About Me, Inspirational, Love, Mamihood, Personal, Poems

Letters To My Daughter Is An International Latino Book Awards Finalist

In January of this year I self published my second book, through my own publishing house, CreativeInk Publishing. When I wrote Letters to My Daughter I knew that it was going to be a book worth recognizing because I put my heart into writing that book. As a virtually new mother (my daughter is 19 months old), I wanted to leave her legacy that she … Continue reading Letters To My Daughter Is An International Latino Book Awards Finalist

Nancy Arroyo RuffinMarch 20, 2014March 20, 2014Leave a comment

Love, Mamihood, Personal, Poems

The Chosen (Part II)

You are: in the strength of my bones in the curve of my muscles in the crown of my hair in the nape of my neck in the gentleness of my hands in the richness of my blood in the light of my shadow. No longer driven by the restless urge to create. Like nights, spent under Parisian skies viewing paintings at the Louvre. Bathing … Continue reading The Chosen (Part II)

Nancy Arroyo RuffinNovember 29, 2013November 29, 20132 Comments

Love, Mamihood, Personal, The Mami Chronicles

The Mamí Chronicles: A Letter to My Daughter on her 1st Birthday

July 27, 2013 It feels like I waited a lifetime for you and by other’s standards I have. I was 35 when you were born. Most of my friends’ kids are already teenagers and here I am celebrating your first birthday. There are times when it all still seems so surreal to me. I feel like I am in the best dream that one day … Continue reading The Mamí Chronicles: A Letter to My Daughter on her 1st Birthday

Nancy Arroyo RuffinAugust 3, 2013July 27, 2016Leave a comment

Love, Poems

Asphalt Dreams (on Palmetto Street)

A tree grows in Brooklyn and so did my dreams on the cracked asphalt of tenement building stoops a flower trying to break through but roses don’t bloom here that’s what I was told Never believing that I could ever see a world beyond my periphery struggling with tunnel vision I watch passersby and they watch me, holding my baby close, never expecting me … Continue reading Asphalt Dreams (on Palmetto Street)

Nancy Arroyo RuffinJune 2, 2013Leave a comment

Love, Poems

Tattoo

he wore love on his arm tatted on his skin, a reminder to love himself because no one will do the job better but instead, he loved her dutifully in the morning in the evening and until the sun rose again her warmth had become his security seeking her out whenever he was afraid she was the sun at dusk that kissed the sky goodnight … Continue reading Tattoo

Nancy Arroyo RuffinApril 13, 2013Leave a comment

Love, Mamihood, Personal, Poems

The Chosen (Part 2)

A few years ago I wrote a poem titled The Chosen which spoke of my struggle to conceive. It was probably the most personal poem I’ve ever written. With the birth of my beautiful daughter I felt that it was necessary to write a follow-up poem because I have finally been chosen to be a mother. These past five months have been the best five months of … Continue reading The Chosen (Part 2)

Nancy Arroyo RuffinDecember 16, 2012December 16, 2012Leave a comment

Love, Poems

Fascinations

if you were a pure bolt of fire cutting the skies i’d touch you risking my life not because i’m brave or strong but because i’m fascinated by what the outcome will be. ~Nikki Giovanni *That excerpt is from Nikki Giovanni’s poem Fascinations. Continue reading Fascinations

Nancy Arroyo RuffinAugust 30, 2012August 31, 2012Leave a comment

Inspirational, Love, Mamihood, Personal

Reborn

“The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother, never. A mother is something absolutely new.” ~Rajneesh I came across that quote a couple of years ago when I first started writing my book, Welcome to Heartbreak. I found it to be simple, beautiful, and honest. For me it symbolized the feeling of motherhood, a feeling … Continue reading Reborn

Nancy Arroyo RuffinAugust 7, 2012August 8, 2012Leave a comment

Inspirational, Love, Personal

What Paulo Coelho taught me about breaking routines and healing

“Nevertheless, you have to be prepared for everything. At this point, I make the decision I’ve been needing to make: even if I find nothing on this train journey, I will carry on, because I’ve known since that moment of realization in the hotel in London that although my roots are ready, my soul has been slowly dying from something very hard to detect and even … Continue reading What Paulo Coelho taught me about breaking routines and healing

Nancy Arroyo RuffinJuly 19, 2012July 19, 2012Leave a comment

Love, Personal, Poems

The Chosen…

I first wrote this poem about 2 years ago. I wanted to put into words or at least try to put into words the aching emptiness in my heart. Today, I re-read it for the first time in almost year and now that I am 9 months pregnant I can finally say that I’ve been chosen. I am living proof that when you finally start … Continue reading The Chosen…

Nancy Arroyo RuffinJune 26, 2012June 26, 2012Leave a comment