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Today she woke up at 7:00 AM, she was taking time off because she had been overwhelmed for several things happening at the same time. She went to the bathroom to pee and brushed her teeth. Then, she went to the kitchen to grab a glass of water and took her thyroid pill. She swallowed it and started looking for her kindle charger that it's been missing for a while. She did not find it and started to reading a book.  She was overthinking, she knew she had a job that paid her bills, but she was not happy at all. She could not quit because she was a responsible adult who needed to bring food to the table.  She did not know what to do, so she decided to go out and see her plants. Fall was right in the corner, the leaves were starting changing, starting to fall down and she knew that the nature is a perfect state to be.  She made sure that her plants were watered properly because she was heading out during the long weekend.  She was going to visit her friend from Universit...

Es momento de hablar en colectivo, podemos cambiar de nombre porque sólo así podemos nombrar a las que no están, podemos ser muchas personas en una misma porque ellas nos representan, nos cuidan y nos sostienen cuando nosotras no podemos hacerlo.  En el verano gris de un país individualista, una mujer mestiza que deviene de una historia no contada o escondida, se atrave a nombrar ese colectivo, lazos comunitarios, que sostienen la vida a través de los cuidados. Si fuiste tú Francisca, ahora reencarno en Francisca, la que alimentó a mi madre y a sus hermanas, que con su cuerpo crió y materno a once seres humanos que puso al servicio del capital.  Somos también el trabajo de Tomás que como soldador, soldó todas las máquinas que pudieron producir metales.  Somos las uñas de Martha, que trabajó en la pizca de fresas en California y que sin sus uñas no hubieramos tenido fruta fresca para el desayuno de la mañana.  Somos el cabello de Eloisa que lo trenzaba cada mañana y s...

Las piedras se encuentran solas, en el camino que lleva hacia a la montaña. Ruedan y ruedan hasta encontrarse.