ShareMy family of origin consisted of Papi, Mami and six of us kids. I was am the youngest of this brood.
Here I am celebrating my 4th birthday. New dress, clean curls, birthday cake and a …

ShareDear Comadre,
I am an American-born Latina married to an American man. I hold nothing back, he holds everything back. After nearly 20 years of marriage, I am a little cansada of asking him how he …

ShareAs I walk up to my bedroom each evening, I am greeted by these:

And I always stop and look at each one. Always. Every night.
Because I don’t want to forget.
It’s probably as a result …

ShareBy Loly Perez-Hinojosa,
My father, Luis, was a tough, hard working, wise and spiritual man with a great heart, soul and spirit. Every once in a while, he did blow his Cuban temper, but it was …

ShareThe concept of home, of where and what home really is, has been on my mind a lot in these last few days.
As I have worked with neighbors and friends to help repair our community …

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She was twenty-five when she got married.
She was twenty-six when she became a mother.
She was forty-one when she gave birth to me, the youngest of her six children.
She was forty-seven when she found …

Share(Inspired by The Simple Woman’s Daybook.)
I usually do this every six months or so, just to kind of “take the temperature” of where my life is at the time. I encourage you to do …

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I have four children. (Well, technically, two are adults and two are teenagers, but that’s not important right now.)
All four, even though they were born here …

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My mom, Luz, as most of you already know, is 96-years-old. She reads a lot and is still very sharp for her advanced age. She has …

ShareA second cousin has been researching the family of my maternal grandfather — good looking guy pictured above — for more than two decades. That’s before the internet, gente. He wrote letters to military, …