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The Most Beautiful Title / Completing and posting my 100+ drafts

Genève 31 March 2011 It all started well. The sun was shining, birds were singing, and the neighborhood was so quiet. The girls were happy to be out- the eldest standing in the skate just behind the pushchair where my youngest was seated quietly...but not for long. Our bus ride was accompanied by her crying - wanting to get out of her pushchair. In the grocery store, she wouldn't let go of her rubber shoes and cried all the way to the cashier while I paid for them.I find it really challenging to be out with her now. She's Rohner in Zermatt 98/100+  Present day . I felt some kind of serenity while reading the first paragraph and smiled as I read the rest of the drafts. That was me navigating the road of being a mother. Did I handle the stress well? Probably not. Yes, my world changed when I had my daughters. Love, patience, and joy. Beautiful chaos, crying and tantrums.  Thinking about those days, I wonder what I have missed because of stress and my inability to regulate my f...
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At last! / Completing & posting my 100+ blog drafts

28 March 2011 You might also like: and I need a new pair of shoes!!! Destination - - Paris, France Retiring with Papa Piolo? Finding Nemo EVERYWHERE!! Howzat 99/100+  Present day  The draft title clearly mirrored how I felt during that time. It was after finally learning the html command that I was having a hard time with. A fellow blogger from Australia was patient enough to teach me how he did it. I was into learning HTML to create my own website. It became complicated for me, so pursuing it further was not an option for me. Yes, I quit and now wonder...What if?  This is my decade-long lesson - that quitting should not be an option. That my "What ifs" should be --taking ACTION.  And so here I am - taking action and practicing, writing, blogging, online journaling to be able to say -yes, I took ACTION, and that is the reason why I am here, NOW - foreseeing myself experiencing a li...
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...and it's down to 100 / Completing & posting my 100+ blog drafts

03 March 2011 Toys, clothes and other stuff are accumulating in our cellar. I want to have a tidy and clean space but I just don't know where to start or is it really the problem? I guess, parting with them is not that easy. Giving each item the emotional value adds to the difficulty of the process. I even thought of sending them back home so that others might use them but it's so expensive. more or less tidy view of the living area Present day 100. My blog drafts are down to 100, and I am ecstatic about this. I will celebrate by organizing my office corner. Sort out papers and books to be read. Pens, a mug, and post-it notes. Maybe I should do a dance of celebration, thank ME for showing up almost every day.  I am not attaching any emotional value to the magazines received, but I am keeping my travel souvenirs for my art journal.  In the meantime, I will savour Paula's song (Dawson's Creek theme song), then fold the remaining laundry, have my 3rd mug of coffee and dec...
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Summer and lavender / Completing & posting my 100+ blog drafts

Somewhere in Greece 09 February 2011 Clothes have been washed and are ready to be ironed. I have vacuumed the whole house and the girls' unwanted toys have been put away. Now what? Today should be a good one but I'm lost. Ballenberg open-air museum Present day Judging from the day's chores, I guess I was overwhelmed. Having a preschooler and a toddler plus a room full of toys would make any mother overburdened. Looking back, I was still learning to be a mother. This is a long process because up until now, I am still at it. Nevertheless, with all the anxiety and challenges, being a Nanay to these 2 wonderful human beings is the best thing ever. :)  a walk in the forest near Giessbach falls Now, the laundry.  These days, I rarely iron our clothes. Our beddings and towels are folded unironed. They are kept in a tokador (dresser) with sachets of lavender and summer scent tucked in every fold. Thanks to the summer heat, my laundry gets to relish the sunlight and be dried in no t...
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A beer, two readers, and a heartfelt gratitude / Completing & posting my 100+ blog drafts

23 January 2011 image post August 2026. I thought that my beer image was accompanied by text. This one was taken while my husband and I were in Portugal. Looking at this image, I have pastéis de nata, or Portugal's custard tart in my mind. I also remember the sardine shop and a man fishing. But this post is not only to remember my trip to Portugal, this post is also for those two people who managed to come here and read my blog.  At first, I was disappointed that I was not able to gain more readers but I changed my thoughts and immediately say a prayer of gratitude for them. I have to remember the reason for completing my drafts - my why- and not to be discouraged by the outcome. I have to remember that while writing, there's this immense joy and feeling of being in the moment. I have to remember that while typing every letter, there's a sense of gratitude and an overwhelming sensation of belonging to something bigger and greater.  There's flow, presence, and just BEING...
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Bloggers here I come! / Completing & posting my 100+ blog drafts

  12 January 2011  If an hour or so of typing, loading pictures, consulting Wikipedia and a Thesaurus will help me to be better at what I'm doing so be it. I will post and hop and leave comments. So wait for me because I am coming but just right after I tuck my girls into bed.  21 August 2026 I think there's still an hour or so before my friends arrive. The rain has stopped and the sky has cleared but it's getting cold up here. Reading my draft, I see that nothing much has changed in my blogging process. Actually,  it is searching the photos that takes most of my time. I  thought that I had already sorted most of them out but no, that's not the fact. But the good thing is that they are all in my drive which can be taken anywhere. A tiny little thing that holds my memories and souvenirs of our lives and our travels. And of course, I do not tuck the girls in anymore. Yes, I like to take pictures of just about anything. And I realized in browsing thru my folders...
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On aging and being present / Completing & posting my 100+ blog drafts

   30 November 2010 The alarm was set at exactly 5am. I got up to turn it off as not to wake up anybody. The snow has melted, but I feel the crispy temperature. 21 August 2026 I can easily wake up at 5 in the morning if I want to but these days there's no need for that. It's usually my husband who wakes up early and I let him have his quiet morning: coffee on the terrace. Then, before 7h, it is my turn to have that moment and we'll have another coffee together and briefly talk.    Mornings are precious moments. Coffee, conversation, and then off to the garden to check on the plants.  A little conversation with everything that is growing. There's usually some ahhs and ohhs. This visit to the garden makes me light hearted and it brings smile to my face. I remember how they started from seeds.Some will flourish, others will not. I used to be so upset about how things didn't work out or when plants died. But I became more self forgiving and just enjoyed the pr...
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