Category: Series
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Forgiveness is a Mandala
“Shh don’t cry,” Nani said as she wiped the tears away from my face. “Don’t get sad, if you go down that rabbit hole then you won’t stop crying.” Kiara held on to her hand softly as she lay on the air mattress they had laid out in the middle of her empty living room.…
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Chapter 2: Nenita
Capitulo 2: Nenita (Spanish Version) America Emilia Varela arrived at her mother’s home in Alturas de Belen with three young children and a shattered heart. The young woman that served as a second mother to her siblings and an ally to her mother now needed her family’s support more than ever before. A few weeks…
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Capítulo 2: Nenita
América Emilia Varela llegó a casa de su madre en Alturas de Belén con tres hijos y el corazón destrozado.
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Chapter 1: Abuela María
Ninety-seven years ago, on the largest island of the Antilles, Maria Rodriguez Pombo married Jacob Varela. At 16 years old, Maria had returned from Spain to her native Cuba to finalize the marriage her parents had arranged for her with a man they know from Coruña.
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Capítulo 1: La Abuela María
Hace 97 años, en la isla mas grande de las Antillas, María Rodríguez Pombo fue casada con Jacobo Varela. María, con tan solo 16 años, había regresado de España a su nativa Cuba para concretar el matrimonio que sus padres arreglaron para ella con un conocido de ellos de la Coruña.
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A Year of Letting Go: Bye, Bye 2017
Today, the day before the last day of 2017, I feel grateful for all the things it brought me, but also for all the ones it forced me to let go of. As 2018 approaches, I am ready to open my hands and let go of that which no longer serves me. I am ready…
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Nobody Said It Was Easy
I’ve realized that sometimes in life, when it is time to make important decisions, it can be helpful to be a pyromaniac and take the risk at being happy. I’ve realized that doing nothing only leaves you with nothing–and that’s just not the life I want to live–I don’t want a life full of nothing.
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Mr. Trump, Bravery Has No Gender
I don’t know if you realize this or not, but there are two very common traits between people in the military and those in our LGBT community: BRAVERY.
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Coming To America
Some stories need to be told at some point or another. This week, for the first time, I told mine publicly–twice. Once it was for a reporter for the USA Today who is writing an article about Donald Trump’s policy reversal regarding relations with Cuba. The second was to all of my followers, friends, lovers,…