I am going to tell you how to take care of you during the holidays! Why? Because, I am nothing if not predictable. Every year, as the holiday season’s busy schedule fires up, I resort to the same tactic for finding more time to get it all done. I let go of everything that sustains me […]
If you are looking for inspirational gifts for the holidays, you’ve come to the right place! By now, you have surely made your list of who the lucky gift recipients will be in your life this holiday season. Chances are, though, that you are still looking for that perfect present for some or all of […]
Are you wondering how to show your support for an adoptive family? If you aren’t familiar with adoption from other friends or family members, you might wonder what is the best way to help and support that new family. In some ways, bringing home a child through adoption is very similar to bringing home a […]
Thanksgiving is when I most appreciate the happy ending of my adoption story! ALWAYS THANKFUL There isn’t a day—Thanksgiving or not—where I don’t look at my boy and marvel at how we have been brought together. We were so clearly meant to have this boy in our lives; we were so clearly meant to learn […]
My successful adoption story continues. Just last week at a deli I periodically visit, I was ordering my soup and salad when the man checking me out asked, “Are you mixed with something?” Coming of age as a Latina in the South in the 1980s and 1990s, this is a question with which I am […]
And my successful adoption story continues … We decided it was time to start our family during a morning walk on a hot, summer day at the beach in 2008. While we knew our family would be formed through adoption, this was all we knew. To get some answers, we decided to ask some questions […]
November is National Adoption Awareness Month. To celebrate this important month, I am sharing my family’s adoption story with Mamiverse readers. Today, I’ll share how we came to the adoption decision. In the coming weeks, I’ll share our adoption story, our experiences thus far, and how to help adoptive families in your life . You […]
Quick. Think of the last time you did something to truly nurture yourself. Struggling to come up with the date? You are not alone. Most of us suffer from chronic self-neglect. In our busy lives, it always feels like something’s gotta give and the easiest thing to give, the easy person to disappoint is ourselves […]
You’ve probably done it. Looked through a magazine and wished for a celebrity’s clear skin or a model’s long legs. You close the latest issue, not inspired by what you learned but defeated by what you are not. And, yet, here’s the thing. None of those models, none of those celebrities look like what you […]