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7 ideas to find calma during a quarantine

7 ideas to find calma during a quarantine

After a week of feeling exhausted from filling multiple roles at once, I decided to add time to find calm each day. These 7 ideas have helped me.

Starting 2020 with an Intention, my best advice for you

It was the end of the year 1999 and a piece of paper I wrote three words. Without having much conscience, I wrote what I wanted and needed, and wit...

Father’s Day outfit ideas for a mom in charge

There you go mom, three father’s day outfit ideas no matter what have you planned! Don’t leave your look or planning for the last minute. Our kids’...

RED, RED, RED

When I got married, I wore a handmade ivory dress. It had a delicate top on lace and a solid ballroom skirt that will barely touch the floor and th...

My Abuela’s Earrings

Back in 2013, I was the mom of a toddler and a preschooler. I had been an immigrant and ex-corporate women for almost two years. I was a stay-home-...

Do you put yourself first?

When I graduated from Architecture School, I weighted 95 lbs. When I resigned to my first full-time job, I was suffering from gastritis. By the tim...

3 NYE look's for moms on a rush

I like to dress up on New Year’s Eve. For me, it is like a good luck ritual to start the year looking nice. It’s like setting up an intention to we...

I had to unplug to plug the Christmas lights

This year I felt that December arrived and hit me like a big wave on a storm. I felt like my head was covered by water and I couldn’t breathe. Whil...

Today I say: Thank YOU!

A friend once told me that we should develop a career and also develop “ornamets”. By ornaments she meant other talents different from a profession...

A list of “Thanks”

Since I moved to The US, I have learned to say more thank you. I believe that American culture has an ingrained belief that a “Thank you” carries n...

I went to a Baby Shower and saw the future!

A couple of weeks ago, I was on a baby shower, and the organizers invited us to play a game. I have to admit that I love Baby Showers games, so I w...

What I learned this summer

Every Summer I have an internal struggle between the mom that I want to be and the one that I really am. I start every long vacation with the certa...

My clown closet

This month I turned 37, and I have to admit that I do not like that number at all! It is not as fun as 35, and it is dangerously close to 40 ... ye...