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2021-04-16 17:49 UTC by
French la Vie
 Walking every day of the year allows me to see the transformation brought on by each season, also where flowers grow outside the boundaries of properties. Clipper in the pocket off I go hello, lilacs, rosemary, almond blossoms...  Do any of you know the name of the pink beaded flower branch? It... Read the whole entry... »
Superpowers
2021-04-14 20:55 UTC by
French la Vie
 At the moment and maybe for a while longer I will be posting quotes that speak to me and or a sweet photo as I take a step back to let myself catch up with what has happened and what is happening. Haven’t we all at one time or another needed time to just say okay here I am and let it just sit in our lap while we hold on to... Read the whole entry... »
Love Intentionally
2021-04-13 19:21 UTC by
French la Vie
My Cousin Julie
2021-04-12 21:00 UTC by
French la Vie
 Yesterday, I received again devastating news about my cousin Julie, Sacha's Buddhamere. If I wasn't so sad I would have had time to feel downright mad at the God I call Love. I know Love has no bounds and that God can take my anger with a grain of salt. Some hit pillows I have a good go at God, it helps to be able to dump it somewhere... Read the whole entry... »
Miracles Happen
2021-04-11 21:49 UTC by
French la Vie
 Miracles Happen and when they do there is a joyous elation of life, love, and a boost to faith. Whether the miracle is big or small and for however long - Not a Happy Bunny
- When Things Take on New Meaning
- All that Love
- Plant Love and Share it as Much as You Can
- Please Send Your Loving Healing Everything to My Friend Pam
Loving Kindness
2021-04-10 21:16 UTC by
French la Vie
My mother always said, "When someone dies everyone is very present to the loved ones for the first few weeks, which is good and needed. But do not forget in six months, or even a year after that those who have lost someone still need loving attention, maybe even more so as the weeks turn into months as life goes on for those who haven't... Read the whole entry... »
 Thank you for all your loving attention and kindness. Haven't we all had a complicated ongoing year plus, and for some it has been terribly hard. Thank you for your love sent to Pam, she is in need of every ounce of healing. With Cynthia's passing so many memories have been stirred up. I hope to share some as time goes on. ... Read the whole entry... »
2021-04-07 19:57 UTC by
French la Vie
 Paris 1989 (repost from 2006) Once upon a time and one time only, did French Husband help deliver a wedding cake for our dear American friend Cynthia, who had an American bakery in Paris. Cynthia who introduced chocolate chip cookies, brownies, cheesecake, bear claws, and muffins to the Parisians back in... Read the whole entry... »
All that Love
2021-04-06 20:14 UTC by
French la Vie


(Quote from Instagram. The antique santon belongs to Dorlis a wonderful artist and curator of beautiful things. The crown of thorns was made by my friend Philippe. The two of them had a stunning exposition for Holy Week.)
Not a Happy Bunny
2021-04-04 18:34 UTC by
French la Vie
- What is Perfection?
- Live it Well
- Good Friday
- Simplicity
- The Challenge of Being Fortunate
“For I was hungry and you gave me nothing to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me nothing to drink, I was a stranger and you did not invite me in, I needed clothes and you did not clothe me, I was sick and in prison and you did not look after me. ... Read the whole entry... »
Good Friday
2021-04-02 21:51 UTC by
French la Vie
There is a beginning to every end. There is light in darkness. There is forgiveness and suffering. Prayer doesn’t always bring you what you want nor what you need. it is okay to doubt, to be mad and not want to hear someone tell you how to be better.

Food for Thought
2021-04-01 18:00 UTC by
French la Vie
 What are some of your reflections after this year living with Covid? (photo and text via my friend Rachel Baker’s Instagram.) I have various covid reflections rambling around in me but what strikes me most is the daily conversation about this subject the actual living through it each step and wondering will it ever end if we do not... Read the whole entry... »
Nursery School
2021-03-31 19:20 UTC by
French la Vie
 Gabriel's daycare was short-lived. He started last week. Since September I had been going to and from Paris every week to watch him. I was sad to give up my role but happy too to have my days back at home. And happy that he could play with other children, which he hasn't been able to most of his little life. Tonight France... Read the whole entry... »
 What is perfection? What is loved- What is created for someone- and cherished- even when it is worn true. what is perfection? a loaf of bread, a lily and contentment in the simple things that nourish us and bring beauty.
Simplicity
2021-03-29 20:52 UTC by
French la Vie

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb (thank you Jeanne for sharing this quote with me) Live it Well
2021-03-28 19:10 UTC by
French la Vie
 I see trees of green Red roses too I see them bloom For me and for you And I think to myself What a wonderful world I see skies of blue And clouds of white The bright blessed day The dark sacred night And I think to myself What a wonderful world The colors of the rainbow So pretty in the sky Are... Read the whole entry... »
- Give Love Daily
- Quiet Paris
- What Are You Waiting For?
- The Lollipop Lesson
- Standing Amongst the Roses
 I am fortunate. I have a good life. I have a family who loves me, food to eat, a roof over my head. I am healthy and in no pain. I have running water, more than enough to... Read the whole entry... »
 I remember the day like it was yesterday, though it was over twenty years ago. I went up the hill to visit my friend Annie. She invited me, saying to come mid-morning to help her pick the roses.  Annie was an American by birth. Soon after she was born her parents returned to their... Read the whole entry... »
When you cannot be together because your countries are in lockdown to each other and your hearts are longing.  Love finds a way.  Paradise found.
 The Little Squirt pointed to the canister on his parent's dresser that held phone-chargers, plugs, a hair clip or two, some receipts, and a few lollipops. "Gabriel, I don't think the lollipop is the answer." You see the handlebar to his pushbike was up too high and I could not lower it no matter how hard I tried. When I told him I couldn't... Read the whole entry... »
Quiet Paris
2021-03-23 22:38 UTC by
French la Vie

Paris and several other regions went into a stricter lockdown than what all of France has been experiencing since October. Parts of Palais Royal where Gabriel and I go to hang out were completely closed off. Nevertheless, we had a good time. Now that the weather is nice the parks are packed. Everyone wears a mask. ... Read the whole entry... »
Give Love Daily
2021-03-22 21:31 UTC by
French la Vie
 my friend Pam sent this to me. It says a lot about living with grief and not holding back about living and loving. Live love abundantly.  That is the question. What am I waiting for and why am I waiting? Does time take the lead? Or is procrastination the culprit? What am I longing for? SPRING. Renewal. Covid to end. ...and you? - BookWorms
- Not the Same
- Thank You
- Blog Post
- Lace Therapy
Lace Therapy
2021-03-20 11:43 UTC by
French la Vie
 It is that lace thing again, every now and then I must show it. The funny thing about this lace attraction of mine is I do not use it. I do not sew it on my sheets, towels, or pillowcases. I don't create with lace or attach it to my clothing. Nor do I doll-up a doll with lace. Nope, none of it. So why am I attracted... Read the whole entry... »
Flower Girl
2021-03-19 10:28 UTC by
French la Vie
 1800s tinted engraving on a young maiden with flowers in her hair. Wildflowers from my walk today. Spring come, come as soon as you can! xxx Thank You
2021-03-18 21:28 UTC by
French la Vie
 Thank you for your response regarding if and how you saw my blog. For some unknown reason it was not appearing on the 16th to most of you, then popped up twice, then not at all, then come up late on the 17th. I have no idea why. But it is working now so all is good. Wish I knew more about why my blog acts bizarrely sometimes I... Read the whole entry... »
Golden Light
2021-03-18 05:36 UTC by
French la Vie

A light at the end of the tunnel, a burst a of spring in front of the last winter branches. Two realities the end of winter, the beginning of spring. Blog Post
2021-03-17 18:45 UTC by
French la Vie
 My blog appears not to be posting trying to see if this works. If you can see this please can you send a comment or an email. Please tell me if you see this on your email subscription and or through your browser? Thank you. Almost Spring
2021-03-17 18:00 UTC by
French la Vie
 Photo via Permillion (Permillion has a beautiful beautiful account on Instagram. She takes photos of books with flowers.) Thank you for all of your wonderful book selections for Gabriel! Today would have been my brother Marty's 61st birthday. I found Permillion's quote tender, it is almost spring. Almost Grief is a passage... Read the whole entry... »
BookWorms
2021-03-15 19:24 UTC by
French la Vie
 Please can you suggest some favorite books of yours. we have Good Night Moon, which is a classic and I have plenty of books from when Chelsea and Sacha were little too but I am curious to know of more since we do not live in the States I am not aware of all the titles. Chelsea and I are speaking English to Gabriel, Yann and Martin... Read the whole entry... »
Not the Same
2021-03-14 22:29 UTC by
French la Vie
 For over a year I faithfully walked five miles or more every day as a prayer for my brother. I walked in rain, heat, at night, early in the morning, during curfew in a circle in our courtyard... I did it no matter what and in the back of my mind, I would think if my brother has to suffer for no reason every day with terminal cancer I certainly... Read the whole entry... »
- That Cutie
- Listening
- Do You Think He Likes the Swimming Cap?
- Hanging Out of a Helicopter
- A Story My Brother Marty Told Me
Tulips and Rain
2021-03-13 10:07 UTC by
French la Vie

Tulips that I stood by outside a flower shop
under a canopy in the rain Wind whirled the sidewalk glistened with the changing sky I thought about my umbrella back home
... the cut flowers in their buckets brought me joy remained as they were brave delicate blooms Reminding me nature’s... Read the whole entry... »
Things with Wheels
2021-03-12 12:53 UTC by
French la Vie
  
Reading to a baby one page half-read turning two pages back, then upside down followed with words in a row interrupted by sounds and lots of facial expressions. And when the pictures become real on the life stage... We spend much time admiring trucks, garbage trucks, and... Read the whole entry... »

   
Need a cameraman? Need a daredevil? Need an artist? Need a perfectionist? Need anything to do with filming? I know just the person.
so happy for Sacha but I must admit when he told me about this gig I said, ”You’ll be harnessed and safely attached right?” Then I spent the entire... Read the whole entry... »
My brother Marty said that friends and family changed the way they talked to him when they heard he was seriously ill with cancer. Their tone was different their concern and sorrow showed and he longed for everyone to talk to him like they did before; to shoot the breeze, talk about their days, their dreams, their lives as they did before... Read the whole entry... »
Listening
2021-03-09 21:07 UTC by
French la Vie
 Listening to my breathing, trusting its message. That Cutie
2021-03-08 21:15 UTC by
French la Vie
Thank you for enjoying the photo of G, I still crack up when I see that photo of Gabriel. just too cute... those rolls that expression and his tum tummy. I am in Paris babysitting. We went to the park I sat in a toy house while we pretended to eat pasta. Then we watch a young couple practice acrobatic moves ... Read the whole entry... »
- I Wonder Who He Learned From ...
- The Tender Dance
- After a Lifetime of Uncomfortable Antique Sofas
- In Paris with this Little Beau
- Unafraid
To Be the Person
2021-03-06 18:26 UTC by
French la Vie

French Husband found this at a brocante and rushed over to me exclaiming he found something he knew I would love. I loved that he was so happy. He gets the imperfection perfection concept.  The Tender Dance
2021-03-04 13:25 UTC by
French la Vie
 The tender dance of grieving two steps forward one step back In grief, loving hurts then it heals in a tempo with uneven steps until the rhythm becomes fluid with heart and mind with the delicate steps of sweet sorrow slowly becomes soften edges. ... Read the whole entry... »
All Day Long
2021-03-03 20:26 UTC by
French la Vie

As today was a glorious warm spring day one like we haven’t seen in while I packed the stroller with what we might need to spend the entire day outside. As you probably know when you are with a baby be it with a stroller, a car, or on a plane it seems like everything in the house tags along: A change of clothes, diapers, diaper wipes, water,... Read the whole entry... »
Gabriel wore his apple hat from V We had the best day hanging out with the columns at the Palais Royal. 
 We finally or I should say I finally gave in to comfort and pleasing my children and son in law. Gabriel calls the new sofa a boat “bateau” and he has it right. We can sail away in it! 
Unafraid
2021-02-28 17:43 UTC by
French la Vie
 Evening falls, the sky grows dark, the moon comes up, and stars bloom like flowers. a constant change earth and sky subtle and strong the water flows Down below in the silence, in the stillness, in the darkness... the garden grows unafraid.
- Thoughts Are Energy Spend Them Well
- In Lieu of Flowers
- My Brother Marty
- Cranberry and Spinach Pie
- Angel Wings Disguised as Twigs
  Look who climbed up on the chair.
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