Alina, my mom and Me. Miami, Florida. 1963 Havana, Cuba. Late 1960. Word was getting around that the new self-appointed governors of the island, those bearded rebels led by Fidel Castro and Che Guevarra were now planning to take away parents' authority over their own children. The parents would no longer have any say as to where or when their ...
Lifestyle
Posts about everything going on in my life. Enjoy!
Standing room only
There were about two hundred people at my brother-in-law's memorial service. I've never seen a chapel so packed out for a funeral. All of them came to the reception afterwards.I took this photo after about half had already left.Yes, that's Shawn Green, the baseball player, in the middle of the room. Who didn't Rafael know??More importantly, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Time, energy, and money
For weeks now Eric and the kids have been taunting me. "You're going to have a wonderful Valentine's Day," they kept saying. Then they would laugh in a neener- neener-you-don't-know kind of way. So I was wracking my brain trying to guess. Flowers? (which would be great - I always love flowers) "Not telling." And there I ...
FORTY-SEVEN YEARS is a long time to wait for change
These are my very young parents. They would have been in their 30's in this picture.It is my father's birthday. He would have been 97 today. (He passed away in 1999.) But something else happened on his birthday back in 1961 on this day that we would commemorate long after he passed away. Our family arrived in Miami on February ...
Geeks in Paradise
There's so much to see and do in Hawaii. Particularly on the island of Oahu. There are people on just about every corner and in every hotel brokering their own "Experience the Aloha" type sightseeing trips. It's very important that you "Experience the Aloha" and there are tons of tours available to see ...
