Category: Marriage and Family

• 7 More Parenting Fails Accomplishments

  If you didn’t see my last embarrassing post, I’ve started cataloging some of my parenting missteps. And since parenting is hard and I’m an optimist, I like to frame them as accomplishments. 1.) When I came home from work the other day, Rafi greeted me with the news, “I pooped!” I responded with enthusiastic affirmation,…

  Big Family Trips

  November 7, 2014

  Marriage and Family

• 7 Embarrassing Accomplishments of an Overwhelmed Parent

  Like most parents, I think my kids are pretty much the most awesome people in the world.  My husband is cool too, although it’s less cute when he babbles, drools or gets food all over himself. Anyway, I’m truly thankful for my family, home, job, church and friends. But every now and then, I get…

  Big Family Trips

  October 16, 2014

  Marriage and Family

  embarrassing moments, Parenting

• I Married an Undocumented Immigrant – Update

  

  A little story about my husband receiving legal status in the USA.

  Big Family Trips

  October 2, 2014

  Immigration, Marriage and Family

  Immigration, marriage

• On Marriage, Mexicans, and Misunderstandings: I’m not a freaking bird.

  First, let me state for the record that I love my husband and have never regretted our marriage, although it’s been a rough road at times.  He is compassionate, sweet, intuitive, a great dad, brave, and smart in all the ways that I am not smart.  But we fight a lot. Like really, a lot. …

  Big Family Trips

  September 17, 2014

  God and Faith, Marriage and Family

  Christian marriage, grace in marriage, marriage