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NELLY!!! this was effortless. The piece moved and flowed at every turn. Love your descriptions and how you are able to place us so deeply in the moment. Run with what you’re writing. you fill this piece with so much family history and still kept the energy up, fierce, focused. i cheered out loud for your grandma: My mother, siblings, aunts, uncles and brother-in-law converted to Jehovah’s Witness when I was two, my grandmother on the other hand was neither catholic or JW, she would say “I am my own person and do not tell me what to do and who to believe in”.
I can’t wait to read more about her and more about, Nel.
“The day after I told him, my dad became my superhero! He showed up to my school and got in that coffee and cigarettes smelling breath man, told him if he ever touched me or told me not to play with boys again, he would knock him out cold. My dad told him not to ever touch or speak to me again. My dad talked to me later that night and told me to not ever feel shameful to play or be like a boy and that he loved me no matter who I played with and no matter how I wanted to dress. “Sin verguenza mija haz lo que quieras” shamelessly daughter do what you want.” I like this section, and how you describe the smell of cigarettes and coffee breathe. I also like the quote of your grandma. Thank you!
