Today I see Stella running in joyful glee. She gets excited over the smallest things. And in that moment, looking at that little being, I just have an overwhelming feeling of giving her the best parts of the world.

When we become a parent we realize its too late to try and change the world. We will have to bring our children up in this reality, in this world, in the way it is.

I live in polluted, dangerous São Paulo. Traffic, concrete, ugliness, social injustice. The feeling of wanting to escape is huge. It's big. And now, with this cold. It is so cold this year. Persephone darling, why are you lingering in the underworld for so long now? It is time to come on up now...bring us warmth.