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L' amour vrai
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06.25.06One step back…two steps forwardAs of tomorrow, my family will be moving in with my inlaws. It has been two years since we moved out of their house six months after our arrival in France. We really don't have another option at this point with four children to feed. My inlaws are wonderful and the village that they live in is breathtaking. Our girls will go to a smaller school which makes me happy. I think living with my inlaws will help my children in French and more importantly...it will help me learn French. I will try to go to the university to ...
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06.19.06Each day I fall in love all over againAs we were walking yesterday, just as we do almost daily now that the weather is warm, I didn't think much about the houses, cars or the fact that I heard nothing but French being spoken around me. I passed French bakeries with only a small amount of drooling, now have dog doo radar installed (it's really an art you must learn over time), pass cars parked on sidewalks without a second glace, got over as soon as I heard the little bike bell when before I had to think about what the sound was, admired a stork ...
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06.18.06Happy Fathers DayHappy Father's Day to all the fathers out there. Fathers are the quiet strength that we fall back on when times are tough. ******** Papa with all his kids in Strasbourg. Papa is always fun because he will run all around the playground chasing us fast, fast...FAST! Afterwards, Papa bounced with all his girls on funny cars. Papa is fun. ******** Angel says: I love Papa because he takes care of me and loves me. Sweet Bear says: I love Papa. Papa is nice and lets me sit on his shoulders when I am too tired to walk home. Happy Papas Day! Petite Clown: I love Papa ...
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06.13.06Logically organized…says who?A couple days ago, while walking to the center of the city, we stopped to drink from the water bottles that we had brought along. It was over 80 degrees out and we were melting. The sun was relentless and shade was a short pleasure from one big tree to the next. We were like animals standing around a cool drinking spot as we watched Vilay pour water into one cup after the other letting the smallest (Petite Clown as Boy Blue had his bottle) drink first to the biggest (Vilay). We don't share our water bottles (2 ...
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05.30.06Flip floppedMy husband is very strict about what the girls can wear. He will not let them wear shirts that show the belly or flip flops. He says the shirts are too sexy for little girls and that flip flops are houseshoes or pool shoes. So, Angel Girl called me to ask if she could pack some really nice flip flops. She told me that they were really, really pretty and almost weren't even flip flops. She begged me to ask Papa. I did. And, to my great surprise he said ok. I was still ...
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05.27.06Dirty talk, and for once it’s not diapers!Boy Blue was standing with the support of the couch and laughing while blowing huge, loud spit bubbles. My husband and I were laying on the couch together watching him with pride. Vilay (smiling) - "Boy Blue....Arrête de crâcher (stop spitting) !" Me (rolling my eyes) - "He's a baby and that's what babies do." Vilay (smiling bigger and laying on top of me) - "Really?!? Well, I'm a man and guess what men do." Me - "Annoy women" as I push him off with a smirk. (He likes when I play hard to get.) ******** The other day, while Vilay ...
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05.12.06PressureYesterday, my husband wasn't feeling well. He went to the doctor thinking it was a virus or something that was making him dizzy and tired. Well, the doctor found out my husband has high blood pressure. It was so high that he is making him stay home from work until Wednesday. He said such high blood pressure is not at all normal for Vilay's age (34). Vilay has been stressed lately because of his job and the doctor wants to see if it's the stress causing his blood pressure to go up that high or ...
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05.08.06Long distance loveI was touched deeply yesterday when my husband's father who recently made a trip to Laos to see his family there gave each of us a gift from his trip. The gifts weren't really what touched me but the giving itself. He is a very loving and thoughtful man. Sometimes, he drives me crazy but I love him. I love both of my inlaws very much. They are loving parents and wonderful grandparents. The picture above is of one of the symbols of Laos (and many Asian countries), a white elephant. It's a handmade decoration that my father-in-law ...
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04.28.06Put your listening ears on!While working in Kindergarten, first as a student teacher and later as a sub, I heard many a teacher telling small upturned faces to put on their listening ears. I thought it was cute and somehow it worked. It was a way to catch their attention and make them think about the fact that they were in control of their own bodies. These wonderful and sensitive teachers tuned into the fact that these kids just needed a little encouragement in order to develop the very important skill of listening. My husband clearly never had such a sensitive ...
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03.13.06Religion is a private matterMy husband has on his blog a little button that says Blog sans dieu (blog without God). One of the reasons I hesitated in putting a link to his blog claiming his Godless behind as my husband (meant to be funny) is that people reading my blog would read his blog and think that I think like him or he thinks like me. Not so. I love my husband, but I have my own beliefs and thoughts in regard to a higher being than does he. Simple, yet not so simple at times. I will admit that ...
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