Coffee Time Reflections with Silvia Escobar

Whether it’s with your spouse, child, the whole family or a friend, there is something special about going out for breakfast. Recently our daughter decided to write down all the local places we like to go for breakfast. I was surprised at how many places we’ve gone to locally. And that’s not including the repeats!… Seguir leyendo Why you should be going out for breakfast

I love vacations. In our 40 years of marriage, Arturo and I have had seasons when we have gone on expensive vacations, and seasons when we have had staycations and everything in between. The most important thing for me about a vacation has always been the time that is carved out specifically to relax and… Seguir leyendo Vacations are not just a luxury

I once had a conversation with a mom who wanted to homeschool her kids but was deathly afraid of ruining them. She was afraid she was not qualified to teach them. She was afraid she didn’t know enough. Shockingly, she had been a high school teacher in a public school before she had kids! Now… Seguir leyendo If you have kids, did you know you are a homeschool parent?

Last week I gave some suggestions for summer activities for families with kids. Today I’d like to dive into a few things we can do as adults to enjoy the summer. Remember to put them on the calendar and respect those days. Don’t be too quick to cancel them. They have the potential of bringing you… Seguir leyendo Summer Ideas for Adults

When our six kids were younger and at home, we would sit together as the end of a school year came and talked about what we wanted to do in the summer. I would write everyone’s ideas and from there we started with the most mentioned and worked our way down to the least likely… Seguir leyendo Getting ready for summer fun

In raising our six children, we learned many things. Sometimes we learned just in time to put them into practice and sometimes as a result of making mistakes. Among them, there are three things that we were very intentional about implementing. 1. Mutual Respect: There is a belief that is often used as an excuse… Seguir leyendo 3 Aspects of a healthy family

This is the third and final part about The Baggage We Bring to Our Relationships. The first week I shared about the importance of identifying the baggage we carry from our past. Last week I talked about recognizing the role our baggage plays in how we see things and how we react. And today I… Seguir leyendo The baggage we bring to our relationships (part 3 of 3)

Last week I wrote about the baggage we bring into our relationships. The first step I mentioned that is necessary for getting rid of or managing our baggage is identifying it. The next step for today is recognizing the part it plays in the way we see things and our reactions. Have you ever overreacted… Seguir leyendo The baggage we bring to our relationships (part 2 of 3)

In our relationships, we all lug around baggage—a collection of past experiences, traumas, and assumptions that color our perceptions and reactions. This baggage often goes unrecognized until it begins to weigh heavily on the dynamics of our relationships. When my spouse, Arturo, and I encountered rough waters in our marriage, we initially failed to acknowledge… Seguir leyendo The baggage we bring to our relationships (part 1 of 3)

I was in a fitting room the other day and witnessed an interesting scenario; a grandmother, her daughter and the granddaughter, three stalls down from me. There was no one else there, so their voices carried clearly across the room. The grandmother was helping the child try clothes on while the mom went back and… Seguir leyendo 3 Things I’ve learned as a grandparent