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Ysabel de la Rosa

Ysabel de la Rosa

Thinking is Better, Much Better

The Center Step Has Gone Missing

4 min readDec 21, 2021

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Young Asian woman seated, thinking, in empty bleachers or stadium

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Ysabel de la Rosa

Viral Voyage: The Interruption Can Be the Change

Thank you, followers and friends, for patience. If you’re chronically ill, interruptions can derail your routine, even your life. Or the…

4 min readNov 3, 2021

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Viral Voyage: The Interruption Can Be the Change

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Ysabel de la Rosa

Viral Voyage: The Anniversary Awakens

Here’s my pre 9/11 post. It’s about anniversaries that need a different name. Has one of these anniversaries happened to you?

10 min readSep 18, 2021

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Crystal ball with green, blue, red, and orange rays of light spiraling around it. Black background.

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Ysabel de la Rosa

This Viral Voyage Breaks for Anniversaries and Interruptions

First, thank you to my new followers! I’m recording my viral voyage because I believe there needs to be one entire record somewhere that…

6 min readSep 16, 2021

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This Viral Voyage Breaks for Anniversaries and Interruptions

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Ysabel de la Rosa

Viral Voyage: Circumstances, Choices, Carelessness & Care

My surgery was scheduled for 2 p.m. the day after I was brought out of the coma. A nurse explained I would be given propofol, fentanyl and…

9 min readAug 11, 2021

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Black and white photo of shadows of trees criss-crossing a field of snow. The shadow of a human figure is in the lower right-hand corner of the picture.

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Ysabel de la Rosa

Viral Voyage: Prayer Matters

I was raised by parents with graduate degrees in theology, whose understanding of Christianity embraced intellect, heart, and soul. Their…

11 min readJul 20, 2021

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A photo of white clouds in the shape of wings in a dark blue sky. The face and praying hands of a woman have been added with thin lines.

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Viral Voyage: A Midstream Revival

The woman looked to be 5 feet 3 inches tall. Olive skin covered her bones. There was scant flesh on her frame. Her short, wiry grey hair…

8 min readJun 25, 2021

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Image of bare branches from trees in winter. The image has two parts. Each one mirrors the other. The branches grow outward and divide so that the remind you of the bronchial tubes and smaller tubes inside the lungs.

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Ysabel de la Rosa

Ysabel de la Rosa

Poet, nonfiction writer, designer, translator, editor. Culture vulture. Survivor of medical mysteries. Dedicated to the arts of healing and understanding.

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