I married a family woman like I wanted to. My mom wanted me to marry a Latina, and my dad wanted...
Parenting
Using Shakira’s Advice to Raise My Daughters
What If Hips Truly Did Not Lie Photo by Aider Barrios on Unsplash We don’t use iPads to distract...
Go On, Sit on His Lap!
Parenting and Surviving Christmas Parades and Santa’s Lap Photo by author. Calistoga, CA. Our...
Going Commando with a Stained Apron
Broccoli, Baked Mayo, and the Breaking Points of Parenthood Photo by Pickled Stardust on Unsplash...
How Spanish Dictator Franco Influenced My Internal Dialogues
Exploring Ways to Teach Kindness to My Daughters Photo by Filip Andrejevic on Unsplash A mean son...
Your Kids’ Indiscriminate Pruning Independence
Or how kids have their plans and do not care about your Photo by Neslihan Gunaydin on Unsplash...
Please, Stop!!!!
It’s not earwax, your kids just don’t want to hear it. Please, stop!!!!! I shouted at the...
A Crumpled Last Will and Testament
What stands behind picture-perfect parenting Petaluma, California. Photo by author. I’m not really...
Video Performance: My Girls Did Not Know What to Do with Jet Lag
In this video, I perform snippets from my essay, “Buying Sushi in Dubling at 3 in the Morning.”
A Post-Pandemic Matisse Pastoral
Of the Norovirus and Other Joys of Pietri Dish Parenting “I’d rather die on my feet than live on...
Video Performance: The Hair Brushing Vortex
I performed this story at the West Side Stories in Petaluma. It's based on an essay I wrote and...
You will never poop in peace again
I have only pulled my pants up without wiping once in my life. It was because I felt the big one...
Recent Articles
Almost Losing a Finger to Save My Life
Life has a price and so does each body part Photo by Tamanna Rumee on Unsplash My mistake was clearly dumb. We were in the middle of the pandemic, and after getting my MasterClass subscription, I...
Spanking The Elderly Into Better Behavior
Corporal abuse as a universal and compassionate law Photo by Daniel K Cheung on Unsplash It is not often, but every now and then, I’ll find myself in a conversation about how corporal punishment is...
I Chemically Straightened My Hair Because My Family Was Ashamed
Parenting and the illusion of reprieve Petaluma, CA. May, 2021. Photo by author. “Scientifically handsome” is what most anthropologists might call me. I am not vain because there is no need to be...