Author: Stephanie Ortiz

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Dad’s The Muse & Howard Eskin’s The Swiftie!

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I finally figured out what’s fantastic about being older! We’re multi-faceted–we show all the colors of the rainbow. Unlike when we’re young, and we’re myopic. Think about how boring we were. We’d talk about school, our favorite foods and activities, and that’s about it. We have one favorite color or maybe two; we can’t decide.… Continue reading Dad’s The Muse & Howard Eskin’s The Swiftie!

Three-frame collage: Stephanie with her young daughters, then with her grown-up daughters, and finally her daughters performing on stage A Mama’s Love For Taylor Swift
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A Mama’s Love For Taylor Swift

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All the albums in italics are part of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour. I admit it. Even though I’m way past the age of being a Swiftie, I love Taylor Swift. I saw Red before we even took pictures on our phones at concerts, and 1989 when the girls were too young to go to shows on their own, and… Continue reading A Mama’s Love For Taylor Swift

Four-image collage: two photos of Stephanie near the beach, and two images with the text 'All or Nothing.' All Or Nothing? At least it’s something.
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All Or Nothing? At least it’s something.

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Today I’m writing. Grammarly has scolded me long enough. I’ve written zero words over the past few weeks and paid heavily for it. I mean literally. I’ve spent over $400 to keep my blog running for the next three years–I’m paying lots of money not to write. I started a series, “In The Throws of… Continue reading All Or Nothing? At least it’s something.