Author: Connie Perez

Yikes! When I look in the mirror lately I’m like, “What the…? I could’ve sworn that wrinkle wasn’t there yesterday.” Does your mirror do that, ladies? Mine is showing a number 11 etched between my eyebrows that is looking more and more like a long road to nowhere. I’m thinking I should add 11 to my list…

knowl-edge noun: facts, information, and skills acquired by a person through experience or       education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject. What a wonderful and liberating thing it is. Back in the day, whenever I asked Mom something she didn’t have a factual answer for she’d say, “Búscalo en la enciclopedia.”…

Here’s a cookie…and some food for thought. A woman was waiting at an airport one night,With several long hours before her flight.She hunted for a book in the airport shops.Bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop.She was engrossed in her book but happened to see,That the man sitting beside her, as…

For my inner GPS. My mother always tried to guide my steps, God bless her soul. Mostly, she did so by way of phrases commonly known and widely used in the Cuban household. Sometimes I pretended not to listen, but for the most part, me aconsejaba, and I would follow her advice. I can still…

And now, a word about Love: “Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth….

Without analyzing this too much, if you could live one day of your life over again, what day would you choose? I was thinking about that on Tuesday, Groundhog Day, and right off the bat a bunch of days came to mind: Our wedding day, although I was sick as a dog that day, but…

For simple little pleasures. We’re all very much in tune with the big things for which we’re most grateful: our health, our family, and our job. God knows 2020 heightened our perspective meter in that regard. My posts lately, for example, have been on the extra-deep side of deep thought, to say the least. So…

What do you need the most today? No, besides that highly sought-after shot in the arm. Here’s a clue: it requires nothing of us, not a crumb, yet it can help us make it through the most disheartening times. No one ever described it better for me than Emily Dickinson: “Hope” is the thing with…

We have choices to make and work to do. And so let me share a little story: An emperor in an ancient Far East country was growing old and knew it was time to choose his successor. Instead of choosing one of his assistants or his children, he decided to do something different. He called…