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ay for apparently today was the day i gave up it wasn t premeditated in fact rearranging the bookshelves was very much an unplanned activity coming about only after the contents of one of my shelves suddenly crashed to the floor leaving me with no choice but to clean up the mess items were sorted into piles books magazines papers and so on and each pile was given a new home as i sorted i stared at those pregnancy books and i realized with a twinge of sadness that perhaps the time had come to put them away they had sat on that shelf in the bottom right hand corner for years collecting dust and taking up space as i clung to the possibility of being able to open them once again allowing them to remain on the shelf was symbolic for in that position the books were easily accessible which meant i could grab one at a moment s notice should the need arise to do so today i reluctantly accepted the fact that the need was probably not going to arise that in all likelihood we will not be providing our son with a sibling one by one i pulled those books off the shelf carried them down the hallway and with mixed emotions placed them high up in a closet with all the other books i have no plans to open anytime soon if ever it always feels strange to give up on something i suspect that we finally succeeded in having our son because it was easier to keep trying than to stop for as long as we kept going it meant we still had hope today i packed those books away and while i suppose there s always a chance i may need them again the hope like the books is now gone 2 comments posted in family fertility pregnancy self reflection tags books children fertility high risk pregnancy pregnancy posted by liza rosenberg july 28 2010 the aria an aria that causes my heart to explode with wild emotion capturing my soul and stealing my breath away a beauty that renders me utterly speechless filling my eyes with tears and bringing unspeakable pleasure a love that draws me into places unknown taking over my body and spirit completely a longing to touch to feel to kiss to taste for all of my senses are yours 2 comments posted in fantasy music poetry tags love nessun dorma opera poetry posted by liza rosenberg july 26 2010 big dreams little boy i gaze upon the little boy i watch him as he sleeps i think of all the things he knows the knowledge that he reaps i do my best to teach him well to teach him wrong from right i tell him not to judge the others merely based on sight i tell him everybody s different but different isn t bad in fact it s quite the opposite a reason to be glad to celebrate the differences to accept them one and all for when it comes right down to it the differences are small i want him to embrace the other not to run and hide to understand that good and bad don t depend upon the side i want him to internalize the importance of respect that being kind to others can have profound effect i know it s not so simple to shape a little boy to try to pass on values when he d rather play with toys but as i watch him slumber dreaming through the night the best that i can do is hope i ve got it right leave a comment posted in daily life family poetry self reflection posted by liza rosenberg july 21 2010 dances with sushi if you ask what i like i can tell you with ease that my favorite food is of course japanese sushi and tofu agedashi that s right these are the foods i could eat every night and with this disclosure you surely can guess when it comes to my birthday the food i request will always be seaweed with rice and wasabi i admit to addiction it s not just a hobby with blessed good fortune twas some years ago a dinner was had and with it a show my dear friends and i we sat and we stared admittedly feeling a little bit scared the food in the bowl had started to wiggle i looked at my friends and we started to giggle for in all of my years i had not had the chance to see agedashi tofu that danced the performance continued for so very long that the waiters wondered if something was wrong for all we could do my two friends and i was stare at that food with tears in our eyes we laughed ourselves silly at what had transpired our laughter was totally tofu inspired it had nothing to do with us being cocky though maybe just maybe we d had too much saké 2 comments posted in food friendships humor poetry tags japanese food poetry sushi posted by liza rosenberg july 18 2010 words words that haunt and make you wonder if what you ve done is right taunting teasing tearing words that shine touching you everywhere make you smile from within and bring you joy words that wound pieces of your soul dropping into your heart rock hard and heavy words that lift your spirits high allowing you to soar and setting you free words said in anger cannot be taken back once they have been cast out into the open words from the heart can heal pain inflicted by other words sometimes 2 comments posted in poetry tags poetry words posted by liza rosenberg july 16 2010 celebrating ten years with the recanati winery my article for essence magazine i think i may have cut my editor off mid sentence when she asked if i d be interested in doing a story about the recanati winery for obviously there was no question in my mind that this was a story i wanted to do i was given a private tour of the winery by charming head winemaker gil shatsberg and then had the opportunity to chat with him and winery ceo noam jacoby over an outstanding array of wines the rosé was my personal favorite cheeses and bread if you listen to my recording of the interview you can periodically hear corks being popped the clinking of wine glasses and wine being poured it s a tough job but someone s got to do it here s a taster of the whole article which can be found here leave a comment posted in food freelancing odds and ends out and about shameless self promotion tags israeli wineries recanati wine winery posted by liza rosenberg july 9 2010 wish i could wish i could take the pain away yours and mine just cast it astray bury the sorrow in holes so deep just take the sadness and put it to sleep wish i could bottle elation and bliss then pass it around at times such as this let us get drunk on joy and delight forget all our troubles and laugh through the night wish i could reach out and touch the sky then borrow a star or two one for you and one for me to hold when we re feeling blue for everyone knows the power they have the magic they carry inside unleashed by the children who wish upon stars and grownups with nothing to hide wish i could steal more time stop the clock catch a star make you smile wish i could leave a comment posted in friendships poetry tags friendship loss poetry posted by liza rosenberg july 8 2010 the boy who would be twelve the boy who would be twelve today he s lost inside my dreams he weaves his way around my thoughts on unrelated themes he hides among the shadows they dance around my mind slipping in and out simply to remind the boy who would be twelve today he lives inside my soul he plays with my emotions he dares me to be whole he s always in there somewhere tiptoeing about i wish i had the strength to simply let him out the boy who would be twelve today he s stuck in moments past he ll never know of all he missed his life went by too fast he ll never see a different world i regret the one he had and looking back today it makes me very sad 1 comment posted in family loss poetry self reflection tags children loss poetry posted by liza rosenberg july 2 2010 crumbling façades didn t ask for this to happen never wanted it to be there s nothing brave about it no courage to be me it s not a path i chose just do my best to cope so please don t say i m brave that my courage gives you hope i do the best i can to keep the lock on tight but as the dates approach i start to lose the fight long ago i built a wall trying to contain the feelings i would not reveal not showing any pain every now and then though the wall begins to crack and all the strength i thought i had it suddenly goes slack emotions get the best of me no longer in control and the crumbling façade begins to take its toll nothing i can do but wait until they ve passed those dates that sometimes rule my life they come around too fast don t want this to be who i am to feel my soul s been scraped but when your life s been ripped apart there s really no escape 1 comment posted in family loss poetry self reflection tags loss poetry posted by liza rosenberg june 27 2010 100 reasons to be glad sometimes life isn t so great you get bogged down in the negatives and lose sight of the good stuff the stuff that makes you smile and while i m not trying to minimize the negatives and these days there are more than a few what with a friend being very sick political and environmental disasters that are seemingly at every turn a difficult job market etc perhaps taking some time to focus on the positives will help take you to a better place that s why i ve decided to take up a challenge one that i will also pass on to you but more on that later fabulously talented author isabel losada you really must read her books if you haven t even my son thinks she s wonderful wrote a book entitled 100 reasons to be glad and as she shares her own list she challenges readers to come up with their own and because you know i simply can t resist a challenge especially one as interesting as this one let s see what i can come up with in no particular order of course my 100 reasons to be glad my son who tells me he loves me on a daily basis and shows me with hugs i am reasonably healthy my son and husband are healthy my parents are reasonably healthy i have amazing people in my life who for reasons i can t always fathom seem to care about me very deeply i have a great family both nuclear and extended i ve been married to my husband for almost 17 years no small feat in today s world i live close to the desert where i can always find inner peace and inspiration dark chocolate i am free to criticize my government puppies i get paid to do what i love most of the time i live in a country with lots of sunshine writing having friends who love words as much as i do i have people in my life who truly seem to get me even when we don t always get along latté i am no longer lactose intolerant my son has a wonderful sense of humor i have a shiny red bicycle beautiful music facebook sushi international sports competitions the internet enables me to connect with people i might never have met otherwise and to easily maintain contact with friends and loved ones who live far away penguins i live in a country that has socialized medicine i can go for a walk around my neighborhood and town at any time of the day or night my son is inquisitive and curious in the us i can buy clothes in petite sizes i have food on my plate clothes on my body and a roof over my head coffee bill bryson books i live in a beautiful country with a vibrant culture we can afford to take our son to visit family in the us every year beautifully written words i got to grow up in an idyllic small town in upstate new york which i didn t appreciate until i visited as an adult fall foliage which i miss terribly artists who live in my town and open their homes and studios to the public several times a year i live 15 minutes by car from the beach i got to help my best friend celebrate her birthday last year in barcelona with twelve other incredible women people like my writing good people seem to outnumber bad people my son knows that he is loved and cherished i have people in my life who make me laugh there are a lot of people who do what they can to make the world a better place random acts of kindness pretty flowers cappuccino electrical appliances that make our lives easier the generosity of artists who share their work visual artists performing artists musicians authors etc calves that like to suck on your fingers good books monty python when something a book a poem a painting a song etc is so beautiful that it moves me to tears i know how to make snow angels the existence of bird sanctuaries indoor plumbing crayons finger paint i know that i have inner strength gentle breezes on a hot summer day i like to write poetry my son no longer believes that he is an only child even though he will never have the opportunity to meet his brother photographs that never fade sweet memories going barefoot in summer comfortable shoes that also look good there s no such thing as too much spaghetti macchiato kittens that purr when you rub behind their ears s mores duvets and flannel sheets on cold winter nights having a favorite pair of jeans in my case my gap long lean style jeans with the flared bottom good hair days there are still people who believe that peace is possible and i am one of them most of the time beauty is all around us we just forget to look sometimes my son still likes to hold my hand and clearly finds comfort in doing so taking every opportunity to teach my son from a young age that being different doesn t equal being bad no matter what that difference might be being able to create the conditions i need in order to achieve more balance in my life living in a home with so much natural light that i don t have to turn on the lights at all during daylight hours unless i enter a room without windows of which there is only one stuffed animals no not taxidermy i meant the ones that more often than not are probably made in china watching couples figure skating competitions the touch of someone you care about and who cares about you soft chewy chocolate chip cookies that you can practically bend in half dogs that wag their tails and cover you with kisses because they re so happy to see you even if you ve only gone to take the garbage out long lunches with good friends long phone calls with good friends who live far away having first row balcony seats at a beach boys concert letting my son clobber me with snowballs or drench me in water fights just because it makes him happy being in the desert at night when the inky black sky is full of stars and symbols of civilization are kept to a minimum coffee and now my lovely readers and yes you are all lovely even the cheeky ones here is my challenge to you in the comments section for this post i want you to write your own reasons to be glad i m not asking for one hundred but if i can do that many surely most of you can share just a few of your own go on then i ll wait here oh and any bloggers reading this are of course welcome to take this challenge to their own blogs come on people let s see what you can do the title of this post was taken from the title of isabel losada s book of the same name 12 comments posted in books changing the world daily life family self reflection writing tags coffee facebook family internet isabel losada reasons to be glad reasons to be happy self reflection upstate ny writing older posts categories 80s music video sunday bbc 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