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Natalia Nava

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Jul, 2022

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The Sound of Belonging

Natalia Nava

Submitted to Contest #300

I was fifteen — old enough to understand, old enough to feel pain, old enough to know what it meant to miss something deeply.I had always loved Mexico.It was the place I could truly call home.There was relief in simple things —eating elote after school,walking to the plaza with my friends,feeling the sun on my skin almost all year round.Maybe around December you'd need a light jacket —what most people would generously call "winter."And the beach —the beach was always there, waiting,like a secret friend you could visit anytime.I felt free.I f...

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The Magic That Didn’t Fail

Natalia Nava

Submitted to Contest #299

Would you like to know how I accidentally created a star?Me. A sixteen-year-old girl best known for being invisible.I was the clumsy one — the girl who tripped during PE, got hit in the face by every ball, and was always left behind by the bus.I once wore mismatched shoes all day. No one noticed.I forgot things constantly — like my groceries at the counter… or that time I got into a stranger’s car.People called me Clown Lisa.The only one who ever believed in me was my dad.But he 's gone now.One afternoon my luck changed, on my way home from ...

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Too Late To Say Goodbye

Natalia Nava

Submitted to Contest #298

I’ve lived a long life—one filled with goodbyes, unexpected turns, and silent wounds. But nothing shaped me more than the summer I met Zara.I was born in 1945. My mother raised me by herself. She had a lover once, but when he learned she was pregnant, he vanished, or at least mom told me that. She never saw him again. I never had a chance to meet him. And, over time, that became okay.It was 1959. I was thirteen when Mom and I left our quiet town behind and moved to New York City. To say I felt lost would be an understatement. I ate alone, ro...

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Days of Chocolate and Hope

Natalia Nava

Submitted to Contest #283

Have you ever wished to live someone else’s life? I have. Sometimes, I wanted to be someone else, even if just for a day. I wanted my life to feel different—less lonely. Maybe I longed for the things money could never buy.I was fourteen during that cold winter, a Christmas I will never forget. That winter break, my mom made me go with her to the mansion where she worked. She spent her days cleaning the homes of wealthy families, while my father stayed at home with a hangover. I didn’t want to go to my mom’s job, but staying home with my fath...

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Is television the perfect plan for Friday nights?

Natalia Nava

Submitted to Contest #183

It was Friday again, and after a long week of work, the only thing on my mind was sitting on the couch with a big pot of popcorn while watching some tv show. I was a twenty-seven-year-old woman who had never experienced a real social life, and it wasn't like I wanted to try it. My best friend called me when I was about to turn on the TV."Guess what!" She expressed, very excited."What's up?" I asked. "I met someone through a dating app, and we have a date tonight!""A date! Isn't that risky since you don't know him?" I question...

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How she become Louisa Anne Horton

Natalia Nava

Submitted to Contest #166

“I quit!” That was all that Louisa said, all those years of sacrifice were gone, and all because of Amber. Louisa had a hard childhood, however, when she was nine years old she found something she was passionate about. Riding horses, she couldn't love a single thing more than she loved horses. Horseback riding was her escape, the only thing that enabled her to escape her problems. While riding, Louisa felt a connection with the horse as well as with nature. The breeze on her face, that adrenaline that made her heart race, she loved everythin...

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