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  • Shake it off!

    by Rosabel Sanchez

    “Baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off.” Yes, I just quoted Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off” lyrics! It’s New Year’s Day and I just spent my early afternoon watching her “Reputation” tour with my eldest daughter Bianca, a somewhat reluctant fan. Despite her issues with T-Swift, she still cannot help but like her! I...

    January 1, 2019
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  • Remembrance

    by Rosabel Sanchez

    To say this was a year of extreme loss, sadness, and emptiness is an understatement. After 13 years of prolonged mourning, my beautiful mother finally was able to meet her creator. Though for years she was in a vegetative state, after she passed it hit me, that I can no longer touch or see her. I wonder often, how wonderfully different life would be,...

    December 31, 2018
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  • She Hears Me…

    by Rosabel Sanchez

    Today. April 17th, 2018. Exactly one week since I received the phone call from my dad. “Mimi, she passed away!”  For the last 10 years of her life, my mom was in a vegetative/comatose state. At one time, even the thought of hearing the words my dad spoke that morning would haunt me. They hung over my head like a massive black cloud that,...

    April 17, 2018
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  • Tribute to Marisa- Made Me Glad!

    by Rosabel Sanchez

    Everyone deals with grief differently. I write. So, here’s to you, my sweet cousin, Marisa. Growing up, besides having my crazy attitude sister- Gorda, I had my cousins- Melinda, Nicole, and Marisa. We hung out a lot together, especially in our teens. Like many Chicago teens in the 90s, we spent our leisure time, going to the mall, dancing at teen clubs, and swimming...

    December 30, 2017
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  • I Am From

    by Rosabel Sanchez

    I’m from clear plastic couch covers that stick to your skin on hot summer days from sofrito and Sazon as necessities in meals. I am from wicker fan chairs and clown figuras on the glass coffee table and Abuela’s cinnamon apple tea con leche filled the cold winter night while novelas played on the TV.

    November 23, 2017
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  • Unclogging Our Hearts

    by Rosabel Sanchez

    A clogged bathtub is the worst, especially for a family of six living in a one bathroom house. To make matters worse it happened in the evening hours. As usual, my Latina-ness kicked in, and I started trying some home remedies, that my mama so graciously modeled for me when I was a child. On side note, once my kitchen sink was clogged. After...

    March 4, 2017
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Shake it off!

“Baby, I’m just gonna shake, shake, shake, shake, shake I shake it off, I shake it off.” Yes, I just quoted Taylor Swift’s “Shake it Off” lyrics! It’s New...

January 1, 2019
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Remembrance

To say this was a year of extreme loss, sadness, and emptiness is an understatement. After 13 years of prolonged mourning, my beautiful mother finally was able to meet...

December 31, 2018
Comments 5
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She Hears Me…

Today. April 17th, 2018. Exactly one week since I received the phone call from my dad. “Mimi, she passed away!”  For the last 10 years of her life, my...

April 17, 2018
Comments 4
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Tribute to Marisa- Made Me Glad!

Everyone deals with grief differently. I write. So, here’s to you, my sweet cousin, Marisa. Growing up, besides having my crazy attitude sister- Gorda, I had my cousins- Melinda,...

December 30, 2017
Comments 0
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I Am From

I’m from clear plastic couch covers that stick to your skin on hot summer days from sofrito and Sazon as necessities in meals. I am from wicker fan chairs...

November 23, 2017
Comments 6
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Unclogging Our Hearts

A clogged bathtub is the worst, especially for a family of six living in a one bathroom house. To make matters worse it happened in the evening hours. As...

March 4, 2017
Comments 0
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Leaving the Sand, so I Can Swim…

Naomi Anais Sanchez, age 16 There’s always been something about the ocean that intrigues me. Maybe it’s the way the waves move: free and unpredictable. Or maybe it’s the...

February 6, 2017
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Breaking Barriers: A Mother’s Advice and a Daughter’s Dream

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“Slow down. Men don’t like women who are smarter than them. And if you want to one day find a husband- you...

January 22, 2017
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Boldness Through Bitterness

It’s a winter night in Chicago. The first snowfall this season has visited. The first snowfall is always a beautiful sight, especially when it happens at night, when you...

January 6, 2017
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On Trump and the Election: A Young Latina’s Perspective

Guest Writer: Naomi Sanchez, Age 16/An Opinion Piece Authors Note: Have you ever had thousands of words just flying in your head, but you just can’t place them together...

November 23, 2016
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Rosabel Sanchez

Rosabel Sanchez

Rosabel Sanchez is a woman who loves God- serves Him with great humbleness, loves her family and friends- serves them with great love, and love life with such a great appreciation for all that she has been blessed with. She, her husband and 4 children lead two churches on the southwest-side of Chicago, where they all live. As I embark on this new journey, I pray and hope I can become a part of one of your daily practices- your morning inspiration, your afternoon break from the world, or your evening cool down. So join me with a cup of your choice- coffee, tea, chocolate- and you will be blessed with encouraging words to warm your heart & soul.

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