“Surround yourself with people who will only lift you higher” ~ Oprah Winfrey
My dearest E.,
I felt compelled to write this because these people, your friends, will be one of the most important features in your life. Like family, friends occupy a special place in your heart. But there are many types of friends. And eventually,...
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Tuesday, July 17, 2007 at 11:24am Posted in Children, IT, Letters to E, Love, Memoirs, Motherhood, Parenting, Thoughts, Writing
“Sometimes the most important thing in a whole day is the rest we take between two deep breaths, or the turning inwards in prayer for five short minutes” ~ Etty Hillesum
My dearest E.,
Let me share a brief folly of mine with you, a folly caused of my wanderings into unchartered regions- the information technology area...
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“I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worthwhile” ~ George Bernard Shaw
My dearest E.,
There is no rest for the weary. Your father and I fell ill with the viral flu over the weekend. At first, the illness crept through us quietly and steadily, showing no physical signs of mutation, or that...
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“When you are modelling, you are creating a picture, a still life, perhaps something like a silent film. You convey emotion but you are only using your body” ~ Helena Christensen
My dearest E.,
Your father and I, when you were born, had, and still do have, the highest hopes and dreams for you. You must know...
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Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 9:35am Posted in Children, Family, Letters to E, Love, Memoirs, Parenting, Thoughts, Work, Writing
“Sorry seems to be the hardest word” ~ Sir Elton John
My dearest E.,
I’m sorry. And I don’t have a problem saying ’sorry’ when it needs to be said. And why am I sorry?
Because I have been busy at work. Because I had to leave you with your grandparents last night as I worked into the...
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“Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart, and you’ll never walk alone” ~ Rodgers & Hammerstein II
My dearest E.,
“You’ll Never Walk Alone” is a song written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Little did they know at that time (in 1945) that this song would live on in the hearts of Liverpool...
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“The Lullaby is the spell whereby the mother attempts to transform herself back from an ogre to a saint” ~ James Fenton
My dearest E.,
Isn’t that the funniest thing you’ve ever heard? James Fenton must’ve had a fierce mother- even so, capable of the most tender emotions when it came to bedtime. Whatever the case, I’m...
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“He who defines duty for himself is his own master” ~ Dick Cheatham
My dearest E.,
You are growing at an astounding rate. I want to tell you, “Stop, take a breather!” but you race along the path of Growth, learning as you go along, leaving Love and Compassion in your wake, picking up Intelligence, Knowledge and...
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My dearest E.,
You do the funniest things. At 18 months, you’re energetic, lively and too bubbly for words. You speak in a cutesy voice. Methinks you have taken after your mother’s temperament. You are your mother’s daughter. Imitate, improvise, create. Seek to entertain. That is what you do. So tell me, my sweet, how do...
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“When I’m not afraid to fail, I won’t. When I’m not afraid to fall down, falling down won’t feel like failure. I have fallen down enough to get more comfortable with it, to know how productive it can be, how necessary it is to growth. Still, when I sense the ground beneath me giving way,...
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