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Celebrating the First – Cafe La Llave Style

June 21, 2022 By Marta Darby 19 Comments

This post is sponsored by my favorite coffee people, Café La Llave. The opinions contained in this piece are all my very own. I am sincerely full of good intentions. Seriously.  But you know what the road to hell is paved with, of course. *sigh* So, I'll humbly confess that I had great intentions to post this great Cafe La Llave Giveaway before ...

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The Desires of My Heart – A Birthday Story

May 22, 2022 By Marta Darby 6 Comments

There’s a little park we go to often on weekends. 🪴 It’s hidden in a residential neighborhood in Laguna Beach and overlooks one of our favorite beaches, Crescent Bay. ⛱We’ve been going to Crescent Bay for years. In fact, when I was homeschooling Lucy & Jon, we were there at least once a week.  It was always so great. 😊 If the waves were ...

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What Do You Call Your Mami?

April 30, 2022 By Marta Darby

UPDATE 5/4/2022 - WINNER!! Congratulations to Arlene Villarin who won the "Mima" Mother's Day Box from Albisa Candles!  Please send me your physical address so I can forward to them and get your fragrant goodies to you!  Thanks to all who ...

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Cafe La Llave Brings the Brunch Together

April 12, 2022 By Marta Darby

This post is sponsored by my favorite coffee people, Café La Llave. The opinions contained in this piece are all my very own.   9/21/2022 UPDATE: We have a winner! Congratulations to Tanya!Tanya says April 12, 2022 at 5:20 pm (Edit)I’ve been drinking coffee since I was about five. I drink about two cups a day. Real all the ...

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Thoughts on Love

February 14, 2022 By Marta Darby Leave a Comment

LoveIt always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails. ~1 Corinthians 13:7He surprised me with a picnic on The Lake today. (Catered by @portosbakery) Made my heart happy.A year ago today, I had just regained consciousness.Love. “It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always ...

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Three Sixty Five

January 28, 2022 By Marta Darby 2 Comments

On this date 1/28/2021 - one year ago - I went into the hospital with Covid19 and because I was having trouble breathing because of that whole pesky pneumonia thing.My family spent the next 36 days feverishly (pun intended) sending my health updates to Facebook and Instagram sending out updates and asking for prayer. Which, by the way, is what ...

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The Lily – A Luza Story

January 14, 2022 By Marta Darby 1 Comment

The Lily: A Luza Story Years ago when my mom, Luza was still with us, she gifted me a beautiful lily. The same type that she carried in her wedding bouquet. ❤️💕❤️The lily faithfully grows every year and blooms on her birthday at the end of February. That’s just like her to give me a beautiful way to remember her. We put bricks down in this ...

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Unleash the Joy!

December 23, 2021 By Marta Darby Leave a Comment

As you may or may not know, I had a severe bout of COVID in January and was hospitalized for 36 days and intubated for 12 of them. I lost all my muscle tone and had to learn to eat, and swallow, and walk again. I was isolated from my family and stayed in touch via FaceTime. It was a difficult and humbling experience. I survived this ordeal ...

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The Quinces Celebration Continues With Some Friends from Miami & NY

November 18, 2021 By Marta Darby Leave a Comment

I often say, "I'm the luckiest," and I totally feel like that's true.  I was in Miami in December of 2019, - before the plague hit - and had the great pleasure of sitting down and talking and eating and hanging (and eating some more) with Chef Mike Beltran at his fabulous restaurant, Ariete, along with Nick Jimenez, the creator of Pan con ...

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MBFCF Quinces Celebration – On Cuban Time Pt. 2

November 8, 2021 By Marta Darby 1 Comment

So here I was happily sharing at the beginning of October how I had been in the blogosphere for 15 years. 15 YEARS! Que barbaridad! I received some beautiful congratulatory videos from Cuban friends from all over and I got so excited I filmed some videos thanking them and it was just going to be one big month long love-fest and celebration. Ya tu ...

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  • Celebrating the First – Cafe La Llave Style
    June 21, 2022
  • The Desires of My Heart – A Birthday Story
    May 22, 2022
  • What Do You Call Your Mami?
    April 30, 2022
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