I grew up seeing strength from all around me. In 1984 my parents left everything behind to give me and my sister a better life in America. Me, my sister and mom moved here first and then my dad came a year later. Being so young then I didn’t quite know the magnitute of what […]
The other night as I was giving Melodie a shower she asked me a question that really made me realize my little girl is growing up. She looked at me with this blushing look on her face and asked me if her doctor was married. I asked her why do you want to know if […]
Tonight I watched what every parent dreads in life; I watched a good friend of mine put her son to rest. That morning when she woke up she never once imagined the call she would get of her son’s tragic death. No parent is ever prepared to lose their child and so unexpectedly. As I […]
It has been a little over a year since the neighbors that live above me moved into the apartment. I know some of you have heard of my elephant stories and the noises that penetrate through the floors when they walk and talk and breathe. I always say they are walking a relay for life […]
Saturday night to today is pretty much a big blur to me…I feel like I remember bits and pieces of my moments awake and I don’t know what was a dream and what was real. I’m hoping the images of the human dog and human puppies was indeed a dream; I won’t lie I searched […]
This time last year I was feeling like a slacker for completing only one of the things on my list for 2013 so I gave birth to this blog. A year has passed at a rapid pace and I feel like so much has happened in all aspects of my life. I have learned so […]
This year I started a bucket list which only consisted of 3 things: Start some form of cake decorating/baking business Go to Italy Shave all my hair off Seemed a little dinky so let’s make it more exciting: Go on a cruise Go skiing Learn to play the guitar Go horseback riding Fly in a […]
Sometimes a person enters your life and the next morning you wake up wondering how it is possible for things to be so happy all of a sudden when just the day before you were questioning the kindness in human beings. You were not expecting to connect with this person so quickly and to spend […]
Recently I met someone that said when people are feeling upset or sad all they need to hear is that it’s okay and that they’re okay. I thought to myself it can’t be that simple otherwise everyone would be happy. Yesterday Melodie had a bad day at school and was put in time out for […]
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