.#TBT Honoring Father Time this Father's Day @ConexionFlorida June 2020

The article Babushka wrote for the June 2020 edition of Conexion, the bilingual newspaper of N.Florida, S.Alabama and Georgia. If you'd like to read it, the above link will take you to it.

Battleground of the Gods - Father Time Chronos!

HolaHolaHola Beautifuls!

Last month for Dia de Las Madres in May, Babushka shared our mutual Madre, Mother Earth. Seems only fitting that for June, we should speak about our mutual Padre, Father Time. There are many fotos del Father Time, and BB will be sharing some of them at the end, pero considering how 2020 is playing out, this is perfecto. Fijate que el baby, the New Year, is in a bubble… aja, like nosotros (or how debemos estar, en quarantine) , with our eyes closed. No idea how to guard ourselves against this pandemic, but still open arms to what the year brings. This is an illustration for a game that como la vida, has Father Time just throwing us out there. Now, before you think that is said sarcastically, isn’t that what a good padre is supposed to do? To guide and guardar us for the futuro, giving his most and best, then letting us go into el mundo armed with the armor of his amor and best intentions. Symbol of Accion, he showed us the ways of the world, the possibilities e inevitabilities of growing up and growing older.

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And like Father Time, our fathers age before our eyes. Nuestros viejos, always a part of us, always their lessons guiding us, even when we become Father Time.

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Our viejos, Mother Earth and Father Time.

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How very special are we

For just a moment to be

Part of life's eternal rhyme

How very special are we

To have on our fam'ly tree

Mother Earth and Father Time

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He turns the seasons around

And so he changes her gown

But they always look in their prime

They go on dancing their dance

Of everlasting romance

Mother Earth and Father Time

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The summer larks return the scene

Oh, what a gift they give!

Then autumn days grow short and cold

Oh, what a joy to live!

How very special are we

For just a moment to be

Part of life's eternal rhyme

How very special are we

To have on our fam'ly tree

Mother Earth and Father Time

Mother Earth and Father Time- song by Richard and Robert Sherman

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With mucho amor to all parents & guiding figures in our vidas

And to starting 2020 over con hindsight and foresight.

Babushka Besos a Todos. Cuidensen.

P.S.  After this writing, BB spent time with her father who is in hospice. Please hug your parents tight and let them feel your love. No doubt they did that to you many times. And should they not be near, or on this plane, send them your gratitude and appreciation, and in this way you'll be juntos again.

Dear Baby.I'm Sorry. Summer Wine Tumbler Giveaway (Because Mom Needs a Sippy Cup Too)

Babushka received an email asking to share this new libro.  Once the premise was read, the days The Trio were toddlers, and then the ::shudder:: PUBERTY years did a quick flashback. BB knew the truth was being told here.

HolaHolaHola Beautifuls!!

Parenting, siendo padres... it's never ending.  NEVER ending.

So, like all things in la vida, Babushka wants you to take it easy and find the humor in it.

Parece que the writer of this pitch and this libro do just that.

Hi Bohemian Babushka,

Summer is finally here! Which means your kids will be around ALL THE TIME.

Get through those long summer days with some laughs from Dear Baby: I’m Sorry… Apologies for Life’s Little Parenting Fails, a new book featuring captioned photos that hilariously narrate the everyday indignities and comic blunders of parenting (and the poor kids who have to put up with them).

For readers of Sh*tty Mom and I Heart My Little A-Holes, DEAR BABY: I’M SORRY… is a collection of captioned photos that hilariously capture the everyday indignities and less than perfect moments of parenting--and the poor kids who have to put up with us.

It all started when Sarah Showfety was nursing her infant daughter for what felt like the millionth time and thought, “I wish she’d hurry up and finish so I can have a glass of wine!”

Di la verdad. Who hasn't thought this??

It was a relief to laugh at the ridiculous thought after months of living in a mostly humorless, post-baby bubble. She quickly felt the need to apologize to her baby, which got her thinking about her other sub-par parenting moments that might warrant an apology. It turned out the list was pretty long.

In addition to being a pro bono toddler personal chef, chaffeur and dry cleaner, Sarah Showfety is a writer whose work has been featured inToday Parents, the Huffington Post, ABC News, Buzzfeed, the New York Post, Yahoo!, the Daily Mail, and other publications. She has appeared on The Doctors, The Better Show, and The Lisa Oz Show. She is the creator of the popular blog Dear Baby XO and the humorous web series Pregnancy 411: Stuff You Need to Know if You Have a Fetus.

In honor of author Sarah Showfety’s “aha” moment – thinking to herself while she nursed her infant daughter for what felt like the millionth time, “I wish she’d hurry up and finish so I can have a glass of wine,” Sourcebooks is offering a summer Dear Baby: I’m Sorry…wine tumbler cup giveaway!

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Buena Suerte Beautifuls!!

Y remember, everytime you think parenting is pushing you over the edge,

just raise your head and voice to the heavens and say-

JU SO FONII!!!

Proud Portrait of a Padre- My Son. Who'd of Thunk It??

How do you tell the greatness of a man? 

By how proud and surprised his mother is.  

Quee?? 

If you've lived through your son's Puberty  ::shudder::  you'll agree w/Babushka 100%!!

First, you have this little handful

Who quickly turns into a bigger handful.

Then in a blink of a heartbeat has his own little handfuls.

Who are quickly turning into bigger handfuls.

"Small boys become big men through the influence of big men who care about small boys."~Anon

Bueno mijo lindo, don't know where you got your influence from, but I know your sons will be Big Men.

Gracias for sharing your love and helping raise sons whose portraits you too will share with pride.

Happy Father's Day

And to all of you Beautifuls, may today be a day of happy memories.

Babushka Besos a todos.  Cuidensen.

P.S.  To clarify the title- JU SO FONII !!!  

It's not that I ever doubted my son's parenting capabilities, 

it's the fact that he's actually old enough to do it that boogles BB.