Category: PERSONAL

  • What is certain in these uncertain times

    What is certain in these uncertain times

    We are, yet again, navigating uncertain times. The unrelenting surge of information and disinformation only deepens our collective anxiety.  Should we be concerned?

  • Why I will always eat at the carinderia

    Why I will always eat at the carinderia

    I’ve always had a favorite carinderia. At every stage of my motherhood journey, the carinderia has saved me from countless domestic crises.

  • Why I am watching Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette

    Why I am watching Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette

    It’s funny how I discovered this big hunk of a ‘90s throwback: Ryan Murphy’s Love Story featuring John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette. I was doom-scrolling when I came across a Gen Z TikToker raving about this modern day romance between a veritable prince and a style icon like she had stumbled on a…

  • Why it’s good to say, “I don’t know”

    Why it’s good to say, “I don’t know”

    I didn’t like saying, “I don’t know.” In grade school, I was diligent in my studies. One of my earliest childhood memories is practicing my handwriting at the dinner table, my mother watching closely to make sure each stroke was near perfect. I remember being so sleepy-tired, yet the habit of burning the midnight oil…

  • I tried pole dancing and my arms are killing me!

    I tried pole dancing and my arms are killing me!

    Yesterday I tried pole dancing for the first time, and today my arms complain whenever I lift them up. My legs have bruises and my thighs are sore, but I have to tell you that I feel absolutely magnificent! I have always been curious about pole dancing. It is the idea of flight that fascinates…