Ask and You Shall Receive Before we made our transition from the Midwestern United States to Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico, I had A LOT of questions. By nature, I worry about everything. Thus, before moving abroad, I felt the need to have every ‘i’ dotted and every ‘t’ crossed. This can be a good thing and a… Read More 15 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Moving Abroad
The Ultimate Party This past week, Mazatlan celebrated its annual Carnaval. It is six days and six nights of non-stop FUN! Music, food, dancing, drinks, parades, coronation ceremonies, vendors, more dancing, you name it! Mazatlan’s carnival is touted as one of the largest in the world, bringing revelers and participants from all across Mexico and… Read More Celebrating Mazatlan’s Carnaval with Three Kids!
It Was the Best of Times, It Was the Worst of Times Day six of Mazatlan Carnaval 2017 wrapped up Tuesday and I can now breathe a small sigh of relief. Don’t get me wrong, I love a good party. One good party. But six days? Methinks I’m getting a little too old for… Read More How to Bond as a Family, Even When You’re Short on Time
Making Ends Meet – The Struggle was Real When my family of five moved from the midwestern United States to Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico we were struggling to make ends meet. At the end of each and every month, we were greeted with the not-so-cheerful news that our checking account was running low and the beginning… Read More When the Going Gets Tough, The Tough Get Going
All That Hair Anyone who has been Black and abroad can tell you that natural hair can cause you to be the ‘mane’ attraction. In locales where kinky, curly, afro’d or loc’d hair is rarely seen, folks might line up just to touch, take pics or ask questions. We have experienced our fair share of… Read More Now Introducing: The ‘Mane’ Attraction!
Growing Pains Life is full of change. Hopefully always change for the better, but change nonetheless. As I grow as a woman, as a wife, as a parent, I realize that there are many things I may have done in the past that now, in hindsight, I think perhaps I could have done better or… Read More It Can Only Go Up From Here
Fall Ten Times, Get Up Eleven It is said that it doesn’t matter how many times you fall, always get back up. No matter what. Just. Get. Up. Like babies learning to walk, when it comes to a healthy active lifestyle, sometimes you may fall down, but as long as you get back up, in… Read More The Power of Protein
The Littlest Things Pack the Biggest Punch Have you noticed that when one person in the house gets sick, everyone gets sick? That’s what happened to us this week. Mkazo came home with a cold and it passed on to everyone. Well, except for me because moms don’t get sick, right? Despite illness, we had… Read More Moms Don’t Get Sick, Do They?
I Said It Today I said, “No”. It took me about four days of hemming and hawing to make my instinctive, “No,” audible to the person who needed to hear it. But it was said. The day of no had arrived. And it was amazing! As a mom, as a wife, as an entrepreneur, sometimes… Read More My Day of No
Get Moving! There are so many wonderful ways to move your body here in Mazatlán! When we made the move south of the border, we left behind our two family cars. Since being here, we have been using our very own ‘foot-power’ to get around and it has been so beneficial both for us grown-ups, and… Read More How Do You Move Your Body?