Posts Tagged ‘Love’

Falling in and falling out

Sunday, April 4th, 2010

Human beings are emotional creatures. Aren’t they? All I see lately, around me, are stories of falling in and falling out (of love.) Side-effect of the Spring weather some will say. Sign of times maybe as well.

When I look at my grand-parents, I see two people whom one day fell in love. And that love never ended. Not even when my grand’pa passed away a few years ago. When I talk with my grand-mother, I hear the story of a love that grew stronger every day, that nourished itself from the obstacles life threw at them, that was bigger than any love-story you can see in movies. “They lived happily ever after…” Or almost.

When I look at my parents, I see a love that stayed, despite the differences, despite the opposite personalities. I see two people who learned to make sacrifices for something greater: their couple, their family; and that were able to find balance and happiness.

When I look at my sister, I see a young couple that builds a story on common grounds. I see two people who are friends as much as they’re lovers.

When I look at my friends, I see a wide variety of things. From the unbelievable love-story that started with a dream and that is now the strongest weapon against cancer, to upcoming weddings, to burgeoning relationships… to falling outs. Lots of falling outs. And it makes me wonder. When do we start falling out of love? Is there still a place in our world for “happily ever after”?

Have we become too selfish to allow ourselves to believe in fairy tales?

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I love

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

I love I love the post from Ree Drummond on her blog The Pioneer Woman and it inspired me, on that over-marketed Valentine’s Day to celebrate as well the things that I love (I’m keeping the people separate from this list).

I encourage you to do the same and spread another kind of love: the love for life. If you don’t have a blog, use the comment section below to share the things that you love.

I love (list is non-exhaustive):

  • Peanut Butter.
  • Dancing.
  • Cinnamon.
  • Flying (airplanes that is).
  • Facebook.
  • Writing.
  • The smell of fresh coffee.
  • Clothes that make me feel beautiful and stylish.
  • Reading in bed.
  • New York, Savannah & Barcelona.
  • The first nights of Spring when you can feel in the air that Winter is gone for good.
  • Long conversations about abstract subjects.
  • Randomly running into people from my past.
  • Driving convertible cars.
  • Marc Levy and Rene Barjavel’s books

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10 things I loved about 2009

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

All I see, all over Facebook statuses is “Good ridance 2009, welcome 2010″… well, maybe it was not a perfect year for most of us, but at the same time, it’s been a fun ride at times and I thought it would only be fair to compile the 10 things I loved about 2009. In random order…

1. My new nephew, Maxence, was born on September 21… new addition to the Julienne-Branda family.

2. Thanks to Facebook, I reconnected with my friend Sally, over 15 years later; and visited her and her family.

3. I became a better dancer, a better teacher, I choreographed, performed, and found a dance-partner.

4. I lived my childhood dream and became a movie critic for a few month.

5. I made hilarious memories with friends: zip-lining, Poconos, Alissa’s birthday…

6. I got involved in amazing projects such as Philadelphia Fashion Week or Dancing with the Philadelphia Stars.

7. I finally made it to Coney Island.

8. I more than doubled the income of Raison d’Etre.

9. I created Oh Little Audrey Says.

10. I loved, got my heart broken, and still found the strength to keep on loving.

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