An after dinner walk with Lillian on Sunday and these beautiful leaves were just hanging around. 🍁🍁🍁
October 3 2018:
Wonderful five mile walk Tuesday morning. The trees, leaves, and sky whispered of love and beauty. 💚💚💚💙💙💙
October 4 2018:
Lillian and I spent a few minutes in the library garden yesterday after doing our volunteer work. Team TLC used to visit the garden after every library visit. Beautiful memories! 💚💚💚
This beautiful creation of nature brings to mind that it’s a wee little fairy house. I just love these cute wispy beauties!! xoxo
Midday walk with Lillian. It’s cooling down enough that we can have a walk midday now. Wahoo!!!! Here comes autumn!
September 18 2018:
Solo walk this morning. It’s been a year or two since I walked around this entire loop. It felt incredibly good and was deeply inspiring. I visited a few old friends I used to hang out with often …. The trees …. And told them I loved and missed them. Love, love, love!
Solo sunset walk …. Light breeze, beautiful sunset, and peaceful.
September 12 2018:
The beauty of having an appointment in Incline Village …… Stopping on the way back “down the hill” to breathe in this glorious and amazing Beauty. I love you Mama Gaia!
September 13 2018:
Amazing clouds and trees today. Love, love, love!!!
September 14 2018:
Thomas and I had an amazing walk last night! Such a beautiful sky show! I love it deep down in my heart when Thomas smiles!!! I love you Thomas!! 💞💞💞
One of our neighbors keeps calling Thomas a young Steve Jobs. Something about the way he walks and carries himself. And neighbor guy loves Thomas’ no nonsense conversation style of no small talk. Haha!! Just the facts man!
Wee Team TLC adventure of driving around Washoe Lake this afternoon. Incredibly beautiful!!!
September 4 2018:
Sunset walk with Lillian yesterday. Incredibly grateful to and for Nature.
September 5 2018:
Yesterday morning’s walk brought pelican wisdom paired with crystal clear reflections. Beautiful and graceful.
September 5 2018:
Oh my gosh!!! Sunset walk with Lillian tonight and we found a magic lamp!! I took this picture after we rubbed the lamp. The genie said no pictures afterwards though. You best believe I made a few I AM wishes!
September 6 2018:
Yesterday mornings walk. Stillness, clarity, and reflecting. Deeply grateful for walks and walking. And for the landscape Mother Nature provides.
September 6 2018:
Sunset walk with Lillian yesterday. Love says, “Keep going. Keep following the path to opening ones heart and the path of Authenticity.” Deeply grateful and blessed.
September 7 2018:
Sunset walk with Lillian yesterday followed by a moonlight swim in the pool. Magical.
Thomas and I had a sunset session of hitting tennis balls at one of our favorite parks. Just gorgeous. We had fun!!!
Grateful to and for Nature!! Blessed, blessed, blessed. I love Thomas and Thomas is awesome!!
August 20 2018:
Great White Egret on this mornings walk. Thank you for your wisdom and beauty.
August 21 2018:
Just passed sunset walk with Lillian last night. Beautiful, vibrant, and peaceful.
August 22 2018:
Drive by visit with The Romano Duo. Had to have a walk with them as it is such a beautiful night. They head for Medford, Oregon in the morning. Then back through Reno next week.
A powdered donut celebration to end Lillian’s last day as a 16 year old. Complete with a heart shape donut middle!
We each took turns sharing a wee bit about Lillian’s 16th year and then had a donut toast!!
One gluten free chocolate cake with coconut sugar cream cheese frosting ready for tomorrow! Yum!
Lillian says she can already feel her 17 year old self coming through! 🎉💞💞💞🎉
September 14 2018:
My Dearest Lillian,
I wish for you the happiest of birthdays.
I wish for you a joyful and peaceful 17th trip around the sun.
I wish for you all the experiences
That your heart desires.
Walks with you, I truly treasure.
Creating art with you, I truly Treasure.
Laughing and being silly with You, I truly treasure.
May strength, courage, peace and kindness be with you Always and forever ….
As will my Love.
I Love You!! Camilla
Mom xoxo
(Message in Lillian’s birthday card)
I am incredibly happy for you with how far you’ve come in your life. From those wee itty bitty 4 pounds and 5 ounces to the mighty powerful creator you have grown into …. Grown into physically, emotionally, and spiritually.
Your Knowing of what you want to experience in your life and letting that be Known are incredibly inspiring to me. You Know that you want to continue to write and create more stories and books. You Know that you want to travel and write about that also.
I am deeply sorry that I’m not able to facilitate the traveling portion of your Knowing. I know that both you and Thomas wish to travel more than our once a year trip to the annual Chromosome 18 conference. I, too, vision us traveling to the beautiful places we’ve all taken the time to list. We shall have this as our Team TLC goal. We shall get to this place eventually. I Know we will.
You have come great lengths in recognizing when your emotions have flared and I’m grateful that you tell me afterwards that something I did or said or a conversation we had caused you to get emotional. Noticing this is THE most important aspect of learning how to process emotions! What a GREAT accomplishment!!
I cannot wait to be a part of your 17th trip around the Sun. I look forward to this exciting time and am ever grateful that you and I chose one another for this grand adventure!!
Love you forever and always and throughout all times and dimensions,
Camilla
Mom xoxo
September 14 2018:
The celebrations began this morning with The gifts and The Cake!
Happy 17th Birthday to Lillian!!
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For Lillian’s birthday this year, she asked for donations equaling $204 as she will be 204 months old (17 years), to The Chromosome 18 Registry & Research Society. She chose this nonprofit because their mission means a lot to her, and she hopes you’ll consider contributing as a way to celebrate with me. Every little bit will help me reach my goal.
(Group photo from the 2018 Chromosome 18 Conference in Baltimore, Maryland)
Lillian raised $265!! Go Lillian!!
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September 15 2018:
Yesterday was the Lillian and Camilla September 2018 Date Day and Celebrating Lillian’s 17th Birthday.
After presents and cake we visited Rancho San Rafael and the Wilbur May Arboretum!!
The sky, trees, flowers, and grounds were simply breathtaking!! I love you trees! Where do I begin and the tree end? Tree! Oh, how I love thee?
September 14 2018:
Following the park beauty it was time for fries and dessert! Vegan ginger cookie for me and lemon shortbread sandwich cookie for Lillian!
Last two stops! Shopping after dinner for a new pair of sunglasses for Lillian. And then soaking our feet in the pool and hot tub!! Ahhhhh …. That felt amazing!
First, a picnic, then a swim for me and playing in the sand for Thomas. I Love Lake Tahoe deeply and am so at peace when I get the chance to immerse in her! Just WOW!!!
Then for some floating fun in the tubes we borrowed yesterday. Too windy for kayaking as this would have been our first time. Need not quite so much wind. Floating and paddling in the tubes was perfect!!
Plus!!! Chipmunk wisdom!!! This sweet lil critter stayed with us the entire time we were deflating the tubes and loading the car. Thank you chipmunk!!!
Last stop on the date – SouthCreek Pizza for an appetizer for me of fire roasted green beans ….. Oh my gosh, YUM!!! … and dessert for Thomas of 3 scoops of rocky road gelato. Accompanied by a taste of the oh so yummy Ceci.
