iamberenice in #hive-131951 • 7 hours agoI'm sick of being told what to do / Estoy harta de que me digan qué hacer (eng-esp)Greetings, friends of @holos-lotus. There's a phrase I've been hearing for as long as I can remember, and it drives me crazy more and more each time: "I'm telling you this for…iamberenice in #hive-124452 • yesterdayCoffee is a necessity / El café es una necesidad / contest #279 (eng-esp)Greetings, my friends. I'm a writer, and that means, among other things, that I'm a creature of habit. I need routines so the day doesn't slip through my fingers, so the words…iamberenice in #hive-124452 • 5 days agoA hammok, a book and silencio / Una hamaca, un libro y silencio / contest #279 (eng-esp)Greetings, Ladies of Hive friends. I have to confess something. My perfect afternoon isn't just one. I have several, depending on the moment, depending on what I need. This is…iamberenice in #hive-124452 • 6 days agoA sunday for us / Un domingo para nosotras (eng-esp)Greetings, my friends: Happy International Women's Day! Today is a day to celebrate. And when I say celebrate, I don't just mean official events or speeches. I mean enjoying…iamberenice in #hive-131951 • 7 days agoLiving in balance / Vivir en equilibrio (eng-esp)Hello, friends of @holos-lotus. Like everyone else, to a greater or lesser degree, I lived at various extremes for many years. In my youth, I was one of those people who wanted…iamberenice in #hive-131951 • 8 days agoThe need and importance of believing in others / La necesidad e importancia de creer en los demás (eng-esp)Greetings, friends of @holos-lotus. It's taken me years to learn to trust others. Not because I'm a naturally distrustful person, but because for a long time I was convinced…iamberenice in #hive-124452 • 9 days agoRespect begins with oneself / El respeto empieza en una misma (eng-esp)Greetings, my friends. For years I thought respect was something you earned from others. That if I worked hard, if I treated people well, if I fulfilled my obligations, I would…iamberenice in #hive-131951 • 12 days agoAn uncomfortable illness / Un mal incómodo (eng-esp)Greetings, my friends. I've never met a punctual writer. Well, maybe that's a lie I tell myself to justify being late, which is almost always. I've been late everywhere for…iamberenice in #hive-124452 • 13 days agoThe world needs to read more literature / El mundo necesita leer más literatura- LOH contest week #278 (eng-esp)Hello, my friends. The world needs to read more literature . Notice that I'm not saying it needs more literature—there's already enough—but rather that it needs to read…iamberenice in #hive-131951 • 14 days agoThe value of our word / El valor de nuestra palabra (eng-esp)Hello, friends of @holos-lotus. The first time I truly understood the importance of keeping my word was when my oldest son was five. I promised him we would go to the park on…iamberenice in #hive-124452 • 15 days agoI'll take the initiative too / Yo también tomo la iniciativa (eng-esp)Hello, my friends. The other day I read @abelarte's post and it made me think about my teenage years. I'm referring to the fact that women are now taking the initiative in…iamberenice in #hive-124452 • 18 days agoThe past is gone / El pasado ya pasó - LOH contest week #277 (eng-esp)Greetings, friends! Dear @sacra97, if I could travel through time, I would go to the future. I would do it without a second thought. However, I would do so with one thing very…iamberenice in #hive-124452 • 19 days agoLive is not a play / La vida no es una obra de teatro - LOH week #277Hi, my friends 😁. Dear @sacra97, I still remember that night with a mixture of secondhand embarrassment and astonishment. I was fourteen years old and lived with my parents in…iamberenice in #hive-131951 • 19 days agoThe weight of what is there / El peso de lo que está ahí (eng-esp)Greetings, friends of @holos-lotus. For years, I believed my job as a writer consisted of waiting for the big idea to strike. I would sit at my typewriter, notebook at my side…iamberenice in #hive-131951 • 20 days agoLet's normalize what's worthwhile / Normalicemos lo que merece la pena (eng-esp)Greetings, my friends. We live in an age obsessed with normalization. Therapy is becoming normalized, which I think is wonderful. Talking about mental health is becoming…iamberenice in #hive-124452 • 22 days agoThe bridge of understanding / El puente de la comprensión (eng-esp)Greetings, friends! For a long time, I believed that loving the other person was enough to maintain a healthy relationship. I thought that love, friendship, or family affection…iamberenice in #hive-124452 • 23 days agoGood ideas are meant to be acted upon / Las buenas ideas son para realizarlas (eng-esp)Hi, Friends! Yesterday, while tidying my desk drawers, I found an old notebook. I opened it and stumbled upon dozens of notes: plots for novels I never wrote, characters…iamberenice in #hive-131951 • 24 days agoThe herd trap / La trampa de la manada (eng-esp)Hello, friends of @holos-lotus. As a child, I played Captain Onion. This is a children's game where all the kids imitated what the leader (Captain Onion) did. If the captain…iamberenice in #hive-131951 • 25 days agoThe masks we use every day / Las máscaras que usamos a diario (eng-esp)Saludos, amigos de @holos-lotus. Todas llevamos puesta una máscara casi todo el tiempo. No lo digo en sentido figurado, lo digo como una realidad que he observado en mí y en…iamberenice in #hive-124452 • 26 days agoRealizar proyectos en conjunto con la familiaSaludos, amigas mías 😃. Cuando mis hijos eran pequeños, pensaba que los valores se enseñaban con palabras. Les decía que había que ser generoso, que había que trabajar en…