What if…

“The more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.”

                                                                    Vladimir Nabokov

“You will always be my biggest what if.”

What if we create what we dream of. What if we conquer our fears and live the way we want to. What if our life is more wonderful than what we take for granted. What if we are living the life we weren’t meant to live. What if we let go of the things, places, and people that were supposed to change our lives for good. What if we just lost the opportunity to become more than we ever dreamt of. What if our lives will never be the same. What if we forgive who has hurt us. What if we let life surprise us. What if, what if, what if… These and many more “what if”s are the ones that make our life miserable. We get stuck in the past or we begin to live in the future without understanding that what we got right now is today! We live by dreams, just dreams, instead of making them the end of the “what if,” we constantly lack of courage to begin to live the rest of our lives. I think we create what we are afraid to do only when we have no more time or when something unexpected happens and we can’t do it anymore.

The feeling of missing… just missing

Ph. by Fernanda Casillas

“The hardest thing is not talking to someone you used to talk everyday.”

There are a lot of feelings that define us, that mold us, that come to our lives every once in a while, however, I think that the feeling of missing someone or even something is extremely gloomy. We miss our parents when we go on a field trip in our early age, we miss our home town when we go study abroad, we miss our loved one when we get heart broken, we miss the people who have left us, we miss our beds when we travel, we miss the place that stole our hearts, we miss ourselves when we try to be someone else. I mean, we even miss our bodies when we were young, when we were skinny. I don’t think anybody can be saved from this feeling. We all have experienced it, even for a moment when we realize that our life is not complete at all. We sometimes miss a friend for an entire day in which we want to hold her (or him) or just be by her (or his) side to listen to us. What is it that you miss the most? Who is it that you miss the most? Can you reach the people or things you miss?

A Childhood Memory

“A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.”

Marion C. Garretty

We’ve had our fights, we’ve had our differences, and we will always do, but we have grown to discover that our love can and will never be broken. With tales to discover, stories to be told, broken hearts to be fixed, we’ve found in each other the support we need to stand up to life. Today I write to you, my sister, who just had another baby. And I write to tell you that everything will be alright, yes your life will change, yes you will feel desperate, but no matter what, always remember that this too shall pass. Everything you make has become in something I admire, so even if it is only my admiration, maybe is something you can look forward every day you feel exhausted. Being a woman is a privileged thing, even if just the word is complicated, but you’ve had the honor to give birth and create someone that will be your greatest treasure. So today, feel empowered enough to conquer your fears and amaze the world with your strength, because I will always have your back just as you’ve had mine. And I truly admire how you’ve handled everything for those two beautiful and amazing daughters. Congratulations to you both, mother and father!!! How are you feeling this Friday? Today I am feeling proud of all of you women who’ve had the strength to say yes to life!!! Thank you for reading and happy Easter!!!

“Una hermana es un poco de la infancia que nunca se podrá perder.”

Marion C. Garretty

Siempre hemos tenido nuestras peleas, nuestras diferencias, nuestros momentos de lejanía, y siempre los tendremos, pero hemos descubierto que nuestro amor no podrá romperse nunca. Con muchas historias que nos hemos contado, mucha vida que hemos compartido y tantas decepciones que nos hemos curado, hemos encontrado la fortaleza para enfrentar la vida juntas. Hoy te escribo a ti, mi hermana, que acabas de tener a otra hermosa bebé; te escribo para decirte que tienes un don maravilloso: tuviste el don de dar vida!!! Y sí, tu vida va a cambiar, puede complicarse un poco más y también sentirás desesperación en algunos momentos pero quiero decirte que esto también pasará. Cada cosa que haces es algo que admiro en todo momento, y aunque sea sólo mi admiración, tal vez será algo que pueda darte comfort en los días de cansancio máximo. Hoy, siéntete más fuerte para empezar esta aventura de crear una vida maravillosa para tu hija, hoy siéntete segura que siempre cuidaré de ti, tal como lo has hecho tu conmigo. Muchas felicidades a ti y a tu esposo por esta extraordinaria forma de vivir que han llevado hasta ahorita, yo de grande: quiero ser como tú!! ¿Cómo se sienten este viernes? Yo hoy me siento orgullosa de todas las mujeres que han encontrado la fortaleza de decirle sí a la vida!!! (Sobretodo porque yo, aún no la encuentro) Gracias por leer!!! Felices vacaciones a todos!!!