Archive for August, 2008
Friday, August 29th, 2008
Pasta e fagioli
(My husband Jim took this picture for me when I served this dish.)
I recently went to Olive Garden and had this delightful soup. The name means pasta with beans, and it was a peasant dish in Italy, made from leftover pasta and marinara sauce. I decided it couldn’t be that hard to make, and so [...]
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
A New Beginning - August 29, 2008
I debated whether to use this picture and whether to mention this very special day, but then I thought, it’s my life, my moment of jubilation, so why not? It’s the 45th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech. What a powerful speech that is. I never get tired of hearing [...]
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Friday, August 29th, 2008
Merry Moments - August 29, 2008
A lot of us are very lucky to have gotten the parents we were born to or adopted by. Some are extremely lucky, such as Randy Pausch, author of The Last Lecture, who claims he won the lottery when it comes to parents! However, most of us didn’t get perfect parents, and a lot of [...]
No Comments » - Posted in *The Merry Heart, Misc by Deb
Wednesday, August 27th, 2008
Transitioning Through “The Empty Nest Syndrome”
Empty Nest syndrome is that blue funk transition that many mothers (sometimes fathers too) experience when all of the children have grown up and have moved out to start living life on their own. It’s a passage in life that all parents have to face sooner or later, and some of us are completely unprepared [...]
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Monday, August 25th, 2008
Rita Talks (An Open Journal)
The past week has been a rather emotional one for me. The past two days I could barely function, but managed to get what needed to be done accomplished between being holed up in my room, and some deeply mournful crying jags. (The kind where you put your face in a pillow so that no one can hear you wailing.) [...]
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