Simply Clodie

My Heart This week's blog is more serious in its tone, my mom sent me a message last night telling me that she wanted to share and post this entry from her journal. She wanted to share her experience and her raw emotions to help anyone that reads it and relates to it, to realize that they are not alone and that someone out there is feeling the same. I am very proud of my mom for sharing this since the mom that I knew did not share her emotions so freely, so seeing her get this far is a sight I am very proud to see. Journal thoughts: "Today, I thought it was important to talk about how I’m feeling after six months of moving to Portland. I had lived many kinds of experiences that I never thought I would have again. As an exchange student, I had some of them, some were nice, but some were frustrated, shameful, and demotivated. I’m a strong woman. I always have been, and my friends know it. Although I’m 58 years old, and I’m living those experiences again in 6 months with one more

 Nicolas My mom has never made me feel unloved or not appreciated She sent me this paragraph this week to describe how much she thinks of me and how exactly my personality has affected her positively. I wanted to share this one this week because it is extremely beautiful and I am so proud and happy to have a mother so outspoken on how much she loves her kids. "Nicolas was born as a member who will balance our triangle family perfectly. If someone asks me to describe Nicolas just in one word it would be “Life”. He is my definition of Life, who goes with the flow, always laughs, and is always happy, but innocent. He cares about himself more than anything, pays attention to every piece of advice, makes you feel comfortable, and you always would have the most amazing time with him. Nicolas is just the greatest man I have known. Well, I raised him. As my mother used to say, “You did him, you made him as he has become.” As a human being, I can say that it has been a learning experience

 Isabella My mom and my sister have always been best friends since I can remember, they always have been there for each other and they always will. Whenever we go on family vacations they always seem like sisters instead of mother and daughter by the way that they talk to each other. If in the future I am lucky enough to start a family of my own I would want my children and me to have the same relationship my sister has with my mom. "Once I was told that I have been with Isabella in several different lives, as mother and daughter and vice versa, as friends, and as business partners. And yes, my daughter and I have a special universal connection, I could feel it since the day she was born. Like I always told her, I was in a meeting with the president of the company when the doctor called me to say that I had to meet him at the hospital. Something was going on with my baby, and he needed to do an ultrasound and decide hat to do. I got really scared, so I was excused from the meeting

 My first cup of coffee I have personally never enjoyed drinking coffee. As a child, my mom would always tell me that it was because I was too young, that when I started college I would enjoy it and even look forward to it. However, that never changed for me, coffee has always tasted way too bad for me and I doubt that that will change. My mom on the other hand has always liked coffee, and adored it, it has always been a critical part of her life. I can't even imagine my mom without picturing her drinking a cup of it. I am thankful that she can live in one of the only states in America where one of their main beverages is coffee, I bet she is having the time of her life in Portland getting to know every coffee shop there is. "Coffee is the most delicious beverage in the world. For me, it is an essential beverage to start my day. Without it, I would not have the energy to go through a day. Coffee… I’d love to tell you about it. When you work, the morning starts very fast, in a