June 22, 2026 — 8:51 a.m.
My mother’s first Monday in Mexico City in about a year begins today.
Midnight flight Sunday.
Vacuum once again.
I have it on as ambience noise.
I am odd. I know.
Coffee brewing.
I once heard that sometimes we are too logical.
Sometimes it’s okay to go off-road and follow your inner antenna.
I have been in loan mayhem for a while.
Never thought I could get help.
One day, a YouTube video popped up:
“If your loan is crazy, you can actually hire a lawyer.”
Say what?
Lol.
Off I went.
Long story short:
Yeah.
A lawyer can help.
But there are so many steps in between that you don’t know until you know.
Suffice it to say:
Yes.
I could get help.
I never thought of others helping me resolve issues.
I always thought:
What if it doesn’t work?
What if it’s impossible?
What if I’m stuck?
But I rarely asked:
What if it does work?
Funny.
The thing that changed my life wasn’t certainty.
It was a question.
What if?
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