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. Thu, 16 Oct 2025 17:32:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/www.mybigfatcubanfamily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/cropped-mybigfatcubanfamily_icon-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 My Big Fat Cuban Family https://www.mybigfatcubanfamily.com/ 32 32 146066091 The Bench https://www.mybigfatcubanfamily.com/2025/10/the-bench/ https://www.mybigfatcubanfamily.com/2025/10/the-bench/#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2025 21:42:26 +0000 https://www.mybigfatcubanfamily.com/?p=208774 I promised to regale you with the stories that are missing from the last year. And as you know, I like to give you backstory. Let’s start with this one… When Lucy and Jonathan were in first and fourth grades we began homeschooling in earnest. One of the first projects we tackled was digging up...

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