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nandostateofmind · 2 days

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Getting Married………Again

Vow Renewal Vibes…..

Every five years my wife wants to get remarried again. Treats our relationship like a car lease except we not getting the newer model. I just want her happy so I agree to most of her ideas. I love a good party. Getting to see old friends and family. I hate to pressure people to come to anything I invite them to, if you pressure people or insist they may come with a vibe that isn’t what you are looking for. I also don’t believe in being sore if someone doesn’t come because I understand, life can happen, sometimes you agree in the moment then you regret it later when the time approaches because you tired or broke and finally sometimes you hold someone in certain esteem in your heart and they don’t see you in the same light as you see them. If the event doesn’t move them to attend then why be bitter allow them the room to do what they want. While you would love everyone that you love to be there with you during the important events in your life sometimes for whatever reason they can’t be there and you shouldn’t hold that against them. Those who do make get to be there for life long memories.

In total about 50 people attended. I remember I got a terribly mean text from one of my sisters and it bothered me really bad because it felt like it was meant to be as painful as possible. This particular sister doesn’t love me, we do not speak. She did it because he wasn’t invited and she wanted to make it about her. It really threw me off mentally. I spent the day with in the back of my mind. She won that battle, had me being short with my wife and children I wasn’t excited I was upset. Then my wife left to get ready. I texted one of my groom’s men Richie and he asked if I was good. I said yes. Then I remembered calling him the night before my wedding I sat in my car my 1990 Mazda protégé for two hours listening to Nas Getting Married. I immediately put the song on repeat as I ironed my sons suit. It put me back in the zone I was in the wedding morning. My sister and her text suddenly meant nothing I was in love again all I could think about was my wife. I looked over at my son looking cool as could be dressed like a miniature model. I was back.

The set up was beautiful on the beach everyone including us dressed in all white. The music started playing. I started to recall what the church felt like on my wedding day. You can’t always remember exactly what happened but often you can remember the feeling. I remembered that feeling. You ever smell your mother’s cooking and you are transported to the moment in time and you remember exactly how it felt. That is exactly what happened to me at that alter. I was 25 again standing at the alter waiting to exchange vows again. Getting choked up holding back tears but I’m not sad. We changed vows we’ve written. The moment was perfect, again. I’m grateful, grateful to have these moments that provide perspective. Things that remind me when things get difficult. Every time, I get mad every time, we fight every time, when I cant figure out life. I cant remember everything but always there for me is the vibes and I can never forget that.

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joseaesquea · 2 years

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Reposted from @alba_la_escritora We did it! We won! Juana Peña Revisited is the winner of the 2022 One Festival. An international festival! Thank you all for your support, for watching, voting. Thank you to all my friends and my family. This is a win for all of us. Thank you to the team that created this production: Frank Perez, Director @ciscoperez825 Gabriel Garcia Roman, Artistic Director @gbrlgrcrmn Mariposa Fernandez, Producer @lapoetamariposa Elijah Nuñez, Production Assistant @elijahnunez Omayra Garriga Casiano, Lighting Make up by Lorena Ambrosio @vivafeminista Videography by Jose Esquea and Veronica Caicedo Edited by Ernest Matos Thank you Veronica Caicedo, founder and CEO of the One Festival for giving me the opportunity. Thank you to Rolinda Ramos for helping us with rehearsal space at El Barrio Art Space. This is our win. Pa’ Puerto Rico. Pa’ Bushwick. Pa’ todas las Juana Peñas. Pa’lante Siempre Pa’lante. #onefestival #juanapeñarevisited #community #hectorlavoe #juanapeña #puertoricanwriters #boricua #mujerboricua #theater #albadeliahernandez https://www.instagram.com/p/Cc5mbc7Lh0t/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

#onefestival #juanapeñarevisited #community #hectorlavoe #juanapeña #puertoricanwriters #boricua #mujerboricua #theater #albadeliahernandez

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yarishdz · 2 years

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This is my goal for this month. "El Secreto eres tú" (English "You are the secret"). Discover the secret that lives in you to achieve successful relationships! A book written by a woman for women. If you like to read in Spanish, check it out @soyerikamichael or on Amazon. #puertoricanwriter #womanempowerment #healthyrelationships #spanishbooks #womanwriter #loveyourself #priority https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca0mJ2JJHl6/?utm_medium=tumblr

#puertoricanwriter #womanempowerment #healthyrelationships #spanishbooks #womanwriter #loveyourself #priority

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thelearningcurv · 4 years

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Have you been outside? Its a beautiful day! And even though I have a mask on, you can tell, I have #AReasontoSmile! Rocking my #elCoqui shirt and mask makes me extra happy as well! Invest in yourself, take extra classes, eat foods that make your body productive, read books (of any kind!) whenever you can, and maybe go for a walk as well! The day is too beautiful to not find your own happiness in it! I hope you do =] . . . If you'd like a shirt or mask, head to http://thecurv.threadless.com (accessories for masks), and if you'd like to preview/buy a book, head to www.thecurv.com/shop/books/4 and check out all 3 books! You get free shipping when you buy all 3! . . . #AReasontoSmile #tshirt #tshirtdesign #threadless #threadlessartistshops #threadlesstees #threadlessartist #childrensbookseries #childrensbooks #graphicnovelseries #graphicnovels #childrensbookart #puertoricanartist #puertoricanwriter #kidlit #childrensliterature #raisingreaders #babybookworm #puertoricancharacters #littlereader #readtokids #children #childrensbookillustration #childrenof_instagram #JavierCruzWinnik https://www.instagram.com/p/CDuCgM4Bduk/?igshid=1bwr39skr4izs

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juniperscribe · 4 years

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I have been picking through this book over the past semester. Finally finished on a flight to see my family. Was inspired to read because of @jim.jarmusch ‘s film and then actually taking a day trip out to see the falls this autumn. The book is a strange beast that undulates between #poetry , #prose , historical anecdote. It deserves more attention than the “pick it up, put it down” reading method I gave it, but it never was anything less than intriguing. Wish I could credit the designer of this rapidly disintegrating #bookcover – none is given – but I love it. #epicpoetry #book #bookdesign #bookcoverdesign #graphicdesign #typography #reading #puertoricanwriter #puertoricanpoet #americanliterature (at Paterson, New Jersey) https://www.instagram.com/p/B61e0jzhdQZ/?igshid=10p7umc4c0b29

#poetry #prose #bookcover #epicpoetry #book #bookdesign #bookcoverdesign #graphicdesign #typography #reading #puertoricanwriter #puertoricanpoet #americanliterature

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latifmercado · 3 years

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Yesterday I finally got started on my newest novel. If you picked up my last, then you already know the title, but what I won’t do this time is set a date, not yet, not until I’m on the final draft. This one though, I do plan to push the envelope a bit further, write about things that most of us try not to even think about. People often question me as to whether or not my writing is based on experience, and the answer is… yeah, mostly! I won’t say all of it, because I’m a fiction writer, and some of that really dark shit is totally fictitious… well, not all of it! Each time I release a new story, my goal isn’t about sales, though sales wouldn’t hurt, but rather about the experience I can take my readers through. Can I write something that becomes that guest that never leaves, that visitor that ends up moving in for good? We’ve all read that book that engulfed us to the point where it became difficult to remember whether that experience really happened, or was it from a book? If you’ve never experienced that, then you never read a good one! My writing is still very much in its infancy, and to be allowed to breathe even the same air as the greats, remains a distant dream, but nonetheless an incredible passion, and a journey worth every minute I spend writing! - - - #booksbyla #latinxauthors #bookstagram #bookstore #bookshelf #freestyleforlife #writers #puertoricanwriters (at La' Entertainment) https://www.instagram.com/p/CTklbmtpoez/?utm_medium=tumblr

#booksbyla #latinxauthors #bookstagram #bookstore #bookshelf #freestyleforlife #writers #puertoricanwriters

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hevekka · 7 years

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Oshun’s Island

Her intricately burned and calloused hands scoop me up strong as if I were moments away from falling off our island. Now I can hear our hot breath in unison, my back unleashing loads of stress into the abyss as her energy calms me like water magic.

I have been surrounding myself with water lately, so much so , that I created an island for myself. Here, I only consult water goddesses and I can learn the arts of water magic.California has no seasons and it has no water so you must mark your cycles without universal aid and you must create your own water sources.Nothing can grow here without great cost or sacrifice and so each water source must be born in tremendous death.

For her, intricately burned and calloused hands, around my waist, producing small coughs of "baby" from my half-sleep, I have died. For each kiss, I have burned a bridge and for each touch, I have put a cloak on my sexual lantern. The fire within me only burns for her or across telephone lines from the island. For her, I have let the wild fire be directed in a circle of water, I have chosen this land of laughter, fervent love, calm seas and sage. I have chosen to submit myself to Oshun and I have chosen to submit myself to water magic. My fire humbled to a student. An outsider of this land, I have much to learn. My litany of lessons is long and laborious. To learn the ways of water means to let go of fire, my natural state.

I have not mastered any lesson yet and often my precious pride of fire lion cubs will roar at my teachers to leave me to sulk in self-pity. We are setback often but Oshun is as patient as a lily pad with me.

Every morning, when the sun is nudged awake, she brings me to the edge of the island where it is dry and rocky to observe the waves. I must move rocks and shells out of the way to find a comfortable position while she sits wherever her feet stop. She tells me to match my breath to the calm waves lapping on the shore. At first, she use to slap away the licks of fire that would erupt in my hair to force my concentration but she realized I would never learn that way.In watching the waves, I must also still my thoughts which live in my hair. I know Oshun will not stop until I get it and she is unafraid of my senseless lion cubs. I cannot move onto the next lesson until I have mastered stillness. Once, when sitting with Oshun, I asked her, bowing in reverence, "what's the next lesson?" She hummed that it was not important now. In classic fire fashion, I implored with her that knowing the next lesson would help me master this one. Her hum cascaded into laughter and in her full wisdom she was silent. A baby cub plopped out of my belly and started whining and pawing at her feet. Her body rolled over in annoyance and in a move to keep me focused she sputtered lackadaisically - your next lesson is to move yet to be immovable.

#rebekahgorbea #puertoricanwriter #writing #poetry #oshun

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geektasticjustine · 3 years

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For the first time, the Comité Noviembre National Puerto Rican Virtual Artisans Fair & Book Expo is virtual!!! That means it won’t be contained in NYC! Anyone in the world can enjoy this wonderful fair celebrating Puerto Rican heritage! Visit ComiteNoviembreVirtualFair.org on November 21st and 22nd to steep yourself in this beautiful, rich culture. Save the date! #Repost @pridaartists #WeArePRIDA #ComiteNoviembre2020 #ComiteNoviembreVirtualFair #PuertoRicanArtists #PuertoRicanArtisans #PuertoRicanAuthors #PuertoRicanWriters #puertoricanheritage #puertoricanculture https://www.instagram.com/p/CHYn3g7gy5W/?igshid=mhekpbtmf1g3

#repost #weareprida #comitenoviembre2020 #comitenoviembrevirtualfair #puertoricanartists #puertoricanartisans #puertoricanauthors #puertoricanwriters #puertoricanheritage #puertoricanculture

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aprilcake · 5 years

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Puerto Rico : La Nueva Vida - an exhibition in Puerto Rica ft. ALL Puerto Rican artists and writers. 🇵🇷 ❤️ #pr #puetrorico #puertoricanart #prart #prwriting #puertoricanwriting #🇵🇷 #beproudofwhoyouare #❤️ (at San Diego Museum of Art Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqiTOtAHik-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1n85m4726bbsk

#pr #puetrorico #puertoricanart #prart #prwriting #puertoricanwriting #🇵🇷#beproudofwhoyouare #❤️

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z-exie · 5 years

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The Fog [Poetry]

The Fog [Poetry] - A #poem about finding comfort in isolation. By Krystel J. Bravo #PuertoRicanWriters #PuertoRicanPoets

The fog presses against my window It reminds me that there is a blank canvas I’ve yet to revisit It reminds me that there is more to my view Than that overview of cluttered houses and flooded streets The fog seems to invade my office corner, It glides around me, smoky and quiet It pleads me to rest

Sometimes I forget to sit upright I try to research the correct way to approach corporate…

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#Krysel J Bravo #Puerto Rican Poets #Puerto Rican Writers #The Fog

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nandostateofmind · 3 days

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Answers for my Wife……

6 Questions from a Widow to Her Late Husband…..

I saw a post online about a wife having her husband end up in a vegetative state after an accident and having questions she wished she had asked. I answered them to the best of my abilities.

1. If you are in a vegetative state and can't make decisions, how long do you want to remain in that state?

Only keep me alive keep me alive long enough for people who love me to say goodbye, for them, not for me let me go and start healing right away. If I need a machine to live I am not living. Start healing and get going. If you can find a reason to laugh the first day, laugh hard, from the gut. It’s what I would’ve wanted. Don’t let my babies suffer seeing me in that way. If I am not powerful, if i was their hero let me go out that way. Let them remember who i was not who i am in that moment.

2. Do you want to be buried or cremated? And if you want to be cremated, where do you want your ashes to be spread?

I want to be cremated what is the point of spending the money to keep my body in a box forever. Don’t ever come visit a grave sight for me. I live in the memories we made my immorality is in the character my kids share of mine. The seeds i planted in every life i have ever touched, that i made an impression on, that’s what i leave behind. Not a cold body that didn’t do enough sit-ups. Spread my ashes in a body of water hopefully someplace that my grandchildren will play one day and the essence of me can remain in that water and my grandchildren play. Or at least that’s my dream. I always hoped to be an old man i hold my granddaughter’s hand as she timidly went into the water. Let me stay in the sun forever.

3. What stories are the most important to tell to our kids about you?

Tell the stories of how i adored them. How i lived for them. How they were my greatest joy and achievement. That on times i was afraid or sad i would look at their photos and find strength for them. Tell them that i wasn’t perfect but I tried real hard. Tell them that i knew true happiness and i knew love and if heaven exists i felt it when i looked at them. Tell them of smiles we shared and only good things. Tell them of my losses that led to victories. Times that i fell down and got back up. Tell them about how i knew happiness and that thats what i wish for them is complete happiness.

4. What is your greatest hope for the kids and me after you are gone?

My greatest hope is that you find joy outside of the loss of me. That you pick up the ball where i dropped and keep running it. That you dare to be great when you are afraid and that you laugh hard as fuck when you remember me. That my wife remember my embrace and know that i loved you and i tried really hard to be the best i could for you and to make you smile.

5. How do you want us to honor and celebrate you through our lives?

Honor me but doing all the things i was afraid to do. By never playing small and limiting yourselves. By never dimming your light because others may be intimidated by your shine. Tell my son to dance with that beautiful girl, talk to her, love like your heart can’t be broken and to understand that when it undoubtably does get broken that’s that’s the beauty of life!! Life is fair and balance and the pain of heart break is in equal measure to the joy of the love you once felt. Just like the loss me it only hurts because we loved each other so much. To my little girl to never stop being powerful and never stop being sweet. To always find joy in making things beautiful and always seeing the beautiful in everything. For her to dream big so big it’s scary. To my wife to get on every plane i was afraid to get on and see the world. Take the trips i should’ve taken you on. Stand in the mirror naked and finally see what i saw in you, perfection. To finally and look at yourself through my eyes and smile at the magic that I see. The beautiful curves that you see as chubby and i see as magic. To realize why men made statues of women like you in order to immortalize beauty. To truly appreciate your physical as much as your mental. To realize how funny you are. To realize your spirit heals people but to also take time to heal yourself. Some people bring light to life and as a light bringer it is difficult at times to carry but you make it look easy. Honor me but never changing the things about you that make you, you.

6. What do you want me to remember to tell myself on the hard days?

Some days will suck. They will suck real bad. Some days it will feel like I’m still there hugging you. Some days I all the strength you can muster to get out of bed and brush your teeth. On those days remember, this people and tell this to yourself. I knew love, true love. Not always perfect but always real. I was grateful for every moment. It was all thanks to you. Remind yourself that when it was all said and done. The game was on the line we left it all on that court. We were legendary. So smile big. I’m no longer anxious about tomorrow. I’m grateful for yesterday. I have the happiest person i have ever known and you were a major major part of that. On those really hard days remember that. Remember that i spent a lifetime of trying to make you happy and i wouldn’t be happy by making you unhappy in the loss of me. So remember the beautiful moments. Hug the kids for me. Pet the dog. Smile. Put on that nice outfit that makes you feel like a star and go be that. Remember that I’m proud of you not for being mine but for being who you are. The stunning woman you have become. On the hard days, just remember those buns gave me so much joy.

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thebookdragon217 · 3 years

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It's #GuideFriday and on this week's edition I bring to you Puerto Rican poetry recommendations. QOTD: What is your favorite poetry collection? In the spirit of celebrating Women's History Month, I've compiled a list of favorite female and non-binary Puerto Rican titles. Poetry hasn't always been a choice I made when it comes to reading but last year it became a saving grace. Reading poetry has shown me the beauty of tapping into your innermost emotions. After reading different poetry collections this past year, it has also become a preferred way of social resistance and led me back to writing again. Poetry has also inspired me to pick up more books in verse and other mixed formats. I'm really excited that one of my favorites @elisabetvelasquezpoetry has her first novel in verse "When We Make It" coming out in September. If you're looking for more great poetry recs, please check out Pedro @prettymuchbooks. I've gotten many great recs from his page. #GuideFriday #Bookrecs #bookish #books #bookdragon #ReadPuertoRican #ownvoices #ReadLatinx #poetry #Latinx #booksinverse #bookstagram #LatinxBookstagram #reading #Latinxpoets #PuertoRicanlit #bookguide #poetrycollections #PuertoRicanwriters #PRpoets #bookworm #poetsofIG #libros #bibliophile #bookworm #read #diversereading #ILoveBooks #decolonizeyourfeed #diversespines #dignidadliteraria (at Bushwick) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMDYbdEAEKb/?igshid=11zyplhixk6ib

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thelearningcurv · 4 years

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I found #AReasontoSmile the other day, as it was nice and hot and sunny all day! I was able to enjoy a nice bike ride from the #WilliamsburgBridge all the way down to the #Fultonst train station! That structure us really beautiful! . . . And I enjoyed the day while wearing my #elCoqui #T! I love to wear Luiza's shirt as well, but I made this design to allow people to be inspired by her and #CaribbeanArt , but with their own personal flair. If you swipe through, you can see some of the other colors available for this design. You also have 2 days left to get $5 off of regular #tshirts! From mens to womens, even for kids! Head to thecurv.threadless.com to get your own shirt today! . . . If you're looking for great stories and books that you and your family can either read together, or independently, you can find the #AReasontoSmileSeries at www.thecurv.com/shop/books/4 !!! . . . #tshirtdesign #threadless #threadlessartistshops #threadlesstees #threadlessartist #childrensbookseries #childrensbooks #graphicnovelseries #graphicnovels #childrensbookart #puertoricanartist #puertoricanwriter #kidlit #childrensliterature #raisingreaders #babyfashion #puertoricancharacters #littlereader #readtokids #childrensbookillustration #childrenof_instagram #JavierCruzWinnik https://www.instagram.com/p/CDjQxAohmx0/?igshid=1b9ere5zpo66w

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nandostateofmind · 3 months

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I Love You 3000….

Violet Turns 10……..

I have never ever known love like having a daughter. Xavier is magic the happiest moment of my life was holding him for the first time. Violet though she isn’t like him she is joy. He is calmer, chill, and cool. She is uncontrollable excitement. When things are going wrong she just wants to fix it she wants to help make it better. Some people are born to bring light. I remember watching Avatar the Last Airbender and at the end of the series Aang being a Monk refuses to kill in order to stop the villain. Aang then seeks guidance from a wise old animal a “lion turtle” who tells him, “darkness thrives in the void but always yields to purifying light.” That is Violet she is the purifying light. When things are bad and I am sad or angry or confused, she comes and comforts me. She doesn’t need to say anything. Sometimes I call her and I say can you lay with me and she will grab her tablet and lay down with me not speaking just being with me. Her presence brings me comfort. That’s what she is for me, my comfort. Strong willed but deeply emotional. Sweet but silly. Perfect.

Today she turns 10. Double digits as she calls it. I think to what I hope for her. What I want for her in life is happiness and fulfillment. I hope in work she finds something she is passionate about. In her husband I hope she finds a man who adores her, who is patient and kind and makes her laugh. Someone better than me, who is fearless in his love of her and that she gets to know love as I have known it. That she may feel the joy of being in love that I have experienced. I hope that her children bring her the joy that mine have bought me and the adventures and laughs. I hope that her life’s good and bad times make her a person who looks back and smiles at the times she has had and she remember fondly things she experienced. I hope that she sees the world and feel she never left a stone unturned. That she never feels she didn’t live up to her potential and that she be the best version of herself. That she feels she did great and find the satisfaction of a life well lived.

As her dad its my job to protect her. To make her feel that in the comfort of my arms everything will be okay. That when I am gone there is no confusion to her as to how much I loved and adored her. That I set a standard for what her husband should be as a husband and a father. That her husband loves her correctly and that she knows what loving her correctly looks like because of how I loved her and her mother. That she knows I would never let her down if I could avoid it. I want to be a better father and husband so that she can see the example of what it looks like. I want to be a better friend and a better person for her. Sometimes I don’t meet these standards and she sees me fail at them. I hope she sees that I tried my best. Mostly if my prayers are answered, I just want her to be unbelievably happy. That she knows unparalleled joy. That she feels the joy she has made me feel. That she feels the light that she brings to the world. That she realizes that being Violet made life better. May she be happy as she has made me these past ten years. Happy birthday to my baby Violet, I love you.

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nandostateofmind · 5 months

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Vows

My 15 year wedding renewal vows….

Vows

I knew i would never be the same from the first conversation we ever had

I knew i loved you after the first time we spoke on the phone

I knew i wanted to marry you from the time first we hung out

I always knew i was absolutely sure

I remember talking til our phones died

I remember the feeling

Knowing i found my soul mate knowing i never wanted anything more

Knowing that i found my other half

I always wanted a marriage that my kids could look to and know what love is and i have that in you,

So today i on our renewal i vow to never stop being sure, i vow to never stop loving you, i vow to never stop wanting to marry you, i vow to be yours always

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