I’m sure the holidays are strangely different for you, too this year. As we shelter in place and alter our plans, many of our traditions are temporarily on hold. My family ordinarily travels to Long Island, NY where I grew up and my parents still live. We are not going this year, needless to say, […]
First of all, I want to take a moment to celebrate. Our democracy is still working, and this era of unbridled hate mongering from the White house will soon come to an end. Congratulations to Joe Biden and Kamala Harris! What a wave of emotion when the election was finally called in Biden’s favor. Perhaps […]
Counting down the days to the ReLaunch! 2020 Come celebrate by joining my newly created facebook group, Friends of Ethical Fashion. Just click the link to join. The ReLaunch celebrations will take place from October 23rd to November 1st. I’ll be going live every day within that group. There will be challenges, Q&As, sustainable lifestyle […]
Announcing the EcoPetites Relaunch! 2020. Back in August I first mentioned that I am planning to this relaunch for October, which is now upon us! First, I’ll start with the why: For the last couple of years, I put EcoPetites on the back burner. Sure, I kept it going, but it was not my front […]
When we tell a story, we have to leave things out. That which didn’t make the cut can become it’s own story and that’s what I’ve got here. I’ve been posting recently about the “why” and “how” of EcoPetites and this is part of that theme. I’ve been telling the part of my journey to […]
Back to double-the-work? Back to juggling our own changing work environments while teaching our kids or being their project managers? Back to feeling lucky if you get 5 minutes to yourself in the whole day, probably in the shower? A lot of moms are stressing out about the beginning of school, perhaps more than their […]
Something you may not know about me is that I have had opportunities to present a workshop on resilience that I have developed. It is something I have researched, practiced and been told by others that I possess. But I am not special in this regard: it is not an inborn talent. The ability to […]
I could not benefit from the gift of adopting this wonderful child and be part of the system that created and sustained this poverty at the same time.
In preparation for motherhood, I thought I could protect my children, and that it was in fact my most important job. When my children’s dad and I were deciding where to adopt from, I thought I was a good candidate for mothering a child from Latin America, as a half-Dominican. He loved the idea of […]
First of all, I would like to thank those of you who connected with me during Art-a-Whirl® this year. I admit that I was a little sad about not seeing you in person. But a funny thing happened. I did a test run of my Facebook live post by doing a silly version on my […]