Life, hope, lifestyle and everything beautiful
If you belong to one of the many Latino families who are facing the prospect of a difficult Christmas because you are caring for your elders and maybe your children, too, this post is for you. Juggling your job, your kids, and older adults, most likely won’t give you time to take for yourself. In […]
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Maybe not at the time did I feel grateful, especially while it was happening, but now in retrospect I can see how I dodged plenty a bullet and I’m able to thank, who knows who, for all those experiences that one might tag as unfortunate. I, on the other hand, see how those things had […]
Read More…Era un día cualquiera. No recuerdo la fecha, sólo recuerdo que lucía un sol primaveral esplendoroso, y ahí me lo encontré, en una esquina, sentado en la acera apoyado contra la pared. No era un indigente, pues llevaba traje y corbata. Ahí estaba, llorando, con las manos cubriéndose el rostro.
Read More…Diciembre trae consigo esas sombras del pasado que son difíciles de borrar. Es en estas fechas que uno echa la mirada atrás en un acto involuntario, sin quererlo ni beberlo nos vemos inundados de recuerdos. De lo que fue, fuimos, y lo que somos hoy.
Read More…It happened once, it happened twice, and the last time was just recently. I shall make sure it doesn’t happen again. I will not let letters or e-mails sit unsent until I am not too busy to finish and send them. Three times the letter and emails were late and the people who they were […]
Read More…I used to have this naïve idea that everything happened for a reason. Yet, after much thought, many bumps on the road, the harsh, or maybe not so much, reality is that things just happen, good and bad, and there is no hidden reason.
Read More…As Thoreau said in Walden: “Every morning was a cheerful invitation to make my life of equal simplicity, and I may say innocence, with Nature herself.”[Walden]
Read More…This is a belated letter. Almost 23 years late, but it’s here nevertheless. Now in retrospect I wish I could erase some damage I may have caused you. We did part, not as enemies but as two people who lost a battle. Who lost the most? I ‘d like to think we both gained. How […]
Read More…Wait, but it’s still November! You may gasp, but time goes faster as you add-on years. Life conspires to start gaining momentum when you wish it didn’t. When you are young you can’t wait to be old enough to drink, to go off on your own, to finish college, to start making a good living […]
Read More…As most people, my to do list resembles more and more a roll of toilet paper. The list of things to get done becomes endless and only gets worse the longer I postpone. The anguish and stress that accompany this habit should have taught me a lesson, but although I promise myself to do things […]
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