It’s April and I’m waiting to hear from the school where we applied. We applied for a dual language Pre-K program in HISD for my soon-to-be four year old. I hear back in May, but I’m already getting nervous because I didn’t apply anywhere els...

The other day I heard some really sad news and my co-worker and I started talking about it and how people react to negative news. We also talked about people who are afraid of confrontation and shy away from bad news. She said something that really s...

A friend of mine made a very interesting observation today and she was right on the money. She was commenting on my being Hispanic in America blog entry.  She said that she found it interesting that we all read non-Hispanic or White authors, yet...