Author Archives: Rosa Isabel Chavez

I had to take Childhood Psychology in college for my teaching certificate (circa 1996) and there was a lesson that stayed with me. There are events in a child’s life that can change and sometimes dictate their future, the first time I dived into the term ‘trauma’. I learned at that time that things suchContinue reading “Awakening Old Pain”

‘Tu eres una Mierda! Tu eres nada! Tu no tienes nada! Tu no tienes a nadie!’ translation – ‘You are shit. You’re nothing. You have nothing. You have no one.’ These words were yelled at me while I fed my grandmother. The words came from her daughter.. her eldest daughter, what can classify as anContinue reading “Words never really mattered”

My first language is Spanish (romance language), therefore my sentence structure will be awkward to some ‘English only’ readers.. don’t judge I was programmed. And so have you, programmed to believe, so many things.. Many of those programs have served me.. yet the others have buried me.. I was taught to keep silent about anythingContinue reading “Fuck it.”

We are born with the ability to reason, maybe for our benefit first, but no less to reason. We are born with the ability to cry out for what we need when we are hungry, when we are in pain and when we want what is not in our grasp. Then there are those thatContinue reading “Grateful Immigrant”

It’s July in NYC and Covid is ‘gone’. And Covid is not gone… the restaurant below my apartment building abides by the social distancing rules. People wearing and not wearing masks. I bump into the proprietor of Solace, Dominican entrepreneur realizing his American dream and throwing in the towel as he tells me about theContinue reading “Today”

I’m a Latin American woman, born from a Dominican woman and an Ecuadorian man. My DNA is spread out through an ATLAS of so many cultures, which compels me to reflect on who I am, really? I thought I was what my grandmother’s told me I was or who they believed they were and whereContinue reading “I am who I am”

Its o.k. if you don’t know what to do, its best to make a decision when you do know than when you are not sure.. Its o.k. to love somebody so so so much but always love yourself even MORE. Give time time – Dale tiempo al tiempo.. Things that are meant to be willContinue reading “Remember”

That passage along with the entire definition of Love can be found in the Bible..The answer to all conundrums can be found in the Bible..It’s just that ALL gets lost in translation..Or conveniently avoided or ignoredBut I never ignored that – ‘Love doesn’t keep score’So how does a single gal decide in today’s world..Old schoolContinue reading “Love doesn’t keep score”

October 31, 2011 at 11:30 PM ‘Meet me at Cafe Reggio at 3 pm tomorrow‘ A man that can tell me when and where to be with absolution is a man I can adore, respect and fear and so I did – meet him and so I do – adore him and so I willContinue reading “Snow in October..”

It’s as if I am writing about a sentence served.. Sometimes living can feel like that… a sentence and you wonder what did you do to deserve such a sentence and sometimes it’s exhilarating and you don’t want it to stop.. That is how I have been feeling lately and it takes me back toContinue reading “The first 20 years”