Dear Conscience,
I almost forgot to write to you today. It was a pleasant day. I spent the whole day with my daughter. I didn’t have an expansive to do list, but still happy with how it turned out. The two of us bought a gift for a cousin who’s visiting tomorrow and cooked dinner at home. I feel satisfied.
Sincerely,
B.
I got my first nickname when I was 4 years old. It was “bakitza”, which means ‘an old lady’. I’ve always been an old lady on the inside. And as I progress towards being an old lady on the outside too, I want to take control of this journey. To reach the full fledged bakitza level with a peace of mind I always associated with that life stage. I thought it would come on it’s own with age. But now I realize that I have to take control over the mess that my life currently is in order to be a thoroughly satisfied bakitza one day.
Becoming Bakitza 
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