Rose Candela: organizing the past for a better today
organizing the past for a better today
It’s confusing to be here sometimes, isn’t it? You’re told to identify by your career or your status. As in, in your bio you’ll write: teacher, mother, wife…etc. Yet. You’re much more than what you do. Who you are isn’t how you spend your time. Because if who we are, like the core essence of[…]
To the Rose in this photo, 4 years ago and 40 hours into labor of her baby. This is what I want you to know: Your baby will be here early tomorrow morning, as light begins to crack open the dawn. You have been moving mountains and calling upon the strength of your ancestors to[…]
When the elevator door opened, I knew. When I met Asha a little over a month ago I knew, with every cell of my being, that I was meeting a soul friend. She and I, as you will hear in this conversation, don’t shy away from the hard topics like: questioning online personas, Asha’s experiences[…]
For a bit of time, I was doing creativity coaching — helping passionate women by giving them feedback and structure of what could guide them to make their creative ideas a reality. Then, this theme kept occurring over and over in the nearly 20 women I was mentoring during this time: I’m not feeling creative.[…]
“For years I wanted a good marriage, and to become a mother. Now that I have what I’ve wanted…I’m feeling stuck.” I said to my dearest friend. “Well, it sounds like you need to figure out what you want now,” she so simply reflected to me. Her simple question stopped me dead in my tracks.[…]
Poison ivy. I’ve been identifying this plant with my son as we visit our favorite spots in the woods. Spring brings out so many buried things, the good and the bad. As I explain what poison ivy is to my son, I notice how negative I am about the plant. And yes, the rash that[…]
Hello dear one. I’m trying out vlogging (video logging or video blogging). I still love to write, so this vlog-ing may stick around or it may be a once in a lifetime thing. Either way, I hope you can take about 10 minutes to listen in to my musings on a theme in my life[…]
