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September 19, 2014

How Starting my Own Business Ruined my Life

By Teevee Aguirre
September 19, 2014
6 Min read
19September

I’m coming up on 7 years since I quit my management job. 7 years! Holy shit! This article hits so close to home that I almost feel that I could have written it. (If was better with the written word) I had a couple of supportive girlfriends (not at the same time, that would just be scandalous) that always wondered where my mind was. Why couldn’t be present. They could tell my mind was...

September 16, 2014

On Discipline and Corporal Punishment

By Teevee Aguirre
September 16, 2014
6 Min read
16September

He loved me. I love him. He tried. But he was wrong. And that’s ok. I’ve struggled coming to terms with many of the scars, both internal and external, from my childhood. I was disciplined and slapped around quite a bit. During one of these disciplining sessions, my father slapped me on the side of the face and damaged my ear drum. I can’t put my head underwater. For this reason...

July 1, 2014

Memories & Experiences

By Teevee Aguirre
July 1, 2014
3 Min read
01July

That’s what I try to give them to the best of my ability with my limited resources. Most on the cheap despite appearances. We all tell stories about our childhoods. Those stories are a part of our identity. What we did or didn’t do? Who we did them with? Why they are important to us? These experiences shape us. Make us. I want to make sure that the stories they tell my grandchildren...

February 28, 2014

Her Struggle

By Teevee Aguirre
February 28, 2014
1 Min read
28February

It’s easy for me. I’m just her son.
I can’t truly understand,
How far she has come.
How hard it must be to raise a boy
to raise a man.
To teach him to work hard
and be all that he can.
I look back at her struggle
and feel her pain.
Her children she smuggled
and lived in shame.
Lived in the shadows and
hoped for the best.

January 27, 2014

The first time

By Teevee Aguirre
January 27, 2014
1 Min read
27January

For the first ever
He held me. He hugged me.
With a tight embrace.
Face pressed up against me.
I felt love. Pride. Joy.
For the first time ever.
He made me feel loved.
He made me feel like a good son.
Just with a hug.
He pulled me in close.
For the first time ever.

January 6, 2014

Teevee Physical Progress

By Teevee Aguirre
January 6, 2014
5 Min read
06January

Unlike many people I have always been a really skinny guy. As you can see in the picture. The picture below was taken approximately 2-3 years ago. Interestingly enough, and I had already gained some weight from a couple of years back. I never liked that version of me. I felt like I had a better me hiding under that thin frame. Throughout the years I had attempted to work out consistently on my...

December 14, 2013

I love you. I appreciate you.

By Teevee Aguirre
December 14, 2013
4 Min read
14December

We are all products of our upbringing. Good or bad. My father was an alcoholic. Beat me. Beat us. Yet, I loved him. I wanted to be him. I wanted him to love me. As a child I never heard many words of encouragement. Much less of love. In talking to other Mexican children from my generation I’ve found it to be a theme. I needed his love! I needed his respect. I needed to know that I was...

December 1, 2013

Be Impeccable With Your Word

By Teevee Aguirre
December 1, 2013
2 Min read
01December

Say what you mean. Mean what you say. People should be able to set their watches to the words you say. They should know the time of day. When I was young, we would say: Don’t just talk about it. Be about it. Don’t be a flake. No one likes flakes unless they’re in a bowl with milk. People are always taking score. Most don’t even realize it. But every time you say you will...

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