Category Archives: gratitude

Friend #2

When I calculated that I have know this friend for over 13 years and that I met her at college…  Well I started to feel quite old.  I mean, I am 31 1/2, so that is getting up there.  Anyway, … Continue reading

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What About Your Friends?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2436DSTOYo4 (Sorry, I have some quality TLC stuck in my head all night long.  Feel free to not listen to that if you hate TLC and good music.)  (P.S. My friends are not low down, and will be around, thanks … Continue reading

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40 weeks & 1 day. Grateful.

It’s really easy to hit your due date and want to destroy everything/everyone around you.  Especially when everyone else you know that was due the same time as you or even 2 or more weeks before you has had their … Continue reading

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Dear Cuenca

Dear Cuenca, You may already know this, but I love you.  I love your huge cathedral with big blue domes.  I love your central park with scary stuffed horses for kids to get their pictures taken on.  I love your … Continue reading

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The Ease of Difficulty.

I have been thinking a lot lately about why life seems easier in Ecuador than back in the US.  Because even though something like going to the doctor takes 7 stops to different windows just to get your appointment (ok, … Continue reading

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An Ode to Awesome

Dear Awesome People, I was going to write each of you a note to tell you how great I think you are, but that was going to take a long time.  But really, Awesome People, I adore you.  I am … Continue reading

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Its true, we were just meant for two blankets

That is what my dear husband said to me the other morning after he had spent another night without any blankets at all. I was pretty sad because I thought shouldn’t married couples share a blanket??? Then I remembered that … Continue reading

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In a Land Without Pumpkins…

Definition: Puerqueño This would be el Puerqueño and La Reina de Los Puerqueños (Inspired by puerqueños and all the Queen competitions here) (That is a giant fork that the Puerqueño is holding) (It is also worth mentioning that after 3 … Continue reading

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