Unbreakable: My Story, My Way (27 page)

the caterpillar has transformed her sadness into color.

Butterfly of the hood, flying from the applause

because it is where she found true love

live, onstage.

Because it is where I found true love,

butterfly of the hood.

Todo lo puedo en Cristo que me fortalece.

—Filipenses 4:13

I can do all things through Christ, who gives me strength.

—Philippians 4:13

Acknowledgments

Mariposa de Barrio:

“Thank you, God . . . and thank you, my fans. Gracias a ti, mi público, mi gente, gracias por tu cariño, por tu apoyo, por tu amor, por tú también ser parte de esta, mi vida loca.”—Jenni Rivera

Pilly, Gus, Pupi, and me

My brother Juan and me

Mom and me

Daddy and me

Me at Video One

Garage where I lived with Chiquis

Chiquis’s baby shower

Chiquis, Jacqie, Mikey, and me

My little soldier Johnny and me

My princes, princesses and me

My beautiful Jenicka wearing her quinceañera dress and me. Thanking God for that special day.

Rosie, Jacqie, Chiquis, Jenicka, and me