I Am Simply Human
People think I’m a good person but I’m not. There is good in me but also a lot of bad. This story is about my worst self in my role as mother of a son with developmental disabilities. I Am Selfish When...Read More →
I’m Ready to Go Gray
I seriously considered going gray three years ago during the lockdown. After much soul-searching and extensive consultation with family and friends, I realized it wasn’t time. It felt like an identity...Read More →
Autism, Superpowers, Dogs and Love
Winter is treadmill running season for me, and given my nerdy, guilt-driven personality, I can’t just watch Netflix series for entertainment. I also must watch educational type content -you know,...Read More →
Birthdays and Autism: National Diego’s Birthday Awareness Day
If you’ve read anything about Diego, you know he’s keen on birthdays, all birthdays, but especially his own. Diego's birthday fixation is unusual, not only in its intensity but also given his autism. ...Read More →
Lessons from 2022: From the Pathetic to the Great
I had a hard time deciding how to structure this list. My first thought was to start with the great and end with the pathetic, to then conclude with how I would do better or different in 2023. But the...Read More →
15 Reasons I’m Grateful to be Venezuelan
Last year I started my very own Thanksgiving tradition, though I didn’t know it yet. I posted a list of random things I was thankful for -exactly 52, for no other reason than the fact that I was 52....Read More →
Venezuelans, People of the Line
One September morning in 2022, while waiting in line at a Venezuelan Embassy, I befriended a man by the name of Ivan Daniel. He was the person right before me, number 14 I reckon, as I was number 15 on...Read More →
Why I Side with the Quiet Quitters
Let’s get on the same page and agree on a definition for quiet quitting, seeing as different people use the term to refer to different work practices. I’m going with the language from a 17-second TikTok...Read More →
The Reason I Will Never Have a Dog
I’m obsessed with dogs. Specifically, I’m obsessed with how crazy people are about their dogs. In a way, it has come as a relief to finally learn why I’ve never understood the dog-human attachment: I ...Read More →
Why I Write
By the time I picked up running fifteen years ago, I already had a special relationship with words and language. In college, one of my majors was French and I’d also gotten a graduate degree in translation...Read More →