Big Chicas Don't Cry

by Annette Chavez Macias

As a kid, I was ashamed about not being white enough. But as an adult, I was ashamed for not being Mexican enough.

if it’s what’s going to make you happy—then how can that be a waste?”

When will you learn that living with something you don’t love is not living at all?”

holding on to only the bad things that happened to us leaves us too tired to enjoy the good.”

Holding on to the past doesn’t always help you in the future.”