I have always been entranced by language. The way it’s written, spoken, interpreted. The way the French have a word for a certain ‘blue’ type of day. The way the Spanish rolls their rs. The way there are no. The way our minds are molded by the sentences we hear. The way our faces change […]
Since self-care is not always bubble baths, endless shopping or rebounds. Break-up is a deep punch on one’s stomach giving a pain so stubborn which refuses to leave. The clock struck 2:30 am. Eyes wide open, tired but open. Fingers tired of scrolling down feed on social media. Phone’s dying. Sleep-deprived, I lie on the […]
MAMA NATURE, SISTER SUN AND MOTHER MOON Yell from the rooftops, yell from the trees. Mama Nature is here, and here she screams. Mama Nature is coming alive. The world may be crying, but joy resides. Mama Nature is bright with green and blue. Oh, and don’t you worry, the colors of the rainbow are […]
Two Words My grandmother’s name is Anna. It’s a derivative of our family’s saint name Antonio. Antonio, Anna, Antonetta, Antoinette; which is my middle name and my legacy to pass on. Anna has dementia. It’s genetic. It is what is slowly taking her, while we watch. It isn’t the fact that death is holding my […]
I used to think of someone that was thirty as someone old. This, of course, was when I was about eight or nine years old. Why wouldn’t you, when they more than tripled my age back then? My own dad was 30 before I even turned ten, and as the years passed and I became […]
I quit social media at the age of 17 – for four years. I didn’t have a presence on any platform. I was drawn to the sentiment that life is better when no one knows what you’re up to. “Travel and tell no one, live a true love story and tell no one, live happily […]
We all have a life long changing relationship with food. As a child, I was a fussy eater. For a while my staple diet consisted of Nutella sandwiches and grilled cheese. My parents battled with me at the dinner table for hours every night as I attempted to conceal food in napkins and feed the dog […]
“There’s nowhere else you are supposed to be” ephemeral warmth humid sweat, “Feel a calm, cool the boil.” Move your hands, all over. Transcience is the moment, find the place, forget the sidewalk. Remember the sequence, file on, find comfort. Forget it, untangle your hair Feel recollective, warm up, skim the bottom, paddle up Discover […]