Archive for October 1st, 2009

01 Oct 2009 Love Is Powerful
 |  Category: Engagement/Wedding, Videoclips  | Leave a Comment

Love can make us do some pretty crazy things.

Eat things we wouldn’t otherwise.
Face our fears head-on.
Convince a nomad to settle down and have babies.
Get a Canadian to move to the U.S. during the Bush Administration.
Persuade a die-hard urban-dweller to live in a small town.
Put up with a really ugly kitchen.
Admit that pink isn’t so bad.
Shovel snow? Sub-zero winter?

The friends were amazed. Now that’s love…

October 1, 2005 was our wedding, exactly one year after we met in person. Cancer ruined our day, but with David’s resolve we got married before he was taken to the Emergency Room. Now that’s love…

What do I think of love now? That’s a good question. I’m unable to answer completely. Honestly, I think it would be greedy to expect more than what I’ve experienced of it in this lifetime, especially as I feel I continue to benefit from it today, several years later. Love has empowered me. But if it comes around again, I won’t turn away.

01 Oct 2009 ThankYou, Natalia!
 |  Category: Acts of Kindness, Food + Drink, Friends  | One Comment

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Thursday, October 1 arrived and I wasn’t looking forward to it, except that Natalia offered to make me dinner while I went over some details about the wedding this Saturday that she’ll assist with. I needed something to look forward to on Thursday, to take my mind off the date.

The SMS this afternoon: “… and I baked a cake”

plantain cake

There’s something about home cooking that’s like therapy. Comfort food is exactly that.

(Look away, vegetarians!)

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