Ma Vie d'Autrefois, Ou est-ce Encore la Même ?

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

The Two of us at Carmel Beach

Monday, June 29, 2009

Mikael


Mikael
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Ceremony


Ceremony
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Procession 4


Procession 4
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Procession 3


Procession 3
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Procession 2


Procession 2
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Procession 1


Procession 1
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Morgan's Stocking


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Voici la chaussette de Noël de ma fille. Enfin, la partie point de croix est faite, maintenant je n’ai plus qu’à monter la chaussette.
Je vais changer de place au « N » , et je l’ai donc déjà enlevé.
Ce soir après le boulot je commencerais la chaussette de mon fils.
Bonne journée à vous tous !


Here is my daughter’s Christmas stocking so far. The cross-stitch part is done. I am going to move the N, and have already cut it off. Now I just need to assemble the stocking part. Now I am going to get started on my son's.

Allez comprendre les émotions !

Je ne sais pas pourquoi, mais malgré toutes les prises de tête, les réflexions et les reproches, j’aimerais quand-même m’entendre mieux avec la famille à Fabrice. J’aimerais moins leur en vouloir du mal que l’on m’a fait. Surtout pour Fabrice. Il ne veut pas l’admettre, mais ils lui manquent beaucoup.

Je me demande bien combien temps il faudra pour que nos relations se normalisent.

Sunday, June 28, 2009

On Children -Kahlil Gibran

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.

You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let our bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Juste quelques petites nouvelles:

Fabrice passe chez le médecin de l'armée américaine le 7 juillet. S'il n'a pas de tension artérielle lors de cette visite, il pourra réintégrer l'armée et s'engageras pendant une période de 5 ans, voir 5 ans et demi. Espérons qu'il y rentre car on n'arrive pas trop a surmonter la pente, même si on n'est plus en dégringolade complète!!! Car sinon, j'en ai trop marre et surtout je suis fatiguée de voir Fabrice souffrir et tout faire pour réussir sans que ça n'apporte de fruits. Donc, si ça ne marche pas, je ne donne plus qu'une toute petite chance aux US avant de dégager.

Autrement, nous avons l'intention de renouveler notre mariage à l'église en France, espérons-le le 10 octobre 2010.

Dans l'entre-temps, par contre, on aimerait vraiment savoir que vous allez tous bien, voir même vous recevoir ici si l'on arrive à réaliser le rêve américain de monsieur!

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Espérons-le !

Soit mardi prochain, soit le mardi après, Fabrice va aller à la visite médicale pour réintégrer l’armée américaine. Si tout se passe comme prévu, cette fois il va s’engager pour 5 ans.

Espérons-le ! Il serait bien temps que ça ailles mieux pour nous !

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Catharine, Don, Grace, and Larry, c.1909

Donald and Lawrence Schoonover

Tobe and my Grand Uncle Donald Schoonover

Mom, Nana, & Dad


Mom, Nana, & Dad
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Judy and Jim's Wedding


Judy and Jim's Wedding
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Carol & Alan Young prom


Monday, June 22, 2009

High School Graduation, 1963

Girls at Hempstead 1953


Caroline Grace Schoonover


Daddy in His Garden


Daddy in His Garden
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American Picnic


American Picnic
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Watching Television


Watching Television
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On the Cellar Door


On the Cellar Door
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Caroline, Gertrude, Virginia/Frederica, and Elizabeth

Elizabeth, Gertrude, Judy, Caroline, Lawrence, circa 1944

A Life in Pictures...


A Life in Pictures...
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

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AtMom_sWedding2.jpg
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Granny_Maddie.jpg
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Granny_Gabbie.jpg
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Caroline Grace Schoonover


Mom's Car


Mom's Car
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Mom's Car


Mom's Car
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Al & Caroline


Al & Caroline
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Caroline Grace Schoonover - 10th Grade

I received this lovely anonymous email about my mom the other day:

Your mother and I were friends long ago in Pound Ridge, NY. As teenagers, we managed to explore NYC one summer on a weekly basis. Today I found a book autographed by your father and thought of your mother. Looking for her online, I found her in your pictures. My father died of ALS also so I was saddened to learn that your family had to endure that cruel disease. Thank you for posting her 10th grade picture as well as the more recent ones. I'm sorry I missed the chance to meet her again.

Michèle and Mom


Michèle and Mom
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Eliz. & Carol c.1948


Eliz. & Carol c.1948
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Carol c.1948


Carol c.1948
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Mom & Al


Mom & Al
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Family Reunion


Family Reunion
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Mom and Maria


Mom and Maria
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December 1964 4


December 1964 4
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Children and Identity

I often think that language is identity. But so are children. My one child is sort of grown up. The other was lonely, and she is a adolescence-ridden teenager, so she decided she wanted to live with her father. I have been a mother since 1986. I had just barely turned 21 two months before my son was born. I was 42 when my daughter decided to go live with her father. I lost my identity that day. I haven't found it again, yet. I think that's one of my key issues. I can feel lost, and like there's noplace in particular I need to be, nothing in particular I need to do, and nobody depending on me. Hopefully, I will find my identity again, or a new one, anyway. I can still speak, though, I haven't lost language, so that's something!!

Friday, June 19, 2009

Croisons les doigts!

Dans un peu plus d’une ou deux semaines, on saura si Fabrice pourra réintégrer l’armée. On ne voit pas pourquoi il ne pourrait pas le faire. Croisons les doigts !

Après une semaine et demi avec deux boulots, je suis crevée de chez crevée. Quelle affaire !!! Je n’arrive guère à avancer tellement que j’ai sommeil.

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Clustr Maps of Readers of this Blog - Reverse Chronological Order




Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Les nouvelles d'aujourd'hui

Nous avons pu avoir une bonne partie des papiers médicaux de Fabrice par ses médecins en France. Il devrait donc pouvoir réintégrer l’armée américaine. S’il le fait, je retourne quelques semaines dans le Minnesota où je passerais ces semaines dans un hotel près d’où habitent mes soeurs.


Nous ne sommes revenues en Californie que pour le boulot avec la ville que Fabrice aurait du avoir mais n’a pas eu pour faute d’argent chez la ville. Mais ça coute vraiment trop cher ici, et nous ne connaissons plus grande monde. Je reste donc de plus en plus dans ma chamber, ce qui n’est pas le meilleur au niveau du moral.


Ensuite il demandera à être affecté en Europe, ce qui serait sans doute l’Allemagne s’ils sont d’accord. Ainsi on sera plus près de la famille dew Fabrice, tout en étant sur le territoire américain. Je me culpabilise surtout pour Jeanne, avec qui on est proches, mais que l’on ne peut pas trop frequenter d’ici.


L’armée sera d’accord ou pas, mais comme ils te laissent indiquer tes preferences, ça vaut le coup d’essayer de regagner l’Europe quelques temps, surtout puisque Fabrice aura ainsi le droit de demander sa naturalization beacoup plus vite. Espérons que tout se passé pour le mieux pour son reintegration, et au plus vite, et que l’on peut être affecté en Allemagne.


Un jour, tôt ou tard, par contre, on s’installeras en Arizona au moins une partie de l’année!

Today's News

We were able to get Fabrice's old medical records, and he should be able to re-enlist in the Army. If he does that, I am going to come back to MN and stay in that hotel with the monthly rate with my hairy children just for the few months he is in training. We only came back here for the job he didn't get, it's way too expensive here, and I don't know very many people, so I am being even more reclusive than ever, which isn't necessarily good mental-health wise.

Then he is going to ask to be stationed in Europe. This would be so that we can be closer to his family. He has a widowed aunt with no children who I am especially worried about. The Army may or may not allow that, but they do allow you to indicate your preferences, so that's what he's hoping to get.

Al's Present


Al's Present
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Ki Du


Ki Du
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Boats in Kelp and Shadow