King Cathedral School. She enjoys
competitive athletics. She is a basketball player, a cross country runner, and a track
runner. She likes to play soccer in her free time. She was involved in the Lubbock Hype
Youth Leadership Program and is president of the Student Council and National Honor
Society at her school. Alexandra is also currently serving in the United Way Youth
Division as a student ambassador and is part of the volunteer committee at Christ the
King. She plans to attend Texas Tech University and pursue a degree in the medical field.

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