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Home Archives Profile Subscribe 05 February 2020 Imagine All Good Things “Everything you can imagine is real.” ― Pablo Picasso Posted at 12:14 AM | Permalink | Comments (5) Reblog (0) 04 February 2020 Sixty-Two Sixty-two things I have done in my life in no order because my storytelling mind doesn't work that way: 1 lived on a farm 2 went crabbing 3 Danced two twenty-four hours dance marathons 4 -5 Worked in an ice cream parlor and got fired for being "a dirty Portugee" said the boss to me. 6 became a mother of two 7 -8 married a French Man and moved to France, first Paris and then Provence. 9 grew up in a large loving family 10 lived in a monastery 11 became a vegetarian when I was 18 12 sang out of tune 13 cheated a lot in cards 14 dealt with ovarian cancer 15 hiked the Grand Canyon 16 caught butterflies 17 fasted for nine days 18 had a butch haircut 19 as a child and teenager too, in the still of the night, when everyone was asleep I would open my Christmas gifts before Christmas and then rewrapped them. 20 bloomed late 21 had mice cleopatra and mark anthony, they had babies 22 accidentally got drunk as a kid from spiked punch 23 walked part of the Great Wall in China with a severely sprained ankle 24 became a grandmother 25 made cinnamon buns for fifty or more people without a recipe. 26 missed a plane to Greece while eating Pizza with my cousin 27 posted a blog every day for fifteen years 28 rode a motorcycle with my husband for three weeks with just two sets of clothes. 29-30 had a C-section and then a natural birth 31 did the Chinese splits 32 witness four births not counting my own 33 dance without a routine with a marching band on a football field 34 stayed up sixty-some hours 35 made dinner for dinner guests dropped it and called for Pizza 36 taught catechism when I was fourteen 37 shattered my wrist while wallpapering 38 was a matchmaker three times 39 read Les Miserables throughout Paris 40 learned French 41 laughed until it hurt 42 fell asleep at the wheel and didn't crash 43 crashed on a motorcycle 44 entered a pie-eating contest what a mess 45 loved 46 became a French Citizen 47 entered a long hair contest 48 skinny-dipped 49 Snuck into a movie with my dad and Chelsea 50 lived in a haunted house 51 took ballroom dancing, don't remember much 52 sat in a full lotus yoga posture for hours on end 53 has always been my favorite number oh that is not something I have done, so I can say I have been sidetracked. 54 held the ancestry family book while in the azores that dated from the 1500s with the names and birthdates of our family 55 while driving on the freeway hit a herd of boars 56 sunbathed on a roof while at the monastery 57 was in a choir in school though I cannot sing 58 planted a garden, had tomatoes until December 59 jumped off the high dive with three massive inner tubes 60 climbed to the top of saint peter's and celebrated mass in saint peter's basement 61 met Mother Teresa 62 looked deeply into the eyes of those I have loved. Tell me about yourself... Posted at 10:28 AM | Permalink | Comments (16) Reblog (0) 03 February 2020 Love Always Posted at 11:58 AM | Permalink | Comments (19) Reblog (0) 02 February 2020 Here Within Me You have been mine and you will never leave. Even if the ground shifts as it feels like it has, Even if you go faraway like dad you will be here within me. Posted at 11:36 AM | Permalink | Comments (24) Reblog (0) 01 February 2020 A Tiny Splash We can be delicate and strong, We can be sad and share joy, We can have today and live it by moment by moment and yet yearn for tomorrow and the next day too. We can have nothing to say and yet want to scream and remain silent. We can feel the sun on our faces and feel the rainstorm running down on our cheeks. We can be hungry and not want to eat, and eat and still feel hungry. We can waste so much time on so many unimportant things and yet guard what is important with our lives especially when it comes to the edge. We can be many things, hold many things, love many things and want more and wonder how and why it goes so fast. The thing is we have more than most and still think it is not enough. We can question God, our faith, life and shake our heads and call it unfair and beautiful and realize we are just one beautiful drop in the bucket, and glad to have made a tiny splash. Image found here Posted at 11:20 AM | Permalink | Comments (6) Reblog (0) 31 January 2020 Gabriel It has been eleven days that Gabriel has not been feeling well. Today his fever broke. We have held him around the clock xxxx Hopefully, tomorrow he will be closer to his happier self. Posted at 07:18 AM | Permalink | Comments (10) Reblog (0) 30 January 2020 Faith Holding on to everything I believe is true, beautiful and holy. Posted at 11:09 AM | Permalink | Comments (8) Reblog (0) 29 January 2020 Comments on my Blog Regarding the comments on my blog, for some time now many of you have said that you cannot leave comments as the comment section does not open, or /nor can you see the comments, and I don’t know what to do I have talk to my platform server. They have said maybe to try a different browser and or use a different subscription to receive my blog. Please try it on your phone or your laptop and computer let me know if any of these things changed the results of seeing or writing comments that’s what they have asked me to tell you. Hopefully, this can be resolved. I appreciate every comment and email. Thank you Posted at 11:24 AM | Permalink | Comments (20) Reblog (0) Miracles Miracles happen every day, change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you. Jon Bon Jovi Out of difficulties grow miracles. Jean De La Bruyere Miracles are not contrary to nature, but only contrary to what we know about nature. Augustine of Hippo Miracles are a retelling in small letters of the very same story which is written across the whole world in letters too large for some of us to see. C.S. Lewis Miracles come in moments. Be ready and willing. Wayne Dyer Impossible situations can become possible miracles. Robert H. Schuller There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is a miracle. Albert Einstein Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one's bath like a lump of sugar. Pablo Picasso Posted at 11:01 AM | Permalink | Comments (2) Reblog (0) 28 January 2020 Life's Unfairness There is so much to say, there is so little to say. Gabriel is still not feeling well. It has been over a week that he has been out of sorts, feverish, not his extroverted overly curious little dumpling self (he lost a pound)... Chelsea and Marin are taking him to the doctor's again tomorrow. I am saying this to let you know that Gabriel though sicky it is a bad cold. ... There is another very recent news in my family that I cannot mention in full that is devastating. Please understand accept that I wi ll share it as soon as it is mine to share. I am going home on February sixth to be with my family and add support. In the meantime, I might only post quotes and photos until I can share more openly. I am sorry to write this in a way that is non-disclosing, and disturbing. For the most part, I am transparent on my blog though recently have found myself at odds since I cannot share what is going on and feel the need to say something. This is saying something... bear with me. Please please pray for my family for a miracle. Thank you for being the best support community one could ever want or need. Posted at 10:47 PM | Permalink | Comments (54) Reblog (0) 27 January 2020 Never Give Up "Never never never ever give up hope." Miracles can come from where you least expect them. Posted at 09:27 PM | Permalink | Comments (3) Reblog (0) 26 January 2020 The Light that is You Posted at 10:38 PM | Permalink | Comments (3) Reblog (0) 25 January 2020 Boy Lo Boy Lo has not been feeling well these last few days...