Bits and Pieces

Sabado Gigante with My Tita

Sometimes I fear that I might forget the stories that keep my grandma (Tita) alive. It’s been a while since … Continue reading Sabado Gigante with My Tita

Narratives

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

Narratives

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

Bits and Pieces, Poetry

The Little Boy Who Holds Magic

She saw in the little boy, Magic. The kind of magic that reveals the secrets of life. And she … Continue reading The Little Boy Who Holds Magic

Poetry

Catch the Children

I want to catch the children when they fall. Tell’em, “You can melt in my arms, chiquito. I’ll absorb your … Continue reading Catch the Children

Bits and Pieces

Healing Love

Love is more than the manifestation of its energy through someone’s physical presence. It is an energy that endures far after the … Continue reading Healing Love

Poetry

Thank You

There are parts of me I’ve been working to love. Parts that I have hidden from myself. You … Continue reading Thank You

Narratives

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

Poetry

Yesterday, Anger was Here. . .

It poured its venom over me dripping on my skin like hot tar . Swarmed around me like an angry colony of … Continue reading Yesterday, Anger was Here. . .

Bits and Pieces

Leadership is an Experience, Not a “How To” (Part 2)

“Humility is not the absence of courage or strength; it is the modesty that comes from confidence and power.” – … Continue reading Leadership is an Experience, Not a “How To” (Part 2)