tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16450212293920783852024-03-13T09:19:57.318-07:00My Heart and Welcome to itMYSAVIORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04119980089443631515noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645021229392078385.post-77238415337203395092013-04-23T05:16:00.000-07:002013-04-23T05:16:17.737-07:00Snapshots vs. point and shoot<span style="font-size: large;">Remember when we called them snapshots? Now we call them point and shoot. I remember taking so much time back then to line everything up. Here are 2 perfect examples. The little girl is me in 1946. The writing is my grandmas - always difficult to read.</span><br />
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The photograph below was taken in 1934. Everyone used to pose like that.<br />
From left to right - my mom-Aunt Ida-My great grandma Sophie and Uncle Eugene.<br />
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<br /><span style="font-size: large;">Which ones are more fun for you?</span><br />MYSAVIORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04119980089443631515noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645021229392078385.post-56795594162066725442013-04-17T09:13:00.000-07:002013-04-17T17:20:39.946-07:00PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WEEK<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;">I am back to wanting to share photos from my collection. Photographs that I took when roaming New York City was what I did for enjoyment.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #351c75;">Anyone watching CHOPPED ALLSTARS on Foodnetwork Channel OR DANCING WITH THE STARS on ABC? FAVORITES??</span></span></div>
MYSAVIORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04119980089443631515noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645021229392078385.post-2085910014176594172013-02-06T05:42:00.000-08:002013-02-06T05:42:46.955-08:00Unreality<span style="font-size: large;">I have finally reached the age of unreality. The ability to be focusing on one thing and forgetting everything else. of course, I am not sure this is a good thing or the beginning of dementia.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">For example, my desk lamp bulb blew out and I was in the dark except for my computer screen. It was difficult to type. I had to leave the room for a bit and Jenifer replaced the bulb. When I came back and sat at the computer - I was focusing on what I was reading and never even noticed that the lamp was on. Jen came back in the room and said that one of my photos had fallen off my cork board when she replaced the bulb. "You replaced the bulb"??</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I must admit that this is a bit scary for me since I wonder if this is my way of escaping my reality - such as it is. I can remember reading a novel and having to read the page again because my mind was elsewhere. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Photos taken by me in past years.</span>MYSAVIORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04119980089443631515noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645021229392078385.post-59960333394832410182013-01-27T08:28:00.003-08:002013-01-29T06:08:26.923-08:00A LATE SECRET SANTA POST<span style="font-size: large;">Before Christmas I received a yummy blueberry muffin candle from Becky (Good Neighbors Candles) and was surprised that it was actually from Hannah in Australia with a note of promise for a second part of the gift.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Here is what Hannah made for me. It is so beautiful and goes perfectly with the purpose of my shop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Hannah did such a beautiful job. Thank you-Hannah♥</span></div>
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MYSAVIORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04119980089443631515noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645021229392078385.post-32753980914608156092012-10-23T11:00:00.001-07:002012-10-23T11:00:08.823-07:00THE LORD BROUGHT ME THROUGH BREAST CANCER - PART 2<span style="font-size: large;">I can say with complete and utter conviction that chemo therapy is a combat soldier marching through your body, destroying everything in its' path. It also destroys some good things such as bones and muscles. Your heart is a muscle. My heart was weakened back in 1996/1997 but it did not show until this year. At least, that is what the doctors tell me. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">There are many different side effects of chemo therapy that effect different people, differently. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Most people lose their hair, some not as much as others. I am guessing it depends on your dosages. I always said back then that they were giving me enough chemo medication to kill an elephant.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I lost every single hair on my body. Some areas happily, some not so happily like on my head. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Some people choose different methods of hiding that. Wigs, fancy scarfs, little caps and the brave just let their bald head show. I chose to use a bandana - you know - like the ones that gang members wear to show their "colors". I had to be careful about where I walked and what part of the city just in case I could get shot at - J/K. I thought it looked a little more youthful.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Those chemo combat soldiers also destroy most of your taste buds so everything tastes the same. My diet consisted of mashed potatoes. french fries with ketchup, and the real Coca Cola with sugar. I did not eat french fries as a regular thing before or after chemo and I always drank diet soda. I could not eat vegetables or salads. I did eat a lot of creamy things. Instead of losing weight during chemo I gained. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Actually, gaining weight gave me a feeling of wellness. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">My mom was very supportive during this process but could not understand the eating part. She has always been focused on weight and was upset that I was gaining. Going on a healthy diet during chemo? PULEEEZE!</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">I do want to say here that everyone is different. These are just my own personal reactions. Also, chemo medications have improved since 1996/1997.</span><br />
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regular doctor was not hearing that and sent me, quickly, to another
doctor who actually did an ultra-sound. Then from there I was sent
to a lab that actually did another ultra-sound and a needle biopsy.
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right around my 50<sup>th</sup> birthday on January 14, 1996, I was
told that it was cancer and that I should make an appointment
immediately with a breast surgeon, which I did. His advice was a
lumpectomy. All of this happened within a week. </span></span>
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few days after surgery the report came back that in 15 lymph nodes
that were removed from under my left arm, there was a microscopic
spec of cancer and I was sent to an Oncologist.</span></span></div>
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was I angry! God was in my life but I had not grown to trust Him as
I should. I was advised to have chemo-therapy and then radiation
which took about one year in total. I did this kicking and screaming
the entire time. I am thinking that my anger might have gotten me
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<span style="font-family: Segoe Print; font-size: medium;">I purchased this bracelet from Laura of ShadowCutter on October 27, 2010 and aside from the cards I made for my shop it has been my only physical symbol until NOW.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Segoe Print; font-size: medium;">BELOW is the beautiful jewelry holder purchased by my wonderful friend Jennifer/Aloquin from Jennifer/ElegantQuirk. What a sweet surprise. I love you all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+9:23&version=NIV" style="color: #b37162; text-decoration: none;">Luke 9:23</a></strong><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their </span><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">cross </b><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">daily and follow me.</span></span>MYSAVIORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04119980089443631515noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645021229392078385.post-14229130696340481302012-07-24T12:45:00.000-07:002012-07-24T12:45:58.531-07:00MORE BRONX NOSTALGIA<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="background-color: white;">I was born in 1946 and we lived in the Bronx, NY. Doing laundry was a daily chore. </span> </div>
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After the wash was clean, there began the process of drying. If the weather was nice, mom hung the laundry out on the roof. There were clothes lines already set up.<br />
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If the weather was rainy we had an indoor drying rack that mom set up in the bathtub. I also remember something pulling out of the wall on top of the shower faucet but could not find any photos. There were always silk stockings hanging off of the shower curtain rail.<br />
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Another memory attached to laundry was the Chinese laundry that was about a city block away.<br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">In New York, perhaps seven out of ten Chinese survived by working in Chinese Hand Laundries. At the end of almost every residential block or alley, there was always a Chinese laundry. A Chinese laundry was usually small - about the size of five dining tables, equipped only with an ironing board and a shelf to put cleaned, ironed clothes that were packaged and ready to go. </span>
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Suffice it to say the chore of laundry was daily and daunting. In today's world, it is has been made so much easier although still daunting.<br />
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<span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We celebrated with a delicious dinner (Noah's favorite) salmon and french fries and salad.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Most of my family life from a infant has been focused on food. My great grandmother, Sophie, was a live-in chef in Russia/Lithuania before she came to the United States. When she cooked our family actually kissed her hands. Her dishes were loaded with butter and cream and delicious. Her recipes were passed down to my grandmother, Edith, her only daughter, among 5 sons. Then down to my mom and now to me and my daughters. Even though Sophie died before I was born, her memory and cooking was kept alive. Family gatherings was always food first and then the roar of everyone talking at the same time probably trying to make room for dessert.</span></span><br />
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<br /><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #45818e; font-size: large;">Fast forward all of this and I am now 60 years old, 420 lbs. and on the road to physical disaster. Ordered by my doctor I had lap band surgery and proceeded to lose 170 lbs. Lap band surgery is not for the weak of heart. There is an internal device that is placed around your stomach to make it tiny and the "passage way" is also tiny. Even swallowing medication becomes a chore. Most of what I could eat, which wasn't much except maybe soups, came back up. There were foods, many foods, that I could only look at and never eat. This continued for 6-1/2 years. I realized throughout this process the psychological and emotional reasons I dealt with food.</span></span></div>
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<br /></div>MYSAVIORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04119980089443631515noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645021229392078385.post-35598404672822635252012-06-05T14:39:00.002-07:002012-06-05T15:04:17.211-07:00Chillin' at the Outback Steak HouseOn Wednesday, May 30, my family and I all went to the Outback Steak House to celebrate my grandson Cole's 19th birthday. We have been doing this every year since Cole was 10. My daughter, Jodi was a server there in her senior year of High School and worked there for years. He loves the Bloomin' Onion and their Coconut Shrimp. His main course is always steak. <br />
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We don't drink alcohol but I love the new trend of using mason jars.<br />
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Although I could not get any good photos of my mom, Vito(step-dad) and Jenifer, we all had a wonderful time. Since Cole's friend, Eric, works there, he told them it was Cole's birthday and they brought out an ice-cream Sundae with a candle in it and sang to him. I had already packed away my camera!!<br />
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<br />MYSAVIORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04119980089443631515noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645021229392078385.post-65433494018050549862012-05-28T16:11:00.000-07:002012-05-28T16:11:15.611-07:00ANOTHER COLOR CHALLENGEI have gotten in to following blogs lately and came across this Blog called <a href="http://cr84fncolorchallenge.blogspot.com/2012/05/cr84fn55.html">http://cr84fncolorchallenge.blogspot.com/2012/05/cr84fn55.html</a><br />
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What do you think??MYSAVIORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04119980089443631515noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645021229392078385.post-62522420225694861932012-05-21T08:39:00.000-07:002012-05-22T18:29:49.054-07:00COMPETITION has never been my strong point but lately I have been finding myself entering some blog contests, giveaways, blogging about my photographs, and hoping that there are people out there who like them. I suppose it might be self-validation after all these years.<br />
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Here are two that I actually visually enhanced. I will show the original and then the enhanced. These are for a "color" contest on a site called <span class="fbEventPrivacy" style="background-color: white; color: grey; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"><a aria-controls="uouwbc_1" aria-haspopup="true" aria-owns="uouwbc_1" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/group.php?id=147939001917947" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/colorcombochallenge/" id="js_0" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer;">CCC Group (Color Combo Challenge)</a></span><span style="background-color: white; color: grey; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;"> on Facebook.</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">As you can see, Bonnie, did an amazing job and sent me exactly what I love.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My Little Miss Revlon Doll is dressed up in her Christmas outfit now. I do have to get her a pair of shoes to </span><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">match.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />
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</div>MYSAVIORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04119980089443631515noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645021229392078385.post-91246357784051254362011-12-06T14:53:00.000-08:002011-12-06T14:53:28.546-08:00CHRISTMAS MEMORIES<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My earliest Christmas memory is when I was about 5 years old. My brother and I shared a bedroom with single beds on opposite walls. Our stockings were "hung" on top of our chest of drawers as well as Santa's cookies and milk. I was so excited I could barely sleep so when I heard the jingle bells from the stockings, I so wanted to peek but I kept my eyes tightly shut. I don't remember if I jumped up to look after the "movement" silenced but I don't think so. I knew I had to wait for the morning.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">A couple of years later, I woke up one night and found my mom in the kitchen, sewing doll pajamas. It did not dawn on me until I got those pj's for my Suzy Walker on Christmas morning, that Santa was really my mom and dad. "Big Sigh" I told my brother and he answered me by punching me. How dare I say that there was no Santa!!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">We were always very fortunate as children on Christmas because we received presents from many relatives and we always got what we wanted. Dolls, bikes, toys. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">My dad was a Tool & Die Engineer and handsomely paid.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">What I did not get was the REAL reason for Christmas. Jesus Christ♥ That was a true loss for us.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">One Christmas when I was a teen, there were many family problems so it seemed no merriment, no tree. My best friend, Bobby and I went out and purchased a tree on Christmas Eve for $3. This was in 1961. I was 15. We set it up, put some ornaments on it. The next morning, the tree was standing there and all of the needles had fallen off and were on the floor. We got a dead tree!! Appropriate for that year, I guess.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Christmas got a whole lot better when my girls were young. Jenifer and Jodi would run into the living room, jumping up and down and clapping with glee.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">At that point, I was religiously confused but knew that God was there for me.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It thrills me to hear when someone shares that their young children know all about Jesus' love. My grandsons know this also.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I am grateful to know the "reason for the season" is our Lord. At this time in my life it comforts me.</span><br />
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</span>MYSAVIORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04119980089443631515noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645021229392078385.post-6486154851945462732011-11-15T13:03:00.000-08:002011-11-15T13:03:31.370-08:00The story behind the photos<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There are so many people who post photographs but yet most don't tell the story behind the photograph. When did you take it? Where were you? Who were you with?</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I have posted two new photo ACEO's and each one has a special meaning.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When Cole was born 18 years ago I purchased this angel for his very first Christmas. We have always called her Cole's Angel. When I opened an account on Ebay way back in 2001 I called myself NoahsarkColesangel. I hope to give this to Cole when he has his own children.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">This photo was not taken by me. Back in 1996 I met a young man named Alan. He was an art student at William Paterson College and my adopted daughter Kerry was also an art student and she met him there. I had the opportunity to have a conversation with him when he told me that he was looking for his biological mother. He gave me a little information and after some phone calls I was able to find her since she lived in this area. They met and became friends. It was miraculous because he said that he had a memory of being torn away from her and that was what happened. His adopted family were very warm and loving people also. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He gave me this photo in an 8x10 size which was actually a school project.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When he graduated his parents gave him a new car as a gift. A sports car. He took full advantage of that car for its speed and he was killed in a very tragic accident. He was a beautiful person and I am posting this in his honor. He had a very bright future that was cut short because of that love for speed. I will always remember our talks.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">So those are the stories behind these photographs and I would love to know if knowing the stories would make them more meaningful or if posting them as is with no background is the way to go.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Back in the 40's and 50's we had "corner candy stores". There was one on almost every corner. The one that we went to was owned by a man named Philly Lapin and he and his family lived in the same building where his store was located, much like the photo above. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">When you walked into the door, the soda fountain was to the right. It was very small with maybe 6 stools. That is where Mr. Lapin stood whenever I saw him. He always wore a white full apron that looked pretty worn for wear. He wore wire rim glasses and otherwise, pretty non-descript. He made the best chocolate malteds and chocolate egg creams.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You don't know what an egg cream is? It did not contain eggs or cream either. Chocolate syrup, milk and soda water. It is imitated today but it just doesn't taste the same.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">He had a few turning racks with clear plastic bags filled with plastic toys from the time. My favorite was to collect the little foreign dolls and I had a ton of them. I have seen some on ebay for tons of money. Of course, back then, I got the girl toys and my brother got the soldiers and cowboys.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There was one table with a few chairs and that is where my mom and grandma would sit and chat while my brother and I drank our chocolate malteds with our pretzel rod. The malted was so thick you could scoop it up with the pretzel and there is just something so yummy about that sweet and salty.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The store was not anything like the soda fountains we see today. It was really kind of dark with neon lighting. We got ice cream cones in the real sugar cones of yesterday.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Chocolate candies filled with raspberry jelly, a treat called Halva which is truly an acquired taste and memories for a lifetime.</span><br />
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</div>MYSAVIORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04119980089443631515noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645021229392078385.post-12169942906363946712011-09-19T19:35:00.000-07:002011-09-19T19:35:06.075-07:00The Bronx-You can't go home again-Part One<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WYV1SQuHyyY/Tnf1RXy0pGI/AAAAAAAAA3o/CLlXbr4eA5M/s1600/bronx58a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WYV1SQuHyyY/Tnf1RXy0pGI/AAAAAAAAA3o/CLlXbr4eA5M/s640/bronx58a.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The Bronx, one of the burroughs of New York City. I was born there in 1946 and lived there until 1956 when we moved to New Jersey because my father got a really good job there.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The picture above is 264 East 211th Street where my grandparents lived for as long as I could remember. They did live in another apartment building right down the block but this was built new and was a real step up for them. The only difference that I can see in this picture, much more recent, is that the trees are much more mature and there is a chain link fence across the front courtyard. Perhaps the sidewalks have been redone in the past 55 years but they are sidewalks that I walked on almost every day of my young life. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There are so many good memories, some not so good, I still dream about being in their apartment and can describe every room in detail.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Technology today can bring you right into your old neighborhood with Googlemap. Taking a virtual walk up East 211th Street is a strange experience. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Right across the street facing their building is The famous Woodlawn Cemetary. There is a wrought iron fence stretching from one end to the other separating us from the graves. My mom, my brother and I used to take walks in there. It was green and lush and, of course, peaceful. I don't think I ever thought about it being a cemetary - just fun to walk around in. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">There was a park nearby also called the Oval. Picture below.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">It has changed a lot. There used to be forsynthia bushes surrounding the park making a huge circle of yellow in the Spring that used to awe me. We went there many days after school. My mom, my brother, my mom's friends and their kids. We were fast friends until I had to move away.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Try as I might, I can't seem to grasp that fun feeling anymore.</span><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k9-spgiIty8/Tnf6_A7LB2I/AAAAAAAAA3w/vrNFIIHt8Ks/s1600/grandma1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-k9-spgiIty8/Tnf6_A7LB2I/AAAAAAAAA3w/vrNFIIHt8Ks/s400/grandma1.jpg" width="307" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Picture of Grandma with me in my Brownie uniform and my brother, Peffie (Stefan). 1954.</span>MYSAVIORhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04119980089443631515noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1645021229392078385.post-86520032533468177902011-08-23T13:34:00.000-07:002011-08-23T13:34:23.516-07:00Memories of Ismael Rodriguez<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">The Lord gives and the Lord takes away.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">About 2 months ago I found out that a young woman named Yasmin Rodriguez had a baby boy. The Rodriguez family is a strong part of my past but because of so many negative factors I have not been in contact with them, except for Orlando, who escaped Paterson,NJ for a cleaner and better life in New Mexico. He has been there for almost 2 years now and doing well; taking care of the dogs and horses, planting a garden in that dry desert, watering it every day and taking pride at the results.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">His world came crashing down when he was notified that his nephew, Ismael, his brother's son, was shot and killed this past weekend. Just two months ago, welcoming a new baby into the family, they have lost Ismael.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">The matriarch of the family-Orlando's mother, Ruth, has lost 2 children to HIV/virus back in the 1980's. Her son, Nelson and her daughter, Maritza. Her life, since she left Puerto Rico back in 1962, has been a long and hard road. I know she never lost her Faith in the Lord when she could have so easily because of all the heartache.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Her heart must be breaking from losing Ismael, but she is taking comfort in the fact that he is saved.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">You need a tremendous amount of emotional strength to leave that environment and not allow it to darken you. It took Ismael at the beginning of a more spiritual life. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">May our Lord wrap you in His arms and give you peace.</span><br />
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</tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Did I mention that my camera is taking the colors differently every time? The second draft is closer to the colors. What to do?</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I guess the good thing is, I am being creative, which is the goal.</span><div><br />
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