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Loida Casares Ruiz

Wife, Mother, Writer, Advertising Manager

Loida Casares Ruiz grew up in Northeast Houston. She graduated from the University of Houston with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Minor in English. She received a Master of Arts in Communication in 2001. She works in advertising by day and is a mother, wife, and writer by night. She has al...

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End of the Month

Loida Casares Ruiz

This Sunday will be my last day as Muse of the Month. As I reflect back on this month of blog entries I ask myself If I’ve really written anything of substance. Have I really written words that inspire or motivate? Probably not ail the time, but I hope that I did some of the time.

The month flew by and Summer is coming to a close. I think of all the subjects I didn’t touch on. Like the Texas Wine Country and the Latino Book and Family Festival in September. I will write about those soon. So stay tuned! I will keep blogging and I’ll be here on the skirt! blog roll.

On to other news. My son started Pre-K this week and let’s just say that it has not been an easy transition for him. He’s not cooperating and I don’t know if the dual language was such a good idea after all. Today he told the teacher’s assistant that he did not like the class because it was in Spanish. I felt bad for him.

I felt that I’ve hurt him by speaking to him in English all the time. I thought that because the sitter has always spoken to him in Spanish that the class would be an easy transition from her to school. I guess I was wrong. My son may be kicked out of school because of behavior. Sigh! I’m really hoping that Week 2 is better.

My daughter, on the other hand, loves school. She was the kind of kid who couldn’t wait to start Kindergarten. She’s in second grade now and she is loving school so far. She has a super sweet fresh faced young teacher right out of school. Someone who is enthusiastic and excited to teach. I’m glad for my daughter. She needed someone like this.

We will see how the rest of the school year goes. Meanwhile we have a ton of activities planned and a business trip to New York in October. I still need to figure out that arrangement for the kids and how I’m going to work all that out.