Family Snippets

Gift for my dear wife this year! What do I want to remember in a birthday?  I want to remember the moments of Joy, the laughs, the moments of learning, and above all the moments we spent together!  The calendar helps us pause and reflect about family and friends during their birthday, and it should also remind us that the more time we spend together during the year the more will we remember next birthday and the more will we cheer! Happy Birthday! Link: Album

People today can search for answers in the internet and in seconds proclaim they are already an expert on the topic at hand.. The constant online access enables instantaneous communication as never before and opens the door for so many opportunities to learn. One hopes that the generation that has been blessed with so much possibility to see and learn good things does not get lost in the maze of the internet and online social communication, and will become richer in their human interaction, more elevated yet humble in their verbal and non-verbal forms of expression, instead of developing an equally quick and instantaneous response that yields to prejudice or stereotyping.  At times the reality of day to day interactions leaves a taste of a deconomy of words that prevails against words that should extol and uplift. Just think for a moment... a deconomy of words equals to a deconomy of thoughts and eventually to a deconomy o...

Ana  visits the Discovery Monument in Portugal - July 2012 Looking forward and facing what's head of us  with hope is essential to make a productive contribution to life, yet challenges will always be there during the process. That is why learning what others have done when they faced challenges to move forward is a rewarding and  uplifting  experience,  every time  we come to Portugal we have abundant history  around  us to remind us of this principle. The enormous compass rose made of fine marble stone that paves the floor on our way to the entrance of the Discoveries Monument  is a good example of that principle. This impressive piece of art occupies a surface of 50 meters in diameter and at the center of it there is a world map that depicts the routes of the maritime discoveries of the Portuguese navigators in the XV and XVI centuries, w hat many do not know is that this popular tourist  attraction ...

At home we have a vase full of Daffodils that mom picked in the fields today, a favorite thing she loves to do, pick flowers... I took the picture on the left when she was enjoying the moment! These beautiful yellow and white flowers are a sign of nature that a new season arrived. Easter is a time to remember that a new start or a new season is also possible for us. Here are two links of some easy reading that will help us better understand the meaning of Easter and enjoy this special season of the year. By the way, did you know that popular wisdom says that the meaning of Daffodils is rebirth and new beginnings, faith, honesty, truth and forgiveness? Happy Easter Links: Video: An Easter Declaration  - Message: The meaning of Easter