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It’s okay if you’re not perfect, you’re still worthy to God.
Worth is a concept that I’ve struggled with for a long time because it is so tempting to measure our worth based on visible numbers. Age, height, weight, zip code, job grade, tax bracket, net worth, and the pieces of medals and degrees on our walls are just a few of the typical metrics that…
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Every immigrant life begins with experience.
There is a reason why we pursue a new life in a foreign land: It’s born of hope for something better beyond the horizon. It’s not to say that the choice is always ours. Sometimes, it is a wave of change that forces us out of where we were (in my case, a marriage that’s waited and…
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Feeling at 27
Growing up will demand of us to become new. Still, I feel more grounded in myself at 27 than I’ve ever been in my twenties. There is a quiet peace in knowing who I am, while understanding who others are. I have a better sense of what I’m accountable for, and I know when to…
Marielle Ignacio DeTorres 