Category: Forgiveness

Childhood Memories, Forgiveness, Health, Health care, Heidi, Jules, Motherhood, Senior Citizens in France

Avoir du Cran (To be brave in French) + Mom and I get in a little fight & end up at the circus

The curtain is now opening on today's pièce: a feisty (and sentimental) mother-daughter story. My mom loved these circus curtains, seen on a recent walk together. Jules sewed our dresses when my sister and I were little, and these rideaux remind me of our visits to the fabric store.   TODAY’S WORD: "Avoir du cran"     :  to have guts, grit, to be brave A … Continue reading Avoir du Cran (To be brave in French) + Mom and I get in a little fight & end up at the circus

Kristin Espinasse37 Comments
Celebrations, Christmas, Forgiveness

Joyeux Noël: A Christmas Message from Kristi

I love this scene, photographed a year or so ago at our local Charity shop, Emmaus. Today’s Word: Joyeux Noël   : Merry Christmas!  A DAY IN A FRENCH LIFE by Kristi EspinasseI would like to share a reader comment that is helping me to keep the faith, no matter how many times I stumble, on this, the final countdown to Noël: Help me to … Continue reading Joyeux Noël: A Christmas Message from Kristi

Kristin Espinasse29 Comments
Courage, Forgiveness

Bonne fete des meres

Smokey says: Bonne Fête des Mères – Happy Mother's Day, a little in advance! And please excuse my floppy collar, which serves to balance my floppy tongue! P.S. Check out Pronounce it Perfectly in French - now with more pronunciation exercises! Bonne Fête des Mères (bun* feht day mair)      : Happy Mother's Day *do I hear giggling out there for the "bun" pronunciation (in parenthesis, above)? … Continue reading Bonne fete des meres

Kristin Espinasse52 Comments