Archive for the ‘important life lessons’ Category
some flowers bloom in fall
Posted in important life lessons, life in poetry on October 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »
pavlov and us
Posted in house & home, important life lessons on September 5, 2009 | 4 Comments »
There’s a good reason why I haven’t watched Snowdogs or Marley and Me, otherwise well-reviewed, excellent-themed movies. But I heard that a dog dies in each of these films, so I opted never to watch them. I don’t think my heart can take it. I easily mentally substitute dogs in film to the ones my [...]
i am grateful because…
Posted in important life lessons on December 3, 2008 | 7 Comments »
in Swedish, “jag är tacksam eftersom…”
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I have been tagged!
Thank you, Ate Jigzs! Check out my number 4 because you’re one of them ;-)
Some of these may sound cliché but, nonetheless,
1. God showed His perfect love through Jesus. I cannot imagine what life—and thereafter—holds for me without the grace and mercy of Jesus.
2. I have a [...]
when i feel alone
Posted in important life lessons on October 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
in Swedish, “när jag känner mig ensam”
I have had an acidic stomach for a while now. Last year the stomach pains were so awful that Jaakko had to rush me to the hospital twice! And early yesterday evening, it went on the attack again.
Being sick here is the worst thing ever. It is during these [...]
bright and beautiful
Posted in house & home, important life lessons, life in poetry on August 10, 2008 | 6 Comments »
in Swedish, “ljusa och vackra”
For my sister, Cherie, on her birthday
To many of us who are privileged to know her, she is “all things bright and beautiful”.
I could write a whole lot (!!!) of wonderful things about her, but she is terribly shy and self-effacing: “Manang, I don’t want you to write about me in [...]
