My Big Fat Cuban Family https://www.mybigfatcubanfamily.com/ Marta's Maria's blog about her Cuban-American life: family, photos and videos, memories, and Cuban recipes. Fri, 24 Jul 2026 20:49:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://www.mybigfatcubanfamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cropped-mybigfatcubanfamily_icon-1-32x32.png My Big Fat Cuban Family https://www.mybigfatcubanfamily.com/ 32 32 146066091 America the Beautiful https://www.mybigfatcubanfamily.com/2026/07/america-the-beautiful/ https://www.mybigfatcubanfamily.com/2026/07/america-the-beautiful/#respond Tue, 21 Jul 2026 20:02:25 +0000 https://www.mybigfatcubanfamily.com/?p=208920 I have often written about how much I love America and am grateful for all this country has given me and my big fat Cuban family.   We had a lovely America 250 Celebration that began with walking in the local neighborhood kids’ parade. It just doesn’t get any more wholesome than that. It was...

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