Life, hope, lifestyle and everything beautiful
I often hear people say that if someone is still single, then their love life must be a failure. However, I don’t see it that way. I have been fortunate enough to fall in love countless times and have had many wonderful experiences. Even though it didn’t work out with most of them, I still […]
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As we grow older, many of us face an increasingly busy and hectic life. We often have more responsibilities, from work and family commitments to social engagements and other obligations. Amidst all this, it can be easy to overlook the value of solitude, particularly for introverts. But the truth is, being alone has many positive […]
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Over the past three years, I haven’t been able to enjoy a good old campfire with my advisees on our yearly start-of-school year retreat. This year we were finally able to do so, but I suffered an injury while exercising a few days before, sending me straight to the ER and my doctor, who thought […]
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Happiness grows wherever you plant the seeds, but if you don’t care for them, they shrivel and die. Although it’s a known fact, it’s easily overlooked and we often pay more attention to someone else’s garden of happiness wishing it were ours without tending our own. Happiness grows from the seeds we care for. We water […]
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There’s been a lot of mourning in my life these past two years. And now I’m finally my old happy self. So much change, and shattering heartbreak from the losses of friends and pups. This past week, thanks to my dear friends and family, there’s been an actual breakthrough, at long last. From fog to light, […]
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We all seem to have a breaking point, no matter how strong and levelheaded we think we are. We may promise and convince ourselves that we won’t go there and one day, much to our surprise, we crack and lose our cool. Exactly what happened to me the other day. I thought I had lost my […]
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Ever since I was 16 I’ve been in a relationship. The fear of being alone was scary, so you can well imagine that some of my choices were not the best. Sometimes, I now feel, I didn’t even choose, they chose me, and out of fear of solitude, I went with it. Yes, very sad. […]
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If I could go back and talk to my teen self I would love to be able to reassure her that everything would be fine. That what she was going through was normal and that in time everything would settle. If only… I look at my teens in class and feel for them intensely. Now, probably […]
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Every time I see my grandmother I go back to when I was five. We chat and she recalls things I barely remember but soon, with all the details she brings up, I get the clear picture and the whole memory rushes back. I can feel the moment as if it were yesterday, but it’s […]
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I’m Spanish. My grandmother raised me alongside my father. We celebrated all those wonderful family traditions, and family gatherings filled with love. I remember our breakfasts, sitting at the table listening to the radio, which also gave us the time every minute in the middle of telling us a story. It was called Radio Minuto. […]
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