Dear Reader, My husband has made his peace with my not-so-secret love affair, the one I have with books. I read to learn. To escape into other worlds. And to breathe in the satisfaction of those moments where I finally find the right combination of words to express something I’ve always felt but never had [...]
Author: Nia Ita
Nia is a bilingual, school-based, NYC speech-language pathologist with a love and passion for words and language. Born to two Dominican immigrant parents, she is also a writer and educator who is focused on improving the quality of life of others through reading, writing and the sharing of resources.
RE(VIEW): THE DEEPLY FORMED LIFE
I left my last church for a few reasons. At the top of that list was how uncomfortable I felt with the silence surrounding racial violence and injustice in the United States. I walked into service on a Sunday heavy-hearted following the Charleston church shooting and it was business as usual. The lack of acknowledgement [...]
Sunday Soul Reflections #7
Currently Listening to: it's too late to keep it together - sagun I'm feeling nostalgic for myspace days when you could have music playing on your blog as soon as someone clicked on your profile. I know I'm dating myself and I'm completely OK with that. I'm a week away from my 31st birthday and [...]
Sunday Soul Reflections #6
This weekend marks the start of a new month. I love new beginnings. They feel like a fresh page in a journal, full of endless possibilities. While I did a decent job of caring for my physical body in May and June, I fell off the wagon a bit this July (a little too much [...]
Sunday Soul Reflections #5
These past few months have legitimately felt like living through an episode of Black Mirror. The violence, negligence + lack of empathy we've witnessed from elected officials all the way to local leaders like public educators has been heartbreaking. Every time I read a post about how people "don't see color" my heart sinks a [...]
Sunday Soul Reflections #4
"The same way there is a BC and an AC (before Christ and after Christ), there will be a BP and an AP. Before the Pandemic and After the Pandemic." As I balance my cell phone against a wall in the kitchen and leave floured fingerprints on the screen, Papi uses his long arms to [...]
Sunday Soul Reflections #3
AKA Re(view) + (Re)flection on The Gifts of Imperfection In Brene Brown’s “The Gifts of Imperfection” she often refers back to her 2007 B̶r̶e̶a̶k̶d̶o̶w̶n̶ Spiritual Awakening. I experienced something similar in 2017 when I started therapy and participated in the #52essays2017 challenge. I can’t help but feel like our world is going through a 2020 [...]
Sunday Soul Reflections #2
This time of year can be hard for me. It is a pattern I was able to detect through therapy. I don't do well when the dark and cold falls over the city like a weighted shadow. I don't have a Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) diagnosis or anything, but I have noted more moments of [...]
Sunday Soul Reflections #1
Everyone I know is tired. My friends and family and complete strangers that don't even notice I walk by them are overwhelmed and overstimulated. I have fallen victim to it as well. The tiredness. Like a plague over this city. The exhaustion is bone-deep and spirit-bound. It worsens when I watch the news that reminds [...]
Q&A with Author Julian Randall
A few months ago, I pitched an author Q&A to a well-known publication that had been asking me to send them some literary content. In March of 2019, they responded that they were passing on the idea because they prefer to cover upcoming or recent books. The debut collection of poetry and winner of the [...]