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  • Growth

  • Ancestral Trauma

    It has been too long, but long is never gone, for tomorrow, no matter how long, shall arise once again as long as your essence allows it! Today, I sit in a memoir of my own life. A reality of hurt and pain. A reality of my ancestry. A reality of truth. Thoughts of my…

  • Papa

    What a beautiful site: He sat in tanned clothing, He was as handsome as can be with a clean shavened face. He wore the same paint stained watch I remembered as a child. Eloquent in an unfamiliar sitting position as he spoke of an intellectual topic. I gawked and took in every inch of his…

  • Another Year….

    Another year to depart from and say good-bye to, it was fun, it was sad and it was happy! A new year to embark on to renew yourself, to say bye to the old and hello to the new. Are you ready? Are YOU ready? I can’t hear you!! ARE YOU READY!!!!!????? (“ahem” as I…

  • Writing is to Love

    I am a writer. I am a lover. I love to write as much as I write of love. I write too much. I think too much. I love too much. I can never stop writing as simple as I can never not love. Pen to paper is my passion as my love can catch…

  • A Cultured Christmas is…

    A Mexican American Christmas is…….. Tamales for days, days of making tamales, never getting tired of Masa, which is a dough made from corn flour. Tamales come twice a year, Christmas is one. It is pan dulce con cafe.  Sugar, more sugar and more sugar with a hint of caffeine.  Conchas. My favorite-empenadas. Pan is…

  • Wishful Thinking

    She said she was afraid of  Taking Chances.  You know that drowning feeling.  The butterflies. The smiles.  The laughs. The hugs.  He said,  “Don’t worry. Never worry.” As he kissed her soft lips. She said, “Cheers” for she knew it was wishful thinking …. -cami*star.com

  • One Millisecond….

    In one millisecond I was walking earth happily alone, The next, I’m comfortably laying in your arms….