Aren't they adorable?This is my favorite group of girls EVER.My daughters and their cousins, my nieces. My dad used to say, "I always thought my daughters were the most beautiful women in the world . . . until they had daughters of their own." I often think of him in relation to these girls. How he was so proud of each one. How he loved ...
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Designer Genes
If you're a regular reader of this blog, you're probably wondering where my mom has been. She's been in Miami.For the last MONTH.Visiting her big brother.Did I mention that she just turned 94?Her big brother, my uncle Fernando, is 97 (and lives alone, BTW). WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE MADE OF?? (and did I get any of those genes?) I haven't talked ...
On belonging
Amy likes to think she's adopted. (she's not) She protests that she doesn't look like anyone in the family. I insist that all four of them look just like me. . . when they smile.I think they inherited more personality than looks from me, but that's not important right now. The Darby family. But then I remember I used to say that all the time ...
Life finds a way
We have been very lucky in my big, fat, Cuban family. We always seem to equalize when we lose someone. What I mean by that is that when there has been divorce or death, it is inevitably followed by a wedding or a birth. "God gives. God takes. God's name be ever blessed." ...
The sweet part
My brother, Rudy, and his beautiful wife, Carmen flew in from Texas yesterday - for the funeral. "I'm going to make arroz con pollo," Amy declared authoritatively. (She made enough arroz con pollo to feed the small army that is my big, fat, Cuban family, but that's not important right now.) First, Eric and I arrive with the ...
Love and Death
The grief is a funny thing. It seems to come out of nowhere and wrap itself tightly around me without letting go making it impossible to breathe.Just as suddenly it drops its clutches from around my chest and life goes on - business as usual.That has been the rhythm of my days this past week. I've been consumed by grief over the passing of ...
She’s living the life I want (A Rant – By Amy)
It's not fair. (This is Amy again, by the way) Today, my abuela is 94. NINETY-FOUR!! And where is she? MIAMI. Perhaps you don't quite understand. I live with her, HERE, in Orange County. But about a month ago, she decided to take a trip to MIAMI and visit her OLDER (yes, OLDER) brother. He will be 97 in ...
Next time I ask for CHANGE, I’m going to be more specific
Hello everyone! It's me, Amy! So, I know I haven't written in quite some time and you've probably wondered what happened to me . . . Well, I was stuck at a job that I was miserable in and was always so exhausted after work that I didn't have time to READ let alone WRITE any posts. Thanks to my praying Mom (and my own prayers) I have ...
The word of the day is “Anticlimax”
We love going to Disneyland. It's conveniently located just a few miles from us and we conveniently have annual passes so we can go anytime. And we never get tired of it.It's not just the rides, but we love walking around and seeing things. I love taking my camera because something different and fun will always catch my eye. Even though it ...
Can you hum a few bars?
This was taken at The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens. Don't we look pretty in pink? ;-) This is in the Japanese garden and I was seriously floored by how amazingly beautiful these cherry blossoms were. I just couldn't understand why they would plant such a tranquil garden near such noisy power lines. But wait . . . I quickly ...
