Category: Living in France
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Memories I Want to Keep of Gabriel
Gabriel had something important to tell me, and just like that, he started to speak English. Becoming bilingual is not as easy as one would think, and it certainly comes in many forms. Some people are born into a bilingual…
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Fete de la Musique in France, Let’s Dance
This evening in France, all over France, in every village, town, and city, is the Fete de la Musique—a celebration to herald the beginning of summer that started in 1982. Anyone anywhere is encouraged to play, sing or listen to…
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Burning Passion, What Lights Your Fire?
Catching the light holding it reflecting a fire flames burn crystal clear you have rendered me speechless, causing my heart to sing.
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Drinking in Life’s Joy
Squeezing the grapefruit pink juice dripping into the chipped cafe au lait bowl I stood in front of the kitchen sink, bowl in hand, like a chalice raised. The sky a brilliant blue painting the day, and the sun…
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Community Living, Life in France
Gabriel has a friend. A friend is a man who works as a cashier at the little grocery store next to their apartment in Paris. The cashier has befriended Gabriel by talking to him whenever he comes in, "Hello Gabriel,…
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Do You Speak a Second Language?
Gabriel stood by me in the kitchen and asked if I could have some "Siri-O-O-O." As I didn't have a clue what he was talking about, bending down to his level, I asked him to repeat what he said. Still, I…