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 […]
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 […]
This morning I woke up thinking about how I an just never eat Alfalfa Sprouts. They haunt me. But let me get back to that in a second. I am afraid of German Shepherds. I believe all dogs are beautiful and good. That it is bad […]
Ever since I was a little girl, I have had a love-hate relationship with my hair. My mom didn’t have a clue how to comb curly hair and thus my hair often became an entangled mess. It was once so bad, that my local hair stylist […]
Despite not being a girl, my son is stylish. Ok. I will get a backlash at that sentence perhaps. But do let me explain. I always said that if I had to have a child I wanted it to be a boy. I felt girls would be […]
I have left several workplaces the last few years where I left an indelible mark. I have left nice, fancy hard-to-fill shoes behind for those that follow me. It is not that I am arrogant, I just know my worth, value and contributions. And many others […]
I get out of the elevator and animatedly wave to the building staff at the front desk wishing them a great day ahead and, if time permits, sharing a New York anecdote as I am the New York girl in the building. I then get into the Uber […]
“I see a ship in the harbor I can and shall obey But if it wasn’t for your misfortunes I’d be a heavenly person today” It could be another Manic Monday, but it need not be. Wednesdays tend to be bluer and more depressing as […]
The abandoned buildings throughout their neighborhood were sketchy with rats, possibly raccoons and crazed drug-addled people milling within them. Yet their claustrophobic heatless thin-walled apartments were no safer. They would go down the stairs carefully to not draw attention to themselves. Not that anyone was looking […]
I have a few more decades before I hit the age of 69. However, it scares me. Just this past week both David Bowie and Alan Rickman (Professor Snape) died from cancer at the age of 69. Ok. Truth be told, cancer also scares me. I truly hope […]
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