By birth, I’m Cuban and Filipino but I was really raised by the Cuban side of my family. So, ask me any day and I'll tell you I'm Cuban. Growing up in Northern New Jersey, (a.k.a. Havana on the Hudson) I imagined I'd marry a nice Cuban guy and have cute little Cuban babies and raise a big Cuban family. Fast forward to the present and I'm living in Rhode Island married to my husband who is pretty much everything BUT Cuban. Jeremy’s a European mash-up of Portuguese, Italian, Irish and Spanish.

Add those up and Dessa and her soon-to-be sibling are quite the mix, leaving her quite confused as you can tell by her picture! In all honesty, it freaks me out a bit—I feel a huge responsibility to educate them about and expose them to the many cultures in their background. But, how the heck am I supposed to tackle that massive task?

I've got Cuba covered, with tons of traditions I can pass down to them; I'll even cheat and consider the Spanish heritage covered under Cuban (throw me a bone here chicas). Jeremy's Portuguese grandparents live nearby so they're in charge of with bringing Portugal to life for our kids. His other grandparents also are just a short drive away so we'll be soaking up their Irish and Italian wisdom.

That of course leaves us with the Filipino culture. Quite the pickle since I don't have a clue what the culture is like. I wonder if I really am responsible for teaching them about a culture that hasn't really played a part in who their mother really is. The other cultures have had a major role in both my husband's and my upbringing so we can relate and have memories and customs to recall. But Filipino culture, I feel no connection to it.

My kids are just part of this next generation, one hundred times more diverse than my own. I know other Mamis must be going through this too. Do you think I'm a bad Mami if I don't expose my kids to the Filipino culture? How do you share your heritage with your kids?