Jessica Puente

How death broke my family and Whatsapp put it back together

Death broke my family once. It all started when my grandfather had a stroke. He was the pillar holding up my dad’s side of the family. My dad has three brothers and four sisters. One of his sisters has five children. We’re a big family and it was only suitable that grandma and grandpa’s house […]

Jessica Puente

March 9, 2015

People

apps, bicultural, cancer, death, family, grandparents, life, mexico, technology, whatsapp

What do you write on?

The way we write is changing. I spend more time writing with my thumbs than ever before. I used to write primarily on napkins or whatever blank, portable space was around. There’s something about using a pen that I’ve always loved, but recently I’ve been typing. Writing on paper compared to typing sort of feels […]

Jessica Puente

March 2, 2015

People

authors, blogging, writers, writing

How a train station changed how I look at my body

I started working in downtown Los Angeles 7 months ago. I still live about 60 miles away so I take the Metrolink train into town every day. Union Station is a huge hub for transportation. There are buses, trains, railcars, and the underground metro. You can pretty much get anywhere in LA county and some […]

Jessica Puente

February 23, 2015

People

beauty, body image, gender, los angeles, people, stereotypes, women

7 Irrational fears I have while riding the metro

1) If I stand too close to the rails, someone might push me in and I’ll die. 2) Someone will fart on me as I’m going up the stairs. 3) That someone will steal my I Read button. 4) I’ll get some incurable disease from touching the holding poles. 5) That my hair will get […]

Jessica Puente

February 16, 2015

People

fears, lists, metro, public transportation, subway, train

On being in the moment

There’s this idea that technology takes us away from the present. Our phones and the internet make it easy to avoid really experiencing what’s around you. There was a story in the news recently about a man who almost walked right into a bear. When you look at the video, you see the man was […]

Jessica Puente

February 9, 2015

People

being, cell phones, happy, internet, introspection, lifestyle, puppies, Social media

When your dogs fight

There are really few things I care as deeply for, as I do for my dogs. One of them I’ve known since he was 6 weeks old and the other 2 I’ve known for a little over a year. There are people who I have known longer than all my dogs have been alive and […]

Jessica Puente

February 2, 2015

People

animals, dogs, love, people, pets, relationships

What kind of liar are you?

There are many kinds of lies. There are white lies, lies about lies, omissions, lies we tell children, lies we tell ourselves, butler lies, fake sarcasm lies. Lies we tell children These seem to be the type of lies most people are comfortable with. In some cases, you can be labeled downright deranged if you […]

Jessica Puente

January 26, 2015

People

behavior, lies, lying, people, relationships

21 days

With the start of the new year, a lot of us are thinking, what we can do to better ourselves? If you’re one of these people, I’m betting you’ve heard it takes 21 days to form a habit. In 1960, a plastic surgeon named Maxwell Maltz published a book called Psycho-Cybernetics in which he noted […]

Jessica Puente

January 20, 2015

People

21 days, Adventure, habit forming, life, people, self improvement

You and Me and We and I

You and Me and We and I are unpredictable. You is mostly caring but can be combative at times. Me is closely followed by -lancholy but when Me is alone, Peace can usually be found. When You and Me are together, Peace will stick around. But it can still feel like something is missing. We […]

Jessica Puente

January 12, 2015

People

people, personification, relationships, we

The Other Woman

I don’t like being alone or not having plans because the other woman invites herself over. She invades my place and makes herself right at home, like a roommate you’ve come to hate but can’t kick out. There were times long ago when she would be nice, even if it was backhanded. But lately she’s […]

Jessica Puente

January 5, 2015

People

anthropomorphism, depression, personification