The Wall of Winnipeg and Me

by Mariana Zapata

What no one tells you is that the road to accomplishing your goals isn’t a straight line; it looks more like a corn maze.

You just couldn’t give up looking for it, even when you really wanted to.

“Do what you need to do to be happy, Vané. Nobody else is going to watch out for you but you.”

Life was what you made out of it,

When life gives you lemons, you get to choose what you make out of them; it doesn’t always have to be lemonade.

“Touch my wife again and I’ll break every bone in your goddamn body.”

“I’m starting to understand that you can always make time for the things that matter.”

“You don’t ever have to worry about me not wanting you somewhere. Got it?”

“That’s my girl. That’s my fucking girl.”

“Home is where you are. I would go anywhere for you if you wanted me to be there.”