Wiser With Age

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In My Mother’s Words: When I played a practical joke on my mother

By Victoria Moll-Ramirez April 1, 2015 Advice

My last semester in college I was the morning show intern at a Spanish language radio station. One of the segments on the morning show was called “Oye Que Te Cojo” (“Hey,…

In My Mother’s Words: On being independent

By Victoria Moll-Ramirez March 13, 2015 Advice

I’ve always been terrible at building things. I’m impatient and try to skip steps. Recently, I moved into a new home and decided to give this building furniture thing a…

In My Mother’s Words: Birds of a feather

By Victoria Moll-Ramirez February 27, 2015 Advice

I’ve told you all how my mother always made sure we surrounded ourselves with good influences. Most of all, she always reminded us to be proud of the person we…

In My Mother’s Words: On modern technology

By Victoria Moll-Ramirez February 20, 2015 Advice

Tuesday night I took the final bite out of my MacBook Pro, Conchita 2.0 (Yes, there was an original). We have been together since 2011. I bought her while I…

In My Mother’s Words: Looking at the bright side

By Victoria Moll-Ramirez February 13, 2015 Advice

I wasn’t sure what I was going to write about this week. I have some quotes and phrases saved in an email, but for some reason none seemed to really…