I started drinking coffee late in life. Well, late for a Puerto Rican that is. I was making coffee for my mom was I was seven. Yet, somehow my seven year old son can’t even conceive of doing such a thing for me. But I digress. Yes, […]
A few weeks back I was one of the first to board my flight and I sat there watching everyone get on. My row-mate made a few jokes and I nodded enough to feign interest. At one point, I saw a young woman with two other […]
Did you know that taxi cabs have a vomiting service fee. More often than not, the fee is $50? This is now pretty standard. Every single cab I took in Chicago recently had the vomit service fee prominently displayed. One of my Uber drivers was telling […]
I’m happy. There I said it. So often we focus on the negatives and our state of unhappiness that we forget to acknowledge our states of happiness. At times, we may even feel guilty to note our happiness. Think about it. When is the last time […]
Haven’t there been times when you have run off to the restroom when you are out with others-be it friends, colleagues or frenemies- in order to relax a bit? I know there are many times wherein I rush to the restroom so that I can sit for […]
Have you ever sat in a room and just stared ahead unable to move your face into a smile? By 3pm I often can’t even formulate words let alone put a smile together. I often push through such a state of being. I manage to fake […]
My little boy has decided that the color blue is his favorite. Now we get sweatshirts, pants and sandals in blue. We didn’t tell him he needed to like blue. We didn’t dress him blue as some form of gender norming. Apparently as we grow older we become […]
She went into the movie theatre alone. She wasn’t ashamed. She wasn’t sad. The first time she went to the movies alone, she was near tears from loneliness and shame. Strange feeling now that she looks back at it. She had felt like a loser. If Trump […]
I like salt. I like salt a lot. I like salt so much that I even put salt on my salads. Perhaps that act of salting defeats the purpose of eating a salad but it sure helps me enjoy it. Surprisingly, I have perfect blood pressure despite […]
The other day I rummaged through all my pantry cabinets hoping to find something sweet. I was desperate. I felt like I was in the middle of a movie where I was about to have a break down if I didn’t find that much needed item. […]
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