This photo always puts a smile on my face: Chelsea and Sacha at our old house in the country. The cherry tree was loaded, the glass tall and the Provencal colors exploding around us. Today, at this very moment…

  Lynn Cuccia Pardini Dear Blog Readers, Thank you for your endless support and prayers for my cousin and her family. Please continue to pray for them as them travel through their loss and grief. xxx

  The death of someone we love brings us to a stark reality. A new territory with a map fueled by emotion lost ways and memories. Life is not only beautifully complex but for the living, life continues even when…

  Last night I watched a video (linked below) called: The Birth of a Word. I was amazed and moved. Amazed that someone could imagine how to capture the birth of a word, and amazed at that implications of what…

  My cousin Francabolla (Lynn's sister) is on her way home to face a terribly sad reality. I want to hop on a plane and join my family, to share their grief, to give support, to pray outloud with them,…

  A sea of silence stirs within where words no longer express the depth one feels, The unknown shore, the sand moves under foot, the sky above opens. Sadness takes root. When words no longer exist… prayer offers a path,…