Today I am humbled to have Latina children’s book author Alma Flor Ada guest posting here as part of the Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros Blog Hop. Before having children, her name was foreign to me. After becoming a mom and making the decision to raise bilingual daughters, my family has uttered her name… Continue Reading
writing, because I know no other way
Category Archives: Writing
Did You Have A Childhood Pet?
Every Saturday in 2013 I’ll be sharing a post for the Mom Before Mom project. The goal is to tell the stories of life before motherhood, the stories which root the woman in every mother. So much of memory keeping is focused on capturing our children’s experience but what of our own? Who will capture… Continue Reading
What Were Sick Days Like As A Kid
Every Saturday Once a week in 2013 I’ll be sharing a post for the Mom Before Mom project. The goal is to tell the stories of life before motherhood, the stories which root the woman in every mother. So much of memory keeping is focused on capturing our children’s experience but what of our own?… Continue Reading
What Was Bedtime Like Growing Up?
Every Saturday in 2013 I’ll be sharing a post for the Mom Before Mom project. The goal is to tell the stories of life before motherhood, the stories which root the woman in every mother. So much of memory keeping is focused on capturing our children’s experience but what of our own? Who will capture… Continue Reading
This Writer’s Life
Where other people have music or art or coding or cooking, I have words and stories and writing. It’s how I’ve always been. Nose buried in a book, burning through pages in a journal, itching to read at stop lights. Words and stories consume me. Their release into the world, on paper or screen, is… Continue Reading
