Rev. Mercy’s Blog
5 Mindful Ways to Deal with Wedding Planning Stress (plus one important bonus tip…)
From dealing with parents who have their own vision for what your wedding should look like, to budgets that keep expanding, to the uncertainty created by the new Omicron variant, there are many things that can keep you up at night. Or worse—they cause you to start arguing with your partner over silly things…
It’s Noche Buena
If you’re Latina, Latino, or Latinx like me, you know that Noche Buena, “The Good Night,” or Christmas Eve, is the night we really celebrate. In my Cuban family, that is certainly the case. Every year we look forward to the same mouth-watering foods: lechon (Cuban roast pork) or my mom’s pork ribs, congrí (rice and beans cooked together), yuca con mojo (yucca or cassava with a garlic marinade), empanadas, and turron for dessert (almond nougat candies from Spain), among other things…