It Was For Freedom
Love, love, love Desperation Band. My daughter Casey had me listen to them way back in the day! Here is a song we are working on for church! Are you really free?
Archive for the ‘Hispanic Culture’ Category
Así No Más
Today we wrap up Hispanic Heritage Month. America is sort of strange about these things. We celebrate diversity even while not being sure whether we agree if diversity or a melting pot works best. I watched two documentaries on Latinos this month. One was The Latino List on HBO which interviewed some very interesting world [...]
A Latina Caught Between Two Worlds
My grandmother was born in El Paso Texas in 1908. Her parents were from Monterrey, Mexico. My mother was born in California in 1941 and so was I in 1965. When I fill out the census I check the box that says Hispanic. When I’m eyeballed by the average American read: Caucasian, Asian or Indian [...]
Latinas Listen Up
I got these statistics from Latina Magazine but you need only to look in our backyard to see that they are being generous when it comes to our city. 51% of Latinas get pregnant at least once before turning 20. It’s twice the national average. 8.26% – Latinas have the highest teen pregnancy rate in [...]
Reading Is Fundamental
I read. A lot. Right now I’m reading three books, blogs, twitter, facebook, emails, texts. I have a hunger to learn all that I can. I believe there is wisdom in books. I’m married to a reader and my four kids are readers. We read. So why did it bother so much when a person [...]
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