Thanksgiving

What I’m Thankful For (on San Gibin)

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving, or as my Cuban relatives would say, it’s San Gibin, which sounds like the patron saint of spare change.  Speaking of Cubans

Pencil on a handwritten letter

Letter from a Dead Man (Alive Again)

Have you had thoughts of hurting or killing yourself? I was asked that question several times this past year, whenever I visited my doctor or

the number 11

A Decade + 1 (Making My Luck)

“¿Qué número salió?” It was the question everybody asked around 5:00 pm every day in my neighborhood growing up in Brooklyn. People would walk into

Journey

From Heartbreak To This

Sometime in the future — I don’t know how far, maybe 10 years, 20 years, 30 years from now — there will be something great

Happiness

If Only

I listened to a sermon last week that began with a discussion on happiness. The preacher talked about “the myths of happiness,” based on the

Running Past Me, Loud and Laughing

“That’s the one you picked?” I could tell immediately that my mom was not happy with the plant I bought for my grandmother. She took

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