A Trip to the Grocery Store [Video]

Liliana Cervantes works as a paralegal for a criminal law office. She’s taken an interest in writing in the last year and has been exploring many genres with writing classes at Lighthouse Writers Workshop, The Denver Performing Arts Center, and Rise Comedy.

“I wrote this piece at the beginning of the pandemic with my grandmother in mind who is eighty-nine years old,” Cervantes said. “I wanted to emphasize the struggles that she, and fellow older adults encounter on a daily basis, but even more so now during this pandemic.”

“My hope is to bring mindfulness to this community, particularly during these trying times,” she said. “My word for this piece is hope.”

Liliana Cervantes

A Trip to The Grocery Store

I can see a bright light shining through my closed eyes, I slowly detach my eye lids from one another and lay there for a few seconds longer, trying to think of what day it could be. I …