I carry your heart with me (I love you)

We thought he had found the house of our life, however the last minute the seller backed out. Ok, no problem, it means that it was not our house, it wasn't meant to be.
But today is a new day, and something magical will happen, I keep looking at the sky and knowing that there are no limits, zero limits to our happiness ,ho'oponopono .
We found each other after a lifetime search, and we didn't have to fall in love because we new from the first moment that we were soul mates, we we born in love with each other, just spent a little time travelling the world before coming back to our love. 
I met the man of my life in another universe and time, and we share our lives, finally, so... I could say that we already have our home, 
our hearts are home. 

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/179622


I love you
I'm sorry
Please forgive me
Thank you

S.

hashtagging instagram me #smile

I started 292 days ago, the project is called : one smile a day ( #one #smile #a #day #project )
every day I post a picture of a smile of mine. The issue is to make people smile in despite of how their, our, day is going. 
The cost of a smile is nothing, the gain is fulfilling love and joy, a glowing heart. 
The project will end on day 365, but the smiles will keep goin'. 
Dear friends all over the world, please join me in this smiling game, join and smile and love and be happy. 
Post pictures of you and your family, lets invade the world with positive feelings and love. 

S. 

 Instagram : sandravalentini1972

fried green tomatoes, not at the train stop

Step 1

3 big green tomatoes

 1 cup cornmeal, 

1/2 cup flour, 

1 cup breadcrumbs

1 egg

1/2 cup milk 

salt and pepper to taste

sunflower oil

Step 2

cut the tomatoes in slices of 1 cm,then dry them , in one bowl put the 3 dry ingredients and mix,  dip the tomatoes in the egg and milk mix, and then in the dry mix. 

Salt to taste, then deep fry for the slices for about 6 minutes

et voilà! Bon appetìt! 

S. 

Mood and happiness and... haha!

It all depends on mood
every day can be spectacular, if you decide that it has to be,so  we must roll up our sleeves and choose to be happy even when the pieces of the jigsaw don't seem to fit. I believe that the evolution of my life, the becoming of my story , are the sum of all past memories. I can choose to undergo the past passively or keep memories as education and progress, I decided to choose the second.
 I'm not scared and even in subjection,  I'm ready to wear the mantle and hold high the shield.
It all depends on the mood
then I choose to be in a good mood, to be grateful and happy.Things that need to  be changed will change and I'll keep smiling.It is a challenge, every day.  and I'm not afraid.
It all depends on mood
We are made of light and dreams and infinite, we are the whole universe without limits.
and if in doubt, laugh!
S.

recipe (a little fun in my kitchen)

- for the dough
2 eggs
2 handfull flour

- for the filling
2 sauseges
300 gr cauliflower leaves
400 gr béchamel (home made) 
100 gr parmigiano

salt and pepper to taste
step 1 
mix the eggs with the flour until the dough is firm. let stand thirty minutes. Then roll out the dough thin and cook in salted water (a sheet at a time).
step 2
remove the skin from the sausages and simmer for ten minutes, then add the leaves of cauliflower and stew for thirty minutes.
step 3
prepare the béchamel as follows: Melt sixty grams of butter in a saucepan and slowly add sixty grams of flour, when it is mixed add about half a liter of milk, salt to taste and nutmeg to taste, remove from heat when it is creamy.
step 4
mix the sauce with sausage gravy and leaves of cauliflower, roll out the dough in a rectangular pan, pour a third of the mixture and cover with parmesan, repeat three times, bake in preheated oven (170 degrees) for about forty minutes .

pull out of the oven and let stand for about fifteen minutes, then serve. 

we matched the dish with a good wine, Amarone della Valpolicella. 
Bon Appetìt! 

S.

It's all about choices

It's all about what we choose, 

I had lost myself on this road I'm walking, I thought it could be easier without being able to recognize the signals of what could be a failure.
Parenting isn't an easy issue, in the last twenty -three years I lived to give my children all my love and caring, forgetting the most important step, independence, this is the best present I could give, and I will.
Now I know, and I'm letting go, not for lack of love, now I know that I made the wrong choice and from today things are changing . 
I choose to make a few steps back and let them be the wonderful human beings they are. 
I will always walk near them, never again in front of them, I'll be silent and caring from the right distance. Won't love less, won't care less but I'll talk less.
My life was full of challenges, and I've backed down sometimes, wrong decision, walk head high and straight back Sandy! 
I choose now to walk my path with Ho'oponopono, and give all my love to those I cherish, without being afraid to fail. 

I love you
I'm sorry
Please forgive me
Thank you 

S. 

tanto per dire

Tanto per dire, 

dopo un pò che non scrivo avrei milioni di parole accumulate come pagine di vita vissuta, si spingono l'un l'altra fuori caoticamente e quasi soffoco, tanto da dire, tante emozioni, poco tempo. 

Tanto per dire, 

ho accumulato peso e pensieri, come se i secondi finissero direttamente sui fianchi per non farmi dimenticare il peso delle responsabilità ma anche quello della gioia. Ho accumulato felicità e sorrisi, scorte per l'inverno. Ho accumulato frustrazioni e problemi che mi hanno tolto il sonno ma regalato capelli d'argento. 
Ho riso e pianto e urlato e corso e sognato e vomitato parole all'infinito, ho vissuto. 
Ho vissuto l'amore e la comprensione, potrebbe sembrare un lavoro massivo per il cuore e l'anima, 
ma non è stato nulla che non abbia potuto affrontare a modo mio, che non è sempre il modo migliore ma sono così... una testarda ragazza di montagna. 

Tanto per dire, 

a chi rincorre la perfezione consiglio di fermarsi ad ascoltare, la perfezione è già qui, sono io, siete voi, siamo perfettamente noi stessi e questo a me basta, a voi? 
La mia ricerca della felicità non finisce in fondo ad un cassetto di rimpianti e quando sbaglio , dopo qualche testata al muro, mi rialzo e ricomincio. 

Ho accumulato sensazioni e lividi, scarpe scomode e calzini spaiati, robe da stirare e ansie da placare. Ho accumulato piacere e sapori e Vita... tanta vita, 

Tanto per dire, 
Sono stata sempre qui ed ho vissuto.
S.