Author Archives: kavila38

Birthdays with friends and family. A long-awaited vacation. Traveling to a new destination. Your homeland. The beach. The mountains. Your favorite food. Your favorite smell. Your favorite song. What is your happy place? You can feel it in your whole body. A kind of peace that settles over your mind and allows you to beContinue reading “The Happiest Place on Earth”

What is the greatest thing you have ever done? Did you travel the world? Finish a race? Graduate from school? Perhaps it’s not ONE thing you did that’s great. Perhaps it’s MANY things you do every single day. You got the kids to school on time. You solved a problem at work. You played aContinue reading “The Greatest Thing”

This is the year of the Dragon. I do not know a lot about the Chinese New Year or this holiday that is based on Chinese mythology. But I couldn’t help but take a peek at what this new moon cycle has in store for us. Certainly, something good, as this holiday is filled withContinue reading “On a Quest for Spring”

We are HOME for the holidays! The tree is up, the lights are strung, the house is decorated, and the Christmas music is playing 24/7. It feels so good to be home with my lovies. Especially after the year we’ve had. It’s hard to believe that at this time last year we were living inContinue reading “Resilience and Hope”

I remember one of my first trips with Luis to Mexico. I was so madly in love with him (and still am) and I was craving adventures with him that I had only dreamt about. I had never been to Mexico and knew next to nothing about our neighbor to the south other than itsContinue reading “The Detour”

It’s 3 o’ clock in the morning. I’m in a deep sleep, far away. Floating on another planet. Lost, relaxed. My body is heavy and still. Suddenly… something stirs. I hear soft footsteps close by. My mind slowly travels back to earth as I start to hear the familiar sound of the fan in theContinue reading “Greasy Expectations”

“De el plato a la boca se cae la sopa” Luis never fails to have a saying to go along with something happening in the world. I have lost count of how many times I have heard him say, “Like we say in Mexico…” He has the ability to sum up the absurdity and complexityContinue reading “The Bread and Butter”

“Lookout kid, trust your body. You can dance, and you can shake. Things will break, you make mistakes. You lose your friends, again and again. ‘Cause nothing is ever perfect. No one’s ever perfect. Let me say it again, no one’s perfect. A lifetime of skinned knees. And heartbreak comes so easy. But a lifeContinue reading “Gone Fishing”

The other day I was listening to a podcast with Paul Bloom, psychologist, author, and professor of psychology at Yale University and University of Toronto. He was having a discussion with the podcast host about human capacity to reason, the nature of human memory, and how events shape our lives. He said something that rightContinue reading “The Secret Ingredient”

Not a sound to be heard. Not a squeak, not a word. The air becomes paralyzed in the night, as shadows swallow up all the light. The darkness so thick, you can barely see, while coldness creeps up houses and trees. Eyes heavy as dreams start to dance. The world closes in before the lastContinue reading “DAY 100”