We just got over the Thanksgiving holiday and I still feel like an overstuffed turkey. I ate so much over this weekend that I’m surprised I didn’t get sick from gorging so much. I felt like a glutton. The food was great, spending time with the family was great and most of all life is great. I am truly blessed. I have an amazing family … Continue reading Thanksgiving’s over now bring on Christmas!
I have been loved, admired and adored, but I have never been loved they way he loves me. The way he looks at me, the way he holds me. He puts my life into persepective. His love is so honest and so genuine. I, to him, am his life. I am the only woman that will be in that place of his heart. He holds me … Continue reading He Is…The Love of My Life
There are so many possible scenarios and ways that things could have turned out but if we alter those decisions that where made way back when,we inevitably alter our lives and our future. We would not be who we are today.I guess I’ll never know but it makes me wonder "What If"? I think most of us wonder what our lives would be like if we had made other decisions throughout the course of our lives.
Is life really just a big "What If"???
I am Puerto Rican Puertoriqueña From the island of borinquen As Puerto Rican as rice and beans Yo soy boricua Except I was born here on May 19, 1977 at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital A Brooklyn native like BIGGIE, Junior’s Cheese cake, and the Brooklyn Bridge When they say where Brooklyn at? I respond right here!!! I’m not ashamed of who I am. I am a … Continue reading Visions of Life Colored in Red, White, & Blue (I’m a Nuyorican!!!)
I don’t know what it feels like but I can imagine, the love between a mother and child The inexplicable connection that is formed even when the umbilical cord is cut and that new life is no longer physically attached to the body I don’t know what it feels like but I can imagine, It’s the immediate need to love, nurture, and protect your greatest asset; … Continue reading Imagining Beauty
They make their way into our world like uninvited house guests. They grab a hold of us like tentacles, feeding off of our souls. It is their power that resonates in our cerebral cortex. They get etched in our memories and saved for a later date when we can search our mental rolodex and reflect on how they made us feel. Imagine your life without their beauty. How empty … Continue reading WORDZ…
When it comes to love/relationships views by the opposite sex often clash. Women are often perceived as being needy, clingy, insecure beings that leech on to any man that comes along because apparently every woman is searching for her knight in shining armor to ride in on his horse and save her. Men are perceived as being these God like creatures who have their pick … Continue reading Reality Check: You’re NOT Mr. Right, you’re Mr. Right Now!
I’m sitting here listening to Maxwell’s sexy new album BLACKsummer’s night and as I listen to him sing about love I’m wondering does happily ever after really exist? Continue reading How Cancer Saved My Marriage
Like with most of my blog posts, they usually come about because of conversations that I have with others. Today one of my Twitter followers asked me what my thoughts were about people in unhealthy relationships. Specifically, she has a friend that is in an unhealthy relationship who just recently accepted a marriage proposal from her boyfriend. He proposed all in an effort to “make … Continue reading Love Without a Limit: When Is It Time To Let Go?
I’ve gone thru this many, many times. I’ve been with my husband since I was 20 and I can’t even begin to tell you how many times we broke up. Break ups can sometimes be positive because it allows both parties to take a step back and really look at the relationship with open eyes. It allows you to see if your life would be … Continue reading Break Up to Make Up: When Should You Stay & When Should You Go
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