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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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.

Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Jan. 30, 2007
Anna Quindlen's Rise and Shine
I stayed up all night reading Anna Quindlen's latest novel about a social worker and her famous anchorwoman sister and how they survive two terrible crises. For some reason that I don't quite understand, I found this tale very healing -- even as I cried my way through the whole second half of the book. I think Anna Quindlen understands in a very profound way how important and yet how utterly painful and difficult families can be.

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