love – Rosa Isabel Chavez

What I learned about LOVE..

My grandfather banged on our front door, it was about 11:30 at night on a school night and he wouldn’t let up. My grandmother and I were alone in the apartment and I needed to go to sleep because work required me to get up by 6 A.M. I opened the door and there heContinue reading “What I learned about LOVE..”

The breaking of my heart..

I witnessed the burial of my grandmother two weeks ago in her home country.. I knew that would be part of saying goodbye, traveling to see her remains entered in the mausoleum she built for the sake of her daughter’s remains 47 years ago. We were ready and not ready to say goodbye.. she lingeredContinue reading “The breaking of my heart..”

It’s nothing to be embarrassed about

‘Lo dico perche non ce niente da vergognarsi’Trans: ‘I say it because there’s nothing to be ashamed of’ This is what my Italian friend told me after she announced on a group chat that she may not be able to see me when I go to Italy this summer, because she has cancer. To beContinue reading “It’s nothing to be embarrassed about”

My last day as Ms.

Today will be the last day that I legally go by Ms. and it has been a hard fact to swallow. I am a fan of a TV show called ‘Mom’ and one of their characters was in such a state because she was getting married and had to change her last name.. and sheContinue reading “My last day as Ms.”

To the Class of 2024

This message is for all of you and mostly for the ones I had the honor of meeting and will never forget.. whether you were a pleasure or a pain, my memory is vast. The world is yours and never forget it. You have so much to live for and so much to offer theContinue reading “To the Class of 2024”