Biography

As written by my already-a-legend 8 year old:

This is a story about Vanessa Lombera. Vanessa is my mom. I admire her because she has cool hair and she is a great singer and she can count to 10 in 5 languages.

Vanessa was born on December 9, 1974 on the big island of Hawaii. She grew up in Hawaii until she was ten. She liked living in Hawaii because it was tropical and it had coconuts, sugar cane, and macadamia nuts. She remembers playing in the puddles when it would rain because the rain was warm. She also remembers hula dancing and making leis in school for Lei Day.

She moved to California when she was in the 5th grade. She lived with her mom and her brother in a big yellow house. The house had frogs in the bathtub and her brother had to shake the shower curtain to get rid of the frogs so they would not jump on her.

In school Vanessa’s favorite subject was to read and write. Some of her favorite things to do when she wasn’t in school were camping on the beach, telling ghost stories, singing, and dancing. In high school Vanessa was a cheerleader and president of the whole school.

When she became an adult Vanessa sang at Great America as Pebbles from The Flinstones. Now she is a singer and music director at our church The Journey. The most important thing in her life is my brother, my sister, and me. We like to go to the pool together and go to the water park together.

My mom is important to me because she does nice things for me. She buys me clothes, takes me to the pool on hot days, and takes care of me when I’m sick. She is really special and I love her.