Tag: frida villalobos
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Letters to my Baby: Your first party with the Aunts!
Carta en Español My Dear Gael, Yesterday we had your first party in your honor and it was a great success thanks to your wonderful tías you will soon meet. This group of women is pretty amazing and already have you quite spoiled. I am so lucky to be surrounded by strong, independent, intelligent and…
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Lack of Normalcy, tears, respect and kicks
Days like today make normalcy feel so far away making it a wishful thought lost in reality. There is nothing normal about pregnancy. Everything, I mean absolutely everything, is out of whack. Today, I was running late for a flight and for a second I forgot I was carrying a little person inside me and…
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Breath of Fresh Air
Sometimes you just need to get away! I took this very seriously and got out of the country! We arrived in Granada, Nicaragua on Sunday for our second volunteer project. This time around we came with a better sense of what to expect and what to do. Last year, we didn’t quite know how everything…
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Fundraiser 4 Nica. Children: Photos for a good cause!
Last summer I had one of the best experiences of my life when I traveled to Nicaragua. It was just what I needed. It was my Eat, Pray, and Love. You can read some of the highlights of the trip here! Shortly after the trip we got together to talk about the project and the…
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Pedir perdón al corazón
¿Cómo nos sentimos cuando se nos rompe el corazón? Sentimos que no podemos respirar. Se siente como si estuviéramos encerrados en una caja sin salida. Tratamos y tratamos pero se nos hace imposible salir. Gritamos, lloramos, nos enojamos y queremos desaparecer. Nos sentimos aplastados, completamente rotos de mil maneras. Deseamos que sea diferente, que no…
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“Solo quería un Cafe” y llego el Revolu
La vida nos da sorpresas de mil maneras. En ocasiones nos quita otras nos da. Muchas veces causa un revolu que nos confunde, vuelve locos pero al mismo tiempo mantiene todo muy pero muy interesante. El amor también es así. Te llega de sorpresa y muchas veces decidí irse sin avisarte. Una persona a la…
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I apologized to my heart
Have you ever felt angry at your heart when you are in pain? When you have to let go someone you love? You blame the heart for falling in love, for being broken and not being able to make it go away. When we are heart broken we blame everything around us and we forget…
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the norm
I grew up in a culture where the use of violence was the norm. I saw the violence on the faces of my friends at school and heard the screams from the woman beaten by her prince. My aunts talk about the kind of violence my own grandmother was capable of. I cannot blame her…
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I am Angry
There are few things that will get us pissed off and makes us want do something about it. Maybe your cell phone provider is charging you an extra 200 dollars. Maybe a bully is making your kid cry every day at school Maybe because your car broke down days after you took it from the…
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