La primavera da sus primeras señas y las personas se lanzan a las calles. Por primera vez en meses lucen camisetas o delgados sacos ante un sol que se levanta saliendo de su letargo. La gente pasa respirando un aire primaveral en el que Filadelfia vuelve a la vida sobre el barullo de los carros que transitan por Broad y Chestnut Street.

Una limosina parquea frente a la fachada de templo romano

One day, when it was time for David's nap, daddy said "OK David, it's mimi*-time."

David replied "No!  I don't want to go to mimi!"

But David's daddy knew that after a long morning of playing hide-and-seek in the apartment and riding his bike in the park that David was tired and cranky and needed a nap and a ba-ba (bottle of leche**).

David didn't want to go to sleep but daddy cradled him in his

My boy is huge.  Hairwise that is.  David is 11 years old with hair that measures 8 inches.  As you can see, his hair is bigger than his head and bigger than the football helmet he wears.  He sports a curly Angela Davis -type afro.  It covers his eyes at this point, reminding me of Cousin Itt from the Addams Family.  He loves his hair and so do I.

I should point out that my boy lives and attends

I’ve been trying to figure out something all my life.  Who is Puerto Rican? 

If you were born and raised in Puerto Rico and both your parents are Puerto Rican, I guess that makes you Puerto Rican.  But what if you were born and raised on the island and only one parent was Puerto Rican?  What if you were adopted from Ecuador but raised your entire life in Puerto Rico or raised your entire life by