On Life, Hope y todo lo demás...

Disappointed but not brokenhearted.

When I was a teen, a terrible one, my father always told me, “lovers come and go, but I will always be there for you through thick or thin because you are my daughter, and I love you unconditionally. Don’t ever forget that.” Now, more than ever, I know this to be true.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

My grandmother at 98 inspires me to be alone.

Every Sunday, I try to call my grandmother who raised me in Spain since I was 3. If I don’t, it’s because I don’t have the heart to call her when I’m sad. Yet, when I call her she cheers me up and makes me laugh.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Cuando el trabajo lo es casi todo

Me he dado cuenta de que el trabajo sí puede ser casi todo. Esto no es malo. Todo depende de las circunstancias y la decisión, sea o no consciente, de qué es lo que realmente te llena y dónde quieres poner toda tu energía. Puede parecer egoísta si estás en una relación de pareja pero, […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

When the lights in your soul go out.

I am not so worried about what may happen or what else may go wrong in my life now. I am more worried about the lights of my soul going out when the going gets tough and the gears no longer kick in to push me forward. It may happen to any of us. We just […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

When pictures become your memory.

I love to take pictures of special moments which are actually feelings. Now, as I look back on them, instead of needing a calendar to check what I did on a certain date I can not only remember but see and feel that day.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Maybe there is no tomorrow.

Not to spoil the ending but maybe there is no tomorrow. This for some could be a plain relief, but for the common folk, this is scary. We make plans, worry, and we forget that there is no guarantee that we will wake up to a new day.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Después de la tormenta llegó la templanza y las ganas de vivir.

Siento cierta templanza. Después de la tormenta las aguas se han calmado. Veo el mundo de otra manera, quizá con una visión más tranquila. Tengo poco ánimo de lucha. No porque me falten las fuerzas, sino porque las cosas las voy tomando menos a pecho y la aceptación de las situaciones desagradables llega antes.

by Laura Basset Carbonell

We win, we lose.

Life is an exercise in winning and losing. Every time we win, we lose as well. I won my freedom but lost my puppy. I knew well it was going to happen. It was painful but, inevitable. I wanted the best care for him and I gave him up to my ex. I don’t think […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

De la noche a la mañana, cambio de rumbo.

Dicen que los cambios más duros emocionalmente son las mudanzas, un despido y bueno, el divorcio. Quizá porque todos ellos conllevan un cambio drástico de rutina, de vida. Todo lo que hacías con asiduidad, que daba un sentido quizá falso de seguridad, de un día para otro se desvanece. Te encuentras como si te hubieran […]

by Laura Basset Carbonell

Don’t feel sorry for yourself. It’s a road to nowhere.

Rarely will you find me feeling sorry for myself. I used to, and that only made me hurt myself in some stupid way. Either by turning to alcohol or finding a million other ways to punish me. “That will show them!” I must have thought. Yep… That did show someone, it showed “me” how screwed […]