Recetas para la Vida
(Recipes for Life)

From Recetas Para la Vida Contributing Bloggers -Iliana Berezovsky y Becky Krinsky
[Note from Aurelia:  All month we've been talking about how to get and keep support around you.  What can get in the way of that human support?  Sometimes we let our egos interfere.  See the following insights from our contributing [...]

Believe in yourself is a winning formula if it is rooted in reality
and accompanied with good common sense. Unfortunately, many of us
become the primary saboteurs of our own lives and therefore, we are unable to reach our goals.
There are some of us that opt to settle for failure and fear success.
Often [...]

Growing together, sharing, competing, quarrelling, crying and laughing: sisters have something unique that no other kind of bond can duplicate. Your sister is the one that shares your blood, your infancy, your first habits, your history, your first experiences of happiness and sorrows. Therefore, she brings some means of companionship that no other connection can [...]

Because being a mother is the greatest sacrifice in the world.

Suzy was a lovely young girl, with exquisite poise but unconcerned by her own beauty and freshness. She married a young man who was crazy in love with her. Their first daughter inherited her mother’s looks. After a few years, Suzy became pregnant again. When she went to the doctor’s office he examined her and told her they need to talk. She sat in his office as he said solemnly: “I have news for you. First, you are pregnant and the baby is in good health, the next news is not good. I have found beginning stages of cancer.” It was so hard for Suzy to digest such bitter news! The doctor gave her two choices: she could abort the baby and begin immediate chemotherapy and radiation with a 50% chance of saving her life or she could allow the baby to develop to term and begin treatment for the cancer after the baby’s birth. The chances that the cancer would have advanced by that time were great.

Ingredients:
1 Pound of Unconditional Love
1 Bunch of Affection
3 Tbsp. of Trust
1 Handful of Timeless memories
2 Drops of Examples to follow
2 Cups of Patience
1 Pinch of Laughter and Tears
1 Dash of Sleepless Nights
Season with:
Ingenuity, intuition, a loving heart and dedication.
Preparation:

To be a mother is the greatest gift [...]

Fights that become a war of too many

The big problem came a few days before Alexandra’s wedding, the family’s favorite niece. She was concerned about not being able to enjoy her special wedding day. Her aunts, from her mother’s side, were not getting along and what started as a small disagreement had turned into a dirty laundry mess.

In the beginning it was not that big a deal, now, all of those who had intervened in trying to fix the problem ended up getting hurt and mad. What began as a misunderstanding between two people, with the best intentions from others, had escalated into a family war.