As my life takes on new adventures this week, I have been feeling a bit nostalgic. I have been looking back a bit as I have been moving forward. I can excitedly share that I started a non-profit that will help serve foster youth and the group […]
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 […]
There are many times when we try to be as diplomatic as possible. Well, I do. Or at least that has been my longstanding way of being. As a matter of fact, a former colleague a while ago told me that I needed to stop being so diplomatic. […]
No one knows the trouble I got. No one. But everyone here has trouble and that is Trouble with a capital T. It didn’t matter how hard it snows out, however, inside there was just warmth and blood. The tastes were all around so salty and the […]
To go to sleep Tired and confused To go to sleep Unwittingly and naively To go to sleep Full of grace To go to sleep With love in mind To go to sleep Passionately awake To go to sleep With the hope of waking up To go to […]
As a kid you have to learn to walk and to eat and to well, everything. As we learn our parents can only do so much for us to hold us up. They have to, despite their instincts, let us occasionally fall. As a boss, one […]
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 […]
As a die-hard New Yorker, I have rather enjoyed my time thus far in Los Angeles. I love cities. I love walking hot pavement sidewalks. I love window shop There are the mountains. There are the beaches. There are the tourist traps. There are the cultural landmarks. There […]