We missed our Sunday Showcase last week because of the Carnival. We’re back this week with a fabulous article from Uncharted Parent. She originally gave me this post,  How Much of Your Child’s Birth Culture Should You Incorporate into Your Home?, to showcase but after reading this one I couldn’t...

Every year for Chinese New Year, our foster home celebrates the holiday by engaging in all the most common traditions – decorating the home with paper cuttings and chuen lian (door post hangings), lighting fire crackers, eating lots of oranges, making jiaozi (dumplings) and stuffing ourselves until...

Last year, our family took a trip to Panama and Costa Rica with my parents.  My kids loved tasting tropical fruits that they hadn’t seen before.  These fruits come in fantastic shapes, sizes and colors, and were a joy to try…even if they were surprisingly sour or slimy!  It got me thinking about...

The Rooster is a popular traditional motif found on Romanian pottery, particularly in the town of Horezu, Romania. Using the template provided you can decorate your own Horezu Rooster. Download template Color in using markers or paint Dip a cotton swab or the eraser end of a pencil in paint to decorate...

Stephanie Elizondo Griest (View Profile) Like many Americans, I fall into the “mixed breed” category. Half of my roots dwell beneath several villages in Mexico; the other half are buried in the Kansas prairies. Strong, self-sacrificing women form the base of both sides of my family tree. Take my...

The tiny town of Santiago Sacatepequez in Guatemala is famous for its annual gigantic kites festival on el Dia de Todos los Santos, Day of the Dead or All Saints’ Day. The gigantic kites, barriletes gigantes, were originally flown as a way to remember and connect to ancestors. “Up to 40 feet...

Hola, a lectores de Carolina Divina. ¿Cómo están Uds. hoy? Those of you whose mother tongue is Spanish will recognize that simple greeting. How many of you who have spoken only English since birth can understand, or respond to the question being asked? Most Americans, unfortunately, speak only one...