My Family After Tragedy

  In the second part of November, in the Marino Horvath's home, in the cool of the season... many things are happening, personal challenges, struggles, and growing up for everyone.  Raquel has her own goals, like Livia and me, however, for her, an important chapter of her life is ending; high school.  She is also getting ready for the big long jump into post-secondary education; she wants to be a game developer!  It is scary for her as it is also for me but I have all confidence in her strength of character.  I always remind her that she can still learn from her mother; " what would mom tell you in a similar situation, what do you think she would advise you ".  Keep her memory alive while continuing to learn from her.  The same applies to me and I still learn from my wife. Recently, Raquel had her graduation pictures taken.  Yesterday, a catalog containing samples of the pictures arrived home.  The next step is to order the pictures that we w...

  What happens when we dream?  Dreams are made of images, sounds, and events, most of the time chaotic, sometimes sweet, sometimes scary.  Dreams seem to have a sudden start; at least that is what we remember, which might or might not be associated with its last mist. I still remember one of the most epic dreams from my childhood; it happened so long ago, but it created an impression; I dreamt of a horse.  The dream starts by opening my tin soldier box and there it was, gallant, ready to take me into battle.  I picked the horse from the box and placed it on the palm of my hand to admire it.  The horse looked at me and I was surprised because I knew that it was a tin horse! Then, the unimaginable; the horse grew until it became a giant horse.  Suddenly, I am standing on the horse while looking at my surroundings as if I am looking from the stars.  "Is this real?" When I woke up I went to the tin soldiers box to look for my horse, and there it was....