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Not my mother's hands.
A few months ago I attended a workshop led by a couple of my friends.
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tired of waiting
things not seen
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I miss Jesus
Not where I thought this Monday was going
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What they don't tell you about going home
After 21 years and a whole life
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A poem: Tug of war
10 years of DACA, 20 years of the USA.
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Sunday Paper News
As the week ends and begins my heart is sitting with gratitude. On Friday my sister, their fiancé, and I drove down to Cleveland for a moment I know I…
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I haven't moved on
TW: death of 53 migrants in San Antonio
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Cautiously Optimistic
First day of school!
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In the name of God
An op-ed: on remembrance and the prophetic imagination
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An open letter to Enchanta
A letter of gratitude and sisterhood
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The faith of my sisters and their mothers
a gratitude poem
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On grief and new songs
a mini essay as remembrance
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