On Life, Hope y todo lo demás...

How does it feel to be single again?

Someone asked me this recently and it took me a while to understand the question! Single? Oh! Yes, you must mean, how does it feel to be separated and leading a “single” life. Well, my answer was even more surprising to me since I hadn’t even given that a thought. “The same, I guess.” Meaning; […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

The sweetest wake-up in a long time.

Having moved out of my once called home, I have been lucky to have landed in my friends’ home which came with adorable Drew, a female dog who I now have made my best friend. She is old and that suits me fine, even better, when we go for our morning and afternoon strolls, we […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Google and grief.

What did people do when they experienced grief? They felt probably the same as we do now, but now at least we don’t feel so crazy, misplaced or alone.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Abrupt changes and your health.

We all know that stress affects our health and immune system. Too much of something can do this, in this case, too much abrupt change. I am now, finally sick, the flu and a few other minor health issues are calling out to me so that I can heal and take care of myself.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Happy places where the grey turns to bright hopeful colors.

There are places, happy places as I like to call them, where just being there, entering that world, fake and all, calms me and lifts me, just like the lines in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”: “What I found does the most good is just to get into a taxi and go to Tiffany’s. It calms me […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Gente rota: historias que nunca verán la luz.

Siempre quise escribir un libro titulado “Gente rota”, pero nunca he podido sentarme a hilar las historias porque hay historias que han de morir sin ser contadas, que son parte de los susurros a media luz y sólo pertenecen ahí, a la penumbra de ese momento intimo y solemne de secretos compartidos.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

The roller coaster ride of grief.

When shit happens, the first stage of grief is shock, adrenaline kicks in, and while some may react by crying inconsolably, others go into frantic activity mode, where they keep so busy that they don’t allow themselves the time to feel anything. Then the cycle continues and they are hit by anger, followed by acceptance, […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

“Sacas lo peor de mi” y otras palabras que se lleva el viento.

Por más que lo intente no recuerdo las promesas que me han hecho porque sé que son tan difíciles de cumplir que mi cerebro no las computa, las deja pasar y se las lleva el viento. No tanto así me ocurre con las palabras hirientes aunque hayan salido sin querer, y que quizá sean esas […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Life is ridiculously meaningless.

I’ve been in search for the meaning of life, like many, for a very long time, too long. To be exact for 5 decades, and now, finally, I can rest in peace; the search of that universal meaning is over. I got it! At long last I can sit, relax and stop fretting about finding […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

I’m not afraid to lose anything because I have nothing.

A friend of mine told me this years ago when she was in deep debt that she wasn’t afraid of losing anything because she had nothing, yet she was very responsible and paid every penny of the money owed in time. What she meant by this was that she didn’t spend sleepless nights worrying about […]