Eclectic Lotus

It is weird but it seems as the older I get, the more shy I become. You would not think that so if you ever met me- I am a blast! I am the one that shuts down a party and will dance most the night away. Being a mom, rare are the days that I get the opportunity to perform this act. I will meet other moms in the park and out on our SAHM adventures. I have to admit that I have been a little less shy about meeting and contacting new moms. In fact, I am planning a mommy date this week to get some much needed Mediterranean food. How? Facebook, of course. I am so late on this so may be you are rolling your eyes but if you are not here is how. Get into a group that does a LOT of activities and join them on a couple of things. I am signed up with a Chicago-based group called Just Like Me: Connecting Multicultural Families. The families are amazing! They are not just husband and wife and their kids but single moms with biological and adoptive children. They are parents who are not married but ...

"I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America And to the republic for which it stands One nation, under God, indivisible with liberty and justice for all." Like most people, I get a little patriotic around the time of the Olympics. As I watched social media during the opening ceremony I noticed people comment on the fact that the United States came out in the arena very early on. This was due to the fact that they went by Portugese. I am sure when they were in Madrid that they were announced earlier as well as both in Portugese and Spanish ( and French ) the United States does not begin with an U but with an E. Estados Unidos ( Spanish) Estats Unis ( French) are the spelling and names in other languages that I recall and tell you without the accent sadly so fluent speaker please don't correct I know it is a little off. The fact that we became this way is due to our patriotism.  As I placed the pledge of allegiance up there is a good rea...