“What is love, Papá?”      Celio had just gotten home from Kingston Canyon Elementary school and was waiting for her father to come home from work to talk to him. She did it so often now that it became a routine, one that was a comfort, especially since her mom started picking up the afternoon loads at the hospital. Talking to her father was her secret place.      “What is love, papá?” she asked, leaning over her father’s shoulder, who now sat with his coffee-filled mug on the old and cracked...

Every kid has two types of parents for Christmas. Those who try to pretend there is Santa and those who would give it to them straight(Fun Fact: Did you know Santa was inspired by Saint Nicolas?). My parents were the first example. However, it did not take long before I found out on my own. I remember that once I stayed up to catch the supposed fat man in red and caught my parents wrapping presents instead (Now that I think back, that was a better surprise. I would not have liked to see a...

She receives them with a warm smile, making them feel light as the fireflies that rise in her November moonlighted sky. And as more arrive, she lets them all into her large but warm and cozy abode, filled with romantic light that always flows. Romantic light that sometimes likes to make it all the way out of the windows to complement and dance with the night, who gladly gives into his delight. November— no one can forget her, with her sleepy, aged caramel eyes that always seem as if they are...

Lobotomy : defined as a surgical operation involving incision into the prefrontal lobe of the brain, formerly used to treat mental...

Over the summer, I decided to watch the film  I, Robot, directed in 2004 by Alex Proyas. The film was adapted from a collection of...