It feels like the world is falling down around us, If you turn on any American news outlet, it is as if we are all going to die if we leave our homes. But for so many of us including myself, we simply don’t have a choice when it comes to interacting with others. In […]
Have you ever woken up and felt like you haven’t slept at all? You know logically that you did, you didn’t stay up late, you did the recommended seven to eight hours. But still, you are exhausted. You have tried to set boundaries for yourself with others but when it comes down to it, it […]
There has been many struggles in your experience living in the US. However, you felt like you paid your dues by having worked the gigs and the dead-end jobs. You may have even learned the American higher education system as well as that thing called FAFSA. You have dealt with it. Currently, you are in […]
You have always been the one held responsible and were never allowed to make a mistake like anyone else in your family. You do what your suppose to do by going to work, paying your bills, and then sending money to your family. Without that money, you believe that your family will not be able […]
You swallow it in silence the way the person you love makes you feel. You think to yourself that you have sacrificed everything so this person can be successful and does this person show you gratitude in return, no. It feels so draining to be in this situation and you feel so unloved. This person […]
You sacrifice everything to be here. To provide a safe and secure home where your family can grow and succeed. You don’t know why they don’t understand that. You can’t fathom why they just want to undo everything that took you so long and you worked so hard to create for your family to be […]
Out of all the relationships we have in a lifetime those with our parents can be the most sensitive. Especially, when we are not able to see and share our lives easily with them. We are not the children, regardless of age, that we were before we moved away. There is a lot they will […]