Hello there, friend! Thank you for visiting this little writing space of mine. These days, I'm not actively blogging on here anymore. In...

Emmanuel, God with us...   This Christmas, I've been particularly struck by the fact that God was silent for 400 years before ...

Five days ago  my baby boy walked across that stage and literally, just like they said it would be— like a blink of an eye , he's gradu...

We believe in Christmas...   One merely has to scroll through social media or watch TV or glance at the headlines blaring from th...

After a long hiatus from writing, it took this #Esparaz2Europe trip to break the silence on this blog. As I tap out these words on my...

Hard year. Yes, that... it truly has been that. In big and small ways. In expected and unexpected ways. In joy-filled and profoundly sad...

Dear Haiti, Simmering on my stove top is a huge heavy pot of my grandma 's signature dish, her  braised pork hocks in soy-caramel sau...

When I first became a mama, my greatest desire was to give my baby girl and her little brother the best that this world could offer. B...