I had to get away. I needed a small trip for the weekend. Especially because I did not get a chance to travel anywhere this summer. And that kills me. I have gotten used to going away somewhere. I get a weird sense of claustrophobia when I […]
I’m a huge fan of pop culture. Which I realize is a very silly thing to say. How can one be a fan of pop culture as a whole? But I am. Always have been. At a young age, television was my friend. Radio bonded my mother and […]
I had a glorious pekingese a few years ago. He was quite a diva and I loved him for it. If it rained during his walk he demanded that we use the hair dryer to fluff out his tail. And, to think we got him at an animal […]
“There’s only one place at a time where eyes can be” Growing up in a Puerto Rican household, with a very superstitious mother, meant that I carefully monitored my dreams. And, by that I mean the nighttime movies I constructed while sleeping. My dreams were extremely […]
My niece just turned ten. Unbelievable that she is now a tween. What is funny, though, is that she had a major birthday countdown beforehand. For about a month beforehand, we received daily updates on her birthday celebration. She had multiple agendas that we had to […]
Dear Friend: I believe that I have previously mentioned I have lived in 17 cities, both internationally and domestically. Majority of the cities being domestic. That is a lot of instances in which I have been uprooted. Maybe that is a wrong way of phrasing it as […]
She had great admiration and respect for her mother. For all the women in her family. They were strong, funny, and adaptable. They were very adaptable. They had learned very an early age to bend and twist to reach the light in their lives. To be […]
Despite being sleepy and tired from a crazy week, I stayed up late in California to catch the early parts of the recent Royal wedding. I love hats and wanted to see all the possible crazy, stunning ones. Eventually, I did fall asleep as the body wants to […]
Growing up we didn’t take that many photos. I honestly cannot recall us having a family camera. Somehow, we must have since there are a few photographs from my childhood. I was just recently looking at two photo albums that belonged to my mother. That’s what we […]
I tend to be a person who helps other people out. And, I don’t expect a tit for tat when it comes to helping. I don’t help someone with the idea that they will in turn help me out. Of course, there is nothing inherently wrong with a […]
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