MLK: "We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now"
Today we honor a courageous human being who always said it like it was: Martin Luther King, Jr. I often wonder what he’d think of the current anti-immigration laws – full of the very civil right abuses he so adamantly denounced. My children are still way too little to understand any of it, but as they get a little older, I want to make sure that they know about this man and not just from what is taught to themRead More ...
A Look Into the New Club Mi Maseca
Among the many foods my husband and I crave from Mexico, enfrijoladas and chilaquiles definitely top the list. My husband is always saying that the enfrijoladas they made in his house growing up were the best (so were the quesadillas and chiles rellenos and romeritos and the list goes on and on and on!) So you can imagine I am measured with a really long stick any time I attempt to make any really Mexican meal. I definitely need inspirationRead More ...
Disney FamilyFun Kids Magazine {Giveaway}
Like me, Vanessa really likes magazines. I got her a subscription to National Geographic Little Kids about a year ago and she has been completely enthralled by it, so I just renewed her subscription. So when we got a sample of the brand new Disney FamilyFun Kids magazine, she was super excited. Although the magazine is obviously in English, I’m so used to translating pretty much everything that she gets her hands on that’s not in Spanish, that this was no different.Read More ...
A Trip To Haiti With Heart of Haiti
Two years ago today we stood still as we witnessed from afar the massive devastation which occurred in Haiti after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake shook its core. Two years later, the nation is still rebuilding and progress is slow at best. In less than two weeks I will be heading there with a group of enthusiastic women to witness for ourselves the life being led in Haiti today, as well as to see and document the work of sustainable aidRead More ...
Wordless Wednesday: Así era
Hay un capítulo en el libro que estamos escribiendo Ana y yo – ¡que estará a la venta en el otoño! – en el que escribo acerca de esta foto que me tomó mi papá en 1983. Tenía yo 10 años y vivíamos en Johannesburgo, Sudáfrica. Aunque no se ve muy bien, llevo un botón en la solapa de mi saco que me gané por ser la mejor alumna del mes. Mi padre estaba orgullosísimo, ya que habíamos llegado aRead More ...
My Bilingual Writer
You might remember how worried I was about teaching Vanessa to read and write in Spanish before she entered kindergarten last fall. In the end, I opted not to go that route and instead she’s been learning to read and write at school in English first. When I made my decision, I figured it’d be easier – for both of us – to transfer the skills she learned in English to Spanish and all would be merry. Little did IRead More ...
