You already left me
I see you now I’m scared you will soon leave I see you then And realize you already left me I touch your cheeks ‘O to grab forever more Yet years ago They were mine and now they are yours You are leaving me My sadness stays […]
Wanted: A recess revolution
My little boy has decided that the color blue is his favorite. Now we get sweatshirts, pants and sandals in blue. We didn’t tell him he needed to like blue. We didn’t dress him blue as some form of gender norming. Apparently as we grow older we become […]
She was born knowing she had existed before
She looked out the car window with her nose out in the air just like her doggie used to do. She had the strongest sense of dejavu but couldn’t place it. She knew she had felt this scene before. She had smelled this. She had soaked this […]
His neurons were everywhere and so he played on
He was tired, hungry and scared. He was hungry for company and conversation. He wanted to utter coherent words strung together to form complete thoughts. He wanted someone to hear those words strung together. He wanted someone to respond. He wanted so much. He needed more […]
The curse of the business lunch salad in your teeth
Many many years ago, there was a group of young girls on a school bus trip from New York City to Washington, DC. The girls were giggling as seventh graders are wont to do. The boys sat nearby acting annoyed but trying to figure out […]
Catching my breath: Dirt roads from the sky
Many, many years ago we went on a road trip to a sleepy northern California town called Gualala. We absolutely loved the small town and sleeping to the natural sounds of the waves. No sleep machine needed. What could be more perfect? There was one slight […]
By minimizing my Puerto Rican behind, am I dooming my son?
Ever since I was a little girl growing up in the South Bronx, I noted that I was going to be different from the other Puerto Ricans in my neighborhood. I wanted to be different and to get out of the neighborhood. I saw change, from my […]
I used to be one of those women…
Back when I was a kid, teenager and college girl, I noted that I did not want to have children. I didn’t want to fall in to that “trap” and be one of “those” women. I mean, I hated how at such a young age I was […]
Dropping Keys in a Puerto Rican Household
Growing up in a Puerto Rican household in the South Bronx wasn’t easy. There was crime, asthma and vacant lots all around us. The Bronx had burned at one point and it is still building up. There were also superstitions for every type of occasion that […]
I love traveling with my son
Last week I had to travel to Anaheim for work. In case you do not know, Anaheim is where Disneyland is located. I repeat I had to go there for work. I checked into my hotel where everything was about Disney. The cafe sold mickey mouse trinkets. The […]
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