Raising niños in a mixed and matched world.
How we met… I was working at a local amusement park for my second summer in a row when I met my husband. Like usual, I was making my rounds, taking surveys of local guests, in order to find out what they did or didn’t like about the park. I always saw lots of thirsty [...]
Screenshot via YouTube Last week, this YouTube video was circulating wildly and when I read the title along with comments like, “Omg…beautiful!” I just couldn’t help myself and I watched. What I saw was something I totally didn’t expect, that left me a little confused and a lot disgusted. Here’s the video in question… [...]
Hey, in case you missed the news…today is ‘Loving Day’! What the heck does that mean? Well, Loving Day is the celebration of a victory for interracial couples. You see, back in the day…not so long ago…interracial marriage was illegal. That is, until the Lovings came along. When they couldn’t legally marry in Virginia, [...]
Bicultural Bliss: 10 Benefits of Biculturalism Yesterday, I was reading a post from Multilingual Living and I couldn’t help but smile. I loved Corey’s “10 Reasons Why You Should Marry a Foreigner“! I can’t say that every point on the list fits our relationship, but there are for sure some great points about our bicultural [...]
What does it mean to “be in love”? To some it’s a myth, something inexplicable that you can never reach and if you do, it is impossible to embrace. Love is about passion. It’s about a spiritual connection, a deep longing for each other and an unbelievable vulnerability that you can’t help but submit to. [...]
Read Part 1 >> The Better Parts of Our Intercultural Wedding Although our wedding had been very stressful and caused me to have a near breakdown just weeks before the “I DOs”, we were happy to finally be married and proud that we didn’t let our families stand in the way of our union. Trust [...]
Wedding Horrors My husband and I were very much in love and excited to finally be getting married. We had been together for almost four years by the time we’d gotten hitched, a fact that drove my hubby crazy because he started asking me to marry him after just three months of dating…lol. It wasn’t [...]
What could be worse than taking on your mother-in-law? The dreaded sister-in-law. It may have been obvious to some, but I was completely unaware that a sister-in-law could bring so much grief and make me feel like such an outsider. It started off well, but things turned bad quickly and I am still left [...]
Seeking ‘Perfection’ Often times, we find ourselves imagining the perfect kiss, the perfect date or the perfect relationship. We make all the plans in our minds, prep ourselves to receive them, but often these dream scenarios never come to life and we are left feeling disappointed and wondering what went wrong. Why? Because romance, [...]
Being the parent of a bilingual child isn’t always easy…especially when you’re not fluent. I’ve been teaching my daughter Spanish since birth…a few words here and there, never speaking in full conversations because I have absolutely no idea what a fluent Spanish speaking mother would say to her child. I wish I was that lucky! [...]
If you’re reading this article, you probably have a family member, friend or co-worker that’s in an interracial relationship. You’ve seen them struggling with negative criticism and you want to do your best to respect them and show them how much you care. Bravo! You’ve already taken the first step by reading this article. =) [...]
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