Category: Reflections
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Love Never Feels Like Enough: On Pets, Regret, and the Weight of Caregiving
👉 Leer este post en español Yesterday, my cat Brûlée died in my bed at 12:10 a.m. She had been with me for almost nine years. She was stubborn, independent, not easy to read — she never let me pet her, but she slept on my pillow every night. That was her way of loving me.…
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Parenting Without Being a Parent
👉 Leer este post en español I decided not to have kids. For most of my life, I thought I would. I even had names picked out: Isaac and Marco, after my dad and my grandfather. I pictured two boys — maybe because growing up as a girl, I saw how much harder we had to…
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Lo que entiendo de ser madre sin serlo
👉 Read this post in English Decidí no tener hijos. Durante la mayor parte de mi vida pensé que sí los tendría. Incluso ya tenía los nombres: Isaac y Marco, en honor a mi papá y a mi abuelo. Me imaginaba con dos niños — tal vez porque al crecer como mujer vi lo mucho más…
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A story about anxiety, paddleboarding, and reclaiming joy
👉 Leer este post en español: Una historia sobre la ansiedad, el paddleboarding y recuperar la alegría My mom says that when she was a kid, she had a lot of fears — of the dark, of insects, of people. One time, when one of my siblings was a baby, she found a big worm next to…
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My Life Was Never Ordinary
👉 Leer este post en español: Mi vida nunca fue ordinaria Some of the jobs I’ve had didn’t exist before I arrived at the company. That sounds rare, right? But it’s something I’ve experienced more than once. I’ve always had this strange ability to walk into a place and see what needs fixing—whether it’s a broken…
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Confessions of a Multipotentialite: Why I’m Done Choosing Just One Thing
👉 Leer este post en español: Confesiones de una persona multipotencial I’ve always hated the question: “So… what do you do?” Because honestly, how do I answer that? Do I talk about herbs? My farm? My love for animals? My degree in Industrial Design? My obsession with learning? The candles, the soaps, the seed packs, the dried…
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