For some, excavating the past isn’t an adventure, it’s more akin to tearing a Band-Aid off an open wound.

I wish she'd said something different, but patriarchy is as prevalent around the world as racism and xenophobia are. We can't hide from it, not even here.

Lately, Mami’s eyes have been so dark, I don’t like looking into them because I’m afraid I’ll fall in.

I remember feeling that pieces of me were scattered around the world; I belonged to her, Mother Earth.

A mother isn’t the person who births you; it’s the person who rears you and shows you love.

We travel with the same clan over and over again, from one life to the next, until some ultimate purpose is fulfilled and we no longer need to return.

Even the juncture in history and the zeitgeist we live in is something we choose, setting the scene for the spiritual fodder we need to grow and achieve deeper elevation of our souls.