Why I Write Disclaimer: This feels self-indulgent but one must write what one knows. I’ve found, you don’t know what you know until you write it. Writing is a process that gives you time and space to determine what you think about something and why […]
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Death, Taxes and Back-To-School Germs
This past week started with me spending a bright shiny Monday morning carrying my feverish congested four-year-old outside a pediatrician’s office as a queue of parents stood waiting to be admitted to the refuge of an air-conditioned building and medical care. Two hours and one […]
What it’s like to be on a True-Crime Show
Last night Saturday Night Live released a new jam called Murder Show for people who love true crime. As a woman fascinated by true crime and a religious listener of the My Favorite Murder (MFM) podcast, I did a little dance. The music video for […]
Adios Abuela
On January 21, 2021, my grandmother Rafaela Esparza Garza passed away at the age of 98. She raised me. She was old school. She cooked flour tortillas by hand and could grow anything. Since I became a mother, she became my gold standard for mothering. […]
Top 5 Things to Put in Your Planner in 2021
There’s a Mexican proverb that says:“Camarón que se duerme, se lo lleva la corriente” translated to English it means:Shrimp that falls asleep, gets carried in the current.It can be good to go with the flow but make sure you’re heading in a direction that serves […]
¡Que Viva la Guilt Free Revolución!
This year is one for the record books.Juggling online learning for two small school-age children, working from home, tackling grad school, and just trying to stay alive and sane has been challenging.I have driven through a drive-thru of a fast food joint more times than […]