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If You Could Change One Thing About Your Body?
This is a strong message about how we view ourselves as we age. I look forward to asking Gabriel this next time I see him. What would I change about…
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Flowers Never Make Noise
Elena, Sacha's girlfriend, shared with me an encounter that she had recently. While walking from the metro, a man was ahead of her, pulling a portable shopping cart … As…
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An Apple Romance
Take an apple and caress it on your sleeve until the delicious golden sunshine beams. Core the center (by piercing around…
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Family Affair
We met up for dinner that started with hot chocolate at Cafe Rendez-vous, an old-fashioned style, classic friendly place by the catacombs in Paris, with a direct metro to Chelsea…
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Gabriel Words that Echo in my Heart
As I was leaving to go back home, Gabriel came to me as I opened the door. "Vavie, I love you more than anything, more than everything, more than the…
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Small Kindnesses in the Holy Temple of Life
Small Kindnesses I’ve been thinking about the way when you walkdown a crowded aisle, people pull in their legsto let you by. Or how strangers still say “bless you”when someone…
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A View From the Plane
Flying into Paris the countryside showed off its nature patchwork. I pulled my back while letting my suitcase, so the flight back home was painful. The healing wonders my grandchildren’s…
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Until Next Time
The source of the above photo and text is unknown. Connecting dot to dot, I go Up here over the bridge Life seems small, delicate, never-ending Though it is…
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Last Night
Loud and lively. With moments of silence during mouthfuls. Sincere conversation threaded through while my brothers hashed out old memories. We caught up and let go, like catching fish when the…
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