I had to hang on in trying to stand in the neck-deep hot bubbles fiercely surging and erupting around my head. The strong force of the thermal waters pummeled my torso rocking me to one side to the other, making it difficult to keep my face above water. Overhead loomed a creamy white full moon …
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For all of my beautiful single readers, especially if you believe in angels, this post is for you! You already know that dreaded Saint Valentine’s day is approaching, which can be quite vexing, even painful, for those without love companions. Instead of telling you to be your own valentine and buy yourself some flowers or …
The three American train heroes, who foiled a terrorist attack on a speeding Thalys trains bound to Paris, are now brand new French citizens. Anthony Sadler, Alex Skarlatos and Spencer Stone who were rewarded the highest French award of the Legion de Honneur requested to become French citizens. Several months after requesting French citizenship, Emmanuel …
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Happy Quantum Leaps! 2019 is with us. I prefer to take a quantum look at the “new year”, rather than in a linear way. Life on planet earth continues without showing any difference in being “new.” Or does it? Without being a killjoy, the thrill of numbers changing on a calendar just isn’t there …
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This is a Christmas message to those of us in pain this holiday season. It is often the most painful time of the year for us who are already depressed, in grief, in a painful circumstances of loss or rejection, and feeling alone. I do not have to know your name to want to comfort …
Seeking refuge from a difficult world, I find the extraordinary beautiful Saint Lucia procession is like being uplifted to an ethereal cloud of song and beauty. Saint Lucia day is a very popular Christmas celebration in Sweden, recreated by the Swedish church of Paris and by Swedish students here. The approaching Christmas season carries …
Growing up? Do we ever achieve it in our lifetime? We often feel pressed to ask young children what they want to be when they grow up. I find children much more gifted in being able to answer than most adults. For children, the question rarely poses much contemplation. Most of them will only give it …
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My title may seem strange to you and for good reason. First of all because probably few of us ever really thinks about imagining ourselves in someone else’s shoes. Learning to replace judgment with empathy and compassion is in my opinion certainly worthy of achieving. For me, as a therapist it is essential part of …
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Hermès horse show was a marvelous introduction to a sport that I have never been exposed to before. I was able to attend this spectacular event because of a pretty Texan, Jacqueline, who also has a French connection. She so very kindly and generously invited me to share this special occasion with her and her …
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As a therapist, I obviously hear more sadness around Valentine’s Day than wonderous remarks, as I rarely have patients caught in the glorious exhilarating peaks of romantic love. I have never seen any stats on this, but I can only presume that most people are at any given year, trying to forget Valentine’s day, …
You might wonder what Sainte Geneviève has to do with the swollen Seine that fortunately has started to recede. Well, to some of us, a lot. Let me explain that it wouldn’t be the first time Sainte Genevieve pulled some celestial strings to save her beloved Paris from disaster. Three weeks ago, I went back …
Bessie Coleman was really an extraordinary woman who had to fight against tremendous odds stacked against her to accomplish all that she did. This woman who grew up in the piney woods of East Texas made her dream come true in a time when it was plain unthinkable of doing what she did. Her story …
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