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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...

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...