Motherhood Moments

JANUARY 24, 2023

The daughter of a Puerto Rican mother and Yugoslavian immigrant father, Schmitz knows what it means to be an “outsider.” From health and parenting challenges to economic and relationship stressors and more, our ability to juggle everything life throws at us, and bounce back from setbacks and failure, is constantly being tested.

Puerto Rico 130

Puerto Rico Work Women Kids and Family 130

Frugal Luxuries

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

When I asked how his mother went about making her sauerkraut , he informed me that it wasn ' t his mother , but his father who created and nurtured those huge crocks of deliciousness. That weekend he walked me through his memories of watching his father prepare the cabbage by slivering , pounding and salting it. Why you ask?

Kitchen 40

Kitchen Food and Drink Mother's Father 40

The Frugal Girl

JANUARY 22, 2024

My dad grew up upper-middle-class; his father was a chemist and they lived close enough to New York City to take the train in and see the shows, where my great-grandfather worked on Broadway. I was baking some brownies for a friend and remembered that her daughter was vegan, so I wanted to adapt my sugar free recipe to use flax eggs instead.

Rent 182

Rent Son Frugal Home and Garden 182