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Multi-Culti Mami

Retired Columns

From “Life in the Sandwich” to “Special Needs Mama” to “Zen and the Art of Child Maintenance”—they’re all here for you to explore.

American Family

Before moving to the US permanently, my exposure to American culture was limited. In the summers, we visited my grandparents in Pennsylvania, where I spent much of my time playing…

Multi-Culti Mami | June 2009 | By Violeta Garcia-Mendoza


Soundtrack

When motherhood was a theory impending practice, the soundtrack I had in my head was this: me speaking only Spanish to our children, my husband speaking only English, our children…

Multi-Culti Mami | May 2009 | By Violeta Garcia-Mendoza


What the Eyes Can’t See, What the Ears Can’t Hear

To my daughter, sometimes the pulpo is bad, sometimes he is good. When I ask her about him she either looks at me with fear, telling me that he’s outside,…

Multi-Culti Mami | April 2009 | By Violeta Garcia-Mendoza


Peregrinos

It’s a long story, why we stopped going to church for the last four years, a story involving a sharp sense of betrayal, a we-know-better-than-you sabotage, and a shove to…

Multi-Culti Mami | March 2009 | By Violeta Garcia-Mendoza


Intercambio

Most evenings, my husband and I are so tired that we hardly talk; we sit or lie down side-by-side, holding hands, or touching feet under a blanket, and either watch…

Multi-Culti Mami | February 2009 | By Violeta Garcia-Mendoza


Lesson from the Lambada Spider

My children have a multicolored plush spider that, if you press one of its dangly dance-shoed legs, plays the Lambada. A Spanish-speaking friend of my mother’s got it for our…

Multi-Culti Mami | January 2009 | By Violeta Garcia-Mendoza


On Tradition

In the past year, my family has endured an enormous amount of change. The good: our younger daughter’s adoption was completed and she came home; we built a new house;…

Multi-Culti Mami | December 2008 | By Violeta Garcia-Mendoza


Multi-Culti Mealtimes: a Love Story

On any given day, I won’t be able to remember what I’m wearing or what I did that morning, but no matter what, I will always be able to tell…

Multi-Culti Mami | November 2008 | By Violeta Garcia-Mendoza


Escuelita Days

Last month I woke up early, made a special breakfast of chocolate magdalenas and fruit, dressed everyone, and got out the camera for our son and older daughter’s first day…

Multi-Culti Mami | October 2008 | By Violeta Garcia-Mendoza


Towards Home

A year after we married, my husband and I took a road trip to the Outer Banks. Before we had kids in car seats spanning the back seat, we packed…

Multi-Culti Mami | August 2008 | By Violeta Garcia-Mendoza


Sound and Music

Sometimes it strikes me how quiet many of our friends’ and neighbors’ homes are. I don’t mean that they’re noiseless, as much as I mean that they lack the particular…

Multi-Culti Mami | August 2008 | By Violeta Garcia-Mendoza


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