I put that on my mama.

"If a daughter internalizes her mother’s unconscious beliefs then she has her mother’s approval but has in some way betrayed herself and her potential." - Bethany Webster

Buenos dias, baddies. It's been a minute.

I know the last time we had cafecito together was mid-September, and I fully intended to invite you over for another one before the year’s end.

But before October could even get its feet on the ground, I was shaken awake to the news that my uncle’s apartment building was on fire.

We didn’t know who was hurt. We d…