Latina on a Mission

 
I wept today.
Unabashedly, with no remorse.
I wept as only a woman can, as only a Mom can, while watching her child hit a milestone.
I wept and I felt…
Alone.
I have no one to share my joys, my sorrows, my memories.
I am a single Mother.
Their head.
For better or for worse…
I am their all.
Their joys are my joys.
Their sorrows [...]

This past weekend the boys and I went to Sesame Place. It was our first time and we had a BLAST! Later on this week, I plan on posting a recap of our day at Sesame Place but today I wanted to share with you our Sesame Place caricatures.
I loved the caricatures so much I already hung them up [...]

 
Last month, I had the opportunity to attend the New York Messy Event. We kicked off the event in style at the very swank Home Studios on 18th Street, celebrating ALL’s new Oxi-Active laundry detergent which is the very antithesis of messy!
At the event, we heard about the benefits of ALL’s new product. To put it to the [...]

A close friend of mine recently forwarded an email from a co-worker. As a mother, it saddened my heart  to read it. As a Latina, it called me to action. It forced me to look at myself, at my children, and reevaluate my life.
While I fight with my children over a messy room, Denise Lopez [...]

This past week, the boys and I went furniture shopping. I think my teen found the perfect sofa. What do you think?
 
 
Happy WW and don’t forget to link up!

I just wanted to say that I love you. This is not the quick I love you said at the end of a phone call or shouted as you run off to school. These three words are the ones that stay in your heart forever, long after I am gone. Not because of anything you’ve [...]

My teen was 14 when we discovered he needed braces. He was devastated! He didn’t want to go to high school with glasses AND braces. It was high school suicide and would ruin his rep he said. He refused and no matter how I cajoled would not relent to the metal braces.
Fast forward to his 15th [...]