Women. We are all daughters. Some are sisters, mothers, wives, girlfriends, best friends and lovers. We are powerful in and of ourselves. We carry life. We sustain relationships, families, countries, empires. I want to say thank you to each and every one of you, my sisters, my fearless warriors. In spite of so many pains,... Continue Reading →
The Art of Being a Green Dog. The Method to My Madness/ El Arte de Ser un Perro Verde. El Método de Mi Locura.
In the beginning, I was just an ordinary child. Nobody suspected that I would become what I am today, that Wyrd eccentric, the loud, opinionated freak in conventional clothes. I truly doubt anyone would want to follow in my footsteps, but since stranger things have happened, here goes a method-admittedly not fool proof- to becoming... Continue Reading →
Strength and Courage, The Tears behind a Smile / Fuerza Y Coraje, Las Lágrimas Detrás de Una Sonrisa
Everyone wants to be strong. Few, however, realize that being strong hurts. You become strong when you persist and you learn, and you don't refuse to accept the lessons pain can teach you. You become strong under pressure. You long to feel weak and have someone tell you it'll be fine, that it'll work out,... Continue Reading →
Rant of The Green Dog / Parrafada del Perro Verde
Why, oh why can't they see it? Why can't they believe the women in their lives who tell them? Why can't they accept that even though they are kind and gentle and loving and all sorts of good people, some men simply do not treat women as equally dignified? When I was in the third... Continue Reading →
The Herd / La Manada
We, as humans, as social beings, need to belong. We develop an intrinsic belief that our inclusion as part of a larger group is a necessary part of our survival as individuals. First, I'll give a formal definition of what a social group is. 'A social group consists of two or more people who interact... Continue Reading →
The Fog /La Niebla
<a href="http://Fog"> How often do we allow ourselves to see through the haze that dominates our lives? We are enveloped by a thick fog, layers upon layers of misery that seep out from nowhere. They paralyze you, these layers. They remind you how useless you are. They feed off your insecurity. They whisper in your... Continue Reading →
Every Step of the Way/ Cada Paso del Camino
Sometimes, a certain wind blows away the cobwebs surrounding that part of our hearts we keep hidden from sight. It makes feelings stir that we did not know we had, that we never identified as ours. They had been buried under layers of cautious indifference. We had held them at arm's length just in case... Continue Reading →
Scars / Cicatrices
Scars. We all have them, unless we are very young. We hide them beneath smiles. We cover them with affirmations that all is well, flourishing in fact. But they manage to show through the cracks where we were once broken. Everyone tries to hide them, deny them, disguise them. We feel they are a sign... Continue Reading →
In Praise of Identity, In Praise of Diversity/ Alabanza da Identidá, Alabanza da Diversidá
(Note: Asturias is a region on the northwestern coast of Spain.) I remember a few years back, when I was living in a tiny Asturian village, the day the school teacher called the parents and told us that our little school was going to be closed. We were shocked and worried, and I particularly was... Continue Reading →
The Truth is… / La Verdad Es…
The Truth is... Don't say it! Don't even try. It will get you nowhere. Trust the Green Dog. Or don't. Figure it out for yourself, because I don't want to be the cause of anyone not thinking. There are more than enough people out there that run a country mile in the bat of an... Continue Reading →
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