Life

How do you define yourself? Are you a Mom Blogger, Latina Blogger, Christian Blogger, African American Blogger, Green Blogger, Tech Blogger, etc? When I started my blog, I did not want to be labeled. I had too many labels already. I was a mother, sister, aunt, student, employee, foodie, gardener, crafter, painter and so much more. Yet each label [...]

This has been a crazy month. My debit card was stolen and my account cleaned out, I forgot to return two rented tuxs and had to pay an exorbitant amount of money, and one of my best friends was in a horrible bus accident. That last one put everything into perspective. All else faded once [...]

Did you wait till the last minute to purchase your Mother's Day gift and now don't know what to do? DON'T DESPAIR! It's not too late! Here are a few ideas that I thought were worth sharing. Cook a home made meal. Get ideas by downloading this Free eCookbook, featuring 28 pages of Mother's Day recipe [...]

Where has the time gone? It seems like I just blinked and ten years zoomed by. Or is it just that I want to make time stand still. It seems like just yesterday... I was packing my bag, preparing for my scheduled cesarean. It had been a hard pregnancy. I was placed on bedrest for [...]

Picture the following scenes: Scene 1 A sabroso/savory meal cooking on the stove, soft music playing in the background, perhaps Luther Vandross singing "Never Too Much",  Teddy Pendergrass crooning "Turn Off the Lights", Maxwell reminding him just how "Fortunate" he is, or a more upbeat Bruno Mars belting out "Just The Way You Are", and [...]

Photo Credit Japan suffered tremendous devastation on March 11, 2011. Countless people are missing and more than 8,649 are confirmed dead. The numbers are sure to rise as time progresses. They are in dire need of help, our help. Below I have compiled a list of 5 ways that we can all help Japan without spending a [...]

Are you a Mommy in need of some "ME" time? Do you feel as if you are losing yourself because you give and give and give to everyone but yourself? Do you need want some time to reconnect with yourself? As a single Mom, I can tell you I do! I love my sons dearly. They mean [...]

Lately I've had to travel more than usual. I'm not complaining about the flying, per se. It actually breaks up the monatony of my everyday life. No, that's not the issue.   The issue is the airport's  new body scanners at Newark Airport, scanners that one day will be installed at all airports.   Photo from The [...]

Lately, the news has been filled with scandals about sex addiction. At first, I questioned whether it was a legitimate condition or simply an excuse given by cheating men; however, after watching the Dr. Oz show I can now understand why it is classified as an addiction. Dictionary.com defines addiction as follows:   the state [...]