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It wasn’t an easy decision. I have two precious daughters that depend on me to provide for them. The decision was painful. SERIOUSLY! I remember my gut hurting and my mind aching. There were so many things to consider and so many things to fear. What’s that stat about new businesses? 9 out of 10 fail or something along those lines. I crunched the numbers and figured out the amount of...
She handed me the paper folded up with the words “To: Daddy” written very carefully in her best handwriting. Delicately, with her watching over me, I opened it up and saw the most beautifully illustrated family picture you can imagine: Daddy, her sister, and her. The family picture had the most beautiful rainbow you have ever seen in the background and a sun shining over us. Let me...
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. – Picasso I have had an interest in art as far back as I can remember into my little wee years. I think this may be true for though for any kid when he is young. We are artists by nature and think that as we grow older, we grow out of this artistic nature. One of the funny things that I am always asked is if I...
Thank you to all of you that have been a part of my journey.
Some of you have shared a classroom with me.
Many of you have shared a laugh. On a rare occasion I may have even had a drink with you.
“Yessir” I told him. “Straight-off-the-boat-Mexican!” I had to defend him on the basketball court and I wasn’t looking forward to it. I had noticed earlier that he had a sick handle and an amazing shot from long range. He couldn’t have been taller than 5’6″. I had just finished lifting weights and was super tight and don’t like being...
Yes! I don’t have a television yet I was on TV. All my loyal readers may remember that I was mentoring in my community 😉 I have continued to mentor and have a blast getting to know my mentee. The leader at the LULAC Center where I meet with my mentee, Otis Gray, asked me a couple of weeks if I would be open to doing an interview with Univision 23 Noticias (Spanish television) Of course I...
DISCLAIMER: I do have one television that was given to me 2 years ago. It is at least 10 years old and does not have a converter thing-a-ma-bopper. I used it for my girls to watch their Disney movies. But now I don’t have a DVD player and haven’t watched anything on it in months. So, it is basically a HUGE paperweight. So why then the name Teevee? Yes, my name is Teevee (sorta)...
“Tighten your core, tighten your core !!!” Jay Stylz, my salsa mentor and instructor screams at me during my personal private lessons. Again and again. “Plant your feet firmly when you land!” “Don’t collapse when you come out of turns!” He yells at me over and over again. The truth is he may not be screaming, but that is the way it sounds in my head! I...
I was inspired after reading a post by the lovely Ashley Ambirge on her blog The Middle Finger Project (Yes, the nerve!)
She challenged her readers to go out and hula hoop in public and make fools of themselves for a 100-dollar reward! (yes, the nerve!)
I am divorced and every other weekend I get my daughters and shower them with love, discipline, values, lessons, laughter and whatever else I can sprinkle in our short time together. This morning I dropped off my daughters at their mother’s house. Sometimes I wonder where I would be without them? What if I was to lose one of them? I know that sounds like a terrible thing to be thinking...
Well for those of you that may be interested in viewing my journey to get my tattoo I now have the video below.
Someone asked me how long I had thought about getting this done. The truth? It design has been in my head for over 10 years. The feeling of actually having it now is pretty intense and satisfying.
It is 8am and I am fully awake. I have a ton of things to do.
Work out, call a friend about scheduling a time to practice improv, talk to my programmer (deadline!!!), see my nephew’s team play for the championship of their basketball tournament (insert proud uncle smile).
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