{Disclosure: This post is part of a compensated campaign in collaboration with Latina Bloggers Connect and . The opinions are my own.} As you know, if you've been reading my blog for a while, I have four (now) grown children. Lucy and Jonathan are both still at home and Jonathan, will be eighteen in December. He won't get his drivers ...
My Big, Fat, Cuban Family
Family is everything to me. I love them more than words can describe.
We’re Off To See the Wizard
I'm glad I have a forced rest right now. (See the post about the whole stupid foot-in-an-inflatable-cast thing.) I'm happy to be able to catch up on some photo organization and scrapbooking. In going over my stuff I realized I had never printed the photos from the Spring Musical that my son, Jonathan was in. (Working on the scrapbook ...
The Birthday Adventure
Lucy's been in Hollywood for the past month. She's doing an Improv Intensive at Improv Olympics West and has been living up there during the week and coming home (briefly!) to do laundry, regroup for a day before she goes back on Sunday afternoon to prepare for the next week. Yesterday, (Sunday) was her twentieth birthday. (I know. It ...
From this day forward…
We took our wedding vows on August 8th, 1992. Into this new covenant I brought my two beautiful children (Amy and Adam), and tremendously high hopes for the future. I often tell my kids that the biggest decision they'll ever make in their lives will be who they choose to marry. That one decision will, for the most part, decide their ...
“Which one is the Cuban boy?”
We live about an hour south of Los Angeles, which is nice for us because it's close enough that we can get there if we want to see concerts or shows or even just shop, but we're still far enough away that we're not impacted by LA traffic (or LA crazy, but that's not important right now). So it's a win-win. Some of ...
This Guy.
Every year when birthdays come along, I pause and reflect. My own birthday doesn't bother me much, but the birthdays of my kids make me physically feel the rotation of the earth. It moves so crazy-fast! My son, Adam, is 27 years old today.I suppose I could tell you about all the great ways he's grown into the man he is today. (And he ...
“If you build it…”
I'm a sucker for lifestyle magazines. You know the ones where everyone is super well-dressed and chatting and dining in gorgeous surroundings? Sucker. Me. I'm the one who tears pages out of said magazines and puts them into an idea file. That's right, Pinterest, I was way ahead of your time. I'm not casting aspersions on ...
About the Monkey Bread or Rule Breaking 101
My mother-in-law has a wonderful Christmas tradition. Yes, you read that right. Christmas tradition. I know it's only June, but there's a story here which applies. She makes the most fantastic Monkey Bread. Monkey Bread, for the uninformed, is a beautiful thing. Simply put, it's pieces of biscuit dough dipped in sugar and cinnamon ...
Thirty.
My girl is 30 years old today. Let me tell you about her...She is the real deal. She has the most beautiful blue eyes you have ever seen. She doesn't like to hear the word, "no." She has a raucous, distinctive, infectuous laugh. She feels things deeply. She is a fiercely loyal friend. She is tenacious. She is oh-so-very ...
Family Dinners
I probably shouldn't make such a big deal about it, but I do. Family Dinners are super important to me. It has nothing to do with surveys or statistics. Although statistics are on the side of regular family dinners for keeping families connected and eating well. Family Dinners are kind of sacred around here.Confession: I don't ...
