"No matter what anybody tells you, words and ideas can change the world." ~ Dead Poets Society
For as long as I can remember, I have felt like an outcast. Like people did not understand me. People resented me for reasons I do not know. Whether it was family, friends, outsiders I barely knew. People have always felt the need to label me or tell me why I was not good enough. [...]
"The saddest thing in life is wasted talent and the choices that you make will spare your life forever." ~ A Bronx Tale I was 4 years old when my father brought me to my first Tae Kwon Do class. I come from a family of athletes. My dad played football during his young years, [...]
I sat by his bedside as he clung to life by a thread. His hands were cold and wrinkled. His breaths were sporadic and long when he inhaled. The silence in between gasps is what frightened me most. I looked over each time to make sure he was still alive for a moment more. The [...]
The roof on the house was broken. When it rained, it would seep through the ceiling in the dining room. Her mother would have to place buckets on the floor to stop puddles from forming. It was a bone chilling cold that would find it's way into the apartment. The weather outside always represented the [...]
I try to mutter something. Anything. I try to find the right words. I open my mouth and nothing comes out. The best I can come up with is, "I'm sorry." First, I was in denial. I could not accept the fact that you were actually gone. I did not cry. My body would not [...]
"Abuelita, soy yo, Corey." [Grandma, it's me.] I felt a strong sting of pain in my chest when my grandmother did not remember who I was. Her eyes were full of confusion as she pushed me away. My grandmother, my abuelita, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at the age of seventy seven. The woman who raised [...]
There comes a point when life can get overwhelming. You feel as though you cannot catch a break and everything is weighing down on your shoulders. You want to give up. You want to give in. You feel like no matter how hard you try, things do not go as planned. We can plan things [...]
I was born and raised in New York City. I never understood everyone's fascination with wanting to come to the big apple. Maybe if you grew up in a small rural town in the middle of nowhere, then I could understand why. I went to college here. As badly as I wanted to go away, [...]
spring brings new beginnings you learn to bloom again despite being stepped on and mistreated you rise each time we stand tall, we come back stronger do not fear the change of the seasons something may be in store for us that we did not even expect this photo is my own.Central Park, NYC.
~ for anyone needing a little pick me up when we are in the moment feeling everything so very deeply being consumed by this sadness and our thoughts that will not shut off completely hopeless feeling like we cannot take one more step forward this is when we need to fight like we've never fought [...]
