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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The freedom to be yourself.

I was 26 when this new acquaintance told me he had something to tell me when the time was right. It took a couple of weeks for him to finally tell me: “You care too much what people think of you.” I didn’t understand then but two decades later I understand only too well and […]

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Disassociation: escaping pain.

There is something called disassociation, when something is so painful you put it away in a drawer at the back of your mind and let it stay there, hidden. Sometimes it’s forgotten, but the day always comes when it returns and you need to tuck it back in with all its consequences, or deal with […]

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