I have so many great memories of my grandparents and greatgrandparents.  I was fortunate to meet and spend time with both my mom’s parents and her grandparents (all 4 of them).  I am the oldest grandchild and for that reason alone my grandma and I developed a very close and loving relationship.  She taught me to be respectful of others, to offer my help always (she always said, “necesitas ser acomedida siempre”), and to be self-sufficient.  I still remember when she sent me out to the store by myself at 6 years old to get her something she needed for “la comida.”  Among many other things, I learned from her I don’t need much to be happy, everything can be an occasion for a celebration, sitting on the porch and greeting people is a great pastime, and “fideos con queso” is a perfect meal. 

Today is Dr. Seuss’ Birthday! 

Lent is here and I always ask myself two questions:

On Valentine’s Day my friend’s husband gave her a pedicure, but she didn’t wanted to go by herself, so she was calling to see if anyone wanted to go with her.   I had 4 baskets full of clean clothes to fold, two more with dirty clothes to wash, a hundred dishes in the sink, my post for café and a couple more for my blog, Mama Latina Tips, to write, and I didn’t have eggs, milk, or meat, so I still needed to go to the supermarket.

I was never good at sports, I tried basketball but I was too short; I tried track, but I was too slow; I tried volleyball, I was ok, but still not good enough, so I stuck to dancing which I was pretty good at.