Isabella Ojeda-Ahmed·Feb 8, 2023Trying to Be “A Writer”Last fall, I decided to take myself seriously. I quit my job as a legal assistant and took up writing full-time. Of course, I knew it…
Isabella Ojeda-Ahmed·Jan 10, 2023A Dark SeasonI’ve been seeing a lot of talk lately about these short days of winter, how the sudden darkness catches us off guard, triggers some primal…
Isabella Ojeda-Ahmed·Jan 6, 2023Little ThingI don’t think my cat knows that she’s keeping me tethered to reality.
Isabella Ojeda-Ahmed·Jan 6, 2023Writing MarielaWhat is Mariela doing? Who is she, really? What does she want? These are the questions I’m supposed to ask myself about my protagonist…
Isabella Ojeda-Ahmed·Jan 6, 2023GhostsThe house across the street is haunted. It has to be. The sharp peaks of the roof, topped with ornate spires, reach eerily through the…
Isabella Ojeda-Ahmed·Jan 6, 2023All The Way OutEvery time I liked a boy, I knew what to do. And my worst fear was that maybe I would say, “I like you,” and he would say, “Oh, I don’t…
Isabella Ojeda-Ahmed·Jan 6, 2023I stopped working toward okay.I want to be honest. I haven’t been okay. And I have been avoiding the process of working toward okay.
Isabella Ojeda-Ahmed·Jan 6, 2023Blood or WaterIt’s the English proverb we’ve all heard: Blood is thicker than water.
Isabella Ojeda-Ahmed·Jan 6, 2023Something BlueThe wedding is approaching. It carries a suitcase bursting at the seams.
Isabella Ojeda-Ahmed·Jan 6, 2023Society Is Struggling With My WeightI have taken issue with my body for as long as I can remember. I’ve been thin, I’ve been chubby, I’ve been fat. But I’ve rarely ever felt…A response icon1A response icon1
