SMALL MAGIC and Unconditional Love

Something my mom taught all of us kids (she has four girls and two boys) at a very early age was the small magic of unconditional love. Now, let’s define with that means in our family. That doesn’t mean that we don’t get scolded, sent to our rooms or spanked with a...

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 mother,...

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 get...

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 my...