Counting The Signs That I Am Turning Into My Father

My friend Richard and I have known each other since middle school, and we have been friends since he was MEChA royalty and I was part of the Ecology Club. […]

Dear Martha: How can I make my father listen to me? I am 16 and six years ago my father was unfaithful to my mother with my cousin. It was very painful and they separated. Now he has […]

Dear Martha: I’m in a very difficult situation, I need help. I have been married almost 15 years and it has been a nightmare. When I agreed to marry my husband, he […]

I was in my father’s hometown in Mexico tying some loose ends – signing off some property that was left to my name as part of my inheritance. My intention […]

Dear Martha: I have been married for 20 years and have two beautiful children, 19 and 13 years old. My husband is a good partner and a very good provider. […]

As a child, Halloween was always one of my favorite holidays. It was one of the few times during the year where I did not have a bedtime. My costumes […]

Perhaps you were raised by sinvergüenza parents.  Perhaps you’re a parent yourself and have yet to discover that, yes, you are shameless and your kids cringe and die a little […]

The summer of 1988 was a memorable one in my neighborhood. We still lived in that yellow house on Bodie Street in East LA. The sun still managed to leave evidence […]

This morning my son Conor watched TV from the breakfast room as he ate waffles and fresh strawberries for breakfast. He decides that he doesn’t like the great wisdom Spongebob is […]

Today I am back on the clock. The morning ritual begins at 6 a.m. I walk into the bathroom and pull back my hair and wash my face with cold […]