Hi y’all!!

I hope everyone has been good and healthy.

It has been a very long week, but before I get started, I just wanted to let y’all know that I will be posting every Sunday now. I initially tried doing it on Thursdays, but now that I am fortunately working, I just can’t find the time or energy to write during the week.

But anyways!

I officially finished my first week of my new job, and I have to say, I love it. I’m happy to be in a space where I can joke around and talk in Spanish. My co-workers are amazing, and essentially the work that we do is powerful in itself.

During this past week, we were required to do a 3-day training along with our other teams who came out from states like New York, Chicago, Atlantic City and Boston. I was very grateful to be in a room with so many people who cared about not only the work that they do, but also the community members who we impact. We learned about yoga, and the power yoga has on your mental, physical, even emotional health! Hanna, who was the facilitator for that workshop, taught us that trauma, is something that we carry in our mind, as well as in our bodies. This was important to understand because often times, we get so caught up in our daily lives, thinking about things like what we’re going to eat later, what plans we have for the weekend, or whether or not we’re going to buy that thing online we saw the other day. We use our brain so much throughout the day, that we forget how to listen to our bodies. So to remind us what that looked like, Hanna led us through various exercises that allowed us to express and release those emotions from our body through yoga, which I must say, was MUCH MUCH needed. She also emphasized the need to address self-care, and the long-term benefits you’ll get by paying more attention to one’s overall health

I also received in the mail my article that was published on the Fostering Families Today magazine. This was personally an emotional moment for me. To see my work published in a magazine, filled my soul with such happiness and joy, I had to share it with my friends and family through social media, where everyone reacted positively to it. I’m just glad my words, those same words that come from my heart, were able to make it on paper, for someone else to read.

I’m not going to lie, this week and a half has been somewhat difficult. Difficult in the sense that I don’t get to see my partner as much as I would like to. She’s super busy working, sometimes overtime, and I feel like I haven’t seen her, even though I’m currently living with her until my room that I’m going to rent out becomes available. It’s okay though. I know it’s temporary, and besides, we’re both doing our thing.

I’ve been thinking and wondering a lot more, probably because I’ve been reading more. Thinking about where we’re headed as humans, wondering what my place in this world will look like. It can be good, because I’m always trying to think about my future, but I also feel it necessary to not get too caught up in the future, that I lose myself in the present. It’s important to stay grounded, especially because it’s what you do now, that’ll determine where you will go in the future.

I heard my dad went to my house the other day. I don’t know how I feel about that. I still think my family isn’t ready to confront someone like my dad. It’s not a bad thing, people sometimes just need their space. With time, hopefully my dad will come to understand that. I haven’t heard from him since Christmas.

In 10 days it’s going to be my birthday, I’m turning 23. It’s been a journey, this life that I live day to day. But isn’t that the same for everyone? Story of my life. But nonetheless it’s good to be appreciative of it, and where it has brought me. We sometimes look to our future, thinking about what we’re going to do as a career, who we’re going to marry, how many kids we’re going to have. Yet, it’s also good to just go with the flow. I’ve learned you cannot control that of what you don’t know. You can however, set yourself up for success.

I’m happy with where I’m at right now, but I want more. With time, more will come. As for right now, Life’s good, can’t complain.

I hope y’all have a great week to come.

Thank you for reading, I appreciate it, and you. 🙂

Sunday, 2:36 PM