Author Archives: Camilla

Throwback Post: Moving and Embracing

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June 18 2014:

We are in!! There’s barely room to walk but we’ve got everything in the new place! It’s time to purge again!! Who in the Reno/Sparks area needs a couch? Got one too many. It’s a blue plaid la-z-boy sofa recliner. I may have more stuff once I start unpacking. Whew!!

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We embraced bunches and bunches of times this morning. As I released from our last embrace and turned to head down the stairs, it felt as if a piece of my heart was being sucked out. A wonderful learning opportunity for me in the truth that he is a sovereign person. I miss that amazing young man I get to call my son. I KNOW he’s having a blast and I can’t wait to hear all about it when I pick him up Friday afternoon. I love his hugs, I love all the crazy silly noises he makes, I love his love for me … xoxo

 

Throwback Post: Throwback and Drake Equation and Fibonacci

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July 1 2014:

December 2006 …. Team TLC and Patty of the Romano Duo …. FUN picture!!! xoxo

Patty and Team TLC December 2006

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“Why do I like numbers so much?” -Thomas …. Hmmmm, I bet some of the books we got yesterday at the library will help answer that one. Books about the Drake Equation, Fibonacci and the Bernoulli Equation! I asked him who he asked questions of while at camp. He said, “no one” … just saved them up for me. I could tell!! He was asking questions so fast over the weekend! HA! So blessed by Team Member T .. xoxo

 

Throwback Post: Meeting Face to Face and Dare to Risk

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June 20 2013:

What a wonderful 2 hours spent yesterday laughing and sharing with someone I’ve never met face to face, yet have known for about 5 years through a private list serve and on facebook. We walked up to each other, embraced and immediately eased right into conversation as if we’d known each other forever …. It took her telling me she would be driving through Reno on the way to California and asking if we’d like to meet for lunch and me saying, “Heck ya!” .. We share a common connection through an uncommon chromosome our daughters have. What a beautiful moment of connection with another person. I share this to encourage you to make that first move, take that first step and reach out to someone you may be urged to connect with. It doesn’t have to be a common connection like we share. Truly we are ALL connected to one another.

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Came across this in a book I’m reading … Got my heart pumping! Thought y’all might like it too! I Dare you to read it!!

Dare to Risk

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach for another is to risk involvement.
To expose your ideas, your dreams before a crowd, is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying.
To believe is to risk disappointment.
But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life …. is to risk nothing.
The people who risk nothing may avoid suffering and sorrow,
But their self-esteem cannot soar.
They may not learn, feel, change, grow, love or really live life to the fullest.
They are chained by their attitudes.
They become slaves.
They have forfeited their freedom.
ONLY a person who RISKS is able to experience
REAL FREEDOM.

It’s unclear who is the original author of this … Leo Buscaglia or Janet Rand or ??

Throwback Post: Signs and Boots

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June 20 2012:

Team Member T & L … making signs to go with my books for theeWomenNetwork Reno/Carson/Tahoe/Vegas/Sierra Nevadas Chapter display table tonight ….

T and L June 20 2012

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Wore my new boots to the eWomenNetwork Dinner Event tonight!!! There were some other fabulous boots there tonight too?? Which boots do you think are mine?

Boots June 20 2012

 

Throwback Post: Synchronistic Moment and Dinner on the Veranda and The Drake Equation

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June 23 2014:

Second load to Goodwill .. Wahoooo!!! Going from 1900 sq feet of stuff to 1200 sq feet … Awesomeness!!!

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Synchronistic moment … I am going through my life’s collection of keepsakes/mementos and photographs and pairing WAY down. Yesterday I received a facebook message from the daughter of my 2nd grade teacher saying that she has her mother’s collection of notes from that year and would like to send mine to me … Ummmm …. WOW!!!! Thank you Patty Romano and Robert Downs for giving me such a unique name … I’m easy to find! I love LOVE!! xoxo

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Dinner on the veranda! What a beautiful dinner date I have tonight! She educated me on the volcanoes of Hawaii. xoxo

 Dinner on Veranda with Lillian June 23 2014
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“What is the Drake equation?” -Thomas … Took this amazing young man back to Camp WaCheMe this morning for another fun week at summer camp with Great Basin Naturalists. He asked this question at least 3 times this weekend. He teaches me so much by the questions he asks and his view of life. ♡
Thomas at Camp June 23 2014

Throwback Post: Snow and Different and Alaska and Tricks

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July 1 2012:

Wanna play with some snow in July??! Why YES!

Thomas and Lillian July 2012

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Renee came up to me at the NV Lifespan Respite Summit on Friday and I mentioned to her that her name was so familiar …. asked her if we’d met before … She says, no, but you mailed me a book! She’s on Chapter M. Had to post both of these pictures because the one on the left was snapped right after I told her to hold the book down some and show her beautiful face and smile!! Thanks Renee for your support!!

Camilla and Renee July 1 2012

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Just spent 30 minutes online with Thomas looking up facts about sunlight hours in Alaska and WHY it stays daylight for so long during the spring and summer months, then WHY does the Earth spin and WHY doesn’t it ever stop, and WHAT is a shooting star …. Man! His little 6 year old brain does not stop … I do so much ENJOY his thirst for knowledge!!!

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From Lillian: Guess what?! I did some upside down tricks but made me dizzy but no worries I just shake my head and it goes away (yoga makes it go away too) but walks too. And faster to do things that are in my room. My room has an art wall and a hat and an award wall and a made with help wall and I have a computer in my room. And a fancy bed and fancy pajamas. For those who are coming to San Antonio, TS (Texas). If coming on plane or train, be sure to have a bunch of money to spend on. -Lillian Darnell

Throwback Post: Camp and Embracing the Unknown

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June 29 2015:

Camp again this week for Mr. T. Thank you Great Basin Institute! Thomas was such a fabulous and hard worker yesterday with the movers. YAY for camp fun!

Thomas Camp June 29 2015

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Turned in the keys today! Team TLC has come to the end of a chapter in our adventures and we embark on a new chapter. This chapter will be a living-in-the-moment adventure, with intentions of it being FUN and memorable. I don’t have plans, I don’t know where we’ll live after the summer with the Romano Duo, I don’t know exactly what will happen. I am not always okay with this, but mostly I am. I feel the desire to know exactly how things will happen and the worry that accompanies this are just fears. In the past I’ve spent a great deal of time confronting and connecting with these and other fears and they no longer have power within me. I know these fears are not the true me and as long as I live from the heart with love as the foundation of all actions, I, and the rest of Team TLC, will be blessed and affluent. I DO know where I want to live and have much clarity about the role I am to play in being of service. That is all I need to know for now. Connecting with emotions, specifically fear, has been one of the most empowering “non-actions” I have ever taken …. May you choose to connect with any emotion that holds you back. Love on … xoxo

I thought that I had used the wrong wording in this post until about 15 minutes ago when I received a facebook message asking for help. I know everything will be okay and worry has no hold on me. That’s not to say that worry is no longer present in my life. I am now able to recognize worries, fears, anger, complaining, the desire to be right and have someone else be wrong, as simply the ego throwing a tantrum because I am stepping into my power. This is what I have clarity about. I am to share with others through life coaching in helping them do the same. The world is a beautiful love-filled place and none of us were meant to suffer. Our suffering is self imposed with the thoughts that we consciously and unconsciously choose to think.  I have chosen to go deep, clear out all the crud and live at a deeper level; which is what I feel we all need. More people diving deep and moving away from living on the surface. Some will choose to take the leap, some will not. That’s just the way it is. Peace and love and hugs to all y’all!! xoxo

The Village Keys June 2015

Throwback Post: Picking Up Thomas

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June 27 2014:

So excited!! I get to pick up Thomas this afternoon from camp! I have missed him tons and KNOW he had a ball this week at Camp WaChMe. Plus, I got to spend a whole week just with Ms. Lillian! … Can’t wait to hear all about his adventures! ….

He’s still been taking his LEGO photographer photo a day with a disposable 35 mm camera. We’ll wait until his last camp in July to develop them. I cannot wait to see what he took pictures of! xoxo

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I have retrieved the one called Thomas … YAY!!! That has got to be the longest, strongest hug I have ever received from him! Then I snuck a picture of him taking his LEGO photo. Now, we’ve got a week to get ready for the Chromosome 18 conference. Here we come Stamford, CT!!

Thomas Taking Photo of LEGO man taking photo - Galena Visitor's Center June 27 2014

Thomas from camp June 27 2014