Tag: family
How To Keep Your Heritage When Living Abroad
I’ve been living abroad for the past nine years. When I became a mother almost seven years ago, I promised myself that I would keep...
Mexican Independence Day Celebrations
Between midnight of September 15th and September 16th, 1810 a group of revolutionary people started the fight so that the Kingdom of New Spain...
Books That Help Open Conversations With Your Kids
I remember when I was working as a teacher. I would look everywhere for interesting books for my students. I didn’t like getting traditional...
Mom’s Best Friend
The first time our eyes met, I felt like it was instant infatuation!
There was nothing like that look he gave me and showered...
Comfort in Cooking With Family and Friends
My feeling of comfort associated with cooking was discovered as a college student preparing a meal after a particularly rough week of exams. I...
Where Are the Rules?
I'm a rule follower. I drive at the speed limit, keep my kids in the appropriate size car seats, and always meticulously measure out...
The Normalcy of Modern Family
During these past months of quarantine living, we’ve been binging on past episodes of Modern Family. The show was never part of our prime-time...
Magic Eye: A New Way of Looking at COVID-19
BEFORE: Each morning, we would hit the ground running, off to work, school, or anywhere we needed to be. The point was we left.
AFTER:...
What Happened to Wednesdays?
In “normal” times, the busyness of Wednesday afternoons is a running joke in our family. After a day of work, our family schedule typically...
How Women Can Win: Split the Second Shift
As we continue to learn about the current coronavirus pandemic, one of the facts that appears frequently (no matter which news sources one consumes)...










