11/06/2025
Beans! π«
Maybe my favorite thing to harvest at the end of the growing season.
Fresh dry beans .. Are. So. Good. (IYKYK)
It feels like something in my lineage.
My Guatemalan ancestry.
My family tree lists no one from Guatemala. Yet Guatemala is in my bones.
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Harvesting dry beans on the coast, sleeping on dirt floors and riding in the back of the truck to bring the harvest in.
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So. If I identify with something that isn't on my birth certificate because of my life experiences, does that mean that identity isn't real?
Identity goes way deeper than papers & appearance.
We are all a kaleidescope of color, opportunity, experience and adventure.
Just like these beautiful beans.
(Which were delicious by the way!)
Love you and how you beautifully identify!