Abraham VillarrealAutomation can’t do everything, and I hope it doesn’tIn our new world of automation, I’m asking myself who will be changing my kitty litter each day. Doesn’t my cat want me to do it? Doesn’t…3 min read·6 hours ago----
Abraham VillarrealReflecting on a grandfather’s service and his whyWhen I see a military photo of my grandfather, I wonder why he chose to enlist. I see him looking straight at the camera, head slightly…3 min read·Jun 10, 2024--1--1
Abraham VillarrealAirports, layovers, and learning about our differencesI’m writing this to you as a I sit at a funny-looking round red table constructed to promote the history of the Coca-Cola company. It’s the…3 min read·Jun 2, 2024----
Abraham VillarrealOn your birthday, it’s others that are worth celebratingIt’s my birthday today, and on birthdays, we celebrate life. So, here’s to life — all its good and bad, all its regularity and all its…3 min read·May 19, 2024----
Abraham VillarrealUnparked shopping carts and other signs of the timesIt’s graduation season and twenty-something-year-olds are getting ready to leave college and start something new. They’ve hit the books for…3 min read·May 13, 2024----
Abraham VillarrealFinding our own rhythm and sticking to itWe all know people who describe something in a way that means not to offend. Such as when a realtor says that the house is charming or an…·3 min read·May 6, 2024----
Abraham VillarrealLove, sacrifice, and other Holy Week remindersLast week at the migrant center, a kid about nine years old wanted to help me hand out cake for one of the birthdays we were celebrating…·3 min read·Mar 31, 2024----
Abraham VillarrealBeing quiet in a world that’s too loudAll my life people have told me to speak up — to enunciate. “You mumble” are two words I hear in meetings and during phone calls. Being…·3 min read·Mar 19, 2024----
Abraham VillarrealGrief, obituaries, and choosing words to sayI helped a friend write an obituary this week. It was one of those acts of kindness that come after you tell your friend that you are there…·3 min read·Mar 11, 2024----
Abraham VillarrealSometimes words are all we have to leave behindWe all have people in our lives that we remember for that one statement they made. The saying or the declaration they shared stuck…·3 min read·Feb 26, 2024----
