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Talking about wines and weddings
Chapter 2… The García girls’ wedding The beautiful colonial church, which dated back to the 17th century, was decked with hundreds upon hundreds of orchid flowers. These had been brought in from Montenegro, in the neighboring mountains in Costa Rica. There were so many flowers! I’ve heard it said that as their fragrance reached out,…
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A doll called Helga
And where are my faithful and inseparable childhood friends. Nostalgic are the memories of my cherished toys… As they travelled through Germany, they bargained and acquired a lovely ceramic doll with golden hair. Curiously its hair would almost identically match Felicia’s own and become one of her favourites. Later on, the doll was named Helga.…
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Between soldiers and dolls
Through the centuries, it has been said many times that during the nights, the toys awake to play… They had time to spare, and so also kept their discussion, about the first child’s gender alive and spent long hours speculating about this important issue. When they finally reached the European coasts. each one of them…
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Talking about my great-grandparents and how they married
Chapter 2… The García girls’ wedding He was the third of five brothers, and she was the third of five sisters. At the time, the main church of Chinandega, the beautiful parish of Our Lady of Santa Ana was going through repairs. Sadly, the church had sustained heavy damage during the main earthquake of 1925.…
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Crossing the Atlantic
In the sea, life is so much sweeter…, in the sea, I love you so much more! Song by Carlos Argentino During their fortunate transatlantic crossing, the future parents were engrossed in all the details of their ship. As it happened, the liner in which they were travelling was a recent acquisition of her family.…
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Sailing the Atlantic waters
To understand some of the things in life, sometimes its best to leave them behind for a spell Happy and satisfied with her little jaunt, the little Felicia, carefully closed the door soundlessly. Her room was very big and it was filled to the brim with all sorts of toys, the same that their parents…
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The power of onions
Chapter 1… My poor broken down worlds “That… this is your boarding pass, kiddo. Listen carefully and then keep it to yourself. Tomorrow, go to school as if nothing were happening. Wait around for half an hour, and then discreetly, place half an onion in each of your armpits. Leave them there for around ten…
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Le petit Bonbon
On occasions, sweetening life may turn out to be too expensive Precisely a block away, there was a candy store. This fine and quite popular establishment was known by the name of Le Petite Bonbon. The name of the shop was carved together with a brightly coloured representation of the sweet on a wooden sign.…
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The problems in life
Chapter 1… My poor broken down worlds “My sweet child,” he´d say laughing, while he fixed my toy. “Broken toys, they’re like many of the problems you’ll run into as time goes by. Never think that they’ll fix themselves on their own. Don’t put them off for another day either. If you do, there’ll always…
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One coin among so many
One more stripe… doesn’t really matter to the tiger The years went by… and Felicia grew up to become a beautiful little girl with a sweet disposition, as well as, impressively good-looking. Many of her fine features were unquestionably inherited from her mother. Since she was a child, Felicia’s mother was beautiful, a charm she upheld…