Desert Water Drop (Borderlands)II
Here are photos from yesterday’s Border Angels desert water drop. “Since 1994, more than 11,000 sons and daughters, sisters and … Continue reading Desert Water Drop (Borderlands)II
Category: Narratives
Laboring for the American Dream
On Saturday I participated in the Day Laborer Outreach event that Border Angels coordinates once a month. We headed out … Continue reading Laboring for the American Dream
Desert Water Drop (Borderlands)
The work of the Border Angels (Angeles de La Frontera) is driven by the following words: “When I was hungry, who … Continue reading Desert Water Drop (Borderlands)
The Tear of Death
Two days prior to my grandma, Tita, dying, she asked Carmen and I to give her a bath. “Escojeme una … Continue reading The Tear of Death
Todo Sabe Mejor con un Pellizco de Amor/Everything Tastes Better with a Pinch of Love Part 2
PART 2 “Enfermo que come y mea, su Tita que se lo crea,” she would say when I was sick, … Continue reading Todo Sabe Mejor con un Pellizco de Amor/Everything Tastes Better with a Pinch of Love Part 2
Todo Sabe Mejor con un Pellizco de Amor/Everything Tastes Better with a Pinch of Love
PART 1 My grandmother helped me raise my daughter – she was her other mother. The wonderful and beautiful woman … Continue reading Todo Sabe Mejor con un Pellizco de Amor/Everything Tastes Better with a Pinch of Love
The Q’ewar Project
The Q’ewar poject is a social and economic initiative working with the indigenous women living in the Quechua Community of … Continue reading The Q’ewar Project
When Forgiving Her Mother Meant Walking In Her Shoes – Part I
Seeing her mother dote over her husband in the hospital, who was constantly readmitted for chronic liver failure due to … Continue reading When Forgiving Her Mother Meant Walking In Her Shoes – Part I
Uncertainty Through the Eyes of a Six Year Old
I was about six years old. My dad, who I didn’t live with, and had never lived with, had taken … Continue reading Uncertainty Through the Eyes of a Six Year Old
When Fear Rises to the Surface
This seed has a very hard shell that encases it with a very pointed end. When it drops from the … Continue reading When Fear Rises to the Surface
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