Rosabel Sanchez

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 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...

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 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,...

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 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,...

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, 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...

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 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.

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 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...