Archive for May, 2010

Barbie and me

My relationship with Barbie was an interesting one. I was only given a single Black barbie, I’m not sure if there were Latina barbies when I was little. My Aunt (the educated career woman) made sure they had curly hair and were professionals that I could look up to. My Aunt even took it to [...]

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Coping and books

There are a multitude of ways people like to cope with the stresses of life. Life seems to be getting more and more stressful. I know my life has, as a parent, a spouse, life just seems to be a on going juggling act. I just remember watching my mother as a single parent in [...]

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Android OS CarPC?

Generally speaking, I don’t actively participate in the weekly #carchat on Twitter, but I do occasionally glean a few points as I watch it stream across my Twitter timeline. Take for instance this week’s #carchat where I saw @banovsky say the following. Now, I’ve built a CarPC and have some familiarity with the topic, and [...]

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Doctor, Sir. Parenthood is messy and I love it! ;-)

Q’s pediatrician was both R’s and my pediatrician when we were little. Due to an emergency situation he still remembers me, vividly. We are considered relatively young parents in our area. For the most part, here you are either a teen parent or you wait until you are at least 35 or older. We are [...]

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How does it feel?

I get this question often. May it be about how it feels to be mixed in race, being in an ‘interracial’ marriage (not sure about that definition as both my husband and I are Caucasian but if the Mexican and African American throws you off :shrugs:), being married, being a mom, being pregnant, and being [...]

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