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No Time to Fight Off Disease
Dear Conscience, I haven’t felt healthy in weeks now. O got sick, never fully rested and recovered. Too much running around, and no rest in sight either. Nose still stuffy, throat hurts, cough attacks, headache…. With a toddler who keeps bringing germs from daycare, no paid sick leave, and at most times nobody to jump Continue reading
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New Year, Old Me
Dear Conscience, If yesterday was a reality check, today was a blow. Mistakes of wasting time usually cost more than I perceive at the time. Today my husband got sick with COVID, which means me and my daughter might get sick too. But either way, I had to take care of both of them at Continue reading
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Special Circumstances
Dear Conscience, Just when I think I might be getting to a point of keeping my head above water, my daughter got sick again, and of course I’m dealing with her now. Of course this is part of life, and of course everything else is on hold. But unfortunately, my life isn’t set up well Continue reading
About Me
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 