Wiser With Age

Inspiring people one story at a time

In My Mother’s Words: Giving credit where credit is due

By Victoria Moll-Ramirez April 24, 2015 Advice

One day a colleague was telling two of us a story about a good friend’s daughter who was getting married. He said the reception was going to be at a…

In My Mother’s Words: What’s done is done

By Victoria Moll-Ramirez April 10, 2015 Advice

My mom is pretty pragmatic. She doesn’t dwell and tries to finds solutions rather than sit there and overanalyze. As I’ve mentioned before, I’m quite the dweller. I’ll think of…

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…