Articles tagged with: family
Editor’s Note: This is the first of five essays celebrating Abuela’s during Mother’s Day week 2011 on the Tiki Tiki. To read the other essays, visit the intro essay.
By Issa M. Mas
For a long time, …
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Celebrating Abuelas
A few years ago, I learned a science fact …
By Maruchy Ramos-Lachance
I met my husband 25-years-ago in Westchester, an area of Miami. He was beginning his senior year at St. John Vianney College Seminary. He had learned español through immersion, living for …
I often tell my husband I need a city house. You know, to go with the country house that’s 30 minutes out of town. Why? I drive a lot. I drop the kid off at …
This essay is sponsored by the AARP en español*
My mother and her two sisters lived within three miles of their elderly parents. So, when my grandparents needed help and caregiving, my mother and Tias were …
Note: Today is my mother’s birthday. Because she puts up with me and loves me, she is allowing me to publicly share a story at her expense On.Her.Birthday. If that is not motherly love, I …
I’m celebrating today.
Today marks the 4th anniversary of my foray into the blogosphere. I celebrate this anniversary every year because (this is going to sound sooo corny, but that’s not important right now) blogging has …
By Angelica Perez-Litwin
Hillary Clinton’s popular phrase “It Takes a Village to Raise a Child” became an instant reminder of the power of family and community in raising children. But to us, Latinos, that was …
Editor’s note: This essay is one of a 3-part series of parenting essays in this week’s Tiki Tiki.
By Monica Olivera Hazelton
The other day, una amiga shared this New York Magazine article with a group of …
Editor’s note: This essay is one of a 3-part series of parenting essays in this week’s Tiki Tiki.
by Tracy López
Before I had children, I was laid back, relaxed, a “go with the flow” type of person. …
