Perfect Mother’s Day Gift during social distancing time? – A Coraggio gift set filled with encouragement delivered to her door!
I am happy to add the loving touch of signature and ribbons, and love you up with $2 off each book plus combined shipping.
My all-time fav Mother Teresa quote is:
“Let us touch the dying, the poor, the lonely and the unwanted according to the graces we have received and let us not be ashamed or slow to do the humble work.”
Day after day Mother Teresa personally encountered an unyielding number of poor, sick and unwanted. Yet, she relentlessly extended bodily and figurative touch through her deep well of compassionate love, returning to God when needing to replenish her cache of goodness. At this time of global illness and isolation, let us heed her call to see and touch the lonely, suffering and unwanted all around us, by whatever means we are able.
Chase after your dreams, no matter your age!
I am thrilled to have met Italian Director Katia Bernardi and Co-producer Davide Valentini, who brought this message alive in their film “Funne.”
Italian Funne film Katia Bernardi e Co-ProducerDavide Valentini
Their heart-warming and humorous story follows a group of older women
from a remote, picturesque mountain village,
in pursuit of their dream to travel to the sea.
Bravo Katia and Davide!
Grazie organizer of the Italian Film Fest Carmen De Lorenzo!
Celebrating a new www.WithCourageICan.com website in time to honor Mother’s Day and the inspirational examples of courage my Nonna, Mother, and Nagymama showed me. Those lessons formed the Coraggio Book Series theme: Be Happy ~ Be Healthy ~ Take Charge of Your Attitude ~ Take Charge of Your Health ~ Have No Excuses ~ Have a Gratitude Attitude.
Check out the 30 to 60 second videos for each of the books and a 5th as overview of the Coraggio message. http://www.withcourageican.com/about/ I humbly ask: Would you share the WithCourageICan.com website with friends and those you believe might need a dose of Coraggio inspiration and hope? Would you like this page if you haven’t already? http://www.withcourageican.com/about/
Mille grazie to http://soandco.net/ Digital for exhibiting its mission of passion to foster a society of harmony through web design, and to https://innersunrise.com/ for the web designer referral as well as for tools for tranquility while moving throughout the website build.
Enjoy a cup of hot tea and Coraggio! Inspiration at the Cadillac Authors’ Luncheon
March 4, 2017
Tuesday’s Funeral Mass was a beautiful celebration of the life of mio Papa; a father who imparted to his children the importance of Faith and Famiglia.
We will miss your vibrant stories.
We are grateful for the lifetime of Patience, Wisdom and Love.
Extreme heat can worsen symptoms of Myasthenia Gravis.
But did you know that extreme cold can also exacerbate symptoms of this neuromuscular disease?
After diagnosis, it was suggested I to try to select my environs as if a hothouse orchid – moderate temperatures.
With the sub-zero wind howling against my window tonight, this Southern-Italian-blooded girl rather imagines the viticoltore (grapevine grower) who caringly selected the spectacular setting in this photo for his beloved crops. Nestled along the Naples, Italy, coast, near the homes of cousins Flavio and Daniela Starnone, the soft Mediterranean breeze soothes the plants from the summer heat. Yet the caretaker of the vines knows the modest winter temperatures will nurture the purplish globe fruit to optimal sugar content and succulence—without bringing harm.
Tonight I am reminded to care for myself as the viticoltore does his grapevines. It is okay to turn the thermostat up a couple more degrees, nestle under a fluffy comforter with my photo album, and convey myself to a sunny seaside stroll between the rows of a Neapolitan vineyard. Salute and stay warm!
The Trifecta of Italian Fall Harvest
Fresh Fig & Almond Tart
Figgy Friday – Fresh Fig and Almond tarts (gluten-free!) – Phenomenal harvest from sister’s fig tree
Making Limoncello
Sour Saturday – Making Limoncello with Uncle Mikey (ready in time for holiday gift-giving!)
Fall Harvest Fritatta 2013
Savory Sunday brunch – Fall Harvest Fritatta – thick bed of full-bodied tomatoes and unearthed garlic bulbs; topped with red pepper cubes and ribbons of fresh basil!
Buon appetito!
Lisa Gigliotti is an attorney who has lived for more than twenty-five years with severe rheumatoid arthritis and serious myasthenia gravis. Through those years’ thirteen major surgeries and use of a wheelchair Lisa has maintained a fulfilling and positive life.
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