My very first time to arrive in Paris was the beginning of autumn many years ago, when I was a young and naive student. Though it was only September the 5th, I well remember the day. As soon as I stepped off the Air France plane, I was ill-prepared for the shock of the very …
My longings to return to Rocamadour took on a rather sudden mysterious calling again about 7 days ago. Out of the blue, I decided to go back to Rocamadour for another procession of Notre Dame de Rocamadour, this time to celebrate her nativity on September the 8th, which is a major feast day for Catholics …
If you have ever entered Notre Dame, perhaps you came away with something very personal to you. Notre Dame has always been more than a magnificent cathedral to me. Like many other suffering souls, I would bring my broken heart for the solace and comfort I found there attending Vespers and Mass. Yet, in the …
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For all of my beautiful single readers, especially if you believe in angels, this post is for you! You already know that dreaded Saint Valentine’s day is approaching, which can be quite vexing, even painful, for those without love companions. Instead of telling you to be your own valentine and buy yourself some flowers or …
It’s that time of year again when a lot of you are thinking about making New Year’s resolutions and hoping that you can construct a better year than the one you left behind, but what about being a New Year’s blessing to others? Being a blessing to other people is guaranteed to give you more …
Reflections on grief is not something I started out to write about. It’s after 8 in the morning and it is still dark with dusky clouds gathering slowing in the murky sky. I am a day late in writing my post, that I usually get out on Tuesdays. Not sure what to write about, nor …
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This year, the approaching commemoration of the dead was acutely forefront in my own thoughts, since losing my son last February. Le Jour des Morts alway follows All Saints Day on November 2. It was another emotional hurdle and I guess a rite of passage for the grieving to get through, that I was not …
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August the 15th is Assumption Day and a national holiday in France. I will be joining the Mother Mary procession along the Seine. It is a special day of celebration for Roman Catholics and Orthodox Christians, who call it the Dormition of Mary. Assumption is my favourite Marian holiday, that is also the anniversary of …
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Tomorrow is the summer solstice and that is always synonymous with the Fête de la Musique celebration. It is at this time when all of Paris and just about every village in the entire country of France will come alive with the sounds of music filling the air. Here in Paris it is the most …
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I find it very strange, yet synchronistic that I ended up here. Was I called? D Day beaches in Normandy are certainly very pretty, but because of all the blood shed there, they frankly were not my first thought for a seaside stay. Having to plan a rather last-minute vacation, I considered the entire …
Although, I gave up meat during the Lenten season, I feel somewhat guilty that in the end is was not much of a denial. Despite my ongoing grieving, I ended up feeling like I was feasting rather than fasting. I can’t run away from my deep grief, but I can still cook and besides eating …
How to pick up the pieces of your life, becomes more or less unchartered territory, especially after a sudden unexpected death, like that of a child. Those in acute grief are not running to their local bookstore grabbing volumes off the shelves as guidebooks. I am just trying to get through the day doing …