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Accentuate the positive

Here is my horoscope today: February 06, 2009 Taurus (4/20-5/20) You’re going to wake up with idealistic eyes today! The world looks like a great big bunch of happy people who want only the best for each other — and you’re one of them. Getting back in touch with your more positive self is going to feel good, and it will energize you all day long. Even if you get into an argument with someone…

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Lilette in New Orleans

I was trying to take Tatjana out for our anniversary to get oysters so that ruled out Meaux Bar, our favorite haunt. But the three names in oysters are Casimento, Pascal Manales and Cooter Browns. And now Luke’s. But I didn’t like the ambience at Luke’s – even though I worship at the altar of John Besh. I called Manales but they closed at 9, so I opted for Luke’s. I also called Lilette and…

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Beauty in and out

What a gorgeous day here in New Orleans! It makes you want to shout it out from the rafters. The temperature is upper 70s, the sun is shining like big red ball, and not a cloud in the blue blue sky. Saw the birthmother again today and we had a very good heart to heart, soul to soul talk. We’re all caught up in a very complicated dynamic where emotions sometimes prevail over cool heads.…

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This is where your baby breaths

Breathing is key – right, breath of life? So running around like a chicken with its head cut off and taking shallow breath is not good. I went for a second round of acupuncture but this time instead of focusing on the pain in my back we decided to open up the four gates, to get my Qi flowing – from Wikipedia: Health is a condition of balance of yin and yang within the body.…

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Taking flight

This morning I woke and within a few minutes the Cabrini bells were ding donging. I finally have been getting to sleep at normal time for me – 10 to 10:30 is almost always what my body and time clock crave. And up at 5:45 am has been the norm for a long time. These hours have always worked well for me. Loca and I went through the park this morning, swiftly because it is…

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Holding my breath

Yesterday, our baby’s mother expressed confusion over her attachment to the baby growing inside her and told us about the pressures of family and friends to keep our daughter. I held my breath for about three hours in the morning and then let it go very slowly, very very slowly, as I realized the only real thing I can do right now is keep on having faith – to cling to this overwhelmingly strong feeling…

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