Distractions From the Now

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]ometimes it’s hard to find beautiful things on a Monday When you’re in the midst of things, it’d very easy to lose perspective.  It is even easier to get overwhelmed when it’s a going back to work day. There tends to be only a billion millions things that demand your attention. Somehow and I don’t […]

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Florence And Alps

Okay so Paris, London, and Scotland will still have to wait. I want to tell you of Italy.      We arrived yesterday. Today we’ve rested and slept….and worked. Tomorrow night we feast on Pizza and wine in Italy!!!  Go into the circle of town and sightsee to our hearts content.  Our place is up […]

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Little hands, huge hearts

    The children here in Romania are beautiful. Everyday since I’ve arrived except for today I’ve held a child in my arms. It’s amazing. Is this what fathers and mothers feel? A love that is unfailing. Simply a love that is given out a precious gift if we would only stand still and see. I […]

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The Holland + friends

Five years. It is both slow and quick the time passing. I drove my family nuts I am sure for 5 years talking of the places I’d been. For years I have wanted to go back and finally had a chance. This time I brought along my elder sister. In less then a month we […]

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Bo Casa

Do you want to know a really good place to eat? Like you taste a bite of food that’s a little bit of food heaven.  A restaurant that somehow managed to create a balance of refine while maintaining the taste of home cooked food. And there’s heaping of it, unlike most place I have been to- […]

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The Love of my Life

There is a story I want to tell, only it isn’t a story. It’s true as the blood pumping in my veins and the air I breathe. Perhaps you have heard but if not please allow me to tell you the reason I live. Come, meet the Love of my Life. I should have dead. […]

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An Unsual day…resting

  Having a chance to rest this week has done me good. Yesterday I had slept for most of the day. I took I believe three naps— three long naps. In between times I journal, read, made brownies, and just was. If you know me or getting to know me, you know how much I […]

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The Russian Ballet

But here…here’s the news you have been waiting for. The Ballet! Rest assure it was and is as every bit as good as you can imagine. I couldn’t help, but think of my good friend Megan F.  Perhaps it is because I have watched her grow from an unsure dance to one of confidence. But […]

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Tallest Tower in Russia

Today we went to the tallest tower in Russia! I am now determined to visit every tower possible in the countries that we visit. Someday I’ll even visit Sans Fresco tower. Our last Russian class was a sight seeing adventure. We listened to a lecture in Russian about the tower.  It was explained before hand […]

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