Close to the Bone For a long time, my life was like being displaced in some way, transient and fractured, forever exiled from my own body. I could not be or become comfortable, because at any moment the next evacuation might occur, where the alarms inside the head short circuit and scream ceaselessly even though […]
A Cool Awakening
Photo by Floyd Rocker Shiver, Chatter, Surrender Like most people, I am not a fan of pain. But sometimes there comes a time when we must do what we must do. And to heal one suffering, we must undergo a little of another. A few moons back, an earache called me to the acupuncturist. That […]
Phoenix and Fire, A Generational Healing
For Myself and My Foremothers The first time I felt god/source energy was at my mother’s death bed. My mother died of cervical cancer at age 43, when I was 16 years old. As we, myself and the spiritual healer, stood over my mom in prayer, holding hands, I felt it. A powerful surge of […]
The House on Hillside
The House on Hillside I am a believer. As spring approaches and the flowers begin to bloom, I can’t help but think of the days when as children we gathered at Mami Maria and Papi Toño’s house. The adults would talk and cook, while all the kids ran around, playing bote or hide and seek. […]