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Growing up in my grandmother??™s house as a boy was
always an adventure when the relatives would
visit. The food would be filled with extra garlic,
parsley, and other spices. The smell of homemade
bread and slow cooked tomato sauce would fill our
noses with bliss. The dinner later would fill our
stomachs with spaghetti and meatballs and our
hearts with contentment as well. The air would be
filled with Italian words both good and not so
good. The talk would be excited and you always
knew to sit a few feet away from those talking so
that a hand gesture or waving arm didn??™t
accidently hit you in the face. There would be
more laughter, more stories, and more jokes than
you could keep track of. There would be more hugs,
more tears, and also more smiles as well. It was
always such a beautiful adventure in living. You
could always feel the love and joy flowing from
heart to heart and from soul to soul. I wish the
world had more adventures of this type. We all
need more adventures that excite our hearts and
nourish our souls. We all need more adventures in
becoming the people that God meant for us to
become. We all need more adventures in loving,
laughing, giving, and caring. We all need to share
more smiles together, more hugs together, and more
tears together. We all need more family dinners.
We all need more simple evenings filled with talk
and togetherness. We all need to spend more time
remembering how we are all one family put here by
God to love each other and to share joy with each
other.
I hope that all of your adventures are loving
ones then. I hope that all of your adventures
bring you closer to God. I hope that all of your
adventures help you to share your heart??™s love and
your soul??™s joy with your family, your friends,
and the entire world.
?© 2005 Joseph Mazzella |
