Motivation
Spanish Honesty… (Everything has been translated. Believe me, it didn’t sound better in Spanish) My mother in law: Who does Eric looks like? Me: I’m not sure. People say me. But I don’t see...
View ArticleHappiness
Sometimes you don’t have to say anything to describe happiness….. Taken by Fernando Montero. He was in Retiro Park (Madrid, Spain). A semi-professional photographer who captured these moments and...
View ArticleThe Bilingual Battle
My friend Kirsten is German, her husband English and they live in New York. The Spaniard and I went to visit them at their home for coffee. Upon entering their apartment, a cute six year old greeted...
View ArticleMy First!
Do you remember your first? Depends on what I’m talking about right? Okay, let me rephrase that! Do you remember that first when you really accomplished something? That first promotion.. That...
View ArticleBe Part of the Movement
“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up, it knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest...
View ArticleBe the example
The Spaniard called me into the living room. ”Watch this,” he says. He gets down on the ground next to our son and does several push ups One - Two - Three Sits up and says, “Now you.” Eric...
View ArticleWhen you’re an American, but aren’t
So you’re American but you live in Europe. You’re quite happy with adopting longer lunches and carrying a fresh baguette under your arm on your way home from the local bakery. No harm in that....
View ArticleBe The Example Part II
The Spaniard called me into the living room. ”Watch this,” he says. He gets down on the ground next to our son and does several push ups One - Two - Three Sits up and says, “Now you.” Eric...
View ArticleLabor Pains
It was nine in the evening when I thought.…this could be it. I had been having sporadic contractions for the last couple of days but they were never consistent. “It’s time to go to the hospital,” I...
View ArticleDoes your child struggle? Is that a bad thing?
“I don’t want my child to struggle.” Have you said it? I have. No parent wants his or her child to suffer. No parent wants his or her child to hurt. It is embedded into every parent’s being to...
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