Catherine Gigante-Brown

I saw my present mother-in-law in a whole new light the first time she held my newborn son.

At the New York City release party for Dayna Kurtz’ latest, Rise and Fall, my friend Nadia leaned over to me and whispered, “Why the fuck

Wrinkles or lifelines? Chunky or curvaceous? The choice is yours.

Who says feminists don't love alpha males and cooking?

I realized my father was from a generation that never said those three little words. He was saying he loved me without them. But I didn't realize it then.

Being a little bit chubby is better than being a lot dead.

I thought cancer was behind me. Until I had a weird pain near my left ovary which lasted for several days. It felt a lot like ovulation...Only, at 56, that train had left the station a long time ago.

I’m a firm believer that Tiny Kindnesses can change the world, one sweet, loving gesture at a time.

Makeup and I have always had a love/hate relationship: I love it; it hates me.

I left Cuba in 1949, when I was 11 years old. Back then, I didn't understand why my mother sent me away. I still don't.