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Identity Crisis in Faith and Politics No More – Get Real

5 Nov

This one is scary for me to write. I don’t always like taking a stand so publicly. Then again, it’s not all about me, is it? I recently had a discussion with two friends about my faith and my political choices. One is a conservative, Christian and Republican. The other is a Democrat not claiming [...]

Get Real: Daily Blogging isn’t easy

30 Jun

The biggest blogging lesson I’ve learned so far: There’s a reason not everyone blogs every day. It is time consuming. And good great content doesn’t always just flow right out. I’m on post #30 of 35. Today is Saturday. I want to relax, enjoy my family, attend birthday parties and have fun at Mom’s Night [...]

Get Real: Get informed about the rulings

28 Jun

While working on what I would share today, I couldn’t get passed all that has happened this week in Supreme Court of the United States rulings. So let’s get real about how we educate ourselves about today’s current events photo from sxc.hu “On Monday, the Supreme Court struck down three key portions of a polarizing [...]

Get Real: Do you procrastinate?

22 Jun

Let’s talk procrastination. Let’s get real. Lately the topic around here has been about getting things done and making things happen. I’m inspired by recent conversations with others who are finishing degrees, organizing big-thinking conferences, expanding their organizations nation wide, training for marathons or raising their children to be bilingual . Goals were set, plans [...]

Do It Anyway!

21 Jun

As part of a fabulous Twitter party last night about Latina Leadership, one question that was asked was: Being Latina and being a woman, makes it challenging to be a leader. What should we do? My answer: DO IT ANYWAY!   Then, I had to look at my own life and see what I wasn’t [...]