It’s that time of year again when a lot of you are thinking about making New Year’s resolutions and hoping that you can construct a better year than the one you left behind, but what about being a New Year’s blessing to others? Being a blessing to other people is guaranteed to give you more …
Reflections on grief is not something I started out to write about. It’s after 8 in the morning and it is still dark with dusky clouds gathering slowing in the murky sky. I am a day late in writing my post, that I usually get out on Tuesdays. Not sure what to write about, nor …
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This year, the approaching commemoration of the dead was acutely forefront in my own thoughts, since losing my son last February. Le Jour des Morts alway follows All Saints Day on November 2. It was another emotional hurdle and I guess a rite of passage for the grieving to get through, that I was not …
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August the 15th is Assumption Day and a national holiday in France. I will be joining the Mother Mary procession along the Seine. It is a special day of celebration for Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians, who call it the Dormition of Mary. Assumption is my favourite Marian holiday, that is also the anniversary of …
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Paris is privileged to welcome many great ballet companies every year, but I was totally surprised to see Ballet de Cuba was on its way. Ballet de Cuba is not a ballet corps you expect to see, and for many, including myself, constituted a surprise that one even exists. Little did I know that …
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This is for those of us who are dealing with grief, losses of any kind, depression, physical or mental illness or any difficult life situation. Climbing out of a deep valley of despair is treacherous at best and setbacks are to be expected. The slippery slope of recovery is difficult to tackle, even to those …
With Grief, Depression And Losses, Setbacks Are Inevitable Read More »
Paris is not just for lovers, but surprisingly Paris is for the heartbroken and grief stricken too. I don’t have any illusions that the city’s tourist bureau wants to take up my title, nor adopt me as a veritable poster child to spin Paris as a haven to come to forget your woes, sooth your …
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How to pick up the pieces of your life, becomes more or less unchartered territory, especially after a sudden unexpected death, like that of a child. Those in acute grief are not running to their local bookstore grabbing volumes off the shelves as guidebooks. I am just trying to get through the day doing …
There can never be any preparation for this painful journey of tears as a mother with a pierced heart must walk. Once we are blessed with bringing forth a beautiful child into this world, our greatest fear is to lose them. Millions of mothers throughout the ages have been stabbed with the most painful sword …
Sainte Geneviève is revered here in Paris and with good reason! She single-handedly saved Paris from invasion, destruction, sickness and famine through her courage, her peaceful leadership, her diplomacy, and her faith. For all that she did for the city of Paris to survive, she certainly merits having that title! I first discovered …
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Your New Year’s resolutions are in for a battle! Not because they aren’t made in all sincerity. Most of the time they are! It is just they are by nature inviting resistance from the person who made the list! You and your inner rebel! You might ask, but how is that? Do we just set …
How You Will Try To Destroy Your New Year’s Resolutions Read More »
Yes, you have a story to tell! You know this story very well and all the minute details, because it is your story! You know, your life! Maybe you have never considered that your life history is interesting, but trust me it is! I have never met a human being that does not have their …