Friday, April 6, 2012

50 lived well



I thank you Maria da Luz e Camilo, my parents, for the depth of your love, and for holdind me in high regard.
Thank you for helping me define my core, develop a strong sense of self, and showing me how to live up to it.
Thank you for teaching me how to bring meaning into the otherwise trivial daily actions.
Thank you for providing a firm emotional background from where I fearless and confident can face the world and embrace life as it comes.

I thank you my sisters, my closest companions in life, for with the strength of your caracters and your bold honesty, reducing my self importance to zero.

I thank you my friends, for your trust and support, and for allowing me to devide my sorrows and to multiply my joys.

I thank you Hans, my husband, for coping with my imperfections every day and for inspiring me to become a better person.

I thank you, Camila and Melissa, my dear children, for loving me no matter what.


                                    A huge lot to celebrate!       Let's do it!!         Cheers!!!



4 comments:

Anonymous said...

you are beautiful :)
-lis

Camila said...

Es uma inspiracao para nos todos, mama! Adoro ver-te com um sorriso como nas fotos; assim ficas ainda mais bonita que eu achava possivel. "Keep fab" - you are your own Goddess. Vive a tua vida para ti propria: es importante tambem!!!
Muitos beijinhos e amor da tua filha mais velha. Adoro-te, e tenho muitas saudades de ti, especialmente num dia destes!!
PS is that my sweater....??

Dina Matos Ferreira said...

Met, great Vows.
Best, best wishes!
Love, always.
Sis Dina.

Anonymous said...

Há momentos na vida que marcam pro-
fundamente o âmago dos nossos seres
e nos transportam para estádios su-
periores de rara sensibilidade e
sublime conforto.
A prosa vertida pela Querida Voninha na forma humilde e de sin-
cera gratidão, revela sobretudo a
sua enorme Larguesa de Alma num
percurso de vida que só a dignifica
e eleva, expondo-a na sua verdadei-
ra e apreciável Dimensão Humana !
Montes de beijos dos reconfortados
e saudosos Papás .