Trouble finding Blondie by Marten Mimi

Author:Marten, Mimi [Marten, Mimi]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: Mimi Marten
Published: 2015-10-13T07:00:00+00:00

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"CAN'T GIVE YOU UP..."

PARIS WAS... BACK to reality. Andre figured it would make no sense to have any talks or plans until Simona came back. He hated it. He wasn’t used to being in this position, but it wasn’t the first time that he had to give up his ‘upper hand.’ He decided to fly out together with Simona on Friday. He needed to go get some clothes and personal things from Prague which meant leaving Francois with Reni for the weekend. He booked his ticket to Prague around the same time so that they could share the ride to the airport, and he could send her off with a hug. They were flying out of different terminals but considering the two hour check-in on overseas flights, it would give him enough time to walk over to his terminal.

Simona was busy making arrangements, taking care of bills and phone calls. She asked Reni to watch Francois on Wednesday so that she could get everything done. She wanted to have the whole day on Thursday with Francois.

She needed to write a few ‘Thank you’ cards. She waited until she was alone in an empty house. She walked through her apartment as if it was her first time. She had an overwhelming sense of gratitude. It was something she not only preached, but lived. It was contagious around her. She always marveled at this polished skill which required daily practice. It’s easy to be grateful when things are going good in our lives but when things go awry… for many, gratitude goes right out the window. In Simona’s case, that was the time when she tried her hardest, reminding herself how fortunate and lucky she was. Other people’s problems were much worse. She somehow found logic even in tragedy. Her famous words were, ‘It could be a lot worse. If it’s not life threatening, it’s not worth stressing about!’

She wrote a thank you card to her boss at the Four Seasons hotel, expressing her gratitude for giving her a 3 months leave of absence. Another one to the head coach of the soccer camp in Barcelona and a review on TripAdvisor about their dinning experience. Then she pulled out Philippe’s card. Smiling, she read it again. She looked at her classic sized thank you cards, laughed out loud at herself, and went to get her secret box with a variety of cards to look for a bigger one. First she looked for humorous, but then she looked at his card and decided to go with something simple.

It was a simple card with raindrops and a powerful quote. ‘The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings.’

It didn’t have an author which made it even better. There it was again, the beauty in simplicity. Simona smiled triumphantly as if she just found a treasure. It was the perfect card because she wasn’t just thankful, she was grateful.

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