Tag Archives: moments of hope

Amidst the looting, the stabbing, the tear gas, and the fires

I guess you find your moment where you find it.

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In this moment

I need to look at this picture and believe that that feeling was worth this one.

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Yo admiro tanto la fé de los mineros: creer que no importa cómo cosas aparecían, que toda iba a salir bien. Estoy tan agradecida para ellos, agradecida de sentir humilada a su fuerza, agradecida de ser recordado a la bondad de la humanidad. Yo dije antes “que diós les bendiga” pero es obvio que diós ya les ha bendecido. Espero que ellos sueñan con los angelitos esta noche y que finalmente puedan descansar.

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Less than 24 hours…

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Mario Sepúlveda is completely my hero.

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From Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer

“I like to see people reunited, maybe that’s a silly thing but what can I say, I like to see people run to each other, I like the kissing and crying, I like the impatience, the stories that the mouth … Continue reading

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“There are actually 34 of us down here because God has never left us.”

I am sobbing. Que diós les bendiga.

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Yesssssss!

Border FastPass here I come!! (Hopefully.)

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Crossing the Border

Let’s just be honest: I was really really nervous about it. I’d gone above and beyond what they asked for but I knew that the fact of the matter was they could still say no and there would be nothing … Continue reading

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Je suis ici (finally)

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