We will always have Paris…

This is something we all have: the ability to keep memories frozen to later retrieve them and smile. Not to hold them tight and grieve in pain about the losses, but to calmly remember the gains and good times, let them go, and put them neatly back in the box for later enjoyment.

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The positive effects of reading.

  I love reading and especially browsing through books in a good old independent bookstore. True that the latter are few and far between nowadays, but the magic is still there if you are lucky enough to find these now hidden gems. When I’m walking around and my eye catches one, I’m suddenly transfixed and […]

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La espera…

Perdí la cuenta de los días y los meses que pasé esperando. Esperando a que lloviera, a que hiciera sol, a que llegara el verano o esa fecha incierta. Esperando, envejecí. Rodeada de mil esperas que luego pude ir quitándome como envoltorios de chocolatinas, solo que en ellos, no había nada.

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On breaking bad news.

  Being the bearer of bad news is something I’m not comfortable with, especially because I’m very protective of other people’s feelings and I try to avoid causing others pain. But life is full of bad news and out of respect; this news must be broken at some time.

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