Psst. There, in the right-hand corner. A cat in a box on a steep ledge. Ever feel like that? (photo taken in 2006, in Italy)
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même pas peur! (mem pah purr)
: Not afraid!
Même pas peur is an expression French kids say when confronted with something or someone daunting. It means “I’m not a bit afraid!”
Audio File: Listen to me talk about today’s appointment in Marseilles: Download MP3 or Wave file
Aujourd’hui, j’ai un punch biopsie et j’ai même pas peur… et je dis n’importe quoi… Today I have a punch biopsy and I’m not all scared… and I’m just talking nonsense (…when I say that I’m not afraid)…
A DAY IN A FRENCH LIFE…. by Kristin Espinasse
Même Pas Peur: A few examples
Même pas peur! The kid on the playground says to his cohorts, when the school bully threatens him: “Même pas peur! That guy doesn’t scare me a bit!”
Même pas peur! I’m not afraid! The French woman says with a wink, when her hairdresser suggests chopping off all her locks, for a new look.
Même pas peur! My son jokes to his friends as he inches over to the edge of the falaise… and jumps 15 meters to the shimmering waters below.
Même pas peur! my husband says, when I hand him the toilet brush and point to the chore.
And … Même pas peur! I tell myself this morning, as I head out, now, to the doctor’s. May the results of this skin biopsy come back speedily, different from the last time… and the time before that….
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To read about my first experience with skin cancer, click here.
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Then… (Kristin, Max, Jean-Marc, and Jackie)
…and now! (Max, Braise, Jackie, Smokey, Kristin, and Jean-Marc). JM looks a little serious, but he’s just impatient to get the picture over with, after several retakes. What do Braise and Smokey look like they’re thinking? Comments here.
Note: the first photo was taken at Domaine du Banneret (Jean-Marc’s uncle’s winery, in Chateauneuf du Pape). It was before Jean-Marc began his own winery, Domaine Rouge-Bleu. We moved again, last September and are still settling in, here near Bandol.
Other places we have lived: Marseilles (when we first met), St. Maximin (after Max was born), Les Arcs-sur-Argens (the longest we ever stayed put!), Ste. Cécile-les-Vignes, and now we are back near the sea, where we started from!
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I will be thinking positive thoughts about you today.
Good Luck Kristi! with love from Diana, Perth, Australia.
Good luck today!
Indeed, good luck.
It is great to see photos with a few years between them. Those children grow so much!
Good luck and good wishes.
Ivana from USA
You have a very beautiful family, Kristin!
Wish you best of luck!
All good thoughts coming from California.
Positive thoughts, light and best wishes Kristin today. We are all waiting to hear the good results. Why does it too often take awhile to get results back? Seems to be a rather common experience from what we hear.
See and hear the good news already arriving…all will be well. Bon chance and bises.
Best thoughts to you for perfect results. Your family is simply beautiful!
Thinking of you xoxoxo
Good luck, Kristin. Thoughts and prayers with you today. I suppose this is a different doctor, different clinic, so let’s hope for different results this time.
Jackie
Wishing you tons of love, joy and peace. Everyone looks so grown up, handsome and beautiful. Be well.
Mary
Thinking positively for you Kristin.
Love, Audrey
Sending you strength and love from Adelaide South Australia
I’ll be thinking calming thoughts for you today.
Good luck. Angela
So many blessings, let this be one of them. Love & prayers are yours. Hugs
Very much hoping you get good news.
Dear Kristin , good luck with your results today. All the very best from down under in Australia ,love and best wishes from Carole x
Will be awaiting your good news, n’aie pas peur! Thinking of you, and smiling. — cathy/cj
I am sending a boat load of love and positive, beautiful thoughts to you, dear Kristin!
Thanking about you and wish you the best of luck and the best of outcomes!
Dear Kristin,
You are always remembered in my prayers and I’m sure the results will be negative of any dreadful disease. Not to worry, God will see you through..Cheers!
Thinking about you Kristin. Sending positive thoughts your way. Both your family photos are great!
Sending you good thoughts for a clear, positive result, and to remain that way! I’m sure you feel all that support from everyone around the world who follows your blog and wishes you the very best! Deborah in hot Melbourne, Australia.
Have no fear….all will be well, either way.
Love love love the family photos…such a beautiful family! Re: doggie bag…un sac de chien???
You contribute so much to the lives of others with your blogs….to say merci for sharing seems so inadequate. I have learned so much and enjoyed so much through the years.
Prayers and good thoughts for
you always, Kristin. Annette
With you in thought and prayers, Kristin. The wait is the killer! Hang on, on day at a time. Trusting and hoping with you! The photos and just perfect!
Expecting a warm week to melt the snow on Cape Cod!
Kristin and family: Sending you love, good wishes, and prayers from Santa Fe.
Kristin, after four years of college french how much conversational french was possible as expat in France?
Kristin, I join the others who are send focused good thoughts to you today. Even with some fear, you face the issue head-on – such a good example!
Best wishes to you and your fine -and photogenic!- family,
Donna ( Texas )
Positive thoughts from Texas today. MN
Kristi- Tout ira bien. Bonne chance et meilleur souhaits
Good thoughts coming to you from Phoenix!
Salut Kristin,
Je vous souhaite une bonne santé, mon amie
Thoughts and prayers are with you from Illinois as well.
Même pas peur et bonne santé, Kristin!
You will havethe graceand the strengthyou need. And don’t forget thatyou have aguardian angel. Put that angel to work!
I will chime in from Minnesota. Meilleurs voeux pour ta bonne santé!
Happy New Year Kristin, may 2013 be a joyous fun filled and memorable year for you and your family. Greetings from warm Perth,(38-40 degrees celcius, )Australia. Sending good thoughts for today and merci for your lovely notes to us all. Pauline
Good luck on your punch biopsy, Kristin! Great pictures – neither you nor Jean-Marc have aged at all. As Smokey (or is it Braise) is looking up at the squirrel saying “Throw one more acorn and you’re toast!”
Thinking good thoughts for you today, sent from St. Louis, MO. I go on Wednesday for my annual checkup and hope many of your readers are thinking about setting up their own dermatology appointments.
Braise – “Hey, is that a squirrel I see?”
Smokey – “Superstar! C’est moi!”
Love from Julie.
Good luck Kristin. I have been there, I know the anxiety. I ended up having to have surgery for a positive diagnosis on my face. The surgery was quick with no follow-up treatment needed and I have been problem free for the ten years ever since. The worry is the worst of this but hang in there you will be fine. Positive vibes from Vancouver, B.C.
Kristin, you are in my prayers.
Love from Karene in So. California
Sending positive thoughts from Sebastopol, California!
Prayers are with you!
Ah, the plight of fair skin!
Sending prayers from across the pond. Hugs!!
My husband shares your posts with me because I was treated for melanoma (11 mm tumor) two years ago. I put the whole thing in God’s hands and have had peace every since. Once in a while a little doubt creeps in and I remind myself of what a friend told me; “Do you believe or not? If you don’t believe, don’t bother to pray, and if you believe, don’t worry.” Good advice and may God bless you with good health.
Sending sweet thoughts your way.
xoxo
Thinking nothing but positive thoughts for you with the appointment today. From Victoria, B.C Canada
Bonne Chance, Chère Dame!