Childhood memories come alive a christmas time.

Oh how the memories of my childhood came flooding back to me this week. We (my husband, son & I) where wandering the paved streets of Vienna, when we turn a corner and there they were. Tree's, big tree's dripping with coloured lanterns. A truly divine sight. This has been a really powerful memory I have carried with me most my life. I'm really not to sure if it was something I personally witnessed as a child or if it is from a dream I had when I was young or even if it's an image from a childhood book. But this image sure did transport me back to being a very small child. I felt like I was in the most magical place. A place where joy & innocence dwell. I just sat and watched as my son danced under these lit trees and created his own memories and new ones for me.

a new world is emerging...oooohh laa laa!

OK so it has only been a couple of weeks but a new world is opening up for me. I have decided (after decades of deliberation..WHY??? I do not know) to start studying French. And it is every bit as fantastic as I imagined it would be. OUI...why did i wait so long? It's a funny thing deliberation. I have experienced it several times in my life. Several times that were significant that is. Yes I deliberate over the mundane things in my life & the daily goings on but only a couple of times in my life have I really noted a significant deliberation..Studying French has been one of them,a along with completing my Interior Decorating & Design diploma.(that one is next on my list to be completed).

Three weeks into my study of this beautiful language and I ask myself..Why have you waited so long? A new world. a new way of seeing things is opening up to me..AMAZING!! This beautiful tongue is engulfing me..how could one not become romantic as the words flow." je suis femme au foyer"..my god I have never felt so feminine until I spoke these words (I'm sure to a native French speaker that sound hiliarious). In english to state that one is a housewife almost has a demeaning tone to it(my mindset I know)...It's unfortunately because the role is so crucial & honourable. But say it in french and it takes on a whole new role "FEMME AU FOYER". I'm seeing awesome & inspiring women. Heads held high..proud !