Leaving Puebla
Finding Her People
You do not replace your people. You find the ones who feel like them.
Leaving Puebla
A twelve part serial. Frida leaves the volcanic country of Puebla and drives about nine hundred miles north to Austin, Texas. The story of the water that made the trip first.
Leaving Puebla
The First Agua Frida in Texas
Lime, Tehuacán, and a little fire on the rim.
Leaving Puebla
First Night in Austin
New city. Same sky, somehow.
Leaving Puebla
The In-Between
There is a stretch of every big move where you belong to no place at all.
Leaving Puebla
Halfway: One Night in Monterrey
Close enough to still feel like Mexico. Far enough to know you are already gone.
Leaving Puebla
Day 1: The Goodbye
Some places live in your blood. You can leave them. You just carry them the whole way.
Leaving Puebla
Day 0: What She Takes
You cannot pack a place. You pack the pieces that prove it was real.