Vanessa Ya Lopez

“And there’s grace in being willing to know and hear others. This, for me, is how we become.”
― Michelle Obama, Becoming

“The hot air was pregnant with jasmine and eucalyptus.”
― Tembi Locke, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home

“And at the end of the day, your feet should be dirty, your hair messy and your eyes sparkling.”
― Shanti

“The connection you are creating here is like a flower. It requires soil and sun, things that, thanks to God, are given freely. But it is you, all of us, who has to water the flower to make it grow. Without water, all relations remain small. They can’t open, and eventually they die.”
― Tembi Locke, From Scratch: A Memoir of Love, Sicily, and Finding Home