Month: December 2022
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Merry Christmas Home at Last
We unwrapped the gifts. Gabriel was giddy and gladly helped each of us unwrap our gifts. We keep the tradition that my family had growing up. After Christmas Eve dinner, we do the washing up and set the table…
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Christmas Eve
Christmas Eve. Home. Gabriel set the table. Martin and Chelsea prepared dinner. Yann entertained the baby. I sat by the table admiring how beautiful Christmas unfolded. Not as I imagined it a month ago, but it surpassed my expectations and…
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Spiritual Love
My grandmother Amaro said to the five-year-old me while we were sitting in her car that spiritual love was stronger than physical love. She told me this because I had asked her if she died, how would I know that…
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There is a common practice amongst smokers in France. As soon as they walk outside they light up. Inhale as their life depends on it. When every tobacco leaf is burned they deposed their cigarette where they stand. Disgusting. Today,…
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Be the Wings
Be the wings.
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Provencal Christmas Tradition
Sainte Barbe and the Christmas Wheat Repost from year's ago. On December 4th, the feast of Sainte Barbe, the first Provençal Christmas tradition, takes place in France. Growing wheat. First, you…