Surviving Widowhood with Writing, Reading, Soccer and Bilingualism

My dear, soccer-playing, profoundly Christian, Colombian husband died in 2005, leaving me with two beautiful boys, Gabriel, 15, and Mario, 13, to raise. As I mourn my husband's loss, I am looking for balance. I need to work as a writer, be a good mother/father, play and teach my sons Spanish!

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Location: Akron, Pennyslvania, United States

I'm the author of 16 books for children. The latest are What's It Like to Be Shakira and What's It Like to Be Marta (both bilingual).Others are biographies of Dolores Huerta, Americo Paredes, and the Brazilian soccer player Ronaldinho. My books are published by Mitchell Lane (wwww.mitchelllane.com) and are available through Amazon at my website. Just Click on my profile and then click on my website.

Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Sept. 13, 2006
Car Pool Day
Yesterday it was my turn to drive three boys to and from soccer practice in Lancaster. By the time practice was over and everybody was home, it was well after 8 p.m. I insisted on reading just a few pages from El Sobrino del Mago (A translation of The Magician's Nephew from Editorial Andres Bello). The fact that we had not been reading or talking in Spanish lately really showed. Mario had a hard time following the interesting description of the world in which Polly and Digory land in chapter 5. Today we have no soccer so we should have lots of time to get caught up on homework, house work and reading. We'll see how it goes.

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