Letters to the Moon....

  A decade has gone by. When I look back on that time in my life, I hardly recognize it. Ten years ago, I began my writing career. It doesn't seem possible. "How did your writing career begin?" you might ask.  It all began with a friend in a faraway land. He and I met online and wrote each other daily, often writing several times a day.  As I came to know my friend, I learned that he was a writer. He wrote poems and shared them with me. Reading his writing encouraged me to begin writing myself. I shared my writing with him, and my confidence grew. I then shared my writing with a few select friends. I wasn't ready for the world to read my writing just yet.  As my friend continued to write, he created a blog online. Reading his blog made me think about starting my own. With his encouragement, and that of my friends, I created a pen name for myself, Esperanza Habla, which translates into "Hope Speaks" in Spanish.  I began my first blog, "Words of Hope&quo

 Hello everyone, I hope you are well. I wanted to let you know that I have changed my blog template; as such, it looks a bit different.  I thought I would write a post to help everyone navigate the new layout. Here is a photo of the new look: Blog posts will be presented in order, the most recent being on the top of the page. Click “Read More” to read the entire blog entry. Older posts can be found by scrolling down the page.  The one major change to the blog: there is no more sidebar on the right. The old sidebar would expand to display more information when hovering a mouse on that part of the page. There is a new sidebar that appears on the left side of the screen, when viewing the page on a computer monitor 19 inches and larger. However, on a smaller screen, such as a phone or tablet, the sidebar information can be found under the hamburger menu. There you can read my bio, translate the blog into more than sixty languages, and see the number of visits to the page. There is also a