by Jeni Martinez | May 30, 2020 | Family, Kindness, Life and Death, Peace, Politics
We are witnessing protests that have morphed into riots from coast to coast. The predictable result of a trifecta of unemployment, fear and oppression, aggravated by three months of isolation and uncertainty due to the pandemic. The horrific video of George...
by Jeni Martinez | May 5, 2020 | Family, Food, Graduation, Kindness, Letting Go, Life and Death
Devin and Cody, We’ve been anticipating May 2020 as the time when our family would celebrate your graduations from college for at least four years, maybe longer. I remember Cody telling us when he was seven that he planned to go to college in New York. We...
by Jeni Martinez | Apr 7, 2020 | Alzheimer's, Caregiver/daughter, Dogs, Downsizing, Family, Kindness, Letting Go, Life and Death, Marriage, Yoga
Lately, hearing the word unprecedented has felt like a trigger. That and the word uncertain. I’ve been trying to figure out why I am so pushed by these words? Is it just the frequency that they are being used by politicians and newscasters? Or how they are...
by Jeni Martinez | Mar 22, 2020 | Alzheimer's, Caregiver/daughter, Family, Food, Kindness, Letting Go, Life and Death, Yoga
Mom would’ve been 87 this Wednesday, March 25th. Of course, I didn’t always think she was right about everything, but it turns out a few things she taught me have stuck. I’ve felt so grateful these past few weeks that she died in March 2019 and not...
by Jeni Martinez | Feb 23, 2020 | Downsizing, Family, Letting Go, Marriage
On the Love Boat 1986 The first time I saw the man who would become my husband, life partner and the father of my children, he was walking down the mall with my boss, Ed. I was a salesperson in a fine jewelry store in Southern California and along with my co-workers,...
by Jeni Martinez | Dec 29, 2019 | Family, Food, Travel, Yoga
Gijon, Spain 2019 Starting January 1st, 2020, Rocky and I will begin a one year countdown to our move to Northern Spain. While it may seem sudden to some of you, this is a plan we started working towards in September 2017. After hosting two back-to-back hiking and...
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