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No Baby in Sight

By Carla Molina Martins | 04/30/2010 - 08:00 | 5 Comments

Having children has never been a question for me; I've known it in my bones forever.  I even made a pact with myself: If I wasn't married by 30, I'd have a baby with my best guy friend and do the very cool, chic single mother thing (so naive, what part of single motherhood did I think was going to be easy? Even partnered motherhood is hard!). Then, one day, I met...

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Hello, Hola and Bonjour!

By Carla Molina Martins | 04/28/2010 - 18:00 | 8 Comments

Have I mentioned I have a bit of a girl crush on lovely Salma Hayek?  I do. I think she's absolutely gorgeous, undeniably talented and smart.  And she's a mom raising a trilingual kid.  Her daughter, Valentina, who is only 2 1/2 years old is already fluent in English, French and Spanish.  Her tot is teaching mami a...

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Dolores dice...Quinceañera from Hell

By Dolores | 04/23/2010 - 11:00 | 4 Comments

Dear Dolores:

My daughter’s having her quinceañera in May. I’m going crazy planning, but that’s not my dilemma. El problema is that her father, my ex-husband, wants to come to the fiesta and the mass. I have no beef with that, but he wants to bring his current wife, who used to be a good friend of mine. Their affair, which led to...

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What About Your Friends?

By Carla Molina Martins | 04/21/2010 - 18:00 | 2 Comments

With 29 years of life under my belt and a love for any kind of social event plus a chatty habit of talking up just about anyone, you'd imagine I'd have quite the circle of friends. This, however, is not the case. I walk the line between being an introvert and an extrovert. I love everyone, but don't necessarily like everyone. I have a big...

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El Dia De Las Madres

By Carla Molina Martins | 04/19/2010 - 20:00 | 2 Comments

Every year on Mother's Day I gush to anyone who will listen about mi abuelito and how he always gave me a card or a small gift to celebrate.  It warms my heart now, as a mother, to think he respects, reveres and holds so high the role of mami. To him it is something near sacred. With the holiday drawing near, I'm on the hunt for the...

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Wisdom on the Block

By Carla Molina Martins | 04/14/2010 - 18:00 | 6 Comments

A lot changes from your first child to your second. For me, I kind of lost myself to motherhood with my first.  I was so in love and head over heels, I didn't take time to take care of myself.  Working out was a foreign concept. Make-up grew dusty in drawers. My blow-dryer didn't see the light of day. My wardrobe stayed status quo, including a few maternity...

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Smoochfest

By Carla Molina Martins | 04/12/2010 - 13:07 | 2 Comments

Being Latina, my family and I have always been very affectionate.  Every family and friendly gathering begins and ends with hugs and kisses no matter if there are 4 people or 20 people in the room.  While naturally inclined to hugs and kisses there is one kind of kiss I'm not a fan of - kissing kids on the lips. Don't get me wrong, I know some...

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He Said, She Said

By Carla Molina Martins | 04/07/2010 - 18:00 | 1 Comment

In my Mami Diaries post last week I told you about my husband who thinks himself my personal Spanish dictionary. He fancies himself quite the authority on the language. Funny thing is he doesn't just reserve his corrections for words he thinks I'm faux translating but also for words he...

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