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APRIL DEL CASTILLO
a personal blog exploring the moments in between
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A letter to my First
I used to roll my eyes when people said motherhood would make me whole, as if I had been moving through life incomplete, some quiet part of me missing. When I met you, I was already full in so many ways. I had accomplished things I was proud of, and I still carried dreams I hadn’t yet reached. What I didn’t expect was how gently, how easily, I would loosen my hold on the life I knew. Pieces of who I was before began to soften and shift, not out of loss, but out of love. It fe


Becoming
I used to beg the road to straighten, to give me signs as I took each step. But now — I walk with open hands. There’s a hush in this...


Hello 2025!
My last post was in August? Wow, time just passes like sand through my fingertips. I don't even know if this should be a review of 2024,...


summer nostlagia
I never got to share these, but what a perfect way to say farewell to summer as she slowly gives way to autumn. So long, summer sunshine...


Always looking up
Aren't midyear check-ins wonderful? 2024 started with wonderful news, and it's just been getting better and better ˙ᵕ˙ The past few...
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