Agnes Lopez“you suddenly complete me”I’d forgotten about the song “Hysteric” by Yeah Yeah Yeahs, from the album “It’s Blitz!” When I was first listening to that album over a…Jan 7, 2023Jan 7, 2023
Agnes Lopeznew year, more grace.it’s New Year’s Day, a day when many become motivated to make promises they can’t keep. over the years, i’ve promised to keep up daily…Jan 1, 2023Jan 1, 2023
Agnes Lopezhave an okay day.something i always want to do is to wish people an okay day. i realize, though, that how it would land would likely be different from how i…Sep 3, 2022Sep 3, 2022
Agnes LopezinvitationsI’ve been following the wisdom of someone whom I consider a mentor. Because of her reminders, I have been keeping my eyes open for doors…Aug 15, 2022Aug 15, 2022
Agnes Lopezbodyi am arriving, and parts of me are still emerging. this body is new. this body does not bear marks of desperation. this body glows, it…Aug 5, 2022Aug 5, 2022
Agnes Lopezdown timeI have a million things to do so of course I spent too much time in bed deleting hundreds of photos from my phone. What I noticed the most…Jun 21, 2022Jun 21, 2022
Agnes LopezI’m waking up on a beautiful day.This is a scene that makes me forget, for a moment, all of the violence surrounding me. School shootings follow mass shootings follow the…May 30, 2022May 30, 2022
Agnes LopezI’ve been doing a lot of learning over the past year or so about restorative justice.As I continued teaching at a different school over the next several years, restorative justice became something that I referred to as…May 23, 2022May 23, 2022
Agnes LopezLast May, I drove out to see my mom for the first time since the pandemic started.The album contained photos from when my mom, and later my dad, first came to the United States from the Philippines. Those first two years…May 9, 2022May 9, 2022