Latina Moms | Daughters
Cigarettes seduced me slowly. At first, they helped me to lose weight, keeping my mouth busy between meals. Then I began to depend on them when I was anxious, angry, sad, and in social situations. Cigarettes became my constant companion, in sickness and in health. May 31 is the WHO’s World No Tobacco Day, and [...]
Ever since I was a kid, I’ve dreaded having a brain aneurysm or a stroke. This might seem like an odd thing for a little girl to worry about. Unless, of course, that little girl’s mom suffered from a massive stroke at age 28, when her daughter was just eight. My parents separated when I [...]
Mom-of-six Angelina Jolie has revealed she underwent a double mastectomy after genetic tests showed she had a high risk of developing breast cancer. The Oscar winner, 37, had the surgery in February and completed the last of the follow-up procedures in April, she reveals in a New York Times op-ed piece called My Medical Choice. “My [...]
You get married and the pounds suddenly start piling on. While you are pregnant, you put on more than the recommended weight. After the baby, it is hard to shed the extra padding. Whether you learn to love your body as it is or struggle in a permanent battle to slim down, it is not [...]
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, [...]
While most of us don’t think twice about consulting a doctor when we have a physical illness, many find it difficult to seek help for emotional issues. However research shows that physical and mental health are strongly interconnected and it’s vital that we address both body and mind in order to feel our best and [...]
After being abandoned at only eight-months old, five-year-old Jayde Scholl spent her first four years in Chinese orphanage. Luckily, she was adopted by a loving Tulsa family and her new mom just happened to be an audiologist who quickly realized little Jayde was deaf. This heartwarming video shows Jayde hearing her mom’s voice for the [...]
A very long time ago, I decided that the day I died, I wanted to have my organs donated. Perhaps it was remembering loved ones that died waiting for an organ, coupled with the fact that a close member of my family was saved by a bone marrow transplant. I also wondered, what is the [...]
When I think back, there was a time when I was literally obsessed with the thought of cancer. The day my mother shared with the family she had been diagnosed with cancer, I remember telling her, “I love you with one breast or none.” I was overcome with fear but, of course, I never wanted [...]
Sleep, snooze, shuteye. We spend one third of our life sleeping. A waste of time? Absolutely not! And don’t take it for granted either. Sleeping is essential for our survival, for physical and mental well-being. If you have the misfortune of something disrupting your sleeping habits—a new baby, a puppy or a noisy neighbor—you will [...]
