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Before kids, I was an event planner. Events are big deals to me, and first birthdays are milestone events. So, it shouldn’t surprise you that I started planning my youngest child’s first birthday party while I was still pregnant. I knew immediately that among all the other birthday part...
celebrity-chef-owned restaurant, then started his prepared, perfect, rehearsed speech about all the different ways he loves me, arranged for all of our best friends to be there (flew in my family
And then, on Valentine’s Day of 1995, while still living on Lanai, I found out I was pregnant. I know most women in my situation wouldn’t welcome this news but it was the greatest declaration of love I had ever known. I didn’t believe I had any value but I knew this baby did...
Pull the kid aside and say, You know what? I think I’ve been messing up your name all year, and I’m sorry. Now that graduation is coming, I want to say it perfectly. Can you teach me?By humbling yourself in this way, you let them see that you’re human. You’re modeling ...
What if we went to El Salvador in July? Debra Tribble I met Debra when I was pregnant with Joann when I was 28. She gave me nice gifts and I was very happy about her. Debra Tribble This is a starting point for Debra Tribble. I have it in my original deck that the sugar war in...
I was a young and pregnant mom at the time -- probably this doctor's youngest patient. Most of the others in his waiting room were grey-haired and much older arthritis patients. The first time I saw him, he asked me bluntly, "What's a young woman like you doing coming to my office...
senior joke pregnant nurse baby black engine born oil congratulations 70 year old 20 year old Dislike Like How to Get Regular Visits A couple of old ladies were sitting on a patio and speaking to each other about their grandchildren. "I send gifts, greeting cards and checks to my grand...
Axe and Kapuna Aunty Margaret Machado, Hawaiian legend, healer, and Lomilomi teacher who made the Deep Sea Saltwater Cleanse famous. Used to do a simplified version almost 35 years ago. Vivid memories of the ‘bucket inspections’ to see the discharged impacted fecal matter. The full 7- or...
intended, it creates the problem that you are dissociated from the trapped emotional energy that you need to release for optimum well-being. Also, the trapped energy thinks the problem is still happening, even though that event is now in the past — and in some cases, in a past lifetime...