by Rita Sinorita Fierro | Mar 10, 2022 | 100-day challenge
One of the words adults used most to describe me as a little girl was giudiziosa–judicious. In other words, I’ve been think through every decision as long as I remember. At 4, this meant I was protecting everyone I perceived as excluded. At 10, this meant...
by Rita Sinorita Fierro | Mar 7, 2022 | 100-day challenge
One of the things I’ve learned about traveling, is that getting back to an empty home in the US is hard for me. It’s the single moment in which being single hurts the most…having to get back to and empty home. For years I tried to just not make it so, trying to be...
by Rita Sinorita Fierro | Mar 6, 2022 | 100-day challenge
When I look back on this trip, I notice sooo many gifts. And they are all connected to hosting. My parents are the best hosts in the world. I know this from every single person I know that has visited their home. When a guest comes, they become an absolute priority....
by Rita Sinorita Fierro | Mar 5, 2022 | 100-day challenge
By the nature of having moved a lot, to Italy at 10, to Rome at 19, back to the US at 25, I struggle with continuity of friendships. In an era when social media wasn’t a thing, when you moved, you either wrote letters or you lost people. Letters were too painful to...
by Rita Sinorita Fierro | Mar 4, 2022 | 100-day challenge
It’s time to leave this land I so love. Over the years, my goodbyes have changed. There were the years I tightened my teeth and simply moved on, shutting my heart down to the pain that felt like too much. Then there were the years I learned to open my heart...
