French la Vie

    Salt and pepper shakers on a piece of checkered marble (tile) board. My mother keeps coming up with creative fun ideas for her home.       The…

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One of my Mother's clever tools of disciplining, my four brothers and I as children, was telling us that the birds that sat on the telephone wires were Santa's helpers.…

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                                         "…and a little child shall lead them." Isaiah 11:6 When I was fourteen my Mother…

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      Ten days ago seems several years passed. It has been an intense ten days. When I took the airplane from California to France, the airplane's behind-the-seat entertainment…

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  Charlotte, a dear friend who use to live in the same French village that I live in, and reader of my blog sent me this link. My cousin Franca…

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  This photo always puts a smile on my face: Chelsea and Sacha at our old house in the country. The cherry tree was loaded, the glass tall and the…

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  Lynn Cuccia Pardini Dear Blog Readers, Thank you for your endless support and prayers for my cousin and her family. Please continue to pray for them as them travel…

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  The death of someone we love brings us to a stark reality. A new territory with a map fueled by emotion lost ways and memories. Life is not only…

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  Last night I watched a video (linked below) called: The Birth of a Word. I was amazed and moved. Amazed that someone could imagine how to capture the birth…

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