El Doctorado - Tony Dize

I love this song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyzsi2K2p90

Are you wearing someone else's used underwear?!

This video reveals some scary, filthy secrets.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/35659447#35659447

In summary, wash any and all new lingerie and swimming items before using them.

So, when are you going to start having kids?

Instead of asking me, “So, when are you going to start having kids?” Please feel free to memorize the following and asking this instead: “So, when are you going to put a hold or completely stop
*Having all of the fun you want to have,
*Going dancing/bowling/to museums/to art galleries,
*Waking up whenever you want,
*Going to sleep whenever you want,
*Watching a movie from start to finish,
*Going to happy hour after work with friends/co-workers or staying late at work to finish the project that is already late,
*Cooking for one to start cooking for many,
*Taking dancing, Philosophy, cooking & acting classes,
*Taking your time to get ready in the morning because you have to shower, dress, feed and take the children to school on time,
*Doing volunteer work that requires you to fly to different countries,
*Being intimate with your partner without worrying about waking the kids,
*Taking vacations whenever, wherever and for however long you want to take them,
*Spending/saving money as you wish,
*Dressing however you want to dress, without people looking at you sideways, because mothers should maybe dress a certain way,
*Living your life as if no one depends on your every decision,
*Watching whatever you want on television without having to listen to Nickelodeon reruns,
*Having crazy adventures like going skydiving or water rafting, without worrying if you will live to see your child(ren) become parents,
*Sending text messages or spending/wasting time on Facebook so that you can dedicate quality time to your child(ren),
*Reading the books you want to read, to ensure that your child(ren) are literate/intelligent
*Working on films/photoshoots/figuring out what exactly you want to be in life so that you can help the little person that now looks up to you, figure out what they want to be in life.
*Worrying 100% about yourself and start worrying about the future of a human being you brought into this world and making sure that they are getting the proper education to be successful, somebodies in this crazy world we live in, while not succumbing to peer pressure, drug addiction and/or the mental abuse that so many people endure.

How about this: I don’t want a child.

I want a FAMILY. I want to be a mother and I want to be a wife. I want a husband that loves me and that will be by my side through thick and thin. I want my child(ren) to look up to their mother and father with respect and awe at how cool we are, while wishing they grew up to be just like us. I want a house with a fence and a dog and a fish. Hold on, I could probably do without the fish. I want to know that I am not in it by myself. I want to raise a stable household where my child(ren) will not wonder why mommy didn’t have all of the fun she needed to have before becoming a mother. At the end of the day, besides wanting people to stop asking me when I am going to have kids (after listening to their horror stories of motherhood), I want to take my time. If that is too much to ask for, oh well.

Tings Already Betta...

I recently returned from a life changing adventure to Kingston, Jamaica. Thanks to the generous donations of a few co-workers, friends and family, I was able to embark on a journey that helped shed some light on my life and that of at least 9 other (amazing/courageous) people. After raising $1,000, I went on a Missionary Trip with some of my HBO co-workers to help Mustard Seed Communities, a Catholic Organization dedicated to helping abandoned, disabled children.

During this week-long trip:
We donated money. Thank you to all of those that helped make this possible.
We donated our energy through physical labor. We worked on some major projects such as farmwork/gardening, painting, organizing, moving heavy building materials, etc.
Last, but not least, we donated our time and our hearts. We met and spent quality time with abandoned children and young adults with major physical disabilities stemming from illnesses such as Hydrocephalus, Microcephalus/microcephaly, Macrocephaly, Spina bifida, Cerebal Palsy, Downs-Syndrome and HIV/AIDS to name afew. We hugged/spoke to/helped feed young children that will be wheelchair bound for the rest of lives. We met young mothers that were abandoned by their parents or that left home when they became a teenage mother. We brought joy and laughter to little boys and girls that were abandoned after being born with HIV/AIDS.

I was especially touched by a young boy named Anthony. Anthony is blind and has Hydrocephalus, which is a build up of fluid inside the skull, leading to brain swelling. (Source: https://health.google.com/health/ref/Hydrocephalus). Although, he could not see us, nor could he speak to us, Anthony seemed incredibly happy to know there were new people surrounding him and giving him love and attention. He held my hand and rubbed his face with it while he incessantly squirmed around in his wheelchair. Through my tears, I sang to him and he smiled. When we were leaving, I sensed that he knew something was about to change and he was not as cheery as he was every other day of my trip. He did not move around in his wheelchair as he had during the week and he did not rub my hand on his face, he simply held it tightly and close to his chest. Tears flood my eyes when I think of the tear drop I saw coming from the corner of his eye as I said goodbye.

This life changing trip will forever stay in my mind and heart. Even though it took some getting used to seeing the things I saw and staying in an area experiencing a drought (bathing with a bucket full of cold water makes you really appreciate the warm running showers in the US), I look forward to attending more Missionary Trips and I hope you will help me brighten someone else's life by donating when the next opportunity arises. Thank you in advance.

Please feel free to see some of the pictures from the trip (link below). Please note that due to confidentiality, this does not include pictures of the disabled children, but if you would like to see then, please let me know.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2101461&id=9505014&l=86d076816f

Thank you for your time.

All the best,
~Yomaris

A note on parenting

"Parents who show their children that they love them unconditionally - just because they are who they are - build a foundation of healthy self-respect that will sustain the children for the rest of their lives." Napolean Hill's Positive Action Plan 1/28

The Magic Moment

"We have to take risks. We can only truly understand the miracle of life when we let the unexpected manifest itself.

Every day – together with the sun – God gives us a moment in which it is possible to change everything that makes us unhappy. Every day we try to pretend that we don’t realize that moment, that it doesn’t exist, that today is just the same as yesterday and will be the same as tomorrow. But if you pay attention, you can discover the magic instant.

It may be hiding at the moment when we put the key in the door in the morning, in the silence right after dinner, in the thousand and one things that all seem the same to us. This moment exists – a moment when all the strength of the stars passes through us and lets us work miracles.

Happiness is at times a blessing – but usually it’s a conquest. The magic instant helps us to change, drives us forward to seek our dreams. We shall suffer and go through quite a few difficult moments and face many a disappointment – but this is all transitory and inevitable, and eventually we shall feel proud of the marks left behind by the obstacles. In the future we will be able to look back with pride and faith.

Poor are those who are afraid of running risks. Because maybe they are never disappointed, never disillusioned, never suffer like those who have a dream to pursue. But when they look back – for we always look back – they will hear their heart saying: “What did you do with the miracles that God sowed for your days? What did you do with the talent that your Master entrusted to you? You buried it deep in a grave because you were afraid to lose it. So this is your inheritance: the certainty that you have wasted your life.”

Poor are those who hear these words. For then they will believe in miracles, but the magic instants of life will have already passed."

from “By the river Piedra I sat down and wept” by Paulo Coelho

"There's something to be said about a glass half full. About knowing when to say when. I think it's a floating line. A barometer of need and desire. It's entirely up to the individual. And depends on what's being poured. Sometimes all we want is a taste. Other times there's no such thing as enough, the glass is bottomless. And all we want, is more." From the show, Greys Anatomy