First, Ramadan Mubarak aka Happy Ramadan! My blogs might be shorter for the next couple of weeks because of my lack of energy and sleep, but I will do my best. For the month of Ramadan, I wake up at 4 am for breakfast and prayer. This takes about an hour. Then I try to…
#178 Disappointment
For me, one of the biggest struggles of being an artist is the pressure I put on myself to be creative. https://anchor.fm/frshta/episodes/178-Disappointment-eucae9 I like to write, I like to paint, I like to draw, I like to create films, I like to play the piano and just be a creative person in general. I’m not…
#176 Spring
https://anchor.fm/frshta/episodes/176-Spring-etc6ph https://anchor.fm/frshta/episodes/176-Spring-etc6ph Spring is amongst us.Can you believe it has been one year since the safer at home order? One year since our lives as we knew it changed. It feels like a long time ago, yet it doesn't at the same time. What a scary time it was. A time that will go down…
#175 rugrats, a progressive cartoon
Have you ever had a role model and you didn’t even know it? I have and her name was Angelica Pickles. Angelica Pickles was the three-year-old that showed me what a strong girl looks like. She was fierce, yet kind. Angelica was the antagonist of the 90s shows called Rugrats. She was probably the biggest…
#174 women who support women
The Palm Coffee Bar by Joanna Teresa Heart There is nothing like women who support each other. Especially when there is this giant world that is constantly telling women to sit down and shut up or pushing them against each other. I want to highlight someone very dear to me this week especially since we…
#173 “my daughter is as strong as a man,”
It is national women's month in March. In the classroom that I co-teach in, I started going over what Women’s month means and why. We watched a couple of videos and then we picked a Nearpod assignment. Nearpod is premade lessons by LAUSD and other teachers that are accessible to all educators. We scrolled through…
#172 rant
I have been trying this new thing. I am trying my best not to allow my thoughts to control me. Whatever is going to happen will happen. Sometimes I might feel like I have control but I really don’t. I have control over nothing but myself. My nephew was born on February 19,2021. I am…
#171 slowing down
Life has felt nonstop lately.Everything is happening so fast.I want life to slow down.I need life to slow down.Where did the time go?It's Monday, and then I blink, and it's Friday.Then I blink again, and it's Monday morning.I feel as if I don't even have time to process my weekend.How do I make life slow…
#170 Fantasy
Kim, my ex-trainer inspired this week's blog. She posted a passage about fantasies. Let me paraphrase it! "Whatever you fantasize about should be what you should be doing." Gosh, I wish I knew who the author was. Kim also posted something about doing a job that serves people and not worry about the money. If…
#169 your being dramatic
This entire blog entry was inspired by Katherine Heigl (the lady in the picture above). Gosh, I could related so much. A room full of people I call my friends when a question comes up on an ice breaker app. The question is “who is the most dramatic in your group?” The entire room points…
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