Maria and Francisco were constantly traveling from Guadalajara to Lake Elsinore. She had 9 grandchildren, and all was going well for her and her children. Here is where her family tree began to sprout. With all of her children in America, Maria and Francisco also moved to the U.S. Maria never let this obstruct in the way of her kids …show more content… Slowly one by one all of Gabby’s other brothers and sisters began to illegally migrate, until all of them were eventually here. He would hit her, but his kids would step in and he would realize he was doing something wrong. This was one of many hardships she faced, domestic violence. This led him to hit Maria, because she would ask him for money and he didn’t have any. Francisco would constantly get drunk and come home drunk.
He had a well paying job, but would always go and blow his money away on friends and other addictions.
She not only faced many financial hardships, but also never had the support from her husband. Maria was the one responsible for the upbringing of he children. Both Maria and Francisco were very young and immature when they got with each other after all they were still teenagers. This is not how it was during most of their marriage though. She would get drunk or leave …show more content… But Maria didn’t want to get married, Francisco begged and begged her to come with him and she did. This is when Maria Jesus would begin to treat her wrong.
Maria would feel downright embarrassed doing this and would sometimes not buy her any. She would send Maria to go her some alcohol with Coca-Cola. She liked to drink and was what some would call an alcoholic. Maria Jesus did have some flaws, though that made her a mean person. When Maria’s Mother died, she told Maria Jesus to look after her daughter. Maria Jesus was congenial to Maria and looked after her. She looked after Maria since about the age of seven, and took her in when Maria was about ten. Show More The other person that was extremely important to her was the lady with whom she stayed with for a short period of time.