So, I'm still recovering from the Comelatas that defined the month of December for me. And I'm still struggling to migrate my files from the old Mac G5 to the new (Thank you, God and my sweet husband!) Macbook Pro laptop. There have been multiple trips to the Apple store to consult Geniuses and of course there's a learning curve, but ...
Where are you now, Gaspar, Melchor, & Baltazar?
Back in the day, (that would be Cuba, 1961. After Castro, but before he canceled Christmas) my family, like most other Cubans (and Puerto Ricans and others of Hispanic descent) celebrated El Dia de Los Tres Reyes Magos on January 6th. The Day of the Three Kings. The evening of January 5th, we kids would get ourselves to bed early and look forward ...
The Best of MBFCF in 2009
Everywhere you hear about and see the flashbacks, the nostalgia, the reminiscing about the past year. Well, today I look back on this blogging year and some of my favorite posts. (Yes, I do have favorite posts and lots of others that make me wring my hands and wonder why I do this in the first place, but that's not important right ...
Fourteen.
14 years ago today my doctor spoke those magical words, "it's a boy." And asked The Question: "What will you be naming him?" Me: "Jonathan Edward Darby." Jonathan after his paternal grandfather, John. (Eric's dad.) Plus it means something. It means God's gift. Or God is gracious to give. So God, ...
The EPIC Mr. Don’t Touch the Banana
The following post was written by Kikita, whose appreciation for bananas has led to endless laughter and entertainment. I can't tell you where or how it all started, but it started. I can only guess it happened on facebook because that's where most things happen these days.Let me be clear about something . . . I am not particularly fond ...
An Apple A Day
So apparently I was very, very good this year. Look what Santa brought me. ;-)Which means I had to haul my big, old Mac G5 tower to the Apple store to have them migrate all my stuff from the old Mac to the new Mac. This means that I am COMPUTER-LESS for the next few days while the migration happens. Which leaves me doing ridiculous things to pass ...
Measuring Life
This is Kikita here to wish you all a Merry Christmas! As I'm sure most of you know by now, every year I cut together a family Christmas video. This year marked the 10 year anniversary of this tradition so I knew I had to really step things up. When looking back on all the things that happened in our family over the past year the re-occurring theme ...
We say “Merry Christmas”
Merry Christmas! We like to say Merry Christmas. And so we say it. Often. In stores, and to passersby. "Merry Christmas!" I exclaim. They look a little shocked most times. And shyly offer it back (while surreptitiously looking over their shoulder): "Merry Christmas." In Spanish, of course, it's Feliz Navidad. And we ...
Let the Noche Buena Preparations Begin!
It's time to get ready for Noche Buena at the Darbys! I wish you could all come. It's going to be such a fabulous event! We've been up to our eyeballs in party preparations and I'm totally excited. This year we are hosting my big, fat, Cuban family. And our house is small. Freakishly small when I think of the logistics ...
Making believe.
{Oops! TypePad techno mix-up.. Here's the original Believe post....} Isn't it gorgeous? I sit and stare at it up on my hutch and I feel both peaceful and inspired. And I remember that I BELIEVE. I believe in Santa Claus and I believe in Christmas miracles. I do. I was once a struggling, working single parent with two small children and ...
