Life and Mangoes with You
My birthday message for a love that kind of started with mangoes.
Tag Archives: Birthday
Dad Stories
It’s my dad’s birthday today. his 24th in heaven. In actual years, he would have been 73.
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Seventy. Today, Dad would have been seventy.
Big Brother
Today, my brother turned 23 years old.
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Hello to this new year for me. It’s going to be thrilling, nerve-racking, and mind-blowing. Wish me luck. 🙂
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Maybe there will be more years like twenty-three, more years for new beginnings, more years to explore and figure things out, more years to just be grateful for everything.
Of Fathers and Daughters
Now, I would gladly drag Papa to the dance floor for a father-daughter dance, and I’d be proud to walk arm-in-arm with him on my wedding day. I’ll always be thankful for him, because he came into my life, because he never gave up on me, because he loves Mommy, Gerald, and me so much. And I hope he knows just how much we love him, too.
Moonlight
They say that when you’re out of cash, the best gift to give is your talent. Maybe this is what I’m doing now. But at the back of my head, […]
22 and over
Now, I am twenty-two years old. At this age, I didn’t grow taller, I didn’t age that much, and I could still probably pass for a high school student or […]
The Mañanita Experience
My mother, brother, cousin and I were up before four a.m. We prepared the putomaya, the tskolate, the borrowed guitar, and the copies of the lyrics. We boarded the car, my brother in […]
Ella Thinks Aloud 