-”Hi mami. Buenos dias”. Big smile. Lots of cuddleling. AND I LOVE EVERY SECOND OF THIS. If you are wondering whether Ruben has recovered, the answer is no. No. Not yet. But we dream of it every single day. “Hey papi”, he said as we were walking away this afternoon. These are the big […]
Hanging in the wagon.
Originally uploaded by danielrpark.
I just uploaded a brand schpankin’ new set of pics to Flickr, this time detailing all the fun had at the Huelva parade for el Rocío. Although religiously themed, if you’re the sort who likes to PARTY (and you’ve […]
Chelation is apparently a dirty word now since the death of little Tariq. Now people say “metal removal” or “detoxification.” Anyway, it’s about taking all the mercury and other heavy metals that are stored up in the human body and getting it out. Easy, right?
Wrong. Turns out that mercury is rather stubborn. It gets comfy […]
It’s September, and my son is back in school. Well, technically daycare, but it’s really more of a preschool, loaded with activities, songs, etc. I think the structure is good for him, and I also know that he gets things from his peers that he simply cannot get from us. Also (and it may be […]
The last two weeks have been test time in the Park-Alvarez household. These are not written or oral tests, nothing you can say with certainty that you passed or failed. These tests are medical, and spiritual. The first round was all about collecting my son’s various fluids and semi-fluids, and shipping them off to labs […]
In traversing the Atlantic with Iberia, the plane was sucked in a timewarp that instantaneously spat us three months into the future. We were as surprised as anybody when we saw the date on today’s newspaper. Honestly.
Okay, not really. Between moving (twice: once into my in-laws’ apartment while waiting for our squatters to vamoose, and […]
And it’s good to be back. The day after my previous post, both his digestive issues and his behavior took a sudden change for the better. Obviously, I don’t believe the two to be unrelated. It’s rare that I succumb to doubt and self-pity, and I always look back on posts like the one from […]
The words have been piling up around here. The other night, María José and I finally made it out to relax a little. The original plan was to rent a movie, but we ended up in our favorite restaurant (well, our favorite in Jackson, anyway), enjoying a few hors d’oeurves and listening to a gawd-awful […]