Right now my house is filled with the grand laughter of three kids. Laughter, giggles, and bed-jumping galore. And it warms my heart to no end. At times the high-pitched laughter can indeed seem a bit distracting when trying to write a grant, but in ten years they […]
Ok. Let me get one thing out there. Supposedly this piece here will be about the latest Spielberg movie called Ready Player One. However, I have to first declare outright my love of Easter. Ever since I was a little girl, I enjoyed it immensely. Now that […]
Sometimes we picture the past in a way that it didn’t exist. We romanticize some past points in ways that make us nostalgic for things that never existed or happened. There is even a book by Stephanie Coontz called “The Way We Never Were” that dissects decades of our […]
Many years ago, I was a young girl at boarding school learning to be independent. It was a huge step for a young Hispanic girl from the Bronx to attend a boarding school way up north in Massachusetts. My family, especially my mother, was very sad to […]
I love to travel, eat out and drink mojitos. That is not my profile. It is just a life philosophy for me. It is not a bad philosophy, mind you. As I go out on travel, I love having my son with me. Seeing the world through his […]
He had been an odd kid, or so he had been told by everybody and anybody. He didn’t cry much, he was gregarious and he loved the night. He never feared it and never needed a night light. He was energized by it. Thus, it figures that he […]
Before I went to watch the movie A Wrinkle in Time, I had heard it was a grand movie about resilience and girl power. When I heard such commentary I just shrugged my shoulders. I think many people thought that I would love this movie by Ava DuVernay […]
It just hit me this week that my son will be ten in six months. That is so momentous that I am besides myself in thinking about it. I was just being nostalgic this morning in that I can literally count on one hand the number […]
When someone you know gets sick you have hopes they will get better. I mean really sick. You just take for granted that people will get better from a cold or flu. Although, perhaps this flu season will change some perceptions around that. But what I am particularly […]
I have been rather lucky in life to be able to travel to so many places both domestically and internationally. I am still waiting to hit my 50th state. In due time it will happen. Each year I keep wishing and trying to find a way to travel […]