Author: Carolyn Nones Vazquez
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The Block
Going through the real estate ads, I needed to find a place to live. I had limited funds, but I was a teacher. I was a union teacher, so I wasn’t going to rent. I was going to buy. The union made it possible for us to buy a home. We had almost 200,000 members.…
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Marco
Marco was the bully on the block. He would never share or play nice. He called everyone names. He pushed kids, took their stuff and was mean deep into his core. Gloria and Anna were in front of their house drawing on the sidewalk with bright colored chalk. They had glass coca-cola bottles lines lined…
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Truth
Truth When children are young they are told to tell the truth, to stand up for what is right. Somehow, along the way, some people learn to rationalize their perceptions as truth. They alter the truth, their own or that of others. They create a dialogue that fits a narrative they create. My husband always says…
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Supernatural
When you say goodbye to friends and family, it’s always difficult. Sometimes we know they will be leaving us and sometimes we don’t. Delphine was a beautiful young woman. Her hair was long and chocolate brown, she had soft doe eyes. Big brown eyes that had specks of gold in them. She spoke perfect French…
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Standing in Gratitude
Staying focused on my actions allows me to feel gratitude. I feel gratitude for this life and for all that I have and all that I am. I am grateful for all of the good yet to manifest. So much happens around us in the course of a day. I work in a large city…
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Feeling Grateful
It is still a bit cold here, the weather is rainy. We are having true spring weather. Soon though, it will be warm. The buds on the trees have appeared and they are starting to open. There is so much beauty in the natural world. I feel lucky that I can experience the beauty of…
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The Earth Is Alive
Five in the morning is not dark anymore. The earth is alive, awake from its long winter slumber. The sun’s bright rays. outstretched like loving arms. The air is crisp and I smell applewood from the stove. The sweet, smokey scent familiar and pleasant. The morning fog lifts and reveals springs emerging beauty. The energy…
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Superstitious
Are you superstitious? Growing up in a household where my mom held certain superstitious beliefs, yes. Why tempt fate? I am somewhat superstitious!
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Listen for intention
When people speak to me, I listen for intention. How does this person want me to view them? How are they behaving? They will tell me how they want me to perceive them. Their words tell me what they want our relationship to be or what it will become. People create unhealthy situations by choice.…
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Belief Systems
Belief Systems What you decide to be is what you become. No one can define feelings or thoughts for you. No one can create a state of mind for you. Throughout our lifetimes our interactions with friends, family, co-workers and neighbors are subject to their state of mind or their belief system as well as…
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