Tag: writing
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An Open Letter to You
and to anyone who still believes immigrants are human beings I don’t know if you will ever read this. We are not in touch anymore. Life moved on. Your father is no longer here. But something he said to me more than twenty years ago has followed me quietly through my life — and only…
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Catyobi Lab: A Home for All My Ideas
A few years ago, I began to lose myself. Not suddenly, but slowly. Depression. Isolation. Exhaustion. A big farm. Too much silence. Too many responsibilities. Not enough support. I was technically married, but already alone. No money. Unfinished projects everywhere. Animals depending on me. A constant feeling that I was failing at everything. For a…
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A Chaotic Morning, a Gate That Wouldn’t Open… and a Shift I Didn’t Expect
Today began at 5:10 a.m., in that half-awake state where your body moves before your mind has caught up. I left the house early for jury duty (my civic duty to serve as a juror), thinking I had plenty of time to stop for gas and something to eat. But traffic had other plans. What…
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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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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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