Kikita here. I am hijacking the blog in order to write a properly effusive "Happy Birthday" post for this particular birthday. Yes, birthday. When I was growing up, this person (the one who's birthday it is) used to tell me how she always thought her birthday was May 20th because there were always big celebrations and ...
My Big, Fat, Cuban Family
Family is everything to me. I love them more than words can describe.
Counting my blessings
Scenes from Mother's Day with...MY....BIG.... FAT.... CUBAN.... FAMILY.... On days like today, I consider myself so incredibly blessed that these are the people that have been given to me to love.... What a gift. ...
The Good Mother
Like every other mother I know and like all those emails that get passed around this time of year, I've done my share.I have wiped my share of runny noses.And changed innumerable diapers.I have had the amazing experience of feeding a hungry baby and rocking them to sleep.I have attended hundreds of rehearsals, productions, and plays.I have starved ...
A Red Carnation
Luza, my mom. She was twenty-five when she got married. She was twenty-six when she became a mother. She was forty-one when she gave birth to me, the youngest of her six children. She was forty-seven when she found herself exiled in a new and foreign country. She was fifty when she became a grandmother. She was eighty-five when she ...
Without the CAT
When I was little, I had exactly ONE person that I wanted to be when I grew up.This still holds true today.Smart, Beautiful, Funny and the best friend you could hope to have.I still aspire to be her.I know what she'll say when she reads this: "Shut up."And because I'm her little sister, I won't. ;-)Happy Birthday to my sister, ...
So. Cal. PSA
The following is a Public Service Announcement for any of my Cuban readers in the Southern California area.The 6th annual Cuban festival, Mi Son Cubano, will be held this Sunday, May 4th, 2008 at Frank G. Bonelli Regional Park in San Dimas (right next to Raging Waters).No, sadly, I won't be there this year. =(I'm saving my strength for Miami and ...
The BIG Family
After agreeing to take on the massive task of Family Historian, things I never even dreamed of are falling into my lap. Family members are finding photos and remembering stories. I feel like I've discovered buried treasure! And as I start receiving photos and dates, a picture starts to form. And then there are the stories. So many wonderful stories ...
Don’t Mess With Texas!
Brought to you by: Kikita Tio Timbiriche has been gone for a week now and before he gets to Miami, he's stopped to visit my Tio & Tia in Texas. To be honest, I'm missing him terribly. But I've been getting regular updates from my favorite Tia. They are doing for him what we did here. And lucky for us, they sent ...
A good man
At the top of my list of "things I talk to God about" is this man. I am ever so grateful. . .- that he takes his role as Dad so seriously.- that he has such a wonderful sense of humor.- that he is steadfast in his faith.- that he is just so smart.- that he is compassionate.- that he puts up with all my silliness.- that he is an amazing ...
My name is (insert name here), but everyone calls me . . .
Another fabulous post brought to you by: Amy (who would like people to start calling her by her new Cuban nickname: Kikita) During one of my many adventures with Tio Timbiriche and Luza (my abuela), one of them was commenting on the clutter in my room (I think it's artistic - but that's not important right now) and they called this clutter a ...
