October 7, 2014
Appeared in The Brownsville Herald and The Valley Morning Star on October 5, 2014 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. It is a time when pink ribbons and t-shirts are displayed at events expressing solidarity with cancer survivors…
September 29, 2014
Appeared in Brownsville Herald and Valley Morning Star on September 28, 2014 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett Adriana* looks deep into her coffee cup as we talk. She doesn’t make eye contact with me at all, although I have known her for years.…
September 25, 2014
Appeared in Brownsville Herald and Valley Morning Star on September 21, 2014 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett Not much compares to the satisfaction of digging into the earth, planting and growing something you can later harvest and eat right off the vine. Some…
August 5, 2014
Appeared in Brownsville Herald and Valley Morning Star on August 10, 2014 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett What do Sardinia, Italy; Loma Linda, California; Icaria, Greece; Okinawa, Japan; and the Nicoya Peninsula, Costa Rica have in common? They boast the world’s healthiest people.…
July 30, 2014
Appeared in Brownsville Herald and Valley Morning Star on July 27, 2014 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett Rolando* is a 12 year old U.S. citizen, born in Harlingen, to an immigrant mother who was raped at the age of 15 and journeyed north…
December 9, 2013
Appeared in Brownsville Herald and Valley Morning Star on December 8, 2013 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett “Cyclists” are often identified as fit people in brightly colored, tight-fitting jerseys whizzing by on bikes costing thousands of dollars. While there is the legitimate sport…
December 2, 2013
Appeared in Brownsville Herarld and Valley Morning Star on December , 2013 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett Elvia* nervously steps on the scale and hands me the folded card she pulls from her pocket. As I write the weight onto the card, her…
October 28, 2013
Appeared in Brownsville Herarld and Valley Morning Star on October 27, 2013 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett I have always loved older houses—the character, the hardwood floors, the wide front porch which was the center of family and community life in pre-air-conditioning…
October 14, 2013
Appeared in Brownsville Herarld and Valley Morning Star on October 13, 2013 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett Our kids spend most of their day at school, many of them eat two meals there, leaving home when it’s still dark and returning in the…
September 30, 2013
Appeared in Brownsville Herarld and Valley Morning Star on September 29, 2013 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett Six years ago when then 71 year old Ann Buchanan went to a routine appointment with her doctor Yanira Martinez, she told her in no uncertain…
September 23, 2013
Appeared in Brownsville Herarld and Valley Morning Star on September 22, 2013 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett I pride myself in being a busy, productive, quick on my feet kind of person. While I appreciate the benefits of yoga, meditation and mindfulness, I…
August 19, 2013
Appeared in Brownsville Herarld and Valley Morning Star on August 18, 2013 By Lisa Mitchell-Bennett I belong to the “Sandwich Generation”. Not that I like to eat sandwiches, rather the term was coined to define a generation of adults who care…