It wasn’t a real cameo. It wasn’t lace made from the nuns in some faraway place. The book wasn’t leather bond, in fact pages were missing. The pearls…fake and the diamonds rhinestones. It was just…

                Photo: My nieces and nephews bus ride home from the first day of school in California. Chelsea came home from university (Prepa) this weekend and the first thing she said was, "Mom, in my…

                Good memories are like money in the bank, they are a treasure chest to fall back upon. What would you say? Good memories are like money in the bank, __________________. Good memories are like…

                          Thank you for reading my blog,  for your comments and for your friendship.  I am sorry I cannot respond to each of you as faithfully as you do with me.  I…

This is my niece Ka-Ka, the firecracker. The motorized bunny looks dead next to her. Taking her photo was not an easy task. When taking photographs of children have everything ready:  the camera, the scene, the props, and try to…

       Many many years ago on this day, on the feast day of Saint Francis, I had my first session of Chemotherapy for ovarian cancer.  (To this day when I walk into a hospital I can taste chemo…