3. Learning to Center the Wheel I come from a long line of master crafters. My grandmother would knit me sweaters for every occasion-even for my summer birthdays. Wearing a sweater vest in August is not for the faint of heart. Following in her steps is my mother. Some of my best childhood memories involve … Continue reading »
Some Things Only Came With Cancer #2
52 unexpected things that came into my life when cancer came 2. Discovering a Poet’s Soul Some people have a hurting heart to console on Valentine’s day, last year on this day I had a hurting head to soothe. Although I didn’t get jewels or chocolates, I did receive an expensive state of the art port drilled … Continue reading »
Some Things Only Came With Cancer
Okay so I know I’ve been delinquent in the blogging arena. I could make a lot of excuses, all very valid I might add, but the truth is life happens. My family continues to deal with the house guest that wont leave-cancer. In October my mom was diagnosed with breast cancer and right before the … Continue reading »
Jazz Fusion-Like it or Not…
One of the attributes that I really dig about my husband Jose is that he’s quite the Renaissance man. He curiously discovers opportunities to creatively express himself. In the last few years he’s taken up photography, gardening, the djembe drum, and jazz. I am admittedly more of a consumer of artistic expression, in other words … Continue reading »
A Patchwork of Post-it Psalms
The very first time I was intravenously given chemo, it went well…. for about a half an hour. I remember thinking, “Okay if this is what it’s going to be I can handle it”- then I got the rigors. It began with a slow momentum of shakes that worked it’s way into furious shakes all … Continue reading »
Why Our Presidential Candidates Need a Manicure
I was groomed in a Latino home where nail salons, were viewed as a rites of passage for becoming a senorita-growing young lady. Sometimes when I’m looking for some TLC, I head to my local nail salon in East Harlem. I could go to a more upscale salon, but here at Pretty Nail Salon, is … Continue reading »
Looking to Meet God
It is only in the NOW that we have access to God. Looking forward or back exercises the mind and imagination, but distracts us from the true meaning of prayer, with the Lord who is present in my inmost soul. “Be still and know that I am God” (Psalm 46). -Sacred Space 2012
The Road to a College Degree is Paved with Great Detours
So I have been asked to write a contribution for a book titled: Because My Story Matters: Struggle and Success on Higher Education’s Frontlines Below is my draft, hope you can read and share your thoughts and ideas! “… education had the objective of separating me from my community and making me a ‘professional.’ I … Continue reading »
My Kid Asks the Darndest Questions About God, Pt 2.
Part 1: Can be found at Jose’s blog, here. As I was rushing to get ready for church, my son Javie sat on my blue recliner looking very pensive. I was choosing which earrings to wear (a must for my bald head), when Javie blurted, “Who is God? I don’t know who God is , … Continue reading »
Bald Heads Cannot Lie
There are days when I wake up and I lie on my bed, with very little movement. In my mind I have convinced myself that the less I move the more things will stay untouched by the unexpected. Sometimes I hope its a bad dream, a disease that will just go away if I can … Continue reading »
