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I don’t want to fight
I don’t want to fight, but you punish my honesty with silence and absence. I don’t want to fight, but I hear so much in the things you’re not saying. I don’t want to fight, but you’ve been dropping balls left and right. I don’t want to fight, but you’re…
My father encouraged me to speak out
“Never let anyone tell you you’re wrong when you’re right, Mija,” my father said to me often when I was growing up. What he meant was that I needed to stand up for myself no matter who it was I was standing against. That I needed to speak out…
the things I hate right now
I hate that she seems so frail … when I look at her I can see the weakness and not the strength. I hate that she seems so old … when I’m with her all I notice are the signs of the passage of time. I hate how she…
You can’t say “pee” and “poop” to your friends
I was a sickly child. I’m a sickly adult. Allergies. Migraines. Delicate stomach. Weak ankles. Anxiety. Problems sleeping. Snoring loudly. Frequent cavities. Arthritis. Mild carpal tunnel. A pinched disc. Colds that last 6+ weeks. And many many other things. I get sick a lot. I stay sick longer than…
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the girl who cried “rain!”
I lived through Tropical Storms Allison and Harvey, both of which inundated the city with more water than I thought was possible. I lived here for Hurricanes Alicia and Ike. And I’ve seen what just an hour of hard rain can do to otherwise safe streets. I have a…
So little faith
My mother is spending the weekend at my place. This morning, after I showered and spent a little bit of time working. MOM: “I heard you up and around early today.” ME: “I told you last night I had an 8 am Zumba class, Mom.” MOM: “Yeah, but I…
Emotional about Harvey
My attempts at remaining calm are starting to show cracks. I want liquor or a pill or a time machine … I want it all to just be over. And the truth is that I haven’t suffered the effects of the flood yet. While I’m stuck away from home,…