The last chapters of Ordinary girls show how Diaz tried to overcome her struggles. Diaz went through a depression because of her own mother. Instead of living in violence she just wanted a real family and home. The outcome is she joined the military and even came out about her sexuality when she was there. When Jaquira was in the military she enjoyed it. (“I had loved boot camp,” she writes. “In the Navy, I’d finally felt like I mattered”),(Diaz, 220). Even though Jaquira felt like she belonged in the military she abandoned it and went back to where everything started. She came back to Miami, she even lived with her parents again. She came back to the violent, abusive, toxic home from the beginning. After reading this memoir I understand the importance of family and how it can have an effect on an individual’s life. It ruins the perspective on love and family.