Best of The Writing Life
Here are some of the favorite posts in the last two years regarding writing and the writing life. Q&A shares common questions and answers about Hijas Americanas. Write Like Your Mother […]
Best of Inspired
Today’s list of posts celebrate social justice, inspiration, global outreach, and altruism. Calling the Circle talks about a movement that Hijas Americanas inspired. I am an activist because… shows what […]
Best of Beautiful You
Tuesday, May 5th is the 2 year anniversary of the Hijas Americanas blog. For awhile the blog was all things Hijas Americanas and in two years, it’s grown to include insights […]
Two Years of Hijas Americanas
Tuesday, May 5th is the 2 year anniversary of the Hijas Americanas blog. For awhile the blog was all things Hijas Americanas and in two years, it’s grown to include insights […]
I owe you the end of the world
One of my dear friends has an art exhibition opening on Saturday, May 2 in Miami. I hope you’ll check out her work sometime this month if you live in […]
The sensations of motherhood
I lead a journaling workshop on Wednesday mornings. One of the prompts this week was to compile 5 lists of 5: 5 things you love to see, 5 things you love to […]
Shut Up: Bringing America's People to Reality
As a teacher and speaker on body image issues, I have the good fortune of going around the country to help people process the experiences that have formulated their body […]
Making Do
So on Saturday afternoon, BF and I loaded baby in his stroller, put puppy on her leash and headed down to the grocery store to do our shopping for the […]
Today's the last day to enter the Milestones Contest
So visit the original blog entry to enter your guesses for when baby will start crawling and sleeping through the night and you could win some African coffee! Even if […]
Going back to middle school
I was invited to speak to a Latina seventh grade group at CC Griffin Middle School in Harrisonburg, North Carolina on Tuesday. I decided that I would tell them a little […]