I had heard many bloggers talk about Type A conferences and how amazing they were, so this year, I’ve decided to join and attend not only one, but two conferences! The bootcamp started in our closed group where members shared so many amazing tips from outfits to transportation and restaurant information. I felt like I […]
My Word for 2014 – #Unstoppable
As I opened my Wish Bucket with my son and went through what we felt comfortable with sharing, I noticed the wishes that did not happen were vague, the ones I didn’t believe I could achieve or the ones I had not even attempted to fulfill. As a challenge in an amazing group I […]
First Steps = Milestones with #SwaddlersFirsts
When I had my son, the doctor told me I was not going to be able to have any more children. That put a huge pressure on my shoulders because I needed to make it right! Needed to give my all to raise a happy, healthy child! Every milestone was recorded, written, now documented by […]
Bringing Awareness to World Prematurity Day
When I was 6 months pregnant, my doctor, the head of gynecology of U-PENN, told me I had a rare condition, Placenta Previa and Acreta together; which brought me to the hospital almost 2 months before my due date, left me in the hospital driving all the nurses crazy for 21 days until they decided […]
Brazilians are Hispanics – My Amazing Experience at Latism13
When I was in Miami two weeks before Latism, I answered an email from a reporter asking me if I thought Brazilians were Hispanics. I said that is a tricky question; If you ask a Brazilian, living in Brazil, they will say NO! Because Hispanics, for Brazilians, are synonyms of somebody who speaks Spanish (as […]
When A Purse Is more than a Purse
I recently found out one of my close friends was a victim of domestic violence and abused when she was a child. Needless to say her story more than shocked me! Coming from a loving family and having a devoted and loving father, this just makes the idea of so many women and children being […]