7:01 pm UTC May. 18, 2021
Editor s Note: Author Chelcey Adami met Maribel Landeros and Karizma Vargas a few years ago when she wrote about Karizma’s quinceañera. Adami became close friends with Landeros, eventually asking her to be a bridesmaid at her wedding.
SALINAS, Calif. – Maribel Landeros always wanted to be a mother.
Growing up in California, she tried to pack up a bag to take her baby cousin home, and cried when her aunt told her, No Mija, you can t take her.
She met her future husband, Edgar Vargas, while a high school student in Salinas. They had been friends, and after graduating in 1993, they reconnected in the late 90s after running into each other at the mall. The friendship grew to romance.
7:14 pm UTC May. 10, 2021
Editor s Note: Author Chelcey Adami met Maribel Landeros and Karizma Vargas a few years ago when she wrote about Karizma’s quinceañera. Adami became close friends with Landeros, eventually asking her to be a bridesmaid at her wedding.
Maribel Landeros always wanted to be a mother.
Growing up in Salinas, she tried to pack up a bag to take her baby cousin home and cried when her aunt told her, No Mija, you can t take her.
Maribel Landeros
I was in heaven. I was the happiest mom on earth. I was so ready for motherhood. It was the best gift ever.
5:41 pm UTC May. 8, 2021
Editor s Note: Author Chelcey Adami met Maribel Landeros and Karizma Vargas a few years ago when she wrote about Karizma’s quinceañera. Adami became close friends with Landeros, eventually asking her to be a bridesmaid at her wedding.
Maribel Landeros always wanted to be a mother.
Growing up in Salinas, she tried to pack up a bag to take her baby cousin home and cried when her aunt told her, No Mija, you can t take her.
Maribel Landeros
I was in heaven. I was the happiest mom on earth. I was so ready for motherhood. It was the best gift ever.