Lisa’s Blog
Where Did SMALL MAGIC Start?
Meet Sandra Chewning. She is my 5’1″, 70-something Cuban mom (She’s the one in the middle). She got married at 19 and had me at 20. In those days, women got married, had babies, and stayed at home. That was the plan. When I was 18, my parents divorced, and my...
Transformation Through Small Magic
It’s been a while since I’ve posted. I’ve been trying to make sure what I write is perfect and it dawned on me: That’s the excuse I’ve been using for not posting. From here on out you’ll be getting the not so polished, real, authentic me. So, here I go. The last...
Don’t Believe The Hype
… Or don’t get seduced by attention. Last week, I talked about being on a roller coaster (still on it and screaming like a little girl the whole way) AND learning to embrace it. The parts of the roller coaster ride but I really do enjoy are the swings back up and...
The SMALL MAGIC of Vulnerability
The definition of vulnerable is “susceptible to physical or emotional attack on harm.” DISCLAIMER: no one was physically attacked or harmed during the writing of this post. Who wants to be vulnerable? No one! No one in their right mind wants to knowingly make...
Small Magic and Forgiveness
In the last few years, I realize I have “let” several people back into my life. While on the surface that may not sound like anything worthy of sharing, they were people who hurt me and significantly impacted my life. Why am I writing about it here? Because...
The Practice of Small Magic
If you’ve been following my “small magic” journey, you know performing it requires no equipment, special training or preparation. It does, however, take PRACTICE. There are plenty of days I wake up on the wrong side of the bed or something distracts me or derails...
The SMALL MAGIC of Vulnerability
The definition of vulnerable is “susceptible to physical or emotional attack on harm.” DISCLAIMER: no one was physically attacked or harmed during the writing of this post. Who wants to be vulnerable? No one! No one in their right mind wants to knowingly make...
I’m A Bully
For some time something I did back in college has been bothering me. I’d say haunt but I think that puts too much of the pain on me and not on the person who it was inflicted on. The pain isn’t mine to get rid of. I should always feel this way because I did it. I’m...
Unless You’re Bleeding…
Or your house is on fire… That’s what my mom always says when she’s had enough of family time. We’re a big Latin family who then divorced and remarried into a cracker family and ALL of us get together at every occasion…holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, Super...
My Mom Knows Everything
But don’t tell her I said so… When I was eighteen years old, it was legal for 18 year olds to drink. I went out on a Saturday night with all my friends and we would go to a bar called Cap’n D’s ( the name has been changed to protect the innocent….maybe). Anyway, on...
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