I say it all the time: I am a word-nerd and I love it. I was not at all surprised to look up the etymological meaning of mother and find that it is ‘breast-feeder’ (the English word mother and Latin mater and many similar maternal words contain the worldwide etymon ma ‘breast’ + ter an Indo-European agent suffix). Breastfeeding my baby girls were the most amazing …
Elayna Fernandez ~ The Positive MOM
Mother’s Day is a day chosen for spouses, children, and everyone else to remember to offer serenity and show much-deserved appreciation for all the hard work we moms somehow manage to get done. I know what you’re thinking: “Everyday SHOULD be Mother’s Day”… and it can. At least, it can feel like it is…and that will …
Last week was one of those weeks. You know, the kind in which you feel like you just want to GO HOME… Well, maybe that’s just me. With my whole family living in the Dominican Republic, both of my brothers having a birthday, and my best friend’s birthday on top of that, you may understand …
You probably didn’t know that April 30th to May 6 is National TV-Turnoff Week. I’m serious…really! I don’t subscribe to cable TV or miss it the least bit. We get DVDs and Blu-Ray Discs at the library FOR FREE and we watch them happily together. Sometimes I rent a romantic comedy and treat myself after …
As I start writing this post, I don’t know where I am really going. I may surprise you…and myself. I have recently been attracting a lot of information about marriages that last over 50 years. It seems like a formula and not a matter of being “soul-mates.” I saw a cute picture in which the …
I recently got an ad in the mail in the form of a survey. It is a compilation of questions about everything from decisions my parents made to my own decisions as a mother, and in between, all kinds of decisions I’ve made as an adult woman. This assessment is supposed to be mailed back …
As I celebrate Easter Sunday today, I do not think about bunnies, eggs, chocolate, or even dinner arrangements. I am beyond grateful to my Savior, Jesus Christ, for his infinite, eternal, and everlasting sacrifice, convinced that HE rises, that HE indeed LIVES. I Google everything, so I was disappointed to find that the word RISEN …
The girls and I are big “YouTubers.” We have fun “YouTubing” stuff: funny videos, inspirational videos, baby videos, puppy videos, romantic videos… you know, stuff girls like! Earlier this week, I showed them the video “The Girl Who Silenced The World For 5 Minutes.” Have you seen IT? You Have To! Here’s the transcript! (drum …
I grew up loving and devouring books. I loved self-help, marketing, business, Spanish literature, and, the Bible. I read anything my mom or dad would bring home and anything I found in the trash. I remember the first time I was actually given a book. My own book. I was 13 years old and highly …
They say when one door closes another one opens, yet the hallways are hard. I know that to be true, especially when we have a limited perspective to really understand the WHY of our circumstances. Winston Churchill said: NEVER NEVER NEVER Give Up! The “HOW” is: See It Through! (below). ~*~ When you’re up against a trouble,Meet …