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teach by example

April 21, 2011 · Filed under Career, Family, Feminism, Food, Friends, Home, Love, People, Priorities, San Antonio, TX, Self-Realization, Sisterhood, Social Services

As a person…
I am: empathetic
I hope: to succeed
I believe: in giving everyone a chance
I wish: that people could be generous to one another
I fear: losing my family
I give: up sometimes
I need: to get motivated
I want: to be self-sufficient

I am unique because: of the way I look
My secret talents are: cutting hair and baking
I feel best about myself when: I’m with my friends and family
The things I like most about myself are: my sense of humor and strong personality
I’m worth respecting because: I care about others

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I encourage teen moms to share their answers to the questions above. I decided I should too. Sometimes being honest is hard, but its never wrong.

-VC

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love

March 29, 2011 · Filed under Family, Feminism, Friends, Higher Education, Love, Poverty, Priorities, San Antonio, TX, Self-Realization, Social Services, the Future · Tagged , , , ,

When I awoke this morning, I expected the day to turn out ordinary. A typical Monday.

Aside from my soy latte, there was nothing typical about it.

I think back to a time where I was lonely, even surrounded by everybody, to a time where I was lost and the future looked cloudy, and I relish the fact that I am no longer there. I am here. I am who I am. And I know what I am supposed to do.

I will continue to make mistakes, to say hurtful things probably and speak before thinking. I will drive too fast and still bite my nails. I will jump the gun. I will criticize people’s ways of cleaning.

I am pretty sure the state of enlightenment I experienced today will stay with me forever. Today I truly fell in love with being human.

I am optimistic about growing older.

-VC

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home

April 25, 2010 · Filed under Austin, TX, San Antonio, TX · Tagged , ,

I’m about to get ready to leave again.
But if everything goes alright, I’ll be back in a week.

I’m currently in between jobs. I’ve been looking for something more promising, more grown-up, something where I have to use more of my head. I’ve found it, and I’m hoping they’ll want me.

I really need a chance to start changing.

But for now, I’ll kick it in Austin for a bit.

I was at friends house last night. Fell asleep on their couch by accident, woke up confused and with what felt like the beginning of a cold. I drove home in the morning light as the sun rose.

And as I lay in bed, I swore that the sunlight coming through my window was the most beautiful thing I’d ever seen.

I’m homesick and I haven’t even left yet.

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