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Moments and Memories
With cooler mornings and the days beginning to shorten, we will soon ease into fall. It won’t be long before the leaves turn into vibrant oranges and gold. This particular season shows us more than any other how wonderful change … Continue reading
Posted in change, gratitude, hope
Tagged cooked more, coronavirus, Covid-19, create memories, engaged with our families, masks, memories, moments, moments and memories, pandemic, remembering 9/11, Scott Beamer's "Let's Roll!", shopped less, spend more moments in the moment, turning moments into memories
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Moments and Memories
We are knee deep in summer in the South. Whereas lazy days, sun and water activities, and times together with family and friends normally fill our days, many of us are still staying in place, hoping to avoid COVID-19. Still, … Continue reading
Posted in family, life, traditions
Tagged children, experience, families, Fralix, friends, grandchildren, memories, moments, Patti Fralix, photos, pictures, rituals, summer, The Fralix Group, traditions, vacation, volunteer
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Take Lots of Photos
Certainly, take photos of food and flowers. Even if you never do anything with them, unless for some reason you need them. Those are a record of memories of times you have enjoyed. But if you don’t have those photos, … Continue reading
Posted in family, gratitude, love
Tagged Camp Merrie-Woode, family, Fralix, Happy Mother's Day, It's a good day to have a good day!, love, memories, missing, MoMo, Mother's Day, mothers, Nana, Patti Fralix, photographs, photos, pictures, take photos often, The Fralix Group
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My Happy Place
Growing up, I do not remember ever cooking with anyone. Not my mother, not my grandmothers, not anyone. What I do remember is the many good meals I had at the home of my youth group leaders, Jean and Marshall … Continue reading
Posted in family, life, SAUCE, service
Tagged Aga, Being Happy, Betty Crocker's Cookbook, Carolina Country Magazine, cookbooks, cooking, Even More Special, extended family, family work, feta cheese, food, Fralix, goat cheese, Green Beans Caesar, Happy Place, inspiring positive change in work life and family, Itsinthesauce, kitchen, leadership development, Lemon Garlic Chicken, Love Work, memories, Orange Apple Salad, Patti Fralix, Pomegranate Vinegar, recipes, salad, The Fralix Group, traditions
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Making Memories
For the past six years, our family has taken a winter ski trip to Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Our children and grandchildren ski, and Mike and I relax, glad to be able to share this time with them. Some years there … Continue reading
Posted in family, traditions, travel
Tagged Elsie, family trip, making memories, Mary Grace, memories, Patti Fralix, skiing, snow, snow skiing, Steamboat Springs Colorado, Stephen, Tara, The Fralix Group, tradition, Virginia
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Sparking Joy!
With credit to Marie Kondo, who says if an item does not spark joy, get rid of it, I spent a day in my home and closet yesterday doing just that. After putting away Christmas for another year, I decided … Continue reading
Posted in best self, change, life
Tagged cappuccino, Christmas, decorations, Fralix, Marie Kondo, memories, NYC, Patti Fralix, Project 33, Rockefeller Plaza, Sparking Joy!, stuff, The Fralix Group, thinning out, traditions
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Less Stress for More Joy
Summer is finally gone, and football season is going strong. We are in the busiest time of the year. From October through December, holidays abound. Halloween has recently passed, and, Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away! With Christmas, Hanukkah, … Continue reading
Posted in family, thankful, traditions
Tagged change, cooking, execution, family, Fralix, holidays, joy, meals, memories, Patti Fralix, planning, plates, preparation, stress, Thanksgiving, The Fralix Group, traditions
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A Life Well Lived
She called me on my birthday last November and sang “Happy Birthday” to me on my voicemail. I saved it, so I can still hear her voice. I found her last handwritten “Thank You” note this morning, thanking me for … Continue reading
Posted in gratitude, life, love
Tagged Bernadette Hession, big hat, Canada, celebration of life, death, gifts, grace, happy memories, hat, joy, life well lived, love, memories, no guilt, no regrets, no troubled relationships, Patti Fralix, The Fralix Group, visit
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“People Will Never Forget……..”
We may never know the impact our words and actions have on others. Or if and when we do, it may be many years later. I had two examples of this in recent days, and I am still amazed by … Continue reading
Children Grow Up When We’re Not Looking
The title of this post comes from a verse stitched in crewel by a dear loved one years ago. It was given to me when my daughter Tara was little. Tara is now the mother of our three granddaughters; Mary … Continue reading
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Tagged awe, birthday breakfast, birthdays, children, Colorado, confirmation, cook, Elsie, extended family, Fralix, generosity, gift, grandchildren, granddaughters, grandparents, gratitude, growing up, impact on children, influence, love, loving discipline, Mary Grace, memories, Memories and Traditions, Nana, parenting, parents, Patti Fralix, play, religious, responsible, role modeling, sisters, ski trip, The Fralix Group, time, traditions, travel, values, Virginia, years
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