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With a thousand sweet kisses, I’ll cover you. Remember Gigo, Love yourself first, second, and third. Release all that is not letting you heal. Rest easy.

I can’t believe that over twenty years ago (I’m 26) I was sitting on my couch and my parents told me that I start “school” soon. I entered kindergarten in Fall of 1999 and cried my eyes out when I discovered that my older sister (who was attending the same “school”) wasn’t going to be in the same class as me. My parents never told me that the steps into Ms. Schienhoft’s was a step into a 20 year plan. From Academic Excellence Program to Visual Performing Arts to Bachelors of Arts in Psychology and now my master’s of science in Psychogy with a focus in Professional Counseling. I’m on my way Mami y Papi to show you what I’ve always shown you since Schienhoft. I am loving the journey in all it’s ups and downs. The main reason I made it was because of opportunity. Shout out to My Family members, My close friends, Mrs. Dawn Palmer, Ms. Miller, Ms. Mar, Mr. Menasche, Ms. Mendez, Kelly Cromer, Dr. Feion Villodas, Dr. Miguel Villodas, Dr. Hart, Dr. Coles, Dr. Robb, and Dr. Nichols. The opportunity you provided to this Queer Immigrant from Venezuela was your best decision yet. My service to the world will be providing affordable quality therapeutic services to folxs in need. I came into school crying in 1999 and now Summer of 2020 I’ll be crying tears of joy that I stuck to my goal to follow my passion. #gigosjourney

Today I took two of my clients to pass out their resume at a nearby strip called Miracle Mile. It was so rewarding to be teaching them how to keep a job.

(Even thougg my first job fired me after 2 1-2 years)

It’s the first day of July.

My birthday month.

My graduation.

My family vacation.

My time to decide on new job

My time to decide on where I want to build my career

Since the beginning of Cancer season this process has been full of mixed emotion. I’ll explain why.

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“The ones who notice the storms in your eyes, the silence in your voice and the heaviness in your heart are the ones you need to let in.”

— Steve Maraboli

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How most people with invisible illnesses are treated by health care “professionals”

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The Golden Girls didn’t fuck around

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honestly i really appreciated this scene when I first saw it bc it took me like two years to get a diagnosis for what’s wrong with me

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Dorothy: Dr. Budd?

Dr. Budd: Yes?

Dorothy: You probably don’t remember me, but you told me I wasn’t sick. Do you remember? You told me I was just getting old.

Dr. Budd: I’m sorry, I really don’t–

Dorothy: Remember. Maybe you’re getting old. That’s a little joke. Well, I tell you, Dr. Budd, I really am sick. I have chronic fatigue syndrome. That is a real illness. You can check with the Center for Disease Control.

Dr. Budd: Huh. Well, I’m sorry about that.

Dorothy: Well, I’m glad! At least I know I have something.

Dr. Budd: I’m sure. Well, nice seeing you.

Dorothy: Not so fast. There are some things I have to say. There are a lot of things that I have to say. Words can’t express what I have to say. [tearing up] What I went through, what you put me through—I can’t do this in a restaurant.

Dr. Budd: Good!

Dorothy: But I will!

Dr. Budd’s date: Louis, who is this person?

Dr. Budd: Look, Miss–

Dorothy: Sit. I sat for you long enough. Dr. Budd, I came to you sick—sick and scared—and you dismissed me. You didn’t have the answer, and instead of saying “I’m sorry, I don’t know what’s wrong with you,” you made me feel crazy, like I had made it all up. You dismissed me! You made me feel like a child, a fool, a neurotic who was wasting your precious time. Is that your caring profession? Is that healing? No one deserves that kind of treatment, Dr. Budd, no one. I suspect had I been a man, I might have been taken a bit more seriously, and not told to go to a hairdresser.

Dr. Budd: Look, I am not going to sit here anymore–

Dr. Budd’s date: Shut up, Louis.

Dorothy: I don’t know where you doctors lose your humanity, but you lose it. You know, if all of you, at the beginning of your careers, could get very sick and very scared for a while, you’d probably learn more from that than anything else. You’d better start listening to your patients. They need to be heard. They need caring. They need compassion. They need attending to. You know, someday, Dr. Budd, you’re gonna be on the other side of the table, and as angry as I am, and as angry as I always will be, I still wish you a better doctor than you were to me.