I Am Longing To Take A Trip

 

"Believe in yourself

and all that you are.

Know that there is

something inside you

that is greater than

any obstacle."

A Tahiti Memory

 When I was working at UCLA I knew a woman in my office whose son was sailing around the world. He wrote her the most amazing letters of sights he saw on his adventures. She would share those letters with me. He wrote about the beauty of the South Pacific and how he had fallen in love with the beauty of the island Bora Bora in Tahiti. I longed to go there. When Mike and I married in 1981 I wanted to honeymoon in Bora Bora but we could not afford that trip. Years later in 2002 when Aria and Athena were young teens we decided this was the year to make a family trip to fulfill my dream. It was as magical and beautiful as I had imagined and is still to this day a trip I’m so glad we made with the girls. We snorkeled, swam with sharks and with sting rays, visited a village that caught on fire when we were there, experienced a wonderful annual Heiva Tahitian festival where they raced with long sticks carrying bananas. We hiked in tropical forests to waterfalls and took a cooking class to make “Poisson Cru” a special Tahitian marinated fish. Actually that is the reason why I took out our scrapbook of the Trip this morning. Mike said he is going to make Poisson cru like we had in Tahiti. So that’s why I got caught up in photo memories this morning. I share that dream holiday with you. 

 

 

 Moorea

 

 

 Bora Bora

 

 

Poisson Cru

 

Ingredients

• 1.75 pounds tuna (fresh,sushi grade)
  
• 8  ( limes juiced)
• 1 large onion (2.8 ounces)
• 1 bell pepper (green)
• 1 tomato (1.75 ounces)
• 1/2 cucumber (3.5 ounces)
• 1 glass of coconut milk
• Kosher Salt (to taste)
• Black pepper (to taste)

Good Old Mom

 

"Now listen, and believe me, I am not just saying this because I'm your mother- You are the prettiest, nicest girl in the entire school, not to mention the brightest and if you don't believe me just go look in the mirror. I happen to know that there are dozens of young men who would give their eye teeth to go out with a wonderful girl like you. Boys are shy too, you know. Don't you worry, someday your ship will come in."

Anything Is Possible

 

“Be strong, be fearless, be beautiful. And believe that anything is possible when you have the right people there to support you.”

 —Misty Copeland

Lucky

 

 "How lucky I am to have something that makes

saying goodbye so hard" - Winnie the Pooh

A Crown of Friendship

I had heard this before but just re read something that said all that each person wants is "to be seen". The article said that it can be as simple as smiling at another person. That acknowledgment that you see them by smiling is such an easy gesture. This past week I have received such kind acknowledgements smiles from my friends and much more. May I say I feel you friends and "I SEE YOU!" Beyond the material gifts which are always filled with such thought I want to say thank you to the many who have been so thoughtful in their gestures of friendship. My gratitude for your presence in my life is boundless. Sometimes and often, my heart feels immensely full of love because of your kindness. Each friend a jewel. 

The Best Kind of "The Blues"