Janeth Romero
Bio
Born and raised in the northern coast of Colombia, for the past thirteen years the Midwest has been my home. Aside from spending time with my children, I love to write, dance, read, sing, meditate, and listen to stories.
Stories (2/0)
The Book for Atonement
The doorbell rang ten times with identical one-second intervals. Romina’s heart raced as she slowly began to remember what most likely this could mean. She could not dare to consider that this unusual calling could be a random act nor the actions of some desperate, thoughtless, impatient person. She did not have to try hard to welcome the conviction that the day she had been waiting for so long had finally arrived.
By Janeth Romero3 years ago in Humans
The Land of Pleasures
A Little Green House Today, a journey back home requires a bus ride, two airplanes with a long layover and a final bus ride in the northern coast of South America. When I visit El Carmen de Bolivar I stay at my Grandma’s house, a green structure made of mud walls and zinc roof panels that exacerbate the heating effect of their average 95°F weather. In a great attempt of group effort, this house was built by the hands of my great grandparents, my grandparents, my uncles and my father. As the oldest of four siblings, my father was just eight years old when he and his brothers helped blend the mixture of mud and manure that would be used to shape the house, using their feet because their hands were too small. Since then, four generations of our family have considered the house as their home, mildly upgrading it over the years.
By Janeth Romero3 years ago in Wander