I’m writing out of what could probably be a very out-of-place anger. I know everyone has the undeniable right to pursue his or her own happiness. So undeniable and common-sense is this right, that it was included in the U.S. Passport (it’s a small quote from some forefather dude who spoke nicely enough to be [...]
El 2008 me dejó más lecciones que muchos de los años anteriores. A través de penas y malratos, al fin entendí que no puedo “bregar” con mi carrera. Por más que me esfuerce por retener el interés y ser la más profesional y la más “echá pa’ lante”, definitivamente estoy tratando de caber en una [...]
To my aunt & progeny (and uncle too, if he’s so inclined to include himself): Very simple – if you so hate being related to me, what business is it of yours to keep coming into my blog to read whatever I have to say? The fact that you do and then go and make [...]
Today, however, it has become clear how things are working themselves out in this slow, agonizing death of my grandmother: to compensate for the glaring absence of my mother’s brother and sister (the ones”in exile”, or whatever tickles their funny bone to be called), it has become our responsibility to take over our mom’s and aunt’s efforts.And by “our”, I mean my brother, my sister, and I. And today I noticed, this is tearing us apart.
I am fully aware that my whole family can eventually reach this blog and read whatever I have to say regarding them, regarding my life, regarding … whatever. I am not and will not be apologetic about what I write in here, even though it may wound sensitivities. If I choose to write what I [...]