So, the other day I was at Maria’s school for a meeting. The mom of the boy whom Maria told me she was going to marry said: ”So, I hear the wedding is off. (Cute boy) told me Maria broke up with him. She is now with (another cute boy).”“I had no idea,” I told her. “But, [...]

I wasn’t sure what my weekly Parenting.com post would be until I sat at my computer Friday morning. Maria’s drama over her hair cut won out over things like: – The raccoon who lived on our roof for a couple of days. – The neighbors who decided the guinea hens are not welcome anymore. You [...]

Since I quit my full-time, outside-the-house gig four years ago, I have allowed my standards to slip  – slip to the point of not recognizing the unpolished woman who most weekdays stares back at me in the mirror. It isn’t that big a deal, just mostly an observation. It’s a realization I have become a [...]

I could not help myself today. I dissed Dora. Or at least the potential that she is about to turn into yet another mamacita, a Spanish stereotype in short skirts…or maybe just a too-smart-for-her-age mocosa shopaholic. Supposedly, her morphers did a bunch of focus groups before coming up with the right look and right formula. [...]

I could not help myself today. I dissed Dora. Or at least the potential that she is about to turn into yet another mamacita, a Spanish stereotype in short skirts…or maybe just a too-smart-for-her-age mocosa shopaholic. Supposedly, her morphers did a bunch of focus groups before coming up with the right look and right formula. [...]

I told my husband a few nights ago I would be writing about him at Parenting.com. He gave me a suspicious look. I told him it was about him and Maria, about what an amazing dad he is. He gave me a suspicious look. “Listen, other than my having to remind you to carry her [...]

I told my husband a few nights ago I would be writing about him at Parenting.com. He gave me a suspicious look. I told him it was about him and Maria, about what an amazing dad he is. He gave me a suspicious look. “Listen, other than my having to remind you to carry her [...]

Over at Parenting.com this week, Maria shows off her green fingernails and my costume jewelry. She spent lots of time this week in my tackle boxes full of costume jewelry, 99% of which I rarely wear, and begged to make it all hers one day. I told her no problema, mama, all yours. Even the [...]

Over at Parenting.com this week, Maria shows off her green fingernails and my costume jewelry. She spent lots of time this week in my tackle boxes full of costume jewelry, 99% of which I rarely wear, and begged to make it all hers one day. I told her no problema, mama, all yours. Even the [...]

OK, happy Friday. Al fin. This week, over at Parenting.com, my daughter attempts to convince me our new president decreed girls cannot wear pants anymore. Oh.yes.she.did. And, over at the Latin Baby Book Club, I decide it is time to work toward my mother’s biggest dream: That her granddaughter be a star of stage and [...]