The Only Child

Like I Used To Way Back When


Category: Non-Fiction

  • Eulogy for my Mother

    I lost my mom a few weeks ago, and her burial was last week. Below is the eulogy I wrote for her and gave at her services. I wrote the English version first and then translated it into Spanish. To ensure her family and friends could enjoy hearing about her and reminisce with their own…

  • Longread: The FIFAs

    The first time I became aware that the World Cup was a thing and watched all around the world was in 1994 when the U.S. hosted, the year the Northridge Earthquake upended our lives and destruction became more than something I saw on the news, the year that Tonya Harding’s escapades before and during the…