Happy Thanksgiving Week Today I am writing with a heavy heart. The news about the white ranger aka Tommy aka Jason David Frank passing has made me so incredibly emotional. I grew up with four older brothers and a ton of boy cousins. We would watch Power Rangers all the time. I remember that Tommy…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 33
So, I meet Mr. Depp. Someone I admired. He was kind and encouraging. My soul was filled, and I felt like I was on the right path in my career. A little while later, I transferred to another toy store location. I become the manager at the flagship location. It was a slow January day.…
#259 resurrecting lost dreams
Let’s start creativity with one photo at a time. It’s Wednesday, so you know what that means, another Wednesday blog. I really love to write and I love to write about things that mean something to me. I have made a new friend. Her name is Cazandra. She is also a substitute teacher and we’ve…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 32
My younger self used to always believe that things that happened in her life were meant to be. I truly thought that I was meant to be in the film industry because the universe kept pointing me in that direction in odd ways. When I look back, I feel silly but who knows right? I…
#258 cold mornings
Hi Readers, These cold mornings have been challenging. It is so hard to get up and go to work. My home is so cold and I am not a cold morning kind of gal. The cold makes me lazy. I just want to stay in bed and sleep. My appetite changes too. I want warm…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 31
Eric In December 2012, I would have lost my brother, Yama. 2013 preceded to be one of the worst years of my life. It was full of letdowns, depression, and learning some hard truths about life. In January of 2013, I declared Communication as my college major. After two years of talking to advisors, family,…
#257 letting myself down
Halloween awesomeness It is November. We have two months left in 2022. Another year has flown by. This is the second week of my new position. So far, it has been mellow. There is not much to do yet. I have no students. Hopefully, next week. It is a new program for the school district…
#256 moths
It is the last whole week of the spooky season. I want to give you, my readers, another spooky story. This week was my first week in my new position as an ESL teacher. I never wanted to become an ESL teacher. Actually, I kept saying no for years. My brother is in the ESL/…
#255 spooky showers
I have spent a lot of nights at the gym this past year. At least four times a week, I head to the gym after a whole of work. I push myself even if my legs feel like jello from a whole night of serving plates of food to some hungry, needy, and occasionally sweet…
Bla Bla Land: Chapter 30
In the first half of the year of 2012, I had this angst to start creating again. Life had gone back to normal. It was school then work then home. I was keeping contact with a lot of the people I met during ICF. One of the folks I kept in touch with was Tal.…