Dear, future grandson or granddaughter my name is Gabriel Antonio Hernandez I’m writing this march 25,2010 and this is a story of my life and how I kept out of trouble and kept me off the streets by getting into something that I enjoy a lot which is hunting. Well I was born June 5 1993 in Albuquerque New Mexico and on that date in snowed and here in New Mexico that kind of weather does not happen. So my mother always thought I was very special for that and that I would grow up to be something great. I never meet my real father because he was not a good person he was a gang member and into selling drugs. and what’s crazy is my mom had no idea of this until they were about to move into a apartment together cause my mom was pregnant with me that’s when she was unpacking his clothes and found the drugs and realized who he really was so she told him to leave and never come back. And he did with no problem at all. From what my mother has told me my dad didn’t look like a gangster she said he was a handsome man and very funny and respectful .but he hid who he was really well until my mom found out. So my mom raised me and three sisters and brother who were all older than me by herself with the help of my grandma. My grandma was the best person ever always did everything for her family that she could. She took care of me and my siblings while my mom worked and went to school. My grandma was so cool she loved the Dallas cowboys and drinking beer and smoking a cigarette and watching wrestling. She was such a funny woman and so many people loved her. When I was about 3 my mom meets my stepdad. he introduced me and my brother to hunting and ever since I can remember I’ve been hunting and continue to hunt it’s my life and addiction ,but my stepdad was a very angry man who every time would put holes in the walls with his fist and scare my mother to death. He used to abuse me and my brother. Even all the pain he caused to and my family I still thank him for putting hunting in my life. A lot of my life has been spent in the mountains always hunting, fishing, and trapping. Being in the outdoors hunting changed my life because it’s kept me out of a lot of trouble. Because growing up in the south valley trouble is around every corner waiting for you. Hunting is not just my addiction but I can make a career from hunting. Having an outfitting business with my older brother Richard which he has already started and when i get of age I will join the business and work with my brother side by side doing the thing we both enjoy. Any way my mom divorced my step dad when I was about 10 or 11she had enough with his anger. . My brother is so awesome and I’m glad to have him in my life. After high school he became a very well known guide and hunter. He started his own outfitting business and that business is growing fast and becoming very known by almost every one. I’m proud of my brother because we didn’t have the best life and despite all the bad in his life he still came up and became someone that people respect and look up too. He always kept the hunting dream in his head and knew some day he would achieve that dream which he has. Without hunting who knows where he would be in life. And as for me it took me awhile I had to make my own mistakes and choices and learn from them before I actually could move on in life just like my brother. I got in trouble with the law at a young age. I was hanging out with the wrong people. And after I had enough with being who I was I decided to change. And follow in my brothers’ footsteps. I could not see my life without hunting because when I’m out there I’m a different person I feel like it’s what I was meant too do. So when I’m of age to join my brothers business we will be the greatest and biggest outfitters out there.
