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I’m so in Love

I love this song. I woke up happy. I don’t have any one person in my life yet, but this reminds me that many people out in the world are so in love, and that thought fills me with joy. So for all of you, that are in love, have fun and dance. I am dancing for your happiness and will drink a Shirley Temple in your honor.

Calming a Tantrum with Two Cups of Water

Today, after morning appointments, I went to my favorite coffee shop. I ordered my usual Cuban coffee and my Bavarian cream doughnut, and I sat on my favorite spot. The store is in the corner of this mini mall and where I sat, I could see most of everyone that came and went. There is this Children’s Day-care attached to this mini Mall. This morning as I drank my coffee, I watch as an SUV […]

The Five Funny Things I Lived When I Dated Men in Their Fifties.

This is just for fun. If you think I am being disrespectful, I am sorry, but I am not. I write my blogs for both my male and female readers. So when I write about my experiences when dating, please men, this is not me man bashing.  I love men. I am a heterosexual. I am just writing about the things I find funny. At my age, I must find humor in life. It is […]

Book Review; The Nightingale by Kristine Hannah

Oh my goodness me, this is another disappointment. I can’t believe this book has over four stars. Like all my reviews, I do not talk about grammar, punctuation, POV, nor the author’s choice of telling the story. I take apart the story itself, plot, and characters. So, having said that, if you don’t want to read Spoilers, stop here and read no more because my review is full of them. Where can I start? For […]

Review for; The Vox by Christina Dalcher

Where are the decent writers? I have died and gone to a literary pit of hell. I started reading this book expecting a dystopian. I love the feeling and question of “what if this or that happen to our society how our communities will end up?” That part of the Dystopian stories is what keep me coming back to the genre, but this book made me want to scream and toss the book in the […]

Calixta, Chapter 1

There is a First Time for Everything I’ll never forget the first time I died. You will have that memory engraved in your mind for eternity. It was an early morning when my life ended slowly, painfully, and with my last thought focused on castrating the man who killed me. You will never know true pain until your lungs fill with blood and you are gasping for air. That morning, I pulled my best friend, Isalia, […]

I Am Lonely But I Am Never Alone

I belong to a Puerto Rican Family. However, we are not what most people think of a family from Puerto Rico is. We are a mixture of many cultures and flavors. We are Christians, and we are in love with America. And what I mean that we are in love with America is that in every generation there has been someone serving in the military or working as teachers, nurses, EMT’s or some emergency first […]

A Place I Want to Visit

Of all the places to retire, why retire in Florida when I hate the heat? That is what most of my friends ask me. My answer is because my parents live in Florida, and I need to be near them, and the State has the best benefits for Veterans. And that is the truth about partially. I love the change in the seasons and the cold weather. I love snow for Christmas and having a […]

Moving When All I Want to Do Is Sleep

It is 7:00 AM and my dog whines and moves my bed. I ignore him. He does it again. I keep sleeping. He comes to the side of the bed just by the side of my head and whines again. I can’t ignore him this time. I get up reluctantly, vertigo takes over me, a dizzy feeling that I hate, and then nausea. I walked as if I am drunk, although I haven’t had any…
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My Secret of Living Happy with Grief and Loss

After living a half-life for so many years, little by little I am starting to live again. Grief and loss took a toll in my mind, my emotions, and my feelings. It has taken years for me to come to terms with the consequences of the actions of others and the circumstances of life. Living with grief is like living inside a membrane that makes everything dull and it doesn’t let happiness or joy flow. They…
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