Slap a label on it
The way we present ourselves to the world often comes wrapped in labels: "I'm American." "I'm a doctor." "I'm gay." "I'm Jewish." "I'm a...
Tamed
I only remember ever having been read one book as a child. My daddy read me The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. I remember...
What I wanted to be when I grew up
My bachelor's degree is in Creative Writing. I reluctantly graduated in December (I would have been happy to stay in school longer) and...
Memories
Before I get to the actual writing part, let me tell you the genesis story of this particular post. Usually, when I get an idea for a...
Weekend in Washington DC
In November of 2013, I had the opportunity to go to a conference in Washington DC with an organization I volunteered with. I was no...
What DO I like?
I got divorced in the summer of 2009. In the fall, I would be retuning to work in Foreign Country, where I had been working since fall of...
Wishing you well, but from afar
At the time that I was going through my divorce, there were two other colleagues from my department who were also in the process of...
Friends
I always had friends. Does that sound like a strange statement? I'm sure we all know someone who we'd describe as a "loner". I wasn't a...
Gifts
Yesterday, I was in the shower scrubbing my face and somehow a fingernail caught my little gold hoop earring and I felt my earring pop...
Mi gente
Even though I was born in Mexico City and lived along the northern border for years, I didn't have the opportunity to travel around...
