Keeping My Promise
March 10, 2010 – 4:45 pm | 2 Comments

ShareI used to visit my parents at least once a week.
My dad was confined to a wheelchair and in his late 80’s, but his brain was sharp as ever.

We would sit at their kitchen …

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Funnies, Food and Follicles
November 3, 2009 – 8:26 am | No Comment
Funnies, Food and Follicles

ShareGeorge Lopez will hit the late-night Monday when his variety show premieres. The first guests on Lopez Tonight: Ellen DeGeneres, Eva Longoria-Parker and Kobe Bryant. Que cool, right?
The show will air at 11 p.m. …

Laughing at Culture Shocks
August 18, 2009 – 5:00 am | No Comment
Laughing at Culture Shocks

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One of the few times I have ever heard my mother laugh like a loca was one night when I was in my late teens. I’d just gotten her the newly-released book I’m a …

Prayer for Ruins
August 17, 2009 – 5:00 am | No Comment
Prayer for Ruins

ShareSometimes instead of traditional prayers, I pray poems. One of them, en particular, me encanta and it’s became a go-to for times during which my life feels in disrepair. It’s titled “Festival …

Pierced-ear Princesas
August 11, 2009 – 5:00 am | 12 Comments
Pierced-ear Princesas

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When both of our daughters were babies, we wanted their ears be pierced. I’d had my ears pierced as a toddler (and as an adult, find it nearly impossible to leave the house without …

Preparing for the Tormentas
August 10, 2009 – 5:00 am | 2 Comments
Preparing for the Tormentas

ShareThere’s something terrifying about tormentas, something that as a child sent me hiding into my closet, clutching my osito.
But as I’ve grown up, I’ve also grown to love the way the air smells before …

Caricias
August 3, 2009 – 5:00 am | One Comment
Caricias

ShareIn the past week, I have been to the hospital three separate times- twice for my older daughter, once for myself; all for things that ultimately ended well, gracias a Dios- and been in …

Incarnations of Gimnasia
July 28, 2009 – 5:00 am | One Comment
Incarnations of Gimnasia

ShareIn my grade school in Spain, gym class was an hour of briskly walking or running the perimeter of the school behind a monjita or of learning and performing a gymnastic routine in the …

Live Like Someone’s Watching
July 27, 2009 – 5:00 am | No Comment
Live Like Someone’s Watching

ShareAs a mami, I’ve heard the expression that “little eyes are always watching” more than once.  Meaning that, even if my kids are not prestándome ni un poquito de atención, they are still watching …

Citas, in the Time of Recession
July 20, 2009 – 5:00 am | 3 Comments
Citas, in the Time of Recession

ShareMuch has been said about President Barack Obama’s date nights with his wife, first lady Michelle Obama: how they show Americans that it’s important to make one’s relationship a priority, how they model taking …

Cultura y el Corte de Pelo
July 14, 2009 – 5:00 am | 8 Comments
Cultura y el Corte de Pelo

ShareI often feel like I am one person, or, por lo menos, one side of my personality, in Spanish, and another one in English…and have for as long as I can remember.  In Spanish, …

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