Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation.
Raquel CepedaMots clés inspiration life-experience journey ancestry ancestors sand build morocco trekking building-blocks sahara spiritual-journey sahara-desert globe-trotting trek
I guess it all depends on whom you ask and when you ask. Race, I've learned, is in the eye of the beholder.
Raquel CepedaMots clés identity race racism hispanic hispanic-american latina latina-american latino-american race-as-concept racial-ambiguity
Support and encouragement are found in the most unlikely places.
Raquel CepedaMots clés inspirational inspiration encouragement support
In reality, Eduardo hoped the mask would make him appear vulnerable and self conscious, like a wounded animal these stupid women would fight each other over to mend.
Raquel CepedaMots clés vulnerability masks rivalry masculinity machismo playboy players
Nobody, she felt, understood her--not her mother, not her father, not her sister or brother, none of the girls or boys at school, nadie--except her man.
Raquel CepedaMots clés love infatuation lust teenagers adolescence first-love teenage-love
Paradise is a state of being, more than just the name of a suburb or a home.
Raquel CepedaMots clés home spirituality paradise being suburbia state-of-being
The gaping hole in her heart is amplified when she catches a glimpse of the strands of silver hair framing her once young face in the mirror.
Raquel CepedaMots clés self-image stressed immigrant-experience rocio
I fall in love with Paraíso. It’s like a giant playground where I’m never scolded for running around recklessly, where I’m almost overwhelmed with the amount of attention and love I receive from Mami’s family. In New York, I’m invisible.
Raquel CepedaMots clés family identity home loneliness alone isolation paradise coming-of-age invisibility paraiso transnational
Shakespeare had it right all along: Love will kill you in the end.
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Lately, Mami’s eyes have been so dark, I don’t like looking into them because I’m afraid I’ll fall in.
Raquel CepedaMots clés darkness eyes stress family-relationships mothers-and-daughters mami rocio
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