cultivating me

me being me and making my way through life one day, one book, and one recipe at a time

taking time

I spent yesterday at The Americana at Brand yesterday with my sweetie.  It was such a fabulous day for so many reasons.  For starters, it was a gorgeous day: sunny near 80 with a slight breeze and just a few fluffly clouds in the sky.  This Americana place is an outdoor shopping center – and [...]

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Mon, May 5 2008 » friendship, from the heart, healthy me, love, randomness » 1 Comment

It’s the birthday girl!

My beautiful daughter…HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!
(this is where a picture of the princess herself goes but the add image button on my blog is broken)

Oh Danielle where do I begin? Today you’re 14 – FOURTEEN!!!! This is so hard for me to believe. I don’t think that I am quite ready for it. I just got used [...]

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Sun, April 13 2008 » from the heart, kids, parenting » 2 Comments

Dealing

this post has been sitting in my drafts folder for a long time. i found it hard to write but even harder to post. in some ways, i guess it has to do with the part of me that finds it hard to believe that she is really gone. i am profoundly sad [...]

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Sat, March 1 2008 » from the heart » No Comments

the beginning about an end

it’s cold and rainy today – very much a gloomy day. the weather matches my mood today i think. i normally like sunny days but i am glad that today is not one of them because a beautiful sunny day would not go well with my sorrow today – it would probably make me [...]

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Wed, February 20 2008 » from the heart » No Comments

commitments

two months ago my brother wrote a post about commitment – most specifically about his commitment to his blog and his personal need to not let that commitment fade. that post has been sitting with me ever since. i have thought of it at least once each day.  it seems strange how something [...]

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Sun, February 3 2008 » from the heart » No Comments