Latina Moms | Daughters
You know how when you are young you think that the bad stuff only happens to other people? You believe you’re immune and immortal, and are sure the advice parents give is just to “pop our bubble” or “rain on our parade”? Well, that was me. I didn’t even think I’d turn thirty one day, [...]
I’ve talked to women who have confided in me their stories about relationships they were ashamed to confess they’d had. Oh, how I can relate! From my own experiences and from those of others, I’ve concluded that most of these stories of poor choices in men had little to do with love, and everything to [...]
Claudia Evart lost two siblings at a young age. In an effort to honor their memories and find comfort after her painful loss, she founded National Siblings Day on April 10, which was the birthday of her late sister. In 2000, President Bill Clinton signed a presidential message recognizing the date, as did President George [...]
Someone, somewhere, had the great idea to declare April 7 National No Housework Day! That person, no doubt a harried housewife, deserves a medal. Coincidentally, it is also National Beer Day, which is an intriguing coincidence. Perhaps it’s an invitation for women to say, “It’s five o’clock somewhere,” and sip a cold one while watching [...]
April 4 through 9 is Golden Rule Week, inspired by a 2005 awareness exhibit entitled A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II and the Jewish People. This award winning exhibit still tours the country spreading a message of peace and reciprocity. The images feature Pope John Paul II visiting people around the world, [...]
I often forget I once had a drinking problem. As I near my twentieth year of sobriety, I am caught off-guard when someone asks me whether I miss drinking. Suddenly, the memories of what seems like a bad nightmare flood my mind. I self-medicated to ease my fears, drown my sorrows and feel less alone. [...]
Only in solitude do we find ourselves: and in finding ourselves, we find ourselves in all our brothers in solitude. —Miguel de Unamuno We live in a world of noise and to-do lists, surrounded by people who need us: our children, partners, friends, coworkers, and bosses—so we tend to lose track of who we are. [...]
Emma (not her real name) never understood women who had extramarital affairs, until she had one. “I was very judgemental. I imagined it to be something premeditated. Then I realized it could happen to anyone, including me. And it wasn’t pretty.” Feeling unappreciated by her husband of 10 years and exhausted after taking care of [...]
Who hasn’t felt bummed at the supermarket checkout, reading headlines and admiring those “after” pictures for Get a Great Summer Body in Just 3 Weeks articles. The woman in the photo spread didn’t go on a diet to look like that and Photoshop did wonders for her seemingly gorgeous, flawless skin. How many women do [...]
It’s spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you’ve got it, you want—oh, you don’t quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so! —Mark Twain Sunlight, budding flowers, warmer weather and casting off those layers of winter clothes…all [...]
