Life, hope, lifestyle and everything beautiful
Sometimes the only answer I have when someone asks me how I’m doing is simply; “Breathing,” because this is how it feels and it’s OK. Not only does this cut the conversation short, but explains more than 100 words can. Everyone understands all too well in their own way this answer.
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I should be packing to be reunited with part of my family tomorrow, and here I sit. I used to pack a week ahead, but life has changed and my movements have become slow as well as my reactions. It’s been a ride.
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I’m visiting my sister, her husband and my nieces and nephew in Florida for Christmas like I do just about every year. This time, before traveling down to Miami to meet more family, we had a nice Mexican dinner in honor of Las Posadas, which my brother-in-law was used to celebrating when he lived in […]
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Humility is when you know your self-worth but don’t boast about it or take it for granted. Sometimes, it would appear that a person is humble when, in fact, they have low self-esteem so let us not confuse the two.
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While I respect people who seek their other half on dating sites, I would never join one. I’m not into uncomfortable interviews with strangers and besides, who is really open and truthful? The whole idea bores me. Too much trouble. I rather end my days with good friendships, a dog and peacefully alone.
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We go along our paths, some more happily than others, and all of a sudden one day, life comes into a standstill. You crash into a roadblock, caught so off guard that you are unable to figure out what hit you and how bad the damage is.
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Since I didn’t celebrate my fiftieth with a bang, I will celebrate starting the new year, setting goals to keep me focussed on what is important to me. This will be my 5oth celebration. Another year of change, hopes and good tidings.
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Esta mañana desperté recordando a mi abuelo. Un hombre lleno de vida, fuerte, cabezota, sabio, que no se resignaba a vivir una vida de desencanto, profesor, pintor, poeta, escritor y luchador. Ahora que no está, hoy me doy cuenta de cuán sabio era y de todo lo que tenemos en común. Quizá no sea la […]
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It wasn’t planned. I always enjoyed genuine friendships and I have been blessed to attract the best crop. In love, I have failed miserably, but in friendships I’ve gotten straight A’s and they have become my lifeboats.
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Throughout our lives, hopefully, we collect happy moments, some small, some big. The latter, which we may consider the happiest may remain in our memory forever unless they become overshadowed by unfortunate events and then gone, forgotten and replaced by others. I have one I distinctly remember and it was grand. I hadn’t felt so much […]
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