“If you asked me what I came into this world to do, I will tell you: I came to live out loud.” ~ Anonymous June 10, 2011, I moved out of my apartment where I lived alone for close to two years. I haven’t had good roommate experiences – at all. I’ve lived with so […]
Los dos…
I. I still see the outline of your body against the dark stillness in my room, a tilt in your walk, the curve of your back. I remember the breath of your voice, the length of your hands, the feel of your sides, the emotion I felt through your lips. It would be unfair for […]
I’m Bacckkkk!
I remember writing Last Weekend of Freedom back in January after I received an email from my Multimedia professor. He let us know we should appreciate our last weekend of freedom before school started. He was right. Since I started this blog after transferring to UNC, I’ve never gone so long without writing. And if […]
Strong Women
There are a lot of strong women in my family. My father’s mother is the one captured in the photograph, Zonia Rosa Heredia. I never really got to know her because she died when I was very young. But I do have small memories of her. She often argued with my mother (a strong woman) […]
The Road
The bus came to a stop. Two people got on, and another began fastening his bike to the front. The bus driver honked to hurry the young man, and he apologized as he jumped on the bus, “Sorry, I just wanted to make sure it was secure.” He sat down opposite of me as he […]
Last Weekend of Freedom
Thursday evening I was in Harris Teeter picking up a few things I needed for my apartment when I got the email. It was from my intermediate multimedia instructor informing us this upcoming semester was going to be tough, but hopefully fun. It had some information about our book and learning center online, but as […]
A Tale of Homelessness
Six months have passed since the last time I saw Jose Luiz-Lopez Sanchez. His home, a cubby in the underside of a bridge in Chapel Hill, remains intact. But as the seasons have changed, it seemed so had the man I found early in the spring planting his garden under the bridge. His 52 years […]
I Am Thankful for Grace
I was seven when I found out my name means, “grace.” I can’t tell you how hard it was to find my name amongst the bookmarks, key chains, or any of those normal trinkets spelling out names, and doling out descriptions of them. My name wasn’t ever included – it was too different, too odd. […]
What is La Voz Translation Services?
I realized two days ago I haven’t been keeping my blog up to date on the program I have been working on. Truthfully, I’ve been too busy to be as diligent with my blog writing as I need or want to be, but I thought I had dedicated one blog to talking about the program […]
The Road To Success Is Lonely
It has been a while since I posted a blog. Too long in fact. There has been a lot happening in my life. I am learning more each day. And my Fall ~ has finally appeared. I am going to write frankly. I spent a large part of my life chasing an ideal that is […]