“but here's what i've learned: i am not less. i am more. and i am who i am. i am english and spanish and french and spanglish. i am puerto rico and michigan and washington, dc and san diego. i am loud and quiet, extroverted and introverted, emotional and rational.
i am all of these things. and if you want to know me,…
“but here's what i've learned: i am not less. i am more. and i am who i am. i am english and spanish and french and spanglish. i am puerto rico and michigan and washington, dc and san diego. i am loud and quiet, extroverted and introverted, emotional and rational.
i am all of these things. and if you want to know me, if you want to love me, you need to know all of me.”
this is sooo raw and so vulnerable!! anyone who came here an immigrant knows exactly this feeling, you painted a picture of what I went thru as well except on the east coast.
i love that your mom knew all the english bad words! 😂
you are brilliant Edgar! seriously brilliant Edgar!
anyeri! mi amor! thank you so much for reading this and for leaving such a beautiful comment. 🥹💖girl, you know exactly what this feels like, don't you? east coast, west coast, midwest - the struggle hits different but it's still the same at its core. i'm so glad this resonated with you. it's like we're all part of this secret club nobody wanted to join but now we can't leave, you know? and lmaooo yes! my mom's english vocabulary was... colorful, to say the least. 😂 i swear, half the reason i learned english so fast was to figure out what the hell she was actually saying when she got mad!
seriously though, thank you for calling this raw and vulnerable. it wasn't easy to write, but comments like yours make it worth it. it's like... we've all been carrying these experiences around for so long, and finally being able to put them into words feels like letting out a breath i didn't know i was holding.
you're brilliant too, you know that?!? the way you've navigated your own journey, the strength it takes to build a life in a new place - that's not just survival, that's art.
thank you for being you, for being here, for getting it. te quiero un mundo. 💖✨
p.s. if you are ever in san diego, we're getting cafecito and swapping immigrant war stories en la playa, okay? 😘
ayyyy diossss miooo!!!
“but here's what i've learned: i am not less. i am more. and i am who i am. i am english and spanish and french and spanglish. i am puerto rico and michigan and washington, dc and san diego. i am loud and quiet, extroverted and introverted, emotional and rational.
i am all of these things. and if you want to know me, if you want to love me, you need to know all of me.”
this is sooo raw and so vulnerable!! anyone who came here an immigrant knows exactly this feeling, you painted a picture of what I went thru as well except on the east coast.
i love that your mom knew all the english bad words! 😂
you are brilliant Edgar! seriously brilliant Edgar!
anyeri! mi amor! thank you so much for reading this and for leaving such a beautiful comment. 🥹💖girl, you know exactly what this feels like, don't you? east coast, west coast, midwest - the struggle hits different but it's still the same at its core. i'm so glad this resonated with you. it's like we're all part of this secret club nobody wanted to join but now we can't leave, you know? and lmaooo yes! my mom's english vocabulary was... colorful, to say the least. 😂 i swear, half the reason i learned english so fast was to figure out what the hell she was actually saying when she got mad!
seriously though, thank you for calling this raw and vulnerable. it wasn't easy to write, but comments like yours make it worth it. it's like... we've all been carrying these experiences around for so long, and finally being able to put them into words feels like letting out a breath i didn't know i was holding.
you're brilliant too, you know that?!? the way you've navigated your own journey, the strength it takes to build a life in a new place - that's not just survival, that's art.
thank you for being you, for being here, for getting it. te quiero un mundo. 💖✨
p.s. if you are ever in san diego, we're getting cafecito and swapping immigrant war stories en la playa, okay? 😘