The language demeans our relationship, I think, which is why I still call you sestra, the Russian word for both sister and cousin. But muñeca, once you have cleared your tears away, lift your head up and look at the horizon. With change, good and bad can occur, but hope can travel one through even the toughest of times. —Mariposa Boyd, Telluride Mountain School, Telluride, Colo. Let your enemies or those who you think are the perfect example of ruiners of our society build you up.