Life | Brazil | Resilience!!!
Journalled on Friday, 22 August 2025 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 28 degrees, hot, sunny and blue sky. I think I was taught, from a young age, to put myself second, to forget my own needs in the […]
Journalled on Friday, 22 August 2025 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 28 degrees, hot, sunny and blue sky. It’s Friday, the end of the week. I’m a little tired, and honestly, my feelings are mixed right now. But […]
Journalled on Monday, 25 May 2026 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 24 degrees, warm and overcast. Parenthood does not become simpler when a child reaches adulthood. The questions change, but the uncertainty remains: when should we give guidance, […]
Journalled on Sunday, 16 November 2025 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 27 degrees, hot, sunny, and slightly overcast. It is Sunday, and I will take Yasmin to her ENEM exam. ENEM is a national Brazilian exam for all […]
Journalled on Thursday, 12 February 2026 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 33 degrees, very hot, sunny, and slightly overcast. There are two kinds of nothing. There is the good kind, the nothing you choose: doing nothing, going nowhere, […]
Journalled on Monday, 14 October 2024 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 24 degrees, hot, sunny, and slightly overcast. Last night was my first at my new address, and the first time in a year and a half that […]
Journalled on Saturday, 28 May 2024 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 27 degrees, hot, sunny, and slightly overcast. This was only Julie’s second full day since arriving Thursday evening. After a grey, rainy Friday spent organising and enjoying […]
Journalled on Sunday, 25 May 2025 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 25 degrees, hot, sunny, and slightly overcast. Yesterday I went to Guarabira’s birthday BBQ. I stayed until about 8:00 and drank a lot for me, considering I’m […]
Journaled on Tuesday, 19 August 2025 | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 25 degrees, hot, sunny, and slightly overcast. It is Tuesday, and Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, is almost in flames. Since the beginning of the month, Brazil […]
Journalled on Sunday, 31 May 2026, | Santo Cristo, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 25 degrees, hot, sunny, and slightly overcast. Sometimes a small silence can reveal far more than a long conversation. This post reflects on emotional distance, boundaries, self-respect, […]