Motherhood

Women, children and the gray area in between — On September 24th in 1985, my baby brother was born. My mother had serious medical complications leaving me to manage looking after him with my father, a grad student at the time. We were in a foreign country on our own, thus the support system was limited. I was nine…

My journey to becoming a soon to be twenty-three year old mother, is one that was definitely not easy, but is a journey that not only led me to where I am now, but one that has allowed me to learn many great lessons that will take me into raising…

Only God can turn MESS into Message, TEST into Testimony, TRIAL into Triumph, Victim into Victory. Just as I thought I was starting to be productive, working and being healthy from being a stay-at-home mom for 18 Months and 9 months before that of bed rest pregnancy. There I was…

Today is a very special day. Today both my daughters will be starting attending a “school”. This means that officially my “stay-at-home-mum” period is coming to an end (after 3 years!), and a new chapter in my life is opening up. I would like to share why my husband I…

Recently, this picture caused quite a stir on Twirra, and for good(?) reason. No, it was not the six limbs, but what they were doing. Women from all over the bird app flocked to air their views, with many denouncing the design as being made in bad taste, and some…

You were born during a Massachusetts blizzard, I think that’s why you like the snow so much. Your Abuela was waiting for us at our small Cambridge apartment and she had been so nervous and anxious that she cleaned not only all our windows but some in the building’s hallway…