I’m not a mother but I still like to nurture and make pancakes.
I remember when I was a kid I used to come home from Sunday School and my mother would get drunk and try and make us pancakes.
George Carlin
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April 28th marked the third anniversary of EncoreSeraphine.com. 793 comics. Much love. Thank you. ~Sera
You treated me like a goddess
When we were around everyone else
Now how come you couldn’t notice me
When I was standing by myself
Lyric from Meiko, Sleep
If every angel’s terrible
Then why do you welcome them
You said you’d provide the birdbath
If I’d provide the skin
Lyric from CocoRosie, Terrible Angels “It’s perfectly flawed imho”
Petting a dog, a camel or an elephant can reduce feelings of loneliness and stress. Assuming of course, you don’t get spat upon, peed on, bitten or squashed.
It’s not that animals have magic vibes coming out of them. It’s about giving people a sense of life beyond what they ordinarily experience.
Quotation from William Banks, Saint Louis University
Elephant Therapy and Equine Therapy Programs are used as tools for gaining self-understanding and emotional growth in adults and children, and are especially effective for children with Asperger’s and Autism.
Yesterday wasn’t a good day. I misjudged a step, fell down and broke my thumb. When I got home from the emergency room, my sister called to tell me Aunt Lucille died. Sometimes, there isn’t any choice but to accept whatever happens.
Well why do the hands of time
So easily unwind?
Some lessons we learn the hard way.
Some lessons don’t come easy and
That’s the price we have to pay.
Song by Melody Gardot, Some Lessons
Immediately after a disaster, one takes stock: You find the injuries and the memories, the blessings and the fear. You think “If i had been on that bridge, or if the earthquake had been longer or stronger…” You confront your own vulnerability. Others were hurt and some perished. Reverence becomes an emotion.
Information comes in whispers. There were landslides at the waterfalls. Some stairs collapsed under a family with children, but they are ok. The roads are gone, in both directions. Cinchona, the next town over, is gone. Gone? Some employees at the La Paz Waterfall Gardens live in Cinchona and have family there. Two girls died at the Poas Volcano lookout, where we were earlier. We are trapped on the mountain, which is steep and filled with faults, and it isn’t safe.
Where to help Costa Rica earthquake victims (Tico Times)
The recommended daily requirement for hugs is: four per day for survival, eight per day for maintenance, and twelve per day for growth.
Quotation from Virginia Satir