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<\/a><\/p>\nPhoto of watercolor painting done in Marsberg, Germany, last week by Frau Kolb \u00a9 2013, all rights reserved, of course!<\/h6>\n
I’m glad to say I’ve never had a problem having FUN! \u00a0Difficulties in LIFE come and GO, yet I manage to stay afloat in LIFE and LOVE by following the simple\u00a0maxim, coined by my sweet husband when I got the dreaded advance life-threatening breast cancer diagnosis, a few years ago, (by the way, I’m totally STRONG LIKE BULL now, feeling younger and more dynamic, daily) “When we get BAD news: WE CELEBRATE! \u00a0When we get GOOD news: WE celebrate.”<\/strong><\/p>\n Thus, our\u00a0marriage is a happy one. \u00a0Our home is full of JOY! \u00a0Proof: our children spontaneously sing, dance, and simply soar above expectations of “NORMAL,” children with \u00a0their glorious super-talent for self expression and honest good spirits. \u00a0Despite the fact that during their lives they’ve faced a lot of DEATH. \u00a0Not only was I very ill and undergoing intensive medical interventions for several years, but recently the children lost their beloved grandmother, Frau Christine Kolb or Marsberg, Germany. \u00a0The grandparents have one after another faded and died in hospitals and at home. \u00a0WE miss them, yet\u2026 we continue to celebrate being here now and our LOVE for each other.<\/p>\n Now, If someone YOU love is having a birthday it is imperative that YOU go OUT-OF-YOUR-COMFORT-ZONE to demonstrate LOVE! \u00a0If the person has undergone\u00a0tremendous\u00a0stress and loss, it is doubly significant that YOU demonstrate LOVE for the beloved. \u00a0NOTHING is over the top in my book.<\/p>\n Thus, I changed my Facebook profile image, to a picture of US, together. \u00a0I wrote him the\u00a0cheesiest\u00a0public Birthday message, IF (you wanna read THAT, you must dig around the site, under Zoom in with Frau Kolb). \u00a0He LOVES that, because it is more proof that I love him, you see. \u00a0Today, like every other day, Daddy was KING at home. \u00a0I served him and his friends like ROYALTY. \u00a0Yes, we are talking FAST and elegant service, made complete by little bows and many courtesies to our guests. \u00a0THEY loved THAT!<\/p>\n I cooked, of course. \u00a0Cooking is a major way in which I demonstrate LOVE. \u00a0Yep, the old maxim of shortest route to another’s heart works for ME. \u00a0I made a FEAST for my Love and his friends. \u00a0Having just arrived from Munich, Germany. \u00a0I’m so glad they stopped here for some American hospitality. \u00a0The first course: was delicious tart lemony Fish Ceviche. \u00a0YUM! \u00a0Then we had organic salad with\u00a0cucumbers\u00a0 vine-ripe tomatoes, red beets, and greens ALL from the Farmer’s market. \u00a0We had BBQ. \u00a0We drank various wines, as appropriate. \u00a0Not, too much, mind you\u2026 \u00a0For desert, we had\u00a0flour-less\u00a0chocolate cake, which I did not bake but I paid good money for it at\u00a0Bristol Farms<\/a>, because they have the best local bakery.<\/p>\n Thank goodness, that ass a younger woman I worked in New York city restaurants, in Soho, I was long ago the world’s most negligent waitress, flirting with the affluent and super cool\u00a0clientele\u00a0of rust-funded artists and bankers was more my bag, nevertheless, I learned to carry trays of food with\u00a0aplomb. \u00a0Before that I \u00a0cooked for about 3 years in high end Manhattan\u00a0health-clubs\u00a0and I had a little catering business on the side. \u00a0Thus, I will gladly\u00a0\u00a0roast a turkey, make boat loads of side dishes, serve lunch for a hundred, set a king-size table, and uncork the right wine(s), wine pairings being a forte for me, clean up, and seem NOT BUSY while doing it, which is KEY.<\/p>\n Now, I’m happy because my loving husband is HAPPY and no thing means more to me.<\/p>\n Now you know. \u00a0I hope that this inspires YOU to taking LOVING action and demonstrate undying affection for those that float your boat. \u00a0And\u2026 IF you don’t have a special someone in your life it might be because YOU don’t cook.<\/span><\/p>\n Peace from California,<\/span><\/p>\n Frau Kolb Los Angeles California, Sunday, 11 August, 2013 Photo of watercolor painting done in Marsberg, Germany, last week by Frau Kolb \u00a9 2013, all rights reserved, of course! 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