We aren’t encouraged to ...

We aren’t encouraged to think for ourselves and ask questions. We are expected to accept what they teach us as infallible truths.
 Raquel Cepeda

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Nobody, she felt, understood her-not her mother, not her father, not her sister or brother, none of the girls or boys at school, nadie - except her man.
 Raquel Cepeda
I remember feeling that pieces of me were scattered around the world; I belonged to her, Mother Earth.
 Raquel Cepeda
A mother isn’t the person who births you; it’s the person who rears you and shows you love.
 Raquel Cepeda
Even the juncture in history and the zeitgeist we live in is something we choose, setting the scene for the spiritual fodder we need to grow and achieve deeper elevation of our souls.
 Raquel Cepeda
Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation.
 Raquel Cepeda