<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13136575</id><updated>2024-10-05T03:13:44.976+01:00</updated><category term="Daily Miracles"/><category term="parenting"/><category term="parenthood stories"/><category term="Milagres Diários"/><category term="other stories and stuff"/><category term="About us"/><category term="Making Memories"/><category term="editorial"/><category term="Amniótico"/><category term="deco and lifestyle"/><category term="Boho Love"/><category term="Life Hacks"/><category term="Travel tips and Tales"/><category term="partners"/><category term="empowerment"/><category term="Amniótico Travel Guide"/><category term="trendy by amniotico"/><category term="lifestyle"/><category term="yummy"/><category term="Book Nook"/><category term="Brazil"/><category term="our causes"/><category term="who we are"/><category term="Afghanistan"/><category term="Guinea Bissau"/><category term="Travel Home School"/><category term="Burundi"/><category term="Egypt"/><category term="Story Book"/><category term="Story Book:Amniotico Kids Stories"/><category term="Sweden"/><category term="Syria"/><category term="the blog"/><title type='text'>Amniótico</title><subtitle type='html'>Parenting, Travel and Tales</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://amniotico.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13136575/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://amniotico.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13136575/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>amniotico</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02117853900827644040</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiflDry-uhjkAvXg8j--foTEyBiTyg-UsuRhlj99OydyZfpFoCM9-qnzvBG8FuEjeoiOuLQghegAsDhaUMqW3TszSGOwQ6FPqIBuDEyC8uXHXpgi28DFaj11IxSqLKKa7w/s220/photo+me.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>94</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13136575.post-951323096234306383</id><published>2018-03-08T13:04:00.001+00:00</published><updated>2018-03-09T10:24:19.468+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="About us"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Amniótico"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="empowerment"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="parenthood stories"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="parenting"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Travel Home School"/><title type='text'>On raising a Feminist, every day, not just on March the 8th!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Let me tell you something, I am a feminist mum raising a feminist young girl. Why? Because it is the right thing to do, raising a young person for equality by letting her know that she can do what ever she wants to, in her own terms and that with it comes her rights and duties towards herself and others.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;She will decide who she will be, do and say as she sees fit. Even, if&amp;nbsp; in the future she decides to be for example, a stay at home mum, a rocket scientist, a car mechanic or a ballet dancer.&amp;nbsp; The most important thing is that, she knows that feminism is not a dirty word that so many women feel shy to admit they are, just because many are ignorant of the real meaning of it. Some, simply don&#39;t care because much of the work has been done by others in the past or present, and there is a feeling that if one states to be a feminist that means hairy legs and a moustache?! -It does not. Gimme a break!! It&#39;s 2018, there is wikipedia if you are allergic to books and read about it! Seriously, there is no reason for all the nonsense about the F word. No, not that one, Feminism! That dirty word for so many! (long sigh!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;My daughter is fully aware that there are enough people, who keep on saying what a feminist should be or do or what a women in general is all about. Should a woman have kids, marry, be gay, straight, run demonstrations, run for public office, be CEOs, scientists, can a feminist have a beauty Vlog? These are the questions a young person may ask, as adults seem themselfs so confused about it. What is a feminist and why so many women shy away from it, while others even condemn it? And I am not talking about Saudi Arabia, I am talking Europeans for example. (yet another long sigh)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Looking back in history, as we so often do at home, we can look up for so many women who had to be total trailblazers and face the backlash of society in order for women in the present day to enjoy the freedom we now have. The freedom to push forward laws and international pressure on other countries, in order to make them accountable in terms women&#39;s rights.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;There is still allot to be done, closing the pay gap and end the slut shaming of women in general in most develop nations and continuing working with countries where the women&#39;s rights are right back where the first feminist movement started.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Raise your kids, both genders, for equality and tell them all about civil rights movements, suffragists, women&#39;s rights activists, men feminists (and there are plenty way ahead of their time still for today&#39;s reality), showcase with amazing women who with their work, advanced women&#39;s empowerment everywhere! Showcase with women from all continents, women of today and from the past! Women of all races and backgrounds, but above all be yourself a role model, by uplifting other women&#39;s achievements. One woman&#39;s success, is all women&#39;s success. Rise and persist, the world will be a better place for all if you do it. So, forget about princesses, surround your daughter with real women role models, to raise an empowered woman. Because Feminism is not a dirty word.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;This weeks miracle tales is from fellow travel blogger, Kelly Duhigg from the blog &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.girlwiththepassport.com/&quot;&gt;Girl With th&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.girlwiththepassport.com/&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;e Passport&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;. Kelly&#39;s sweet yet profound view of the world will take you on a journey of this not so ordinary female solo traveller.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Such is the daily miracle of today, a daily miracle all about empathy and making new friends when you least expect but when you most need it. Sometimes while on a train&#39;s platform when most of us seek to ignore others such is our rush, sometimes to nowhere. Are we ignoring potential friends? Or soul sisters? Who knows! Read on and tell me what do you think.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&#39;Often times, we are consumed by the
challenges of everyday life. We focus only on completing our never ending “to
do list” and miss out on all the little miracles that unfold, right before our
eyes. We become blinded by a blanket of negativity, which accompanies us on our
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&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;And I know this is true for me because I
can easily recall all the trips that were “total disasters”, but have a
difficult time remembering all the times that a stranger was unnecessarily kind
to me, and completely changed my trip. It is so natural for me to whine and
complain about all the times that my travel itinerary did not go according to
plan. But the reality is that there are so many more times, when total disaster
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&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;I can’t forget these miracles because this
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&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;For me, the miracle that brings the most to
into my heart is my experience on an overnight train in Sweden. I was in
Stockholm, Sweden, alone, for the Christmas holidays, but wanted to head up
North, to check out the Northern Lights and tour the world’s biggest Ice Hotel.
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&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Well, as I was waiting on the train
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woman named Danielle. We chatted for a bit because let’s be honest, what else
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&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;And the more we spoke, the more I realized
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States, but she actually grew up in New York, which is where I was born and
live now. With the commonality to solidify our fast friendship, we reminisced
about all the great food and lovely sites that New York has to offer.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;But our conversation was cut short as the
train lethargically, pulled into the station. I prepared to part ways with my
new found friend, by gicing her an enormous bear hug, when she asked, “Where
are you staying?” I proceeded to tell her about my tale of woe and how I had
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&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-US&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Without missing a beat, she invited me to
stay with her in her Ice Hotel room since she was traveling alone and could use
her company. I was shocked that she invited but I was also eternally grateful. Her
kindness and generosity made me feel truly loved, and reminded me of the pure
goodness that many people have within. And I needed that because this was a
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Happily, &amp;nbsp;I took her up on her offer and I can report
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preparing for the coldest night of our lives, and just basically having a ton
of fun. Without Danielle, my trip to Sweden just wouldn’t have been the same.
She single-handedly turned a good trip into a fantastic trip, and I can never
repay her for that. But I will sure try, since we still chat and plan on
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Esta semana o milagre diario é da blogger de viagens, Kelly Duhigg do blogue&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.girlwiththepassport.com/&quot;&gt;Girl With the Passport&lt;/a&gt;. Kelly tem uma visao doce no entanto profunda do mundo leva-o numa jornada desta não tão comum viajante a &amp;nbsp;solo feminina.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;O milagre diário de hoje, é um milagre diário sobre empatia e fazer novos amigos quando menos esperamos, mas quando mais precisamos. Às vezes, numa plataforma de comboios, quando a maioria de nós procuramos ignorar os outros tal é a nossa pressa, as vezes para nenhures. Estaremos a ignorar potenciais amigos? Ou irmãs da alma? Leia e diga-me o que você acha.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&#39;Muitas vezes, somos consumidos pelos desafios da vida quotidiana. Concentramos-nos apenas em completar a nossa &quot;lista de tarefas&quot; sem fim e perder todos os pequenos milagres que se desenrolam, mesmo diante dos nossos olhos. Ficamos cegos por um manto de negatividade, que nos acompanha em nossas viagens.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Isto é verdade para mim, porque eu consigo lembrar-me facilmente de todas as viagens que foram &quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;desastres&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;totais&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;, mas tenho dificuldade de relembrar todas as vezes que um estranho foi desnecessariamente gracioso para comigo, o que mudou completamente a minha viagem. É tão natural para mim lamentar e reclamar sobre todas as vezes que o meu itinerário de viagem não ir de acordo com o plano. Mas a realidade é que há muitas mais vezes, quando o desastre total foi evitado e tudo correu ainda melhor do que eu esperava.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Não posso esquecer esses milagres porque é aí que vem a alegria de viver. Se eu aprecio esses momentos, posso encontrar gratidão por amar e desfrutar da verdadeira luz do espírito humano; Em vez de me consumir pela escuridão dentro de algumas almas perdidas.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Para mim, o milagre que mais traz ao meu coração é a minha experiência numa viagem nocturna de comboio na Suécia. Eu estava em Estocolmo, Suécia, sozinha, para as férias de Natal, mas queria dirigir-me ao norte, para ver as luzes do norte (aurora boreal)&amp;nbsp;e visitar o maior hotel de gelo do mundo. Originalmente, queria para passar uma noite no hotel de gelo, mas lotado e entao optei por uma tour/passeio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;No final estava pronta para partir, e estava eu a espera na plataforma por um comboio que parecia que nunca chegar. Foi ai que conheci uma mulher encantadora chamada Danielle. Conversamos um pouco, porque vamos ser honestos, o que mais se pode fazer quando se esta a morrer de frio mas sabemos que o nosso comboio virá a qualquer minuto?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;E quanto mais falávamos, mais eu percebia que tínhamos tantas coisas em comum. Não só éramos ambas dos Estados Unidos, ela crescera em Nova York, que é onde eu nasci e vivo actualmente. Com tudo o que tínhamos&amp;nbsp;em comum, a nossa amizade se ia solidificando&amp;nbsp;ali naquela plataforma enquanto relembrávamos&amp;nbsp;locais encantadores de Nova York.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Mas a nossa conversa foi interrompida quando o comboio inoportunamente, entrou na estação. Preparei-me para me separar da minha nova amiga, dando-lhe um enorme abraço, quando ela me perguntou: &quot;Onde é que vais ficar?&quot; Contei-lhe sobre a &amp;nbsp;minha triste desventura e de como queria ficar no Hotel do gelo mas que não poderia porque estava totalmente reservado.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Sem perder tempo, convidou-me para ficar com ela no seu quarto de hotel de gelo, já&amp;nbsp; que a viajar sozinha e dava-lhe jeito companhia. Fiquei chocada, por ela me convidar, e eu também estava completamente grata. A sua bondade e generosidade fez-me sentir verdadeiramente amada, e me lembrou a bondade pura que muitas pessoas têm dentro de si Eu precisava disso mesmo porque este era um momento na minha vida onde eu estava me sentindo muito vazia e totalmente sozinha.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Felizmente, eu aceitei a sua oferta e posso contar que passamos um tempo fantástico juntas no bar de gelo, ao jantar, e enquanto preparava-mo-nos para a noite mais fria de nossas vidas, e basicamente tendo uma tonelada de diversão. Sem Danielle, a minha viagem à Suécia não seria a mesma. So ela, transformara uma boa viagem simples numa viagem fantástica, e eu nunca poderei retribuir mas vou tentar, uma vez que ainda hoje falamos e planeamos umas férias juntas em breve.&#39;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Francisca&#39;s blue whale and the Hazara boy.&lt;br /&gt;
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Do something for someone or donate something without expecting anything in return, except the hope that this person when given the opportunity, will do something for another person too. I&#39;ve carried this little whale with me since my first EU/UN mission in 2009.&lt;br /&gt;
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Back then, I traveled to Afghanistan &amp;nbsp;to observe the elections and it was the first time I had been separated from my then 4-year-old daughter. I used to cry every night, clinging to the small whale, longing to have my daughter in my arms soon enough.&lt;br /&gt;
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During the day I would walk around with it inside my bra, (yes, you read it right, well inside my bra !!) mainly since the night of the rocket attacks where we had to run to take refuge in the bunker of the UN base I was staying. Since that night I decided that I could very well leave everything behind except the little blue whale, because it was like leaving Francisca such was the importance of the little plastic toy to my mental sanity.&lt;br /&gt;
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Five years later, and in a perfect circle, I returned to Afghanistan in 2014, by then the small whale had traveled with a little Minnie, and we traveled half the world together in a quasi-diplomatic representation of my daughter Francisca. Pakistan, Ivory Coast, DR Congo etc and such, there were always children to donate to but for fear of hurting my daughter I never did. Until she told me: Mom, I think you should give it to some child who has no toys.&lt;br /&gt;
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So, five years on I finally did it. To a little Hazara boy who I&#39;ve met accompanying his elder sister to work.&lt;br /&gt;
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It was now in good hands. The circle closed perfectly, And I was only the messenger of this very small donation.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Fazer algo para alguém ou doar algo sem&amp;nbsp;esperar nada em troca, excepto a esperança que essa pessoa quando tiver a oportunidade e vontade faça algo por outro que não ao mesmo.&amp;nbsp;Carreguei comigo esta pequena baleia desde a minha primeira missão em 2009.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Há cinco anos quando fui observar as eleições no Afeganistão, era a primeira vez que me separava da minha filha, de então 4 anos. Chorava todos os dias a noite, agarrada à baleia cheia de saudades de ter a minha filha coladinha a mim.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Durante o dia andava com ela dentro do soutien, (sim, leram bem no soutien!!) principalmente desde a noite dos ataques de rockets onde corremos para nos refugiarmos no bunker da base da ONU. Desde essa noite decidi que poderia deixar tudo para trás menos a pequena baleia azul, porque era como deixar a Francisca tal era a importância do pequeno brinquedo de plástico para a minha sanidade mental.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Volvidos 5 anos e num círculo perfeito, regressei ao Afeganistão em 2014, pelo meio a pequena baleia que agora viajava já com uma pequena Minnie viajamos meio mundo juntas em representação quasi diplomática da minha Francisca. Paquistão, Costa do Marfim, Congo Belga etc e tal, havia sempre crianças a quem doar mas com medo de magoar a minha filha nunca o fiz. Até que me disse : mãe acho que devias doar a alguma criança que não tenha brinquedos.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Assim, cinco anos depois fi-lo. A um pequeno menino Hazara que acompanhava a irmã no seu trabalho.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;The daily
miracle today, is a reminder that from the worst experiences, one can come out
stronger, empowered even if those experiences were meant to humiliate. Many
women face serious sexual harassment and assault, in their work environment.
This is not OK! It is&amp;nbsp;also an absurd being laid off after speaking out
against it. While the perpetrators move from one office to another, relocating
the sexual harassment with them. Todays&#39; daily miracle is a testament of a
woman&#39;s will to over come it and how life and her own will power, &amp;nbsp;has
allowed her to heal and move on.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;color: #444444; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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story of Penelopi, this blogger from Greece is behind&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.maninio.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;color: #1155cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;Maninio | Vegetarian Food and
Travel stories by a HunGreek&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;. Her blog is all about balance, talking about&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Healthy, Balanced Food, Travel stories and her
transition experiences from obesity to a healthy lifestyle, and&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.instagram.com/maniniopk/&quot;&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;color: #1155cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;&quot;&gt;you need to check it out!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #444444; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&#39;I was an expat working as&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;construction mechanical engineer and
I was happy with my job. I was new to the site and the senior mechanical
engineer was very friendly with me. In the beginning he was making jokes,
inviting me for lunch breaks and was around me for the most time. At first I
thought that he was acting just very friendly and nothing more. Day by day his
comments started to become sexually offensive and he started to slightly touch
me in different parts of my body. &amp;nbsp;I tried to ignore him as much as
possible and made it clear that I was not interested in his advances. This
continued for quite a while. The big part of it, happened while I was on
vacation. He was texting me daily with all those disgusting and over the line
messages. I could not take it any more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #444444; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;As soon as I returned back from my holidays, I printed all his messages and
went straight to the general Manager. A week later, his attitude completely
changed! He stopped all the innuendos, annoying and disgusting but started to
treat me like a servant. Very bossy, very arrogant and very rude! Towards the
end of this week from hell, my company transferred him to another project.
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #444444; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;When my project finalised, I had to move to the next one, where the creepy
guy was there! (Unfortunately, they did not have any other project to put me
on). Before the end of my project, they called me in to inform me of my
dismissal from work!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #444444; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;I was heartbroken, devastated, very angry and very sad. The reason they
gave me was irrelevant to the sexual harassment story. Of course, I did not
believe it. Adding to this my&amp;nbsp;25 years old&amp;nbsp;cousin, who was very close
to me, passed away and I was totally in grief yet I could not attend the
funeral back home. I was an expat, and I could not leave the country and the
job I was in, because of my one month notice since my dismissal.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #444444; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;I spent a horrible last month at work. After returning home, I had no
appetite for anything, except to apply for jobs because I had to find a new
placement. Then, after 3 months of searching, I gave up and decided to go for a trip alone. I decided to go to an Ashram in India for 3 weeks. My first solo
trip ever and life changing indeed!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #444444; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;Suddenly something happened! Eight hours before my flight, I received an
email for a job interview, but I had to inform them about my current status and
that I was on my way to the airport. They agreed to have the interview as soon
as I come back from my travels.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #444444; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;During my time in that Ashram in India, my whole attitude towards my
current life changed. I spent 3 weeks stress free, relaxed and I realised a lot
of things that I was not aware of before. I returned back a whole new person; I
had the interview and got the job in one of the most reputable and best
companies around the world for my line of work, where I worked for almost 6
years.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #444444; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang=&quot;EN-GB&quot; style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;My daily miracle? The miracle was realising that if that guy had not
existed in my life(as bad as it was!) and I had not been laid off, maybe I would have not had the
chance to visit that serene place in India, to find my self and get the job
right after! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif;&quot;&gt;This miracle happened for a reason! :)&#39;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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que a partir das piores experiências, podemos sair mais fortes e mais
empoderadas. Mesmo aqueles momentos de humilhação pessoal. Muitas mulheres
enfrentam graves ataques de assédio sexual e até mesmo agressão no seu ambiente
de trabalho. Isto não esta certo! Também é um absurdo ser-se despedida por
falar sobre o assunto. Enquanto os agressores se deslocam de um escritório para
outro, levando o assédio sexual com eles mas deixando marcas. &amp;nbsp;O milagre
diário de hoje é um testemunho da vontade de uma mulher para superar tudo isto
e como a vida e &amp;nbsp;a sua própria força de vontade, lhe permitiu curar e
seguir em frente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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da Grega está por trás&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.maninio.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #1155cc;&quot;&gt;Maninio | Vegetarian Food and Travel stories by a
HunGreek&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;. No seu blog é tudo uma questão de equilíbrio, falando de
vida saudável, alimentação equilibrada, histórias de viagens e sua transição de
obesidade a um estilo de vida saudável, e você precisa fazer de o descobrir!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;&#39;Estava a trabalhar fora como engenheira de
construção mecânica e estava feliz com o meu trabalho. Eu era nova o local
&amp;nbsp;e o engenheiro mecânico superior era sempre muito simpático comigo.
Muito. No início ele fazia piadas, convidava-me para almoçar ou para pausas e
estava perto de mim a maior parte do tempo. No início eu pensei que ele estava
apenas agindo de forma amigável e nada mais. Todos os dias os seus comentários
iam escalando de teor sexual e muito ofensivos, para logo depois começar a
tocar ligeiramente em diferentes partes do meu corpo. Tentei ignorar e deixar
bem claro tanto quanto possível que não estava interessada em seus avanços. Mas
isto continuou por um longo período. A maior parte aconteceu enquanto eu estava
de férias. Ele enviava-me mensagens diariamente com repugnantes textos de teor
sexual. Eu já não aguentava mais. Assim que regressei de férias, eu imprimi
todas as mensagens e fui falar directamente com a gerência geral. Uma semana
depois, a sua atitude mudou completamente e ele parou com todas as bocas
sexuais, irritantes e desagradáveis ​​mas começou a tratar-me como uma serva.
Muito arrogante e muito rude! No final desta semana infernal, &amp;nbsp;a empresa
transferi-o para outro projecto.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;div class=&quot;MsoNormal&quot; style=&quot;background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;Quando o meu projecto terminou, eu tive que
mudar para o próximo e la esta ele também! (Infelizmente, eles não tinham
qualquer outro projecto onde colocar-me). Antes do final do projecto,
chamaram-me para informar-me de que seria dispensada do projecto! Fiquei de
coração partido, Devastada, zangada e muito triste. A razão que me deram era
totalmente irrelevante para a história de &amp;nbsp;assédio sexual. Claro, que eu
não acreditei. Para piorar a minha prima de apenas 25 anos de idade e que me
era muito próxima, falecera. &amp;nbsp;Infelizmente devido a minha situação e por
ter de dar um mês a casa não pude ir &amp;nbsp;ao funeral.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;Passei um último mês horrível no trabalho.
Depois quando acabou, fiquei por um tempo em casa sem apetite para nada a não
ser para me candidatar a empregos porque eu tinha que encontrar uma nova
colocação. Então, depois de 3 meses de busca, desisti e decidi ir viajar
sozinha. Decidi ir para um Ashram na Índia por 3 semanas. A minha primeira
viagem sozinha, que seria de mudança pessoal e de vida!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;De repente, algo aconteceu! Oito horas
antes do meu voo, eu recebi um e-mail para uma entrevista de emprego, mas
informei-os sobre o meu estado actual de estava a caminho do aeroporto. Eles
concordaram em ter a entrevista logo que eu regressasse da minha viagem.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;serif&amp;quot;; font-size: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;Durante o meu tempo no Ashram na Índia,
toda a minha atitude em relação a minha vida actual mudou. Passei 3 semanas sem
stresse, relaxada e eu percebi então um monte de coisas de que eu não estava
ciente antes. Regressei uma pessoa totalmente nova, tive a tal entrevista e
consegui o emprego em uma das mais conceituadas e melhores empresas de todo o
mundo para a minha linha de trabalho, onde eu trabalhei durante 6 anos.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 12pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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aquela situação não tivesse acontecido (por pior que tivesse sido!) e eu não tivesse sido se despedida, eu
talvez não teria tido a oportunidade de visitar esse lugar sereno na Índia,
para me encontrar e logo de seguida fazer o trabalho certo para mim! Esse
milagre aconteceu por uma razão! :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: blue; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: medium;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; font-size: 12.0pt;&quot;&gt;Você gostou desta história e quero
compartilhar a sua? Basta enviá-lo para blogamniotico@gmail.com :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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In a conversation with my daughter Francisca, I asked her if she knew what the international woman&#39;s day was all about. she answered that she didn&#39;t know, so I asked why would we celebrate this day . She looked at me very firmly and said, &lt;i&gt;&quot;Because there are things that women can not do, because only men can do it.&quot;&lt;/i&gt; I was about to die, my own daughter was corroborating with chauvinism. I&#39;m sure I had a beggining of what it semed a panic attack, my brows furrowed, and I think I was blinking one eye intermittently. I asked her back, &lt;i&gt;&quot;What do you mean you can not do it?&amp;nbsp;Don&#39;t you think women can do anything they want ?? Who are as capable as men?&quot;&lt;/i&gt; Because, she is my daughter, she wrinkled her beautiful eyebrows back at me but without blinking one eye (or I would be truly worried!) She answered: - &quot;&lt;i&gt;Mom!! Yes, they cannot because they will not let them do it! Look &amp;nbsp;just like, for example, the ones &lt;a href=&quot;http://apav.pt/apav_v2/index.php/pt/918-cansada&quot;&gt;the fadistas* are now singing about!&lt;/a&gt; Those who suffer from domestic violence! Or those that you always talk about, those that in certain countries are treated like animals. They can not do it because they are not allowed to.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I swallowed hard. then I asked again: - &lt;i&gt;&quot;Do you know what domestic violence is?&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;she&amp;nbsp;replied &lt;i&gt;&quot;I know, it&#39;s when you are afraid in your own home.&quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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One time. I told her. No woman should accept being a victim. Because if we give birth, there isn&#39;t higher pain than that (I did not tell her this,of course, I do not want to traumatize her). We are stronger than sometimes we are made to believe. We are educated, to be sensitive, fragile beings. The word victim, takes away our power. Unfortunately there are real victims of all kinds and forms. In many areas of the world, we are still treated as if we were a commodity, like livestock or flour, sometimes we are worth less than that.&lt;/div&gt;
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My first love, in geographical terms, was the Middle East. A passion that led me to study in the UK and then travel in the region. As one can imagine, over and over again, friends questioned or asserted without any knowledge of this: &lt;i&gt;&quot;These guys are very abusive to women, man!&lt;/i&gt; Or -&quot;&lt;i&gt;These are strange people. Women are worthless there.&quot;&lt;/i&gt; Tired of debating this issue, bearing in mind, for example, that, more women died in Portugal and Wales, victims of domestic violence more than in the whole Middle East! Meanwhile, in the year 2000 it was written by several organizations where it was debated with specific data how many women were in fact victims of crimes of honor. Which they were indeed. In Portugal, ignorance and silence killed more women. When we continuously ignored the subject, it made many women to accept to die slowly. Our police forces and our laws for a long time have avoided spooning between husband and wife. Luckily today as it is a public crime, that&#39;s exactly what one should do.&lt;/div&gt;
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But education, like &#39;in these weird countries&#39;, is at the core of the matter. But education should not be left alone in the hands of us mothers of girls. Because even there, the weight falls into the hands of mothers of girls &#39;we have to educate women, girls&#39;. It is quite rare to talk about or to organize debates and workshops to educate men and boys in these matters of gender equality. It&#39;s as important for things as simple as girls like my own, to &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/amightygirl/posts/702833556419627:0&quot;&gt;be able to mask themselves as Stormtroopers, without being taken for tomboys.&lt;/a&gt; &amp;nbsp; Or be able to skate or whatever she wants to! Without pejorative labels. So that boys who choose to, to be able to wear pink fuchsia, without suffering any type of bullying.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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Mothers of boys have an obligation to educate their &#39;princes&#39; to respect equality, and difference, not to rape or force anything on the other, to respect the other gender. This is not only up to the school, it is up to all of us as a society. We, mothers of girls will thank you, society will thank you. And the world will be a much better place for everyone. This is feminism, it is all about equality and not the bogeyman.&lt;/div&gt;
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Em conversa com a minha filha Francisca, perguntei-lhe se sabia o que era o dia internacional da mulher. Respondeu-me que não sabia, então perguntei-lhe porque é que se celebraria este dia. Olhou para mim muito fixamente e disse: -&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Porque há coisas que as mulheres não conseguem fazer, porque só os homens podem fazer.&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Fiquei para morrer, a minha filha estava a corroborar com o chauvinismo. Tenho a certeza que tive um principio de piri-paque, com as sobrancelhas franzidas e acho que piscava um dos olhos intermitentemente. Perguntei-lhe de volta :-&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Como assim não conseguem fazer? Não achas que as mulheres podem fazer tudo o que quiserem?? Que são tão capazes como os homens?&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Porque é minha filha, franziu-me de volta as suas lindas sobrancelhas mas sem piscar intermitentemente um dos olhos (ou estaria eu verdadeiramente preocupada!) respondeu-me:-&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Mãe!! Sim, não conseguem porque não lhes deixam fazer! Olha como por exemplo aquelas pelas quais agora as&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://apav.pt/apav_v2/index.php/pt/918-cansada&quot;&gt;fadistas andam a cantar!&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Aquelas que sofrem de violência doméstica! Ou aquelas que tu falas sempre, aquelas que em certos países são tratadas como animais. Essas não conseguem, porque não lhes deixam.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Engoli em seco. Perguntei:- S&lt;i&gt;abes o que é violência domestica?&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Respondeu-me:-&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Sei, é quando têm medo dentro da sua própria casa.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Basta uma vez. Disse-lhe. Nenhuma mulher deve aceitar ser vitima. Porque se damos à luz, maior dor que essa não há (não lhe disse isto, não a quero traumatizar). Somos mais fortes, do que às vezes cremos. Somos educadas, que somos seres sensíveis, frágeis. A palavra vitima tira-nos o poder. Infelizmente há mesmo vitimas de todos os tipos e formas. Em muitas zonas do mundo, ainda somos tratadas como se fossemos uma comodidade, como o gado ou a farinha, às vezes valemos menos que isso.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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O meu primeiro amor em termos geográficos, foi o Médio Oriente. Paixão que me levou a estudar no Reino Unido e depois viajar pela região. Como pode-se imaginar, vezes sem conta amigos questionaram-me ou afirmavam sem qualquer conhecimento para tal:-&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Esses gajos maltratam muito as mulheres, pá!&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;ou -&lt;i&gt;É um povo estranho. As mulheres não valem nada lá.&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;Cansada de debater esta questão, tendo em conta, já na altura, que por exemplo morriam mais mulheres em Portugal e no País de Gales, vitimas de violência doméstica, que em todo o Médio Oriente junto! Enquanto, já no ano 2000 se escrevia por várias organizações onde se debatia com dados concretos quantas mulheres eram de facto vitimas de crimes de honra. Que o eram de facto. Em Portugal, a ignorância e o silêncio matava mais mulheres. O ignorarmos o assunto, fez com que muitas mulheres fossem aceitando morrer aos poucos. As nossas forças policiais e as nossas leis durante muito tempo, evitaram meter a colher entre marido e a mulher. Felizmente hoje como é crime público, é isso mesmo que se deve fazer.&lt;/div&gt;
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Mas a educação, tal como &#39;nesses países esquisitos&#39;, está no cerne da questão. Mas a educação não se deve ficar só nas mãos de nós, mães de meninas. Porque até aí, o peso recai nas mãos de mães de meninas &#39;temos que educar as mulheres, as meninas&#39; raras são as vezes que se diz ou organizam debates e workshop para educar os homens e rapazes nestas coisas da igualdade do género. É tão importante para coisas tão simples como que meninas como a minha,&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/amightygirl/posts/702833556419627:0&quot;&gt;possam mascarar-se como Stormtrooper&lt;/a&gt;, sem serem gozadas por serem &#39;Marias rapazes&#39;. Ou possam fazer skate ou o que quiserem! Sem rótulos pejorativos. Ou que meninos queiram e possam usar rosa choc, sem sofrerem bullying. As mães de meninos, têm a obrigação de educar os seus &#39;príncipes&#39; a respeitar a igualdade, e a diferença, a não violar nem forçar, a respeitar o outro género e não cabe só à escola, cabe-nos a todos, é um dever. Nós, mães de meninas agradecemos, a sociedade agradece. E o mundo será um lugar muito melhor para todos. Todos. Isto é feminismo, é igualdade e não um bicho papão.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;By now, we are already used to expressions of doubt and amazement when we say to people that Francisca&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;is doing home school t&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;his year. &lt;i&gt;&#39;Is this possible in Portugal?&#39;&lt;/i&gt; we get asked many times. Yes, it is, and I got to know &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;recently, that it is so since 1977! Well, as we know it today. In recent years, the few data available, tell us that the numbers have been doubling each year, but more in early years of school than in the last ones. The reasons for home schooling are the most diverse, parents and students disillusioned with education in general, nomadic families, students with several difficulties at school or due to illnesses. The years in which these students are, can go from the first grade to the the 12th. If in the early years of this type of education, and before the 1977 legislation, this option was a result of a upper social status which permitted private tutors to all disciplines. Nowadays though, the reasons can be the most diverse as well as the investment that parents make both in monetary terms as in terms of time and availability. This is the story of our home school adventure this year, where the course has been one of trial error, much willingness to learn in a system that despite allowing it does not do it properly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;During elementary school we traveled twice in the middle of the year, both in January and both had an impact on the school results. Totally my fault, the mom, I assume and I can explain! In the second and fourth year we went to Guinea Bissau and Brazil respectively, where I went to work and to Brazil, where &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amniotico.com/2014/12/o-nosso-milagre-de-natal.html&quot;&gt;we went so that my daughter could meet her dad, for the first time.&lt;/a&gt; Both trips were unavoidable and quite desired actually. Although we are lucky enough with the family we have, as a single parent family, with whom Francisca stays when I travel to work, sometimes I have to take her with me. I love it and prefer it of course, but it is not always possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;From the French school she learned how to speak and read another language. With the madness of all the work, despite everything, she kept the working method and organization. We stopped studying by decorating texts, that&#39;s abig no but she is learning to take notes with love for the subjects of history, sciences and literature. There is now room for research and presentation of works on themes or individuals in history, science and the arts. Visit museums, mainly taking advantage of free days because there are no discounts for these students and they are not always cheap! The books were chosen by subject and without fixed lists, in free book banks and what was lacking was then acquired in the several bookstores but mainly in the bookstore in Cascais at the&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Déjà Lu&lt;/i&gt;, where we are also voluntaries to awaken her to the social work and the value of the work itself. The physical exercise is in the walks, the obligatory ones since we walk every where and for leisure. But a lot in the ballet which is my daughter&#39;s passion. Mathematics classes, matter in which the mother is completely null, period. After a lot of research, we chose the Brain Alive Estoril - Mathematics Gymnasium, a space for learning about these subjects where one learns by valuing the error. The price of these classes divided by the times she goes there it&#39;s still well below private tutoring prices, and she also profits to socialise with others. As a result, in the first test she had 20%, 3 months later &amp;nbsp;she was winning the challenge of the month, even against students of the 12th year!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Through this process, she has gained self-confidence, she came to believe in herself and her potential. Feelling she is an individual with something to give back to society. Something to add. We watch movies that interesses her, and discuss about various topics she has now discovered a new interest. Uses unusual terms and expressions for her age, has time to read and walk our four paws buddy Concha. She has time to play and to create, to dream and to be the 11 year old she is. My daughter&#39;s grief from the school in France, was also a lesson I could not and should not avoid, we can not protect them from everything and it makes her stronger, more empathetic and prepared. It has been a year and a half of a lot of learning on several levels, it will be for now only for this year. Even because this requires much of me, &amp;nbsp;and her &lt;i&gt;mama&lt;/i&gt; has to work, not to mention the difficulty of the subjects from the 7th grade up.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;I believe in teaching and leraning, in education and I know, due to my work, the consequences of the lack of it. There is room for improvement in education, but there should be an open-mind project to change and to include families like ours that are doing this type of education, and a greater freedom of choice to include other skills as important. In terms of final grades and the result of this choice of it will only be known at the end. For now, for me, her effort and her attitude towards learning and knowledge is all that matters. The numbers are important, but they are, what they are. And they do not make her a better person, a better student, a better citizen and/or a better future worker. Right now, &amp;nbsp;I am educating a world citizen. Utopian? Yes, but please let me be, as is so little utopia these days!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Por esta altura, passado&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;já&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;alguns meses&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;já&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;nos habituamos a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;expressões&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;de duvida e espanto quando falamos que a Francisca este ano esta a fazer&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;educação&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;domestica. &#39;Isso é&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;possível&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;em&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;Portugal&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;?&#39; Perguntam-nos imensas vezes. Sim, é, e eu também&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;só&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;descobri recentemente que o é desde 1977! Pelo menos como a conhecemos hoje. Nos&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;últimos anos,&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;os poucos dados&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;disponíveis,&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;dizem que os&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;números&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;tem vindo a duplicar de ano para ano, no entanto mais nos primeiros anos de escola do que nos&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;últimos&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;. As razoes&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;são&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;as mais variadas, pais e alunos desiludidos com o ensino em geral, pais que viajam, alunos com as mais diversas dificuldades na escola ou por&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;motivo&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;de doença. Os anos onde estes alunos&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;estão&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;, pode ir até ao 12o ano. Se nos primeiros anos deste tipo de&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;educação&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;, e antes da&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;legislação&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;de 1977, muitos o faziam porque o seu estatuto social permitia tutores particulares a todas as disciplinas, hoje em dia as razoes podem ser as mais diversas assim como o investimento que os pais fazem tanto em termos&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;monetários&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;como em termos de tempo e disponibilidade. Este é o relato da nossa aventura pela&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;educação&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;doméstica este ano, onde o percurso tem sido de tentativa erro, muita vontade de aprender num sistema que apesar de o permitir&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;não&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;o faz adequadamente.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Durante a escola primaria viajamos as duas a meio do ano, duas vezes, ambas em Janeiro e ambas tiveram um impacto nos resultados na escola. Culpa da&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;mãe&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;, assumo e passo a explicar. No segundo e quarto ano fomos para a Guiné Bissau e Brasil respectivamente, onde eu fui trabalhar e para o Brasil, para onde&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://draft.blogger.com/goog_988146820&quot; style=&quot;color: #1155cc;&quot;&gt;fomos para a minha filha conhecer o pai&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amniotico.com/2014/12/o-nosso-milagre-de-natal.html&quot; style=&quot;color: #1155cc;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Ambas as viagens eram&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;inevitáveis&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;e apesar de eu ser uma sortuda com a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;família&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;que tenho para uma&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;família&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;mono parental, com quem a Francisca fica quando viajo a trabalho, por vezes tenho que a levar comigo. Adoro e prefiro, mas nem sempre foi&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;possível&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Por outro lado, na escola primaria fui uma&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;mãe&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;bastante resignada por aquilo que eu acredito ter sido a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;possível&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;de&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;educação&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;, que a escola publica em Portugal pode oferecer. Não me queixei, aceitei professores a darem o litro e o que podiam com aquilo que tinham na altura, auxiliares que vestiam a camisola a troco de um&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;salário&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;e&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;condições&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;de trabalho que por vezes impossibilitam a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;sobrevivência&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;básica&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;. Sempre com gesto carinhoso para com a minha filha ou um sorriso para mim,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;mãe&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;! Um professor diferente por ano; professores forçados a trabalhar com problemas de&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;saúde&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;mental a beira de&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;exaustão&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;e desgaste acumulado. Matéria despejada e dada a garfada para atingir sabe-se la que objectivos. Exames nacionais, que em nada reflectiam o que os alunos realmente aprendiam e apreendiam mas para os&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;quais&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;tinham que estar preparados a todo o custo. Escolas mantidas com a boa vontade de&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;associações&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;de pais e&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;pais&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;disponíveis&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;para pintar paredes ao fim de semana. No meio disto tudo ainda tinham a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;atenção&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;de nos apoiar quando viajamos juntas e fizemos durante um&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;mês&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;uma&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;espécie&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;de escola a distancia ou quando&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;só&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;mãe&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;viajava e a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;família&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;e filha precisavam de apoio, nem que fosse somente empatia pela aluna ter a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;mãe&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;longe. Isto para n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;ó&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;s foi o que que mais nos marcou, os afectos a meio de tanta coisa a correr menos bem. Culpa, na minha&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;opinião&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;, de um sistema&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;há&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;muito com falta de&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;atenção concreta e assertiva,&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;de um olhar mais critico e com desenvolvimentos e&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;acções&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;contínuas a pensar no aluno,&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;independentemente de vontades de governos de cores diferentes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Foi durante este ano, que aprendi que o ensino em geral esta todo errado!! Não é&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;só&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;o&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Português&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;, o&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Francês&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;trouxe ao de cima &amp;nbsp;para mim, o que esta mal no&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Português&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;. Não faz sentido, eu sei, e por isso passo a explicar. Ao chegar a uma escola nova num pais novo, numa escola que se auto intitula uma das melhores de França, a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;pressão&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;estava esteve presente desde o inicio com exames vários&amp;nbsp;e entrevistas. Se isto&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;não&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;era o suficiente, com uma&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;espécie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;de ameaça velada um professor de&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Português&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;disse logo na primeira aula aos alunos que se&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;não&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;mantivessem notas altas, seriam depois colocados nas escolas&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;satélites&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;. Como se fosse um castigo maior para quem&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;não&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;desempenhasse bem o seu dever de estudante, a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;miúdos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;de 10 e 11 anos. Isto&amp;nbsp;fez com que as crianças sentissem uma&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;pressão&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;e&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;competição&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;entre alunos desmesurada.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;color: black;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Excelentes alunos&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;questionavam-se&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;constantemente sobre sua&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;própria&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;prestação&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;e um medo absurdo do dia em que saberiam se ficariam ou&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;não&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;na escola principal, a &#39;desejada para os melhores&#39; entre os melhores. Ao dar a entender que estas escolas&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;não&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;eram boas, logo no inicio do ano escolar teve um impacto negativo para a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;secção&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Portuguesa também, que se vira abraços com excesso de alunos e que por falta de espaço muitos teriam que ir para essas&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;escola&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;, que na verdade&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;são&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;escolas normais e boas. Apenas,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;não&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;estão&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;inseridas no ensino regular&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Francês&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;e por isso&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;são&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;considerada fora do elitismo que estas escola&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;internacionais&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;tentam manter,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;já&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;que nalgumas&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;secções&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;como a Americana pagam propinas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;altíssimas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;ao&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;contrar&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;io&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;das que como a&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Portuguesa,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;são&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;gratuitas.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;T&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;ambém&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;aqui&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;há&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;que manter os&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;números&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;para justificar essas propinas e o bom nome da escola. No final do ano, tanto pais como alunos da&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;secção&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Portuguesa&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;não&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;queriam os filhos nessas escola porque isso significava o falhanço. A&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;secção&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;ao ver-se encostada a parede com&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;números que não&amp;nbsp;batiam e sem qualquer transparência&amp;nbsp;ou critérios&amp;nbsp;claros estipulados e publicados, decidiu.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;A Francisca fora uma das muitas crianças que teria de mudar de escola no ano seguinte, teve o seu primeiro grande desgosto. &#39;Mãe, o meu trabalho e esforço, não&amp;nbsp;foi o suficiente!&#39; Disse-me com os olhos cheios de lágrimas&amp;nbsp;contidas e desgostosas. Tivessem dito que a tal escola era uma escola normal, como é, e que alguns teriam que para la ir inevitavelmente, a minha filha e outros meninos não&amp;nbsp;teriam de pensar que não&amp;nbsp;são&amp;nbsp;o suficiente, que o trabalho não&amp;nbsp;compensa, e quem fica não&amp;nbsp;pensaria que são&amp;nbsp;melhores que outros. Estava tudo errado neste processo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Durante o ano todo, saia cerca da escola as 16 horas da escola&amp;nbsp;e a quarta-feira não&amp;nbsp;tinha aulas a tarde. Todos os dias carregava cerca de 8 quilos as costas&amp;nbsp;e nos dias que tinha aulas de Português&amp;nbsp;o peso aumentava quase mais 4 quilos. Os trabalhos de casa eram diários, enviados por email e com data limite com cerca de 15 dias de avanço mas quem não&amp;nbsp;entregasse nos primeiros dias, muito antes da data limite, tinha uma reprimenda por mail ou verbal. &#39;Minha Senhora, a Maria não&amp;nbsp;esta a avançar o suficiente!&#39; ou &#39;Minha Senhora,&amp;nbsp;a Maria é muito lenta, alguns dos seus colegas entregam tudo com muito tempo de antecedência&#39; Dizia-me o professor de Francês&amp;nbsp;muito indignado e para quem nunca nada estava bem ou era o suficiente. Quando a pressão&amp;nbsp;foi aumentando, senti que tínhamos&amp;nbsp;de abdicar de tempos livres porque desde o momento que chagávamos&amp;nbsp;a casa ficávamos&amp;nbsp;a trabalhar até cerca das 22 horas. Na verdade, atingiu resultados que reflectiam esse trabalho e a minha dedicação&amp;nbsp;como mãe&amp;nbsp;&#39;As mães&amp;nbsp;do liceu&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;internacional&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;sentam-se com os filhos a fazer os trabalhos de casa!&#39; Disseram-me inúmeras&amp;nbsp;vezes outras mães&amp;nbsp;ou funcionários&amp;nbsp;da escola.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;As dificuldades de adaptação&amp;nbsp;a uma língua&amp;nbsp;nova numa escola nova tinha sido ultrapassados, mas com um custo, o de ser criança. &#39;Nesta escola os miúdos&amp;nbsp;não&amp;nbsp;tem tempo para ser crianças, e essa fase esta a acabar!&#39; Dizia-me outra mãe&amp;nbsp;Portuguesa, mãe&amp;nbsp;de um miúdo&amp;nbsp;sempre com notas excelentes mas que muitas vezes sentia o vazio da pressão&amp;nbsp;e saudades dos tempos em que tinha tempo para o desporto e para estar simplesmente&amp;nbsp;com os amigos. Havia dias em que dizia a minha filha &#39;Chega, vai brincar! Brincar, não&amp;nbsp;é computador!&#39; ao qual respondia &#39;mas mãe, o M. H. vai ralhar! E o pior é que se não&amp;nbsp;trabalhar o suficiente vou para a outra escola!&#39;. Eu&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;então&amp;nbsp;dizia-lhe muitas vezes &#39;esforça-te filha, trabalha, as pessoas conseguem atingir objectivos quando se dedicam! Se no final do ano, não&amp;nbsp;ficares&amp;nbsp;na escola mas eu vir que trabalhas-te e deste o melhor de ti, isso bastara para mim. Porque tu és o suficiente, e mais!&#39;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;No entanto sentir que todo o sacrifício&amp;nbsp;fora em vão e desvalorizado por quem de direito, fora um golpe muito duro de digerir aos 10 anos de idade. Para ajudar a aceitar, achei que perceber quais os critérios&amp;nbsp;seria essencial e pedi ao director da secção&amp;nbsp;que lhe explicasse quais eram. No meio de um discurso quase desconexo de tom paroquial, não&amp;nbsp;o soube fazer, apenas podia dizer agora quase no final do ano que afinal a outra escola era muito boa! Não ajudou, e então&amp;nbsp;decidi que não&amp;nbsp;ficaríamos&amp;nbsp;em Paris, sendo que este tipo de ensino é o oficial o que para mim não&amp;nbsp;era o que precisávamos&amp;nbsp;ou queríamos.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Antes de regressarmos a base eu tive que viajar uma vez mais, eram a ferias de verão e nos já tínhamos decidido fazer educação domestica. Quando regressamos liguei para o ministério da educação para saber o que tinha que fazer, depois de umas informações erradas la nos inscrevermos numa escola oficial. O processo demorou mais do que o previsto porque levantou-se a questão da equivalência do ano escolar. Apesar de a secção Portuguesa estar sob a tutela do Ministério da Educação, como não há &#39;simplex&#39; no cruzamento de informações etc ninguém sabia da existência do mesmo em Portugal! Nem, ao contrario da informação prestada pela escola em França, ninguém aceitou a declaração da escola até ter uma certificada da Fundação Camões em Franca que fora extremamente prestável e célere.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Entretanto depois de a inscrever neste sistema de ensino, descobrimos que tem que fazer exames anuais a todas as disciplinas excepto a educação física. Isto inclui musica, educação visual e educação tecnologia. Inclui também nos exames a parte oral ou pratica a Inglês, Português, educação tecnológica e claro musica. Para os exames paga-se uma taxa única para o segundo ciclo de &amp;nbsp;10€, Obter informação para as matérias tem sido uma luta, principalmente para as disciplinas de Musica e EVTs. A escola evitou a todos os custos e talvez por não haver directivas expressas para estes alunos, finalmente deram-nos copias de exames feitos em 2015, a ultima vez que tiveram uma aluna do 6o ano neste sistema. Nos sites do ministério da educação a informação é escassa ou nenhuma. Procurar na Internet é um trabalho ingrato porque a informação esta desactualizada ou incorrecta. Há&amp;nbsp;um grupo de apoio a pais a alunos, mas não há neste momento nenhum movimento que pressione para que se reveja a lei de 1977 que regula o ensino doméstico. Nomeadamente questionar haver teste de musica, e EVT quando a matéria dada nessas disciplinas embora seja pertinente seja, desculpem-me a expressão, para encher chouriços. Isto porque na disciplina de musica estão os alunos um período todo a &amp;nbsp;aprender duas notas musicais. EVT, um período todo a fazer uma capa? Como digo, valorizo imenso estas áreas ate porque a minha filha gosta e acho importantes mas como se reflecte isto num exame? Como é que se prepara uma criança para estas disciplinas? Parece-me ingrato e dispendioso!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Da escola Francesa aprendeu a falar e ler fluentemente, com a loucura dos trabalhos apesar de tudo guardou método de trabalho e organização. Deixamos de estudar decorando textos para estudar, tirar notas a aprender com amor a historia ciências e leitura. Deu-se espaço a pesquisa e apresentação de trabalhos sobre temas ou individuais da historia, ciências e artes. Visitas a museus, principalmente aproveitando os dias gratuitos, porque não há descontos para estes alunos e nem sempre são baratos. Os livros foram escolhidos por matérias e sem listas fixas, em bancos de livros escolares e o que faltou adquirido nas varias livrarias mas principalmente na livraria solidaria de Cascais a Déjà Lu,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;onde somos também voluntárias para a despertar para o social e para o valor do trabalho. O exercício físico esta nas caminhadas, as obrigatórias pois andamos a pé para todo o lado e as por lazer. Mas muito no ballet que é paixão da minha filha.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: black; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;O desgosto da minha filha com a escola em França, também foi uma lição&amp;nbsp;que eu não&amp;nbsp;poderia &amp;nbsp;nem deveria evitar, não&amp;nbsp;os podemos proteger de tudo e isto torna-a mais forte, mais empática&amp;nbsp;e preparada.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;Foi e tem sido um ano e meio de muita&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;aprendizagem&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;a vários&amp;nbsp;níveis,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;será&amp;nbsp;para&amp;nbsp;já&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;só&lt;wbr&gt;&lt;/wbr&gt;&amp;nbsp;por este ano. Até porque isto exige muito de mim e matéria a partir do 7o ano tem que ser dada de outra forma. Acredito no ensino, na&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;educação&amp;nbsp;e sei pelo meu trabalho as&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;consequências&amp;nbsp;da falta da mesma. Se que&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;há&amp;nbsp;espaço a melhorar o que temos, tem é que haver abertura de&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;espírito&amp;nbsp;para mudar e incluir&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;famílias&amp;nbsp;como a nossa que estejam a fazer este tipo de &amp;nbsp;ensino, e maior liberdade de ensino para incluir outras aptidões&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;times new roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;tão&amp;nbsp;ao mais importantes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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When you hear about Guinea Bissau, I am pretty sure the words fun and safe won&#39;t come to mind and less often you will read it on articles regarding this west African country. Myself, when I visited it the first time back in 2012, &amp;nbsp;for a short United Nations assignment, I had very little expectations about this country. After two months, I was completely overwhelmed and in love with this small nation because Guinea Bissau is its people, &lt;i&gt;terra sabi &lt;/i&gt;(good land in Crioulo) and it was under my skin. &#39;I told you so!&#39; several friends told me, when I came back home, already looking forward to go back again.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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So much so, I decided to go back on another short assignment, this time for another NGO and with my then 7 year old daughter. We stayed with friends and while I was working, my daughter was having fun learning all about its culture, a new continent and above all, making friends.&lt;/div&gt;
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Within almost two months, it was Carnaval and we were about to leave when it started and believe me, Guineans love Carnaval and they sure know how to celebrate it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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Guinea is a beautiful and rich country in terms of a ethnic landscape with several ethnic groups living quite peacefully among themselves. Several local languages, the &lt;i&gt;crioulo&lt;/i&gt; which is spoken by all ethnic groups, and Portuguese the official language are the languages spoken. Several people speak French as is also a working language for many businesses and international organisations just beacuse is surrounded by other French speaking nations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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So, what makes Carnaval so unique in Guinea Bissau? Well prety much exactly what I&#39;ve mentioned above and more, the perfection of a ethnic patchwork country. If I can put it this way. Each ethnic group has its own traditional garments and traditions and it&#39;s celebrated all over Guinea. Carnaval was brought in by the Portuguese as an European celebration, but with time it has evolved in to something of its own. And it&#39;s great. Unfortunately we had to leave earlier and although we did not see all of it, we saw the children&#39;s processions, a small representation of another one which took place some days later. We were all by ourselves, a mom and daughter, and we felt safe all the way. Being invited by locals here and there to taste food or see a funny costume. Or simply to say &#39;hi!&#39; because when you are in Guinea you better be nice, because almost everyone around you will be.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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So below is a photo diary of this Carnaval adventure! Enjoy!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Quando ouve falar da Guiné-Bissau, tenho certeza de que as palavras divertida e segura não virão à mente e muito menos vai lê-las em artigos sobre este país da África Ocidental. Eu mesma, quando a visitei pela primeira vez em 2012 para uma breve missão&amp;nbsp;das Nações Unidas, tinha pouquíssimas expectativas sobre este país. Depois de dois meses, eu estava completamente apaixonada por esta pequena nação, porque a Guiné Bissau é o seu povo, terra sabi (boa terra em Crioulo) estava sob a minha pele. &#39;Eu bem te disse!&#39; Vários amigos me disseram, quando regressei&amp;nbsp;a casa, já ansiosa para voltar.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Assim sendo, aceitei um novo desafio num outro projecto curto, desta vez para uma outra ONG e com a minha filha então com 7 anos. Ficamos com amigos e enquanto eu trabalhava, a &amp;nbsp;minha filha divertia-se aprendendo tudo sobre &amp;nbsp;a cultura Guineense, um novo continente e acima de tudo, fazer novos amigos.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Após&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;quase dois meses, era Carnaval e estávamos prestes a partir para Portugal quando começaram as festas e acreditem em mim, os Guineenses adoram Carnaval e sabem como celebrá-lo!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;A Guiné é um país bonito e rico em termos de paisagem étnica com vários grupos étnicos vivendo pacificamente entre si. Várias línguas locais, entre elas o Crioulo que é falado por todos os grupos étnicos, e o Português a língua oficial. Várias pessoas falam Francês já&amp;nbsp;que é também uma língua de trabalho para muitas empresas e organizações internacionais, pela proximidade a outras nações de língua Francesa.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Então, o que torna o Carnaval tão único na Guiné-Bissau? Bem, exactamente o que eu mencionei acima, a perfeita mistura étnica. Se eu puder colocá-lo desta forma. Cada grupo étnico tem os costumes e tradições&amp;nbsp;e celebra a sua versão&amp;nbsp;nas diferentes partes da Guiné. O Carnaval foi introduzido no pais pelos Portugueses como uma celebração Europeia, mas com o tempo evoluiu para algo muito próprio. E é fantástico! Infelizmente, tivemos de vir embora para Portugal mais cedo e, embora não tenhamos visto tudo, vimos as procissões das crianças, uma pequena representação de outro que ocorreu alguns dias mais tarde dos mais crescidos. Estávamos só&amp;nbsp;nós as duas, mãe e filha, e nos sentimos-nos seguras o tempo todo. Sendo convidadas por moradores aqui e ali para provar comida ou ver um traje engraçado. Ou simplesmente para dizer &#39;ola!&#39; &amp;nbsp;ou &#39;Minha Amiga!!&#39; Porque quando estamos na Guiné o melhor é ser agradável, porque quase todas as pessoas a sua o serão&amp;nbsp;e como por la se diz &#39;Estamos juntos!&#39;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Making friends in Guinea Bissau is so easy!! &lt;i&gt;| Fazer amigos na Guiné é tão fácil!!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Buddies!&lt;i&gt;| Amiguinhos!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Mom, Carnaval in Bissau is so cool!&lt;i&gt; | Mãe, o Carnaval em Bissau é ao fixe!!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Tasting local food on the street sold by familes who were waiting for the Carnaval procession to start &lt;i&gt;| Provar petiscos na rua vendidos por familias enquanto todos esperavamos o corso de Carnaval&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Carnaval, a child&#39;s play&lt;i&gt; | Carnaval uma brincadeira de criança&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Choosing a local costume&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;| Escolher um disfarce local&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;When people come into our home, I always get asked where I bought certain pieces on display. For where ever they look around, they see our bohemian soul. Our home reflects our traveler&#39;s hearts, and in fact our pretty much nomadic life. Each piece has a story, and reflects the soul of a people which stayed with us, in our hearts. In fact, every time I buy something is as if I bring a little of each country with me back home.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Now the big question is: What to buy and how to buy it, when traveling to far away places? Or even to neighboring countries?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Then I see what I need/want at home: new carpets? Cups? Table cloths? Fabrics for pillow cases? Jewelry?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Regarding shopping, above all, do not be fooled by all that glitters!! Remember that you will have to deal with the result of those impulse purchases, like returning home and open the suitcase to find out you bought the belly dancer&#39;s outfit that you will NEVER wear!! But OK, just for once, you can buy that sombrero in Mexico ... You were in Cancun&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;, and you want to make sure that everyone knows about it during the return trip and back home!! I get it! We all do! ... :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Quando entram em nossa casa, perguntam-me sempre de onde trouxe esta ou aquela peça. Por onde quer que olhem, vêem a nossa alma boémia. A nossa casa reflecte a nosso coração de viajantes, e de facto a nossa vida de &lt;/span&gt;quase&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;nómada. Cada peça tem uma história, e reflecte a alma de um povo que nos fique no coração. Na verdade, ao trazer coisas dos países por onde vou passando, é como se trouxesse comigo um pouco de cada país.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Agora a grande questão é: O que comprar e como comprar quando se viaja para locais distantes? Ou até mesmo para países vizinhos?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Com o tempo aprendi a ser estratega nas minhas compras em viagem. Como qualquer pessoa que viaja, já comprei a minha dose de &#39;tarecos&#39; menos úteis e&amp;nbsp;cliché&amp;nbsp;q.b.. Nas minhas viagens iniciais, comprava prendas para toda a gente!! Aos poucos fui-me apercebendo, que nem todas as pessoas gostam de malas étnicas, máscaras Africanas, ou de pulseiras com missangas! O meu próprio pai tem chapéus Afegãos, camisas de pano Africano, colares de contas, etc que NUNCA usa!! Posso censura-lo? Não!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tenho por hábito&amp;nbsp;fazer, quando não sei logo à partida, pesquisa sobre o país e no que este país é bom. Não é a pesquisa habitual de férias é muito mais que isso. É pesquisar sobre artesanato, cultura, arte, etc e em seguida faço listas de interesse.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Entretanto vejo o que preciso/quero em casa: Tapetes novos? &lt;/span&gt;Chávenas&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;? Panos de mesa? Tecidos para almofadas? &lt;/span&gt;Jóias&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;para mim?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Caso não seja &lt;/span&gt;possível&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;, procure associações de artesãos ou lojas de comércio justo. Normalmente nestes locais, o artesanato local segue tendências actuais, e os valores pagos vão principalmente para os trabalhadores e para as associações. Normalmente nestes lugares não é &lt;/span&gt;possível&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;regatear. Aproveite então para fazer uma boa acção, enquanto viaja!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Se não for &lt;/span&gt;possível&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;nenhum dos acima, e só houver lojas direccionadas aos turistas. Não compre tudo o que precisa logo da primeira visita à loja. Regateie, e prometa voltar se o vendedor for justo. Mas por favor, só prometa se tiver a &lt;/span&gt;intenção&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;de regressar mesmo! Quando voltar à loja, terá um vendedor feliz por ter cumprido a sua palavra que estará bastante disponível para negociar...para além dos seus sonhos! Acredite, ao fazer isto já obtive inúmeros presentes de parte dos vendedores! Sweet!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOtOoy_BiMAWqFuRLtzXyaDyKScetseOm0rCi3XDAqjS4gi7WyvOQgza9DMDbaX2lnOXhvpxgmoPwJbcwVKDZvNiRFH8s0BKxaY9OlvpeAEy9cBlPCQTVub42vcYpSrluZ8kdaZg/s640/blogger-image--1300631671.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.8000001907349px;&quot;&gt;Ethiopian Coffee Pots, one new and one used :)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBHp62cWCQX1gUx58907uduGMmfEP-HEughLshFH1Vd8Jh-_y15TGP4uRccvcbVbcEZ2aOHRz5IOfygZDp-31UmCPim4pWYsYfk8Eni_B_krkAD8YH7u3F12bT1gZrFZd3fqhw3w/s640/blogger-image--39924383.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Bowls from Turkey&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizAvgpY1OMya3PSNt7_I3ByYeONCeSWX80Lq3iTV17B9vad3JuPvBchvpg8i_u4R-k3E34ERe6pLaWF14Ud3NX4a25ykMPX3MGskapFBb0PTpvf66ucJ4zHO2FCdI9FxoDrPazow/s640/blogger-image--1991358480.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; width=&quot;480&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.8000001907349px;&quot;&gt;Bowls from Turkey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.8000001907349px;&quot;&gt;Coffee pot from Niger, and Bowls from France&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12.8px;&quot;&gt;and of course more kitchen tools from Ivory Coast&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpUZTxVomSY-jIynUGCzKPZnZEzdRN1ZouDavMiLl-OdVutaUoR4w23ui_JfKVfHRbAPp6LmIAKP5rdEYQxI2vGAYVyMR09zbW-rVUZzIN78lSlaZ5vqobFQau-_k0M5mY8b-XyQ/s640/blogger-image--1101055439.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;&quot; width=&quot;480&quot; /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;And of course a bit of Boho design, just how I love it!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Kachmir Pure Silk Coat&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;tr-caption&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Swiss-Afghan Coat made in Kabul by tailors By Zarif Design&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;In my numerous travels, I have had the
opportunity to discover authentic pearls lost and hidden where I&#39;d love to take
my daughter to share it with me.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;Where families, but not only, can have unique
moments. Far from being a mass tourism location, a place one can enjoy a type
of tourism with quality while being enriched by different cultures which often
not only are unknown but are also often portrayed by the media in our countries
in the West as a reality not seen on the field as I have observed on the ground
myself. Either in terms of security as in terms of the population host.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11.0pt;&quot;&gt;The Tanganyika Blue Bay Resort Hotel, is one of those places. Magical because of its luck of being
bathed by the waters of one of the Great Lakes of Africa. Tanganyika lake is one
of the largest lake in terms of length and depth and is shared by Burundi,
Democratic Republic of Congo and Tanzania.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11.0pt;&quot;&gt;Taking advantage of
a location as this is a luck and a privilege, the silence is only interrupted
by the soft tapping of the waves on the rocks or the light steps of the hotel
staff who is always around to make us feel the most comfortable possible. The Tanganyika Blue Bay Resort is not a hotel for loudness of mass tourism. The buildings respect the
local architecture, although they are not biological by nature yet they try
perhaps by force of circumstances in order to save water or electricity. The
beautiful and comfortable rooms with its design resembles the safari hotels of Southern
Africa. The beds are comfortable, and the windows in their great majority are
the mirror of Tanganyika lake.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;While on the
balcony, drinking tea or a cold Primus (originally Congolese beer) soft wind
refreshes our skin and the hot sun warms our souls as we watch a lake that
looks more like an ocean. Sometimes one can swear by that depending on time of
day or the weather, one can see the other side either Tanzania or R. D. Congo.
If we&#39;re lucky enough, by the end of the day, we can occasionally glimpse hippopotamus
that live nearby. However, at this point it is advisable to observe them in
silence as the sun falls asleep over the horizon, and the lake takes on a
silver or golden shade.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11.0pt;&quot;&gt;Burundi has been
ravaged in recent years by serious political crises, internal conflicts that
have spilled over to neighboring countries and vice-versa. For this reason,
several international agencies have remained on the ground throughout this
period. Hotels as this, survive mostly through expatriates who live in the
country with their families, or with Burundians with who have a higher standard
of living compared to their compatriots, who for the most part have a much
lower income lower than an overnight stay at the hotel. However, since the
latest political crisis in the country the number of customers dropped sharply.
Most of the expatriates either left the country, or their families did. In a
normal weekend, the number may be only of up to three guests. In my case, I was
with a friend, only two guests throughout the complex, and on the Sunday a
group of Pakistani expatriates took advantage of the day to bathe on the beach
with their families. &amp;nbsp;In spite of this, the
staff and the management never ceased to greet us with less protocol or
dedication. They didn’t spared in their efforts to makes our stay the most
comfortable possible, while maintaining resources as electricity with a
generator or hot water with a cylinder. Whilst this was a wonderful engagement,
it hardly seemed fair, all that for us two.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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number of guests the hotel denotes although quite in a minimal way and even
giving it a certain charm, a certain lack of investment with the latest
equipment or upgrade of material including new bed linen for example. That is
if we want to be &#39;picky&#39; or overly attentive to detail in a place where the
real beauty is in the nature of the location and not so much in the infrastructure
itself, which I think are great and more than enough. Our stay was graced by
moments of authentic mental and physical rest and bliss. Using the words of my
friend throughout the weekend &#39;this location has really good vibrations!&#39;. I
can confirm it, I have entered the gates of the resort after driving three
hours an old Land Cruiser through less recommended road.&amp;nbsp; I was exhausted and enervated due to
strenuous work and go out of the same gates of this paradise, renewed and
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my daughter everywhere. In all the corners of this wonderful hotel ideal for
families, I wished I had seen her running along the beach and discover with me
the numerous stones with silver traces on the shores of the lake. Taste with me
the fresh fish caught in the same waters which honored me with its beauty and
wealth. Served elegantly, and with the quality that benefit from an area rich
in natural resources. I will return for sure, with her.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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oportunidade de descobrir autenticas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;pérolas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;perdidas e escondidas onde adorava
poder levar a minha filha. Locais onde apesar de tudo, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;famílias&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;, mas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;não&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;só&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;,
podem ter momentos &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;únicos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;. Fora de um tipo de turismo de massas, um reencontro
de um tipo de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;turismo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;de qualidade e enriquecedor de culturas diferentes muitas
vezes &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;não&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;só&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;desconhecidas mas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;também&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;retratadas pelos media nos nossos &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;países&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;no ocidente de forma pouco verdadeira tal como tenho observado no terreno. Seja
em termos de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;segurança&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;, como em termos de acolhimento da &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;população&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;O Tanganiyka Blue Bay Resort Hotel, e um desses
lugares. Magico pela sorte de se encontrar banhado pelas aguas de um dos
grandes lagos de &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;África&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;. Tanganiyka de seu nome, e o maior lago em termos de
comprimento e profundidade sendo partilhado pelo Burundi, Republica &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;Democrática&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;do Congo e pela &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;Tanzânia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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sorte e um &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;privilegio&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;, o silencio &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;só&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;interrompido&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;pelas batidas leves das ondas
nas rochas ou pelos passos leves do staff do hotel que esta sempre por perto
para nos ajudar a sentir o mais &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;confortável&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;possível&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;. O Tanganiyka Blue Bay Resort Hotel, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;não&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;é um hotel para turismo de massa barulhento e ingrato. Os &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;edifícios&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;respeitam a arquitectura local, embora &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;não&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;sejam &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;biológicos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;tentam talvez pela
forca das &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;circunstancias&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;poupar agua ou &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;electricidade&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;. Os quartos lindos e &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;confortáveis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;e o seu design lembra os &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;hotéis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;de safari da &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;África&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Austral. As
camas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;são&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;confortáveis&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;, e as janelas na suas grande maioria &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;são&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;o espelho do
lago Tanganiyka.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Primus fresca (cerveja Congolesa originalmente), o vento suave refresca-nos a
pele e o sol quente aquece-nos a alma enquanto observamos um lago que mais
parece um oceano. As vezes pode-se jurar que dependendo da hora do dia ou do
clima, pode-se ver o outro lado seja a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;Tanzânia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;ou o R. D. Congo. Se tivermos
sorte, ao final do dia, ocasionalmente pode-se vislumbrar &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;hipopótamos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;que
habitam nas redondezas. Nesta altura e &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;aconselhável&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;observa-los em silencio
enquanto o sol adormece ao longo da linha do horizonte, e o lago toma uma
tonalidade prateada ou dourada.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;O Burundi tem sido devastado nos &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;últimos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;anos por graves crises politicas, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;conflictos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;internos que tem transbordado para
os &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;países&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;vizinhos e vice-versa. Por este motivo varias &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;agências&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;internacionais
tem permanecido no terreno durante todo este &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;período&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;. Hoteis como este
sobrevivem maioritariamente &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;através&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;de expatriados no pais e suas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;famílias&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;, ou
da classe alta Burundesa visto que a maioria da &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;população&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;do pais tem &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;salários&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;menores do que a estadia de uma noite no hotel. No entanto, desde a mais
recente crise politica no pais o numero de clientes caiu drasticamente. Num fim
de semana normal, o numero pode ser de apenas duas a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;três&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;pessoas. No meu caso &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;éramos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;duas amigas em todo o complexo, sendo que no domingo um grupo de
expatriados Paquistaneses aproveitou o dia para se banhar na praia com as suas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;famílias&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;. Mas nem por isso os staff e a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;gerência&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;deixou de nos receber com
menos &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;protocolo&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;ou &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;dedicação&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;. Nao se poupou a nada para que &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;estivéssemos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;o mais &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;confortável&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;possível&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;, mesmo mantendo o gerador de electricidade ligado ou o
cilindro &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;hídrico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;para que nada nos faltasse. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;No entanto devido a quebra de clientes o
hotel denota, embora de forma bastante minimal e ate dando-lhe um certo charme,
a falta de equipamento mais recente ou &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;actualização&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;de material mais recente
nomeadamente novo material de cama. Isto, se quisermos ser ‘picuinhas’ ou
demasiadamente atentos aos detalhe num local onde a verdadeira beleza esta na
natureza do local e &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;não&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;tanto nas infraestruturas que a meu ver &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;são&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;óptimas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;e
mais que o suficiente. A nossa estadia foi bafejada por momentos de autentico
descanso mental e &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;físico&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;. Utilizando as palavras da minha amiga durante todo o
fim de semana ‘Este local tem mesmo boas &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;vibrações&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;!’. Posso confirma-lo entrei
stressada pelos &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;portões&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;adentro &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;atrás&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;do volante de um Land Cruiser antigo e
poderoso &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;após&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;quase 3 horas de viagem por estradas por vezes cheias de buracos,
exausta e enervada devido ao trabalho extenuante e sai pelos mesmos &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;portões&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;deste &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;paraíso&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;, renovada e feliz.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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da minha filha em todo os cantinhos deste hotel maravilhoso ideal para &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;famílias&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;.&amp;nbsp;Gostaria de ter visto correr pela praia, de descobrir comigo as &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;inúmeras&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;pedras com &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;vestígios&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;de prata. Provar comigo o peixe fresco acabado de
pescar no mesmo lago que me prestigiava com a sua beleza e riqueza. Servido de
forma elegante, e com a qualidade que os &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 14.6667px;&quot;&gt;benefícios&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11pt;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;de viver numa zona rica em
termos de recursos naturais. Voltarei com toda a certeza com ela. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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There is nothing more bohemian, than walking with flip-flops. For those who love it like me, there is nothing more comfortable to walk with your feet in the wind. I remember for example, living in the Bijagos (Guinea Bissau) while working for the UN during the first days somehow I ended up without shoes. Barefoot, I was &#39;saved&#39; by locals on a tractor while I was trying to reach the hostel. They left me in front of a mini shop in the port of Bubaque (Central island of Bijagós) and said &#39;there, buy flip-flops from china!&#39;.&lt;/div&gt;
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After a month on the islands, I was invited to a party at a hotel where everyone without exception were elegantly dressed, and all had slippers on their feet!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Não há nada mais bohemian que andar de chinelos no pé. Para quem adora como eu, não há nada mais confortavel que andar de pé ao vento e fresquinho. Lembro-me por exemplo, de estar nas Bijagós (Guiné Bissau) a trabalhar pela ONU quando logo nos primeiros dias fiquei sem sapatos. Descalça, fui &#39;salva&#39; por locais num tractor enquanto tentava chegar à pousada. Deixaram-me em frente a uma mini loja no porto de Bubaque (Ilha central das Bijagós) e disseram &#39;ali, compra chinelo da china!&#39;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Após um mês nas ilhas, fui convidada para uma festa num hotel onde todos sem excepção apesar de elegantemente vestido, todos tinham chinelos no pé!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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OK, I know what happens on the island, stays on the island. But around here, and with the summer breeze in the air with temperatures rising just makes you want to go the beach at the first opportunity.&lt;br /&gt;
We&#39;ve done beach this year already, when we were in Brazil, for a very special trip. &lt;a href=&quot;http://amniotico.blogspot.pt/2015/02/a-viagem-mais-importante-o-encontro-1.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;(SEE HERE)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;OK, eu sei que o que acontece na ilha, fica na ilha. Mas por cá, e com o cheirinho de verão no ar com as temperaturas a subir só dá vontade de ir espreitar a praia logo na primeira oportunidade.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Nós este ano já fizemos praia, quando estivemos no Brasil, numa viagem muito especial.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://amniotico.blogspot.pt/2015/02/a-viagem-mais-importante-o-encontro-1.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;(VER AQUI)&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In my opinion the Havaianas have a super cool surfer style and design, and with very fashionable patterns, very summery! As you can see from the one I bought, in the photo below. But they are not the most comfortable for long days, or for long walks.&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Lá houve duas coisas coisas que procurei logo que pude: Bikinis e Chinelos.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.havaianas.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Havaianas&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;e&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://sandaliasipanema.com.br/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Ipanemas&lt;/a&gt;, as minhas favoritas!! Mas qual a melhor?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;i&gt;Na minha opinião as Havainas têm um design cool super surfista e agora as femininas com a parte dos dedos mais curtinha, e padrões muito fashion, muito verão! Como podem ver nas que comprem na foto em baixo. Mas não são as mais confortaveis para longos dias, ou para andar muito.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; text-align: left;&quot;&gt;In this respect, the Ipanema&#39;s have a more feminine design with original patterns as those that I bought and you can see in the picture below. They have a softer and slightly thicker base and are therefore more comfortable. Perfect for walking and even dancing! The brand has also ecological considerations: The indigenous-ecological mixture is reflected in the design, decorated with graphics made by representatives of Kisêdjê tribe, Xingu. For their participation, the Indigenous tribe received part of the royalties paid to Gisele Bundchen, the brand´s face. In addition, it donates part of the income from the sale of sandals to the project Y Ikatu Xingu, in protection of headwaters of the Xingu River, threatened by deforestation.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Nesse aspecto, as Ipanema têm um design mais feminino, com padrões super originais como que as que comprei e podem ver na foto em baixo. Têm uma base mais mole e ligeiramente mais grossa e por isso mais confortavel. Perfeito para caminhar e até dançar! A empresa também tem considerações ecológicas: A mistura indígeno-ecológica reflete-se no design da sandália, enfeitada com grafismos feitos por representantes da tribo kisedjê, do Xingu. Pela participação, os índios receberam parte dos royalties pagos a Gisele Bundchen, representante da marca. Além disso, doa parte dos rendimento da venda das sandálias ao projeto Y Ikatu Xingu, de preservação das nascentes do rio Xingu, ameaçadas pelo desmatamento. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Esta estação e pelo que percebi no Brasil os padrões são uma loucura em ambas as marcas, o dificil foi mesmo escolher. Como podem ver comprei das duas marcas, uma para a praia e outra para longas caminhadas. Adoro ambas, adoro chinelo no pé!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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When I was a young girl, I was bullied by a so-called friend - the daughter of one of my mother&#39;s best friends. At the time it was called &#39;taking a beating&#39; from &#39;friends&#39;, and everyone knew about it. My mother would tell me often &#39;you have to defend yourself, child!&#39; and sometimes &#39;do not bother me with this again! Why don&#39;t you give her some too?&#39; The friendship between the two mothers, was often unstable because of this, one would say to the other to not allow her daughter to use so often the orthopedic boots to kick the other, me. The mother of the &#39;bully&#39; would say &#39;your daughter instead of running away weeping, should just defend herself! The more she shows fear, the worst!&#39;.&lt;br /&gt;
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I never did it, nor I, nor the dozens of other children who tried to confront her or just flee from her radar in vain only to be trapped by her powerful boots or those of her friends who belonged to a mini gang. I remember being happy, just like a coward, when I was not the target. After all, our mothers were friends! (Irony) I remember one day, introducing her to a friend of mine, and suddenly out of nowhere she punched her so precisely and in an almost cinematographic way right in the stomach . I got the message, I was angry, but I kept quiet. I survived, grew up and no, I&#39;m not traumatized. But I could be.&lt;/div&gt;
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Many years later when I became a mother, I decided that I would do everything to above all my daughter could feel she could count on me as a mother, a friend who would protect or give her &quot;ammunition&quot; to defend herself. I would not, however, be a hysterical mother as those who at the slightest thing go right back to the school to complain etc.&lt;br /&gt;
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When my daughter was in her first year of primary school, in a beautiful sunny afternoon, I parked the car next to the school. I would pick her up to take her to the Ballet. From the outside, &amp;nbsp;I could see her so beautiful as her friends. The setting was perfect and I almost took a picture. I continued observing what seemed an idyllic moment among children. Suddenly, I notice that one of the four girls is against the wall, crying nervously. It is not my daughter the victim, is another girl. My daughter is not the main instigator, but is smiling, while the other is putting that girl nervous and tearful. I&#39;m in shock! My daughter is a bully !! Screaming inside me, and I was about to die!&lt;br /&gt;
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While the girl, the object of the verbal attacks of one, and the complacency of the other two was forced to flee, I followed them &amp;nbsp;on the outside of school. As if nothing had happened, my daughter and the main instigator walked through the school to then sit down and start drawing. Suddenly I call her by her full name, she smiles at me, but I&#39;m not smiling. When she was next to the fence, I asked her directly &#39;why was the other girl crying?&#39; My daughter was red as a tomato and lost her words then I harshly added &#39;Get your things, we have to talk. &amp;nbsp;You&#39;re not going Ballet today!&#39;&lt;/div&gt;
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In the car on the way back home, I was in silence. Where normally there was music and singing, now there was only the sound of disappointment. I was sad, but still wanted her to trust &amp;nbsp;me enough to tell me the truth. To admit and realize what she had done, was wrong.&lt;br /&gt;
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Before I started talking, I traveled back in time: I remembered a time when I and my colleagues at school were the targets of psychological bullying and, one by one, out of cowardice left the &#39;boat&#39; to take the side of the aggressor and his cronies. Until there was only I and another colleague, who resisted stoically. In the end, the fear took hold of me, and then I also left the &#39;boat&#39;. Leaving the only real hero behind.&lt;br /&gt;
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I have never forgotten this episode. Ever. The time when I allowed cowardice to take out the best of me. Again I survived. Strange as it may seem, and do not suffer from Stockholm syndrome, but I remember these situations with a sense of humor. But not of the time when out of cowardice, I betrayed a colleague and sided with the bullies.&lt;br /&gt;
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Suddenly I stopped the car, turned myself back and told her everything. I told her how horrible &amp;nbsp;it is to go through what I went through, but also how I felt when I sided with those who committed acts of bullying. I remember more often of being a coward, than being kicked. That we should not keep quiet before the injustice, but neither to create it. She was on punishment two weeks, then had to apologize and for her own initiative told the other girls &#39;I&#39;m your friend, but I will not agree to make someone cry ever again.&#39;&lt;br /&gt;
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At the time I spoke with the other two mothers, who through their speeches found my reaction rather exaggerated. With wry smiles told me &amp;nbsp;&#39;it&#39;s too late. She will deny everything&#39;&#39;.&lt;br /&gt;
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Let&#39;s not criticize, it is much easier to accept that some things are just part of childhood. And yes, I may have exaggerated a little, but is it not from little that we teach them? And I could not deny what I had seen. Of course, I know my daughter, she is a model student, teachers are eager to raise the fact that she has high level of respect for others, a sense of justice and is very balanced, But I admit, this made me wonder. But I do not regret it. I love my daughter, but she is a human being who makes mistakes, and will do others as she grows. But as her mother and educator, it&#39;s my role to call her attention whenever needed. Nobody wants to be the mother of a potential bully. But neither of a victim, so communication e crucial.&lt;br /&gt;
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When, the next day I began to scour the whole issue, both her teacher and assistants assured me that I am a mother of a child who is exemplary and the fact was that everyday it happens like that to all, without exception!&#39; In fact, &amp;nbsp;to all without exception. To some more than others.&lt;br /&gt;
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I admire my daughter, and sometimes fear to be raising someone with an excess of empathy and compassion. When talking about the problems between friends I tell her &#39;you know maybe this girl does it because she has some issues of her own and is insecure.&#39; or &#39;have you ever thought that maybe it is just to get your attention?&#39; But I feel that I am the only one doing this, although I know I am not.&lt;br /&gt;
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But then I realize, because motherhood is learning as we go, that we adults do not like all the people who pass through our lives. That does we do not put up with whatever is thrown at us. So why force these standards on our own children? Respect for the other, and stand for yourself. In fact, school is a test for adult life and society in general. A sea of ​​experiences some good, some less good with which we learn more. We learn who we really are, when we learn how to react to less positive situations. That above all, we must follow what is right and makes us happier in the process.&lt;br /&gt;
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In school we have numerous examples that we parents educate our children in different ways, &amp;nbsp;and I will not stop doing what feels right. Even if I am swimming against the tide. Sometimes I wonder how I can find balance. I do not want to be the mother of a bully, but do not want to be the mother of a victim. I want to be the mother of a self-empowered self-sufficient daughter, fair and happy. It is in these moments that my daughter Francisca surprises me with her resourcefulness. I show her the way, she picks up the skateboard and while sometimes falling, she also stands out.&lt;/div&gt;
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So, here we go, what the hell are we doing these days? The puppy Concha is in Portugal, temporarily because she is part of the family and without one we are not a trio. Francisca is in Paris, in a new school full of boys and girls who also are starting something new. I? I am in what will be my last mission for Democracy around the world. My adventure is now another! Our family, and some projects that fill my soul, and I hope, pay the bills!&lt;/div&gt;
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This is because I reached a conclusion: Life is too short for so much stress, and while there is health, there is everything else. Lesson I learned while my mother was departing little by little, one day at a time, and arrived at this same conclusion herself. Eight years after her departure, sometimes I also forget, and immediately life takes full force. Bills to pay, a school for the daughter, vaccines for the puppy, bills that sometimes accumulate, work and projects that do not always appear when we want or need. I did not even found time for love! The passion type, you know ?! Fear cames over me, will &amp;nbsp;I be able, will I have the courage? Normally, I have the courage to venture out for strange lands, but what about take a real leap of faith? Believing and jumping with eyes closed while holding hands with my daughter, betting on something that has been there in front of me all along, but that out of fear I pushed, deferred, postponed .... avoided.&lt;/div&gt;
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When this happens, there I go on a mission again, one month, two months and three months as now. All in the end, to come to the conclusion that although I love what I do, this is no longer a passion and no longer fills my expectations. Oddly enough, right now when I have the contract I wanted. Crazy, right? But being away from my daughter has to be worth financially, but not only. Right now it is not what hangs in the balance for me. Now, other things are much more important and more urgent.&lt;/div&gt;
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Per year, since she was four years old, I travel on average one to up to two months then the rest of the year I&#39;m with her all the time. All the time. If one does the math, and compares it with the time other mothers and fathers spend with their kids, with work, traffic, leisure etc. I&#39;m pretty sure, I still spend more time with her than the general rule these days.&lt;/div&gt;
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But this is not enough, childhood is a short period and so is unconditional love which children have for their parents. From about ten years old, we have to begin to deserve that same love, it is no longer no matter what. It is not guaranteed. And sometimes it&#39;s not forever. When looking at the children of friends who have the same work as me, I see that the love is there, but not the complicity, and sometimes there is bitterness for not having had their parents more present at certain times of their lives.&lt;/div&gt;
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The last time I abdicated of a career for my daughter, I was sure of my path, this time is slightly different because unlike when I got pregnant, I now know what I want and the baggage is heavier. With more knowledge and some wisdom. Hopefully!&lt;/div&gt;
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I want to be always present, as I always was despite all the travelling, but I want to be there for a whole series of new steps in her life. I want to guarantee that that piece of her heart that is mine will never shrink and that is mine forever, as my love is hers unconditionally. So, Paris it is.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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Sou uma pseudo blogger. Nunca publico quando digo, ou quando devia. Tenho muitas ideias, muitos pensamentos e muitos posts passam pela minha cabeça. Ás vezes enquanto conduzo, ou cozinho ou faço qualquer coisa que me parece mais urgente. Realmente há sempre qualquer coisa que me parece mais imediata. Mas depois penso, que gosto tanto de escrever e partilhar e que quero muito, mas muito fazer disto uma prioridade. Nem que seja para me ajudar na minha sanidade mental.&lt;/div&gt;
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Então vamos a isto, o que raio andamos a fazer? A puppy Concha está em Portugal, temporariamente porque é da familia e sem uma não somos um trio, a Francisca está em Paris numa escola nova e cheia de meninos e meninas que tambem estão a começar algo de novo. Eu? Eu estou naquela que será a minha ultima missão em prol da Democracia pelo mundo. A minha aventura agora é outra! A nossa família e uns projectos que me enchem a alma, e espero que dê também para pagar as contas!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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Isto porque cheguei a uma conclusão: A vida é curta de mais para tanto stress, e enquanto há saúde, há tudo o resto. Lição que aprendi enquando a minha mãe partia ao poucos, um dia cada vez, e chegava à esta mesma conclusão ela mesma. Oito anos depois da sua partida, por vezes esqueço também, e a vida imediata toma força. Contas para pagar, escola para a filha, vacinas para a cadela, contas que por vezes se acumulam, trabalho e projectos que nem sempre aparecem quando queremos ou precisamos. Eu nem sequer tive tempo para o amor! Daquele de paixao, sabem?! O medo tomou conta de mim, serei capaz, terei coragem? Coragem tenho para me aventurar por terras estranhas, mas e dar um salto verdadeiro de Fé? Acreditar e saltar de olhos fechados de mãos dadas com a minha filha, e apostar em algo que tem estado ali mesmo à minha frente, mas que por medo tenho empurrado, adiado, protelado....evitado.&lt;/div&gt;
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Quando assim é, lá vou de missão outra vez, um mês, dois meses e agora três meses. Tudo para chegar à conclusão de que apesar de adorar o que faço, já não é uma paixão e já não me enche as medidas. Estranho, logo agora que tenho o contracto que queria. Há coisas incriveis, não há? Mas, estar longe da minha filha tem de valer mesmo a pena finaceiramente e não só. Mas agora já nem é isso que pesa na balança. Agora pesam outras coisas, muito mais importantes e muito mais urgentes.&lt;/div&gt;
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Por ano, desde os seus 4 anos, viajo em média um a dois meses, depois o resto do ano estou com ela o tempo inteiro. Inteiro. Se fizer as contas e comparar com outras mães e pais, com tempos de trabalho, trânsito, tempos livres etc tenho quase a certeza que mesmo assim ainda passo mais tempo com ela do que a regra hoje em dia.&lt;/div&gt;
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Mas não chega, a infância é curta e acho que com ela fica o amor incondicional que os filhos têm aos pais. A partir de cerca dos dez anos, temos que começar a merecer esse mesmo amor, já não é o não importa o quê. Já não é garantido. E ás vezes não é para sempre. Ao olhar para filhos de amigos e amigas que têm a mesma vida que eu, o amor está lá, mas a cumplicidade nem sempre, e por vezes o rancôr de não terem tido lá os pais em certos momentos de suas vidas.&lt;/div&gt;
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A última vez que abdiquei de uma carreira pela minha filha, apesar de tudo tive a certeza do meu caminho, desta vez é ligeiramente diferente porque ao contrário de quando engravidei, agora sei o que quero e a bagagem está mais pesada. De conhecimento e alguma sabedoria. Espero!&lt;/div&gt;
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Eu quero estar sempre presente, como sempre estive apesar das viagens, Mas quero estar para toda uma série de novas etapas que se avizinham. Quero garantir que aquele pedaço do seu coração que é meu nunca pederá terreno e que é meu para sempre, tal como o meu amor é seu incondicionalmente. Paris aqui vamos!!&lt;/div&gt;
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Brevemente conto mais, quando eu própria tiver mais certezas e novidades. E torçam por mim, porque isto de dar saltos de Fé não é tão fácil como parece!!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;I&#39;ve always dreamed of becoming a mother. Dreamed of getting married, going through all states, said &#39;normal&#39;. The court, the request on a knee, the bling-bling, white wedding followed by a house with wooden floors (love wooden floors). Anyway , I&#39;ve always dreamed with the&amp;nbsp;cliche, and while studying&amp;nbsp;at the University I was very close to achieve this (or so I thought, until I discovered the betrayal of my then, charming prince but more on that in another post).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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The truth is that, deep down I have always known that I would be a single mother, maybe not my whole life but it would start this way. I just knew it.. My grandmother was a single mother after her divorce and raised three daughters alone, my great-grandmother too. I&#39;ve always been very independent emotionally, and the dream of being a mother was above a white wedding. The problem is that, I did not know it at the time, that I was about to prove to myself that the dream of being able to be a mother was on top of a whole lot more.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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So in 2004, while interning at SIC Television as a result of an invitation, and while doing my networking for a future which I believed would certainly be bright in the world of international relations. One morning I woke up, as all previous mornings at least for a month now, with an eagerness for the following evening just for the lust of falling asleep all over again! &#39;Another minute, com&#39;on! Just one more minute! OK now! humpf ... I am always so tired, I know I&#39;m too lazy but I think this is too much! But what is this? The bra is small? How is it possible? Just yesterday it was a perfect fit!! Too perfect actually! OK, as I can recall I made no implants!&#39;. On the way to work something was different. &#39;The worst is that now everyone seems to be staring right into my now-rediscovered cleavage. Even the woman who daily sells me the newspaper, who never ever had a second look at me! Not today! Today, I got a &#39;Good Morning Miss!&#39;.&#39; &amp;nbsp;Still shocked, I&amp;nbsp;realized that I was LATE! Not, late for the job, the very other&amp;nbsp;delay that we women know so well. And it can only mean one thing. &#39;Oh my goodness I&#39;m a little late! Not that it never happened before, so it should be OK, right? &#39;- Wrong.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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For days, &amp;nbsp;I walked with the prescription inside my bag. But, I honestly believed that at any time soon my period would come back and everything would go back to normal. Including my energy levels! It had always been like this, so why would it be any different now? I mean, I dated Takis for so long, and never got pregnant! Ever! So it would not be now, now that I am not the slightest prepared. At the end of a relationship that lasted little more than the thaw of an ice cube. Now that I was an intern trying to move on in my career? Now that, I would travel just after the internship? Now that I had my whole life planned? Now that my relationship was over and I was &amp;nbsp;all alone? No, certainly not! But that prescription was stalking me from the inside of my bag and would not let me focus on my future that I had to carefully planned before having a child of my own!! Not before I had to deal with student debts! How could I have a child &amp;nbsp;any time soon now ?!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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For years, several doctors told me that if I were to get pregnant most likely I would have to go through some treatment. I really wanted to become a mother, in spite of everything, it was dream. A dream that was almost shattered when the doctors told me that. While I believed it would still be possible, I thought that this kind of blessing was reserved only to certain kinds of persons. But during that week of November 2004, the timing could not be the worst! Much less, as the result of a relationship that lasted as long as&amp;nbsp;a&amp;nbsp;summer&amp;nbsp;breeze!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Thankfully, the week was over and I could not wait to spend the weekend with my mother and sisters. During the weekend, I could rest my head and let my thoughts and dilemmas, that sounded soap opera like, behind. But the problem would be when I would look in to&amp;nbsp;their&amp;nbsp;eyes, those of my mom and sisters, I&amp;nbsp;mean. We have that kind of mafia-like relationship, in which to hide something is not a &amp;nbsp;very good idea. Because they suspect immediately, just like a FBI agent on a man-hunt. We are like this to each other. At that time our mother was still among us. An excessive love that led us to say both &#39;love you&#39; as well as &amp;nbsp;&#39;just fuck off&#39;, not to my mother of course! My mother, my companion in all situations was the one I most feared. Not for the fear in itself, but I feared to&amp;nbsp;disappoint&amp;nbsp;her. She is sick, cancer, and now dreams of becoming a grandmother but like any loving mother, she wants it to be a result of a stable situation, love...She passed away,August 2007.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Returning home was as I feared. As soon as I saw my, at the time teenage sisters, my heart sunk. After a short talk on gossip update, I opened my mouth and verbalized my fears:&#39;-I&#39;m afraid, I may be pregnant!&#39; I muttered.-Oh, Really???- Catherine, the youngest of 14 years with a mischievous smile. -Sónia ... Do you really... think? Oh my God!&#39;- &amp;nbsp;Asked calmly the very attentive&amp;nbsp;wide-eyed&amp;nbsp;Mariana, then 16. Tears downs our faces, we hugged as so often we had done since they were very little. Vowing for eternal love and unconditional support. As we arrived to the family home, after the initial laughter talking with my mother, we ended up staying just the two of us. Her beautiful green eyes, and tender smile, I had to tell her. There were many words, but looking her in the eyes I realize that really this was not the &amp;nbsp;right time. Time for any of this. So she told me in a very soft but firm voice, that we would do the test the &amp;nbsp;very next day, no questions asked. So &amp;nbsp;I went and bought a test, took it home and did it. Always thinking that it would be &#39;negative&#39;! I sat on the toilet seat, waiting, as I was not able to leave the appliance even for a second, or do anything else while waiting. But, I could not face it either. Time was up and I had to face all my fears ... it was positive!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&#39;Positive ??? How positive? Positive, so to say &#39;You&#39;re PREGNANT&#39; positive &#39;- thought to myself seriously scared. I called my mother who was soon followed by the two Hobbits (My sisters!). How to face them! And I, how was I feeling? My thoughts drifted in and out of my brain at a speed comparable only to that of speed cars illegally on the highway -&#39; Oh mother! I am, really. Really pregnant! But it can not be right ... I will still do the other clinical test tomorrow and everything will be confirmed ... or not ... I have to think about it .... no...&#39;- I was brutally interrupted by my mother who firmly said: - &#39; You had more sense when you were younger. Now you have to deal with it, you are 27 years!&#39; oh my God - &#39;Deal with what? I do not know if that&#39;s even confirmed! Why now, that I have nothing? Now this? Oh my God! -I cursed. &#39;My God ?! God had to do with all this?...I have asked HIM so many times to be a mother? But now, with that guy?&#39;. My mother was no longer in the room.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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I took the test at the clinic ... Confirmed, of course. I knew it deep down, but wanted to make sure that would do the official thing. I did not think much, I had a being inside me, however I was only calculating the consequences for my professional life. I was skimping the internship&amp;nbsp;with the&amp;nbsp;excuse of asthma, a disease from which I really suffer, but rarely have asthma attacks. However, I needed the time to sort out my life. &amp;nbsp;I visited doctors, researched on the Internet and even a visit from a cousin who had just had twins would not demobilized me from what I had to do.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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My mother said little more than: -&#39;You have to decide by yourself! But time is passing, remember this.&#39; Her eyes said much more, and the moodiness of my sisters combined with an inherent sadness to a situation that could not be taken lightly. Worst of all, every time I closed my eyes, there it was ... a small and chubby little baby hand! Thinking about it shook my heart, but that could not deter me from all my plans. Because that would mean loosing it all, would it not? That night I went to bed but I could not sleep and the next morning my mother said in my ear something that I can not&amp;nbsp;recall&amp;nbsp;completely, but I understood, then kissed me on the forehead.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Again, why was I taking so&amp;nbsp;long to decide? Why was it so hard to admit that maybe, just maybe, I was already happy to be a mother? That really, the circumstances were not ideal and the timing could not be worse, but it was the baby I&#39;ve always wanted! &#39;I&#39;ll be Mother!&#39; - Said it aloud suddenly, as a statement. Mother of a little being that will change my life forever and that will brighten me just with his/her presence! My mother returned home, I announced it among my now usual tears: - &#39;You know, I know it will not be easy, but I want this baby! It&#39;s my baby. I can not, not have it ... if God blessed me ... -&#39;Oh dear daughter! I am so relieved, so much happier! This child cames to bless the family... every thing will be OK darling, you will see. ... I&#39;m here!&#39; &#39;I´m here.&#39; I can still hear her saying those&amp;nbsp;comfort&amp;nbsp;words. We hugged deeply&amp;nbsp;gratified by this decision and so happy because we had each other. As I was leaving the house, I met with my Hobbits and told them of my decision, I realized then that this decision affected the whole family. Invading it with a&amp;nbsp;sense&amp;nbsp;of happiness.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Despite the many obstacles, this was truly the beginning of the best phase of my life. I confirmed this feeling when the next day I went to the hospital with a small tummy ache. Minor complaints, but they wanted to observe me. I was told to undress and climb to a stretcher with two sides to put my legs. It was then that I remembered I had not done waxing! While I was still trying to overcome the shame, the doctor unexpectedly inserted me with an object to observe on the inside ...if it was not for that semi-funny position, I would not have seen for the first time my baby! The little heart sounding like music to me. &#39;I think I will cry!? I said, and I did. Who would not? The little heart so small&amp;nbsp;hitting&amp;nbsp;so hard. I felt that&amp;nbsp;heart was already racing for me and mine for him/her. Love at first beat. Now, I was sure that I had taken the right decision! Happiness finally was living inside me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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This was my choice, my story. My own personal choice. At that time, in spite of everything, &amp;nbsp;I was a graduated woman, I had some work experience, driving license and even had traveled a bit. I was not yet financially independent, in fact it still took me some time as you can imagine. More on that, later. I had all the information available to prevent an unplanned pregnancy. Happened, but nothing is by chance and this is my story, my path. Each young or mature woman should essentially follow her heart, your self and then decide. People around you should advise and indicate several solutions without judging or imposing. My family knew that I would face difficulties, it would not be easy whatever my decision. But they were there. I am quite lucky.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Sempre sonhei que queria ser mãe. Sonhava em casar, passar pelos estados todos ditos &#39;normais&#39;. A corte, o pedido de joelho, o bling, o casamento de branco seguindo-se de uma casa com soalho de madeira (adoro chão de madeira). Enfim sempre sonhei com o cliché, e enquanto estudava na Universidade estive muito perto de o conseguir (pensava eu até ser traída etc e tal mas mais sobre isso numa outra crónica). A verdade é que, no fundo no fundo sempre soube que iria ser mãe solteira, talvez não a vida toda mas que iria começar assim. A minha avó foi mãe solteira depois de se divorciar e criou 3 filhas sozinha, a minha bisavó também. Eu sempre fui muito independente emocionalmente, e o sonho de ser mãe estava acima de uma casamento. O problema é que eu na altura não o sabia, mas estava prestes a provar a mim mesma que o sonho de poder vir a ser mãe estava a cima de muito mais coisas.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Assim em 2004, enquanto estagiava na SIC depois de ter sido convidada para o fazer, e enquanto fazia o meu networking por um futuro que a meu ver ira ser certamente brilhante no mundo das relações internacionais, acordei uma manhã como todas as anteriores manhãs pelo menos há um mês, com uma enorme vontade que fosse de noite novamente! &#39;Mais um minuto, vá lá só mais um! Ok agora é que é...sinto-me sempre tão cansada, sei que sou muito preguiçosa mas acho que isto é demais! Mas o que é isto? O soutien está pequeno? Como é que é possível se ainda há pouco me servia tão bem, bem demais aliás! Ok que eu me lembre não fiz nenhum implante!&#39; O pior é que já a caminho do estágio parecia que não era só eu que havia reparado no aumento absurdo de copas, parecia que toda a gente olhava. Até aquela mulher que me vendia o diário e que me dava o troco todos os dias sem dizer palavra ou sequer olhar para mim de tão atarefada que estava a ler a Maria. Neste dia ela disse ´Bom dia´. Eu pelo meu lado pensava &#39;Oh minha nossa estou com um pouco de atraso! Não é que nunca tivesse acontecido, por isso não havia nada de mais, certo?&#39;- Errado.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Passar o dia em frente a um computador fechada não ia ajudar, lembro-me de passar o dia todo a desejar que fosse o fim do dia para me pirar dali. O pior, é que a minha preguiça estava vista de todos, deambulando pelos corredores e fazendo qualquer tarefa como que tivesse a carregar o menir do Obelix.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;As dores de cabeça também não ajudaram e o meu lado hipocondríaco dizia-me &#39;OK Oh meu Deus!!!! Tou gravemente doente! É isso! Todos estes sintomas são prova disso mesmo, uma doença qualquer muito provavelmente fulminante. Estou fraca, zonza, inchada...o atraso é já a falta de sangue no meu corpo!&#39;. Primeiro passo: Procurar o médico da empresa. Que mal começo a falar diz-me:- que idade tem? -27 -responde sem olhar para mim-hum hum! Ok tome isto e isto....-pois sim, e isso é? -Pois acho que pode muito bem ter o vírus de uma gravidez, faça este teste assim que puder!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Durante dias andei com a credencial que o médico da empresa me dera para fazer o teste. Mas acreditava que a qualquer momento o meu período iria voltar e tudo estaria normal. Sempre fora assim, porque é que agora seria diferente? Namorara tanto tempo com o Taki, e nunca engravidara! Por isso não seria agora que sem estar preparada, no final de um relacionamento que pouco mais durou que o descongelar de um cubo de gelo. Agora que estava a estagiar e a iniciar a minha carreira? Agora que iria voltar a viajar depois do estágio? Agora que tinha a minha vida toda planeada? Agora que o meu relacionamento acabara e que estava sozinha? Não, decerto que não! Mas aquela credencial que espreitava da mala naquela cor verde, não me largava e não me deixava concentrar no futuro que tinha de organizar antes de ter um filho! Ai ai! Com as dívidas de estudante e o desemprego como é que eu poderia ter um filho logo agora?!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Mas para que é que eu me estava a preocupar se os médicos me haviam dito que para engravidar muito provavelmente teria de fazer tratamentos e ser vigiada. Há muito que queria ser mãe, aliás apesar dos meus 27 anos, era um sonho. Um sonho que se  havia desfeito quando os médicos me disseram isso em Inglaterra onde estudava na altura. Apesar de acreditar que ainda seria mãe, excepto quando estava com a neura e achava que não iria ter essa sorte! Achava que esse tipo de bênção só estava reservado a certas pessoas. Mas naquela semana de Novembro de 2004, naquela altura não vinha nada a calhar! Ainda para mais ser o resultado de um relacionamento que acabara sem deixar mágoas, mas também sem qualquer sentimento!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Ainda bem que a semana acabara, estava deserta para ir passar o fim de semana com a minha mãe e irmãs. Assim poderia descansar a cabeça e deixar-me de pensamentos e dilemas que soassem a foto-novela. Já me estava a imaginar num quadradinho a preto e branco e um balão de pensamento a dizer:-&#39;Tou tramada!&#39; Mas o problema seria quando as visse. Temos e tínhamos aquele tipo de relacionamento que tudo contamos umas ás outras, e esconder não seria lá muito boa ideia. Porque desconfiavam logo e então faziam aquela cara de FBI na caça de algum criminoso. Somos assim umas para as outras. Naquela altura a nossa mãe ainda estava connosco. Um amor desmedido que nos levava a dizer tanto &#39;te amo&#39; como &#39;vai á merda&#39; mas não à minha mãe, credo! A minha mãe companheira para todas as situações era quem eu mais temia contar sequer, que estava com receio quanto mais uma possível confirmação. Só mesmo pela situação em si, porque de outra forma ficaria de imediato contente. Sonhava   agora ser avó,  estava doente e temia nunca a vir conhecer uma neta, a única que conheceu, infelizmente partiu em 2007. Mas como qualquer mãe extremosa, queria que fosse resultado duma situação estável e de um namoro...não assim.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Bem ao regressar a casa foi como temia. Assim que vi as minhas, na altura irmãs adolescentes, fiquei bamba. Passadas poucas conversas em que cuscamos sobre todas as possíveis novidades, abri a boca por entre lágrimas que caiam no meu agora avantajado decote: -Tou com medo de estar grávida! -disse. -Sério??? -esbracejou a Catarina, a mais nova de 14 anos com um sorriso maroto nos lábios. -Sónia...achas mesmo? Ai meu Deus! Tem calma- A muito atenta Mariana de 16 anos, com os olhos esbugalhados. E as três nos abraçamos como tantas outras vezes fizéramos como jura de amor eterno e apoio incondicional. Assim que chegamos a casa e depois das repetidas cusquices e gargalhadas semanais, fiquei só com a minha mãe e desabafei, contando os meus receios.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Fui fazer o teste na clínica...Confirmado. Eu no fundo já sabia, mas queria ter a certeza de que faria a coisa certa. Certa para mim e para a minha vida. Não pensei muito se tinha um ser dentro de mim, entretanto só calculava as consequências para a minha vida profissional. Faltei ao estágio com a desculpa de estar com asma, doença que sofro desde pequena, mas que poucas vezes se  manifestou. No entanto serviu para me dar tempo para decidir. Procurei médicos, pesquisei na Internet e nem a visita de uma prima que acabara de ter gémeos me desmobilizou daquilo que eu teria de fazer.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;As conversas com a minha mãe que pouco mais dizia além de:-Tu é que tens de decidir! Mas o tempo está a passar, lembra-te disso.- Mas os seus olhos diziam muito mais, e o mau humor das minhas irmãs aliados a uma tristeza inerente a uma situação que não podia ser levada de ânimo leve. O pior de tudo é quando fechava os olhos, lá estava ela...uma mão fechada pequena e gordinha de um bebe! Pensamento que me apertava o coração, mas que não me podia demover de todos os meus planos. Porque isso seria perder muita coisa, não seria? Nessa noite deitei-me mas não dormi e na manhã seguinte a minha mãe disse-me ao ouvido qualquer coisa que não percebi bem depois beijou-me na testa. Mais uma vez porque estaria eu  a demorar tanto tempo para me decidir?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Porque chorava tanto e porque me custava tanto admitir que se calhar já estava feliz por ser mãe? Que realmente as circunstâncias não eram as ideais e o timing não podia ser pior, mas era um bebe que eu sempre quis! &#39;Eu vou ser Mãe!’-disse alto, como uma afirmação. Mãe de um ser pequenino que mudará a minha vida para sempre e que me iluminará só com a sua presença! Assim que a minha mãe regressou a casa, anunciei com as minhas habituais lágrimas:- Sabes, eu sei que não vai ser fácil, mas eu quero este bebe! Ele é o meu bebé. Não posso, não o ter...se Deus me abençoou... -&#39;Oh filha! A mãe fica tão mais descansada, mais feliz! Essa criança veio para nos abençoar filha...vai tudo correr bem, vais ver...eu estou aqui!&#39; Ambas nos abraçamos gratificadas por esta decisão e felizes por nos termos umas às outras. Quando ia a sair de casa encontrou-se com a minhas Hobbits e contou-lhes a minha decisão, e quando entraram em casa apercebi-me que esta decisão afectara toda a família. Invadindo-a com uma felicidade enorme, uma decisão contrária afectaria de maneira incontornável.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Apesar dos obstáculos, esta seria realmente o início da melhor fase da minha vida. Confirmei este sentimento quando no dia seguinte, fui ao hospital com uma pequena dor de barriga. Queixas menores, mas quiseram-me observar. Mandaram-me despir e subir para uma maca com dois lados para colocar as pernas. Foi aí que me lembrei que não havia feito a depilação! Que vergonha, nós mulheres sujeitamo-nos mesmo a muita coisa e quando menos esperava espetaram-me com um objecto para me observarem por dentro... não fosse aquela posição semi-engraçada feita por uma médica que falava de tudo menos de mim com a enfermeira, eu não teria visto pela primeira vez o meu bebe! O seu coraçãozinho a bater.-Ai eu vou chorar!-disse e chorei mesmo. Quem não o faria? O     coraçãozinho tão pequenino a bater com tanta força, garra. Senti que aquele coração já batia por mim e o meu por ele. Amor à primeira vista. Tinha agora toda a certeza do mundo que tinha tomado a decisão mais acertada de toda a minha vida! A felicidade morava finalmente dentro de mim.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Esta foi a minha escolha, a minha história isto porque tive e tenho a sorte de ter a família que tenho mas principalmente porque soube ouvir o meu Eu. Não quero obviamente dizer que este é o caminho de todas as mulheres que se encontram neste momento numa situação semelhante. Apesar de tudo, naquela altura eu já era uma mulher formada, já tinha alguma experiência profissional, carta de condução e até já tinha viajado alguma coisa. Não era contudo independente, aliás demorou ainda algum tempo a sê-lo como irei falar mais tarde.  Eu tinha a informação toda disponível para evitar uma gravidez não planeada. Aconteceu, mas nada é por acaso e esta é a minha história. Cada mulher jovem ou madura deve  essencialmente seguir o seu coração, o seu Eu e decidir.  As pessoas à sua volta, devem aconselhar e indicar várias soluções sem julgar. A minha família sabia que eu iria enfrentar dificuldades, que não seria fácil fosse qual fosse a minha decisão. Mas apoiaram-me. Tenho muita sorte.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;Top Photo&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Ammam, Jordan foto by Rami Abdelrahman (Jordan Times) 2004&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Sylvia is one of those super talented, entrepreneur moms and a super mom of 3! (Phew!) While creating baby products and running her &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.c3caocubo.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;C3 c ao cubo online store&lt;/a&gt;, a beautiful store dedicated to the little ones &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/c3c.ao.cubo&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;|also on FB|&lt;/a&gt; she still has time to be a mother present in the lives of her &amp;nbsp;three daughters. These are the greatest blessing these days. Time and family.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&#39;When Sonia invited me to talk about a daily miracle for the feature Daily Miracles on this blog, I was very happy but worried because I was in a phase where my time was running through my fingers.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;I was thinking and thinking. We were in a phase of change in our family life, that is, we were going to move, and we still did not have a new home! As soon as we could find a new place, I thought of this miracle, a home where we wanted and how we wanted it. But this is a miracle that did not make sense to me so I kept thinking.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;I thought of the miracle of motherhood as I watched the 3 C&#39;s asleep and everything that changed in our lives. Lives that have become richer, more fulfilled, more meaningful. Then I remembered the birth of each one of the tthem, from that precise moment when they came out of me and I embraced them and all the whirlwind of emotions and pain that suddenly gained a new form of feeling, a feeling called love. The months after their births, when everything was lived with high emotions, everything was perfect.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;We were building a family, our family. And I came to the conclusion that this was our miracle, our family, our daughters. To see them grow, to see them develop and become girls with their own opinion, with personality. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;To see a little bit of us two, in their personality; their tastes; their capabilities and their talents. See what we planted during their growth and education, to blossom. This is the miracle of our lives. &#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sílvia&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;é daquelas &lt;/span&gt;mães&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;super talentosas, empreendedoras e uma super &lt;/span&gt;mãe&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;de 3! (Ufa!) Enquanto cria produtos para babies e gere a sua &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.c3caocubo.com/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;loja online C3c ao cubo&lt;/a&gt;, uma loja linda dedicada aos mais pequeninos&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/c3c.ao.cubo/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; |também no FB|&lt;/a&gt;, ainda tem tempo para ser uma &lt;/span&gt;mãe&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;presente na vida das suas filhas. Esta é a maior &lt;/span&gt;bênção&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;nos dias de hoje. O tempo e a &lt;/span&gt;família&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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a Sónia me convidou para falar sobre um milagre diário para a rubrica Milagres Diários
no blogue Amniótico, fiquei muito contente mas preocupada porque estava numa
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fui pensando e pensando. Estávamos numa fase da nossa vida familiar de
pré-mudança, ou seja, iríamos mudar de casa e ainda não tínhamos casa. Assim
que conseguimos encontrar uma casa, pensei nesse milagre, uma casa onde
queríamos e como queríamos. Mas esse é um milagre que não me fazia sentido e continuei
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no milagre da maternidade, enquanto olhava as C’s a dormir e tudo o que mudou
nas nossas vidas. Vidas que se tornaram mais ricas, mais preenchidas, com mais
sentido. Depois lembrei-me do nascimento das três, daquele preciso momento em
que elas saíram de dentro de mim e que eu as abracei e de todo o turbilhão de
emoções e dores que de repente ganharam uma nova forma de sentir, chamada amor.
Dos meses seguintes aos nascimentos delas, em que tudo era vivido com emoção,
tudo era perfeito.&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Nós
estávamos a construir uma família, a nossa família. E cheguei à conclusão que
este era o nosso milagre, a nossa família, as nossas filhas. Vê-las crescer,
vê-las desenvolverem-se e transformarem-se em meninas com opinião, com
personalidade. Ver um pouco de cada um de nós dois, na personalidade delas, nos
gostos delas, nas capacidades e aptidões delas. &lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Ver o que semeamos durante o
seu crescimento e educação, a desabrochar. Este é o milagre das nossas vidas.&#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Photo credit: Silvia Mota Coutinho from&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.c3caocubo.com/&quot; style=&quot;font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;C3 Cao Cubo&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #333333; font-size: 15.4px; letter-spacing: 0.196px;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Qual é o seu Milagre Diário? Quer participar para contar algum momento especial, que lhe tenha acontecido ou aconteça diariamente? Um momento especial...Uma epifania... Uma Eureka... se sim, envie para blogamniotico@gmail.com&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , sans-serif; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;O que faz uma mãe e um pai empreendedores com uma
enorme vontade de proporcionar ao filho brinquedos intemporais e amigos do
ambiente? Fazem acontecer!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Elizabete (ou Betty!) e João, vivem em Vila Nova da Barquinha,
ambos designers de profissão, resolvem colmatar algo que sentiam estar a faltar
e ‘onde o verdadeiro desafio do Design (e do mundo em geral) é criar soluções
mais ecológicas, sustentáveis, biológicas, éticas... por contraposição ao
consumo e produção massivo, à poluição, ao aquecimento global, &amp;nbsp;e à falta de ética. E foi por aqui...’ conta-nos
Elizabete. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Conheço a Elizabete há vários anos e sei que depois de
anos de vidas profissionais com ritmos alucinantes em Lisboa e com constantes
viagens, o amor entre ambos com a consequente mudança para um meio mais calmo
para estarem juntos e o nascimento do filho Simão, fez realçar ainda mais esta
necessidade para estes pais com preocupações ambientais e éticas ‘Estava farta
de comprar no &lt;i&gt;shopping&lt;/i&gt; e em grandes
lojas, produtos que não me satisfaziam: brinquedos em plástico pavorosos,
cheios de barulhos e pilhas; ou produtos de cosmética e de higiene com
composições químicas sintéticas duvidosas testadas em animais! O que é que se
coloca dentro de um rímel para ter de ser testado em animais? Como qualquer
outro produto que compramos todos os dias sem saber de onde vêm e como são
produzidos. E como moramos fora de Lisboa, não tínhamos muitas alternativas (e
quem tem crianças pequenas não tem tempo). Um dia pensei: porque não há uma
loja online com atendimento personalizado que faça essa selecção e tenha
produtos bonitos, especiais e com critérios amigos do ambiente? Resolvemos então
fazê-la nós!’ &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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lindo!! &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bazarbazar.pt/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Bazar Bazar&lt;/a&gt; é a perfeita resposta para todos nós que cada vez mais
procuramos soluções mais eco conscientes. Nesta linda loja, podem encontrar vários
produtos que vão alem dos brinquedos ‘Nós somos um bazar, por isso temos várias
coisas: brinquedos em madeira e materiais não tóxicos, puzzles reciclados,
cosmética e higiene bio, foodies bio, utilitários eco-design e livros... E
vamos ter mais novidades em Janeiro!’&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , sans-serif;&quot;&gt;Can&#39;t Wait!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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salientar, que mesmo sendo uma &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.bazarbazar.pt/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;loja online&lt;/a&gt; os clientes estão muito próximos:
existe um contacto móvel directo com a loja no site, estão online via &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/bazarbazarshop/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Facebook (onde também está a loja)&lt;/a&gt;, via e-mail ou sms (em breve irão activar o chat na
loja). E entregam em casa em 3 dias úteis! Podemos pagar por Multibanco,
Transferência bancária ou Pay-Pal (a loja tem um certificado de segurança, pelo
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&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , sans-serif; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;Depois é só descobrir a loja e oferecer este
natal prendas memoráveis e amigas do ambiente! Melhor ainda, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background: white; color: #222222; font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , sans-serif; text-align: justify;&quot;&gt;a
preços aceitáveis, com total acesso à história e detalhes do produto com
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For us, mothers, we are also someone&#39;s daughter ... someone who&#39;s gone and is now the brightest little star in the sky ... someone who lives within us, within the memories built together, in unconditional love and the daily sharing until a day ... my mother was the best in the world ... with her, I learned what being a mother is, and how good it is to be the daughter of someone like this ... I learned that we are multi dimensional beings, and sometimes we also cry, we laugh out loud for nothing in particular ... we feel fat, thin ... desired, we love and we are lovers ... we are happy and sometimes unhappy ... we talk non stop, but we also enjoy the silence ... love sharing secrets, and we promisse with all sureness that he would never leave ... we are not perfect, we don&#39;t even know what that means ... but above all, we never walk away, against all odds we never leave the boat because being a mother it&#39;s above all a miracle of love.&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&#39;Why does God allows mothers to go away? A Mother has no limits, it is time without time, light that does not erase when the wind blows and rain falls, hidden in the velvet skin wrinkled, clean water, clean air, pure thought. Dying happens to what is brief and goes without a trace. Mother, in her grace, is eternity. Why does God remember one day - profound mystery - to take her away? If I were king of the world, I would dictate a law: Mother will never die, mother will always be with her child and he, although old, will be little as a grain of corn... Although the poem was not written by me, transcribes the feeling that invades me ... &#39;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Para nós mães, que também somos filhas de alguém...alguém que já partiu e é hoje a estrelinha mais brilhante no firmamento...alguém que vive dentro de nós, nas memórias criadas juntas, no amor incondicional e nas partilhas diárias até um dia... A minha mãe, foi a melhor do mundo...com ela aprendi o que é ser mãe, e o que bom é ser filha de alguém assim...aprendi que somos seres multi dimensionais, por vezes também choramos, rimos sem sentido...sentimos-nos gordas, magras...desejadas, amamos e somos amantes...felizes e ás vezes infelizes...falamos muito, mas também gostamos do silêncio...adoramos segredos partilhados, e afirmamos com toda a certeza de que jamais partiremos...não somos perfeitas, nem sabemos o que isso significa...mas acima de tudo nunca desertamos, contra ventos e marés do barco nunca saltamos porque ser mãe é mais que tudo, é um milagre de amor.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Vou partilhar um poema sem autor (se conhecerem o autor digam por favor!), este poema foi-me enviado pela minha querida amiga Cristiana, neste dia em que festejo a maternidade mas quando também me lembro de que sou filha de outro milagre...a minha mãe!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&#39;Porque Deus permite que as mães vão-se embora? Mãe não tem limite, é tempo sem hora, luz que não apaga quando sopra o vento e chuva desaba, veludo escondido na pele enrugada, água pura, ar puro, puro pensamento. Morrer acontece com o que é breve e passa sem deixar vestígio. Mãe, na sua graça, é eternidade. Por que Deus se lembra — mistério profundo — de tirá-la um dia? Fosse eu Rei do Mundo, ditava uma lei: Mãe não morre nunca, mãe ficará sempre junto de seu filho e ele, velho embora, será pequenino feito grão de milho.&#39;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;I am contacting you, because a few days ago I read a chronicle written by you on &quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://uptolisbonkids.com/2015/04/10/sonia-pereira-de-figueiredo/&quot; style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;UP TO LISBON KIDS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&quot; and then I went on exploring your blog and Facebook page, and I was delighted with its chronicles. Because as you, I&#39;m single mother, I have a 9 year old daughter and I work abroad. These were the coincidences and empathy I felt when I read your articles which led me to write you this message. I felt that, apart from me, there are so many other warriors mothers, and I would like to share with you my own experience.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;In my case, I feel some guilt because I love what I do and I went for my dream. I didn&#39;t felt pushed. On the agenda, there are never projects longer than two months, and if possible where I can take Francisca along. It happened a few times from since she was three years old and thus she already knows a piece of the earth ... However long-term is more difficult because over time I&#39;ve become good at what I do in risky countries and within precarious situations. Good adaptation to stress bla bla bla. Result: I am increasingly called in to situations where I can not take my small family with me. It is not easy and sometimes I get fed up and say enough is enough! ... I want to be with her ALL the time and want her to see the world, with me! But field work calls ... and when I&#39;m in countries as in Africa, for example, the color of that soil, the smells, the smiles, the adrenaline ... but it&#39;s her, that beautiful little person who is my highest calling. For her, I do everything, and I am everything. Even if sometimes I have to get away for a little bit ... on the other hand, like Paula, when I&#39;m with Francisca, I am with her 100%.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;For years, many people questioned my life choices. As if, I and these mothers, were eccentric, or just &#39;crazy&#39; just because our lifestyle is different. The truth is that at 9 years old, Francisca has creased qualities for their age. Empathy and understanding for the things of life, sees the difference in the other naturally, and embraces the new and the unknown. She knows that nothing falls from the sky, and she knows that now at this precise moment in the Central African Republic, there is a conflict that many call a slow genocide. She has a general culture above average, and yes she knows what a genocide is. She also knows that life is sometimes strange, but we must see things always on the bright side. And that in the end, we are together and we are well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;estou a contacta-la, pois alguns dias atrás tomei conhecimento de uma crónica escrita pela Sónia através da “&lt;a href=&quot;http://uptolisbonkids.com/2015/04/10/sonia-pereira-de-figueiredo/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;UP TO LISBON KIDS&lt;/a&gt;” e logo fui explorar o seu blogue e a página do Facebook, e não é que me deliciei com as suas crónicas, pois tal como a Sónia sou mãe solteira, tenho uma filha de 9 anos e trabalho fora do país. &lt;span style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;Foram estas coincidências e a empatia que senti ao ler os seus artigos que me levaram a escrever-lhe, pois senti que, para além de mim, há tantas outras mães guerreiras, e fiquei com vontade de partilhar a minha experiência.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;No nosso caso, o pai da Vera (é assim que se chama a minha filha) partiu ela ainda não tinha completado 2 anos, na realidade o que aconteceu é que nos separamos e ele também se separou da filha. Desde então ela é o meu mundo e eu o mundo dela, temos uma relação tão próxima, como se ela estivesse o tempo todo na minha barriga, mas no exterior (já agora adorei o nome do blogue “Amniótico” que sugere uma ligação tão próxima e ao mesmo tempo desde sempre). Por isso estou só ao lado dela (claro com o apoio dos meus pais, alguns familiares e amigos) e responsável para lhe proporcionar o melhor, no bem-estar, na saúde, na educação, … acontece que em 2012 me deparei com a situação de não ter trabalho em Portugal e a proposta era ir para fora.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Já agora, sou geóloga de engenharia, e trabalho em obras de grande dimensão, como túneis, a proposta de trabalhar fora do país foi discutida entre as duas (na altura a Vera só tinha 7 anos, mas sempre falamos como gente crescida e embora tivéssemos a percepção de que seria um grande desafio e duro para ambas, percebemos que seria o melhor, mas temporariamente) e acabou por transformar o nosso dia-a-dia completamente.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;A 1 de Dezembro de 2012 chego à Argélia (Annaba), para trás ficou a logística possível (com o apoio incondicional dos meus pais, que se mudaram-se para minha casa, uma vez que que fica a 5 minutos a pé do colégio da Vera, por um lado, e por outro, de forma a não alterar muito as rotinas dela), onde fico 3 semanas, regressando para passar o Natal e o início do ano. Depois deste período os regressos a Portugal passam a ser de 2 em 2 meses.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Inicialmente foi difícil, as dificuldades nas comunicações, as saudades uma da outra, o ajustamento à nova realidade, mas à medida que o tempo foi passando fomos aprendendo que apesar de estarmos longe uma da outra, efectivamente estamos juntas, a cada segundo, no coração e em pensamento. Assim fomo-nos redescobrindo e já contamos tantas experiências juntas à distância, hoje não tenho dúvidas que esta situação marcará as nossas vidas para sempre, a Vera a cada dia que passa cresce, e tem-se transformado num ser especial, mais responsável e madura do que as crianças da idade dela, excelente aluna e feliz, às vezes penso que só pode ser um milagre.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Um abraço, de Mãe para Mãe,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Ao ler a mensagem, senti de imediato uma óbvia ligação com a Paula, que tal como eu é mãe solteira, mas tal como eu abraçou o projecto de ser mãe de alma e muito coração. Confesso que me vieram as lágrimas aos olhos. Ambas abraçamos projectos que nos levam para longe das nossas filhas, no caso da Paula e de muitas outras mães, por periodos bem mais prolongados do que eu. Tomar a decisão de acima de tudo garantir que os filhos nunca irão sentir falta de nada para terem uma vida saudável e feliz. Uma decisão, que muitas mães têm nos últimos anos tomado por motivos profissionais, de forma imperativa tal são as necessidades das famílias actualmente, principalmente as monoparentais. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Tal como eu e a Francisca, a Paula e a Vera têm uma relação Amniótica onde impera o amor e a cumplicidade. As decisões são tomadas a duas, e fala-se sobre tudo de forma honesta e sem infatilizar a realidade. Não é fácil estar longe de quem mais amamos nesta vida, mas a forma como compensamos essa ausência é feito essêncialmente de momentos. Momentos reais, que não são momentos para a fotografia, mas momentos a duas de muita cumplicidade únicos e irrepetiveis. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;No meu caso, eu sinto alguma culpa pois amo o que faço e fui para longe muita vezes seguindo o meu sonho. Não me senti empurrada. Na agenda nunca estão projectos mais longos que dois meses, e se possível que possa levar a Francisca. Já aconteceu, algumas vezes desde o três anos e assim já conheceu um pedaço de terra... No entanto a longo termo é mais dificil, pois com o tempo tornei-me boa naquilo que faço em países de risco e situações preclitantes. Boa adaptação ao stress bla bla bla. Resultado: cada vez mais me chamam para situações onde não posso levar a minha pequena família. Não é fácil e por vezes fico farta, e digo chega!...quero estar TODO o tempo com ela e quero que conheça o mundo, comigo! Mas o terreno chama muitas vezes...e quando estou em países em Àfrica, por exemplo, a cor da terra, os cheiros, os sorrisos, a adrenalina... Mas é ela, aquela pessoinha linda que é o meu maior chamado. Por ela faço tudo, e sou tudo. Mesmo que às vezes tenha que me afastar por um bocadinho...por outro lado, tal como a Paula, quando estou com a Francisca só estou com ela a 100%.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;Neste anos, muitas pessoas questionam esta minha escolha de vida. Como se eu  e estas mães, fossemos excêntricas, ou umas &#39;grandes malucas&#39; só porque o nosso estilo de vida é diferente. A verdade é que com 9 anos, a Francisca tem qualidades vincadas para a sua idade. Uma empatia e compreensão para as coisas da vida, vê a diferença nos outros com naturalidade e abraça o novo e desconhecido. Sabe que nada cai do céu, e que agora neste preciso momento na República Centro Africana, existe um conflicto que muitos chamam de um lento genocidio. Tem uma cultura geral acima da média, e sim sabe o que é um genocidio. Também sabe que a vida é por vezes estranha, mas há que ver as coisas sempre do lado positivo. E que no final, estamos juntas e estamos bem. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;georgia&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;century&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;times&amp;quot; , serif; font-size: 15px;&quot;&gt;&#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Mother&#39;s Day provides a welcomed opportunity to celebrate the beauty and the joy to be found in motherhood. Still, for many, it&#39;s a day that has the potential to pose a heavy burden, or resurrect waves of self-doubt and despair, especially when it comes to being a single mom.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;No, I am not a single mother. But I am the adult daughter of a mother who operated as a single parent for the most difficult years of my upbringing on account of circumstances, and who made countless sacrifices for me every single day of her life, even when times were the toughest, and resources were beyond limited.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;For these reasons I can say I&#39;ve had an up close and personal look at what it takes to do it all, and I know good and well that the struggle is real. Trusting the struggle takes a lot of bravery, and even more heart.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;And so, whether you have actively made a choice to carry on as a single mother, or it&#39;s become a necessity based on your individual circumstances, this Mother&#39;s Day, here is a message for every single mom out there.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;The road that led you here no longer matters. The only road that matters is the one you are taking to move forward. This road includes both you and your children. The fact that you are on this road as a lone warrior is enough to make you a brave one.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;This bravery means that you will fight to make the best for yourself and your children every day of the journey. It means that you have the courage and boldness to stand up and do so. Even if you don&#39;t recognize it, these character traits are harvested deep within you. They are always there, ready to serve you during times of doubt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;You are the disciplinary. You are the fun-loving. You are the advice giver. You are the intent listener. You are the guide. You are the challenger. You are the diplomat. You are the caretaker. You are more than you could have ever imagined you would be.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Although you are one single being, you are not simply one being playing multiple parts. You are a being who has been made complete. The universe knows that you are a being who has what it takes to offer your children everything they need to succeed in life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;While you may encounter situations or people in your life that make you feel as though you can&#39;t, know that you can do it. You can do anything you put your mind to, and raising a family just happens to be perhaps the most monumental example.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Still, part of believing and understanding that you can and will do it, is the willingness to accept help when it&#39;s offered, and needed. Accepting assistance that comes your way isn&#39;t a sign of weakness, but instead a sign of humility. Whether it&#39;s a stranger, friend or your own child offering you a helping hand, open up your hand to accept, and then take the opportunity to pay it forward to someone else who knows they can do it too.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&quot;You are enough,&quot; is something you will tell your children day in and day out, throughout the entirety of their lives. But perhaps it is you who needs to hear and revisit this phrase the most. Write this down and read it every single morning so you never forget. On the days that you go to sleep feeling otherwise, may you wake knowing that you are enough for yourself, and you are enough for your children.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; line-height: 21px;&quot;&gt;When your children grow up and look back on their childhood with you as their single mother, may they see someone who not only knew she was enough, but who instilled the same sense of self-love and self-worth in them, so that they not only know, but wholeheartedly believe, they are enough for the world.&#39;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: transparent;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-mccartan-/a-message-to-single-moms-_b_5296180.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000046&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;by &amp;nbsp;Sarah McCartan for the&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 21px;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-mccartan-/a-message-to-single-moms-_b_5296180.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000046&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;by Sarah McCartan for the HuffPost Women&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&#39;O dia da Mãe é uma oportunidade
para celebrar a beleza e a alegria que existe na maternidade. Ainda assim,
para muitos, é um dia com o potencial de representar um fardo pesado, ou ressuscitar
ondas de insegurança e desespero, especialmente quando se trata de uma mãe solteira. Não, eu não sou uma mãe solteira.
Mas eu sou a filha adulta de uma mãe que funcionava como uma mãe solteira nos
anos mais difíceis da minha educação, tendo em conta as circunstâncias, fez
inúmeros sacrifícios por mim todos os dias da sua vida, mesmo quando os tempos
eram mais difíceis, e os recursos eram para além de limitados.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Por estas razões, posso dizer que
tenha testemunhado de perto o que é preciso para fazer de tudo, e eu sei muito
bem que a luta é real. Confiar na luta é necessário muita bravura, mas acima de
tudo, coração. E assim, se fez uma escolha activa
para continuar como mãe solteira, ou se tornou numa por necessidade com base
nas suas circunstâncias individuais, neste Dia das Mães há uma mensagem para
cada mãe solteira.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Você é uma brava guerreira&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;A estrada que a levou aqui já não
importa. A única estrada que importa é a que você está a levar adiante. Esta
estrada inclui você e seus filhos. O facto de que você está nesta estrada como
uma guerreira solitária é o suficiente para fazer de si mãe coragem.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Esta coragem significa que você
vai lutar para fazer o melhor para si e para seus filhos todos os dias da
viagem. Significa que tem a coragem e ousadia para se erguer e fazê-lo. Mesmo
se não o reconhecer esses traços de carácter são sementes profundamente plantadas
dentro de si. Elas estão sempre lá, prontas para fortalece-la nos momentos de
dúvida.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Você é uma entidade completa&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Você é a disciplinadora. Você é a
divertida e a amorosa. Você é a conselheira. Você é a atenta ouvinte. Você é o
guia. Você é a desafiadora. Você é o diplomata. Você é a zeladora. Você é mais
do que jamais poderia ter imaginado que um dia seria.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Embora você seja um ser único,
você não é simplesmente um ser com os mais variados papeis. Você é um ser que se
tornou completo. O universo sabe que você é um ser que tem o que é preciso para
dar aos seus filhos tudo o que eles precisam para ter sucesso na vida.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Você pode (e você fará )!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Embora você possa encontrar
situações ou pessoas na sua vida que fazem senti-la como se não conseguisse, eu
sei que você consegue. Você pode fazer qualquer coisa em que coloque a sua
mente, e criar uma família talvez seja o exemplo mais monumental que o
demonstre.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Ainda assim, parte de acreditar e
aceitar que possa e irá fazê-lo, está a vontade de aceitar ajuda quando é oferecida,
quando necessário. Aceitar ajuda quando vem na sua direcção não é um sinal de
fraqueza, mas sim um sinal de humildade. Quer se trate de um estranho, um amigo
ou o seu próprio filho oferecendo-lhe uma mão amiga, abrir a mão para aceitar,
e em seguida, aproveitar a oportunidade para retribuir a alguém que sabe que
pode fazê-lo também.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Você é mais do que suficiente&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&quot;Você é o suficiente&quot;,
é algo que você vai dizer a seus filhos dia após dia ao longo de toda a sua
vida. Mas, talvez seja você mesma quem mais precisa ouvir e revisitar esta
frase. Anote isso e leia-o todas as manhãs para que nunca se esqueça. Nos dias
em que você se deitar para dormir sentindo o contrário, possa acordar sabendo
que você é o suficiente para si, e é o suficiente para os seus filhos.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Quando os seus filhos crescerem e
olharem para trás para a sua infância consigo, como sua mãe solteira, possam
eles ver alguém que não só sabia que era o suficiente, mas que incutiu o mesmo
sentimento de amor-próprio e auto-estima em si próprios, não só para que saibam
mas que no fundo de seus corações sintam que eles são também suficiente para o
mundo.&#39; &amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sarah-mccartan-/a-message-to-single-moms-_b_5296180.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000046&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;de&amp;nbsp;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;name fn&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; line-height: 17px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; border-image-outset: initial; border-image-repeat: initial; border-image-slice: initial; border-image-source: initial; border-image-width: initial; box-sizing: border-box;&quot;&gt;Sarah McCartan&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;para o Huffington Post Women&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;They say the thirties are the new twenties, and that therefore the forties will be the new thirties. But this to me is all rubbish, because age depends on one&#39;s spirit. My problem is that I have an old soul. And I don&#39;t mean it with regret, of someone who sees everything negatively or old-fashioned, heavy and out of time. What I mean is that I have always lived everything from a very matured perspective, Let me explain: &amp;nbsp;at 18 years old, I found myself too old to attend ballet classes for adults and so I gave up; at 23, I though I was too old to learn ou to surf; at 28, when I got pregnant, I found myself too old so that after pregnancy I could resume my career (which I did btw!); and since I became 30, I found refuge of myself in motherhood, work and everything that would occupy my mind from what really made my mind anxious, so I grew older mentally. On the other hand, despite this feeling, I feel younger than I am. Confusing, is it not? This confusion gets me anxious, and so I seek balance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;This is not to say that &amp;nbsp;I did not have my moments, I became a mom, I traveled, I ventured, I flirted and lived, but my restless soul have sometimes tortured me and my ego has kept me often hostage to fear and lack of some self love. Not that I feel less capable, not in that sense, but in the sense of caring for myself, my spirit of wind that blows sometimes like a soft and gentle breeze and other times as a whip, or just to take care of the temple that is my body. I was always busy being a single parent, a sister, a daughter and a friend, especially when my mother passed away and everyone around me were feeling lost. Engaged as I could in work to be truly independent and release myself from the feeling of being a burden to others.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;I have dated and flirted but I have not loved. This is perhaps what most frightens me, to realize that I have not loved over the past ten years. I have locked myself and I took refuge in the false sensation of independence, but actually I have been running away from love and from suffering for love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;I recently found someone, but it did not work. However, I can tell myself that for the first time &amp;nbsp;I took a chance and a leap of faith. This was another step in the metamorphosis that I am going through, since&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amniotico.com/2015/09/daily-miracle-leap-of-faith.html&quot; style=&quot;color: #1155cc;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;I felt an epiphany when I was still in Burundi&lt;/a&gt;. But this has been slow and sometimes painful, sometimes happy and looking forward to the future.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Today when I weighed myself for the first time in a long time, I faced my fear of the truth from what I have been running away and finally I have put a number on how I feel. 82 kilos! I have never weighed so much in my life, and I want my body to rediscover my true self. I want to be an example of health and truth for my daughter, because if I have led so far this family by example, this must change. My daughter is about to enter pre-teen, years, and I want her to see a mother who not only speaks but also acts upon. How can she look at her mother as an independent woman on one hand, but on the other as a dependent woman on fear? And this fear leads to not taking care of myself? What message is this? So confusing and meaningless I&#39;m passing through?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;This post marks a change in myself and in this is my diary that is this blog, now at 39 and 82 kilos, I say enough!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Today, after Concha our &amp;nbsp;four paws love ate all my breakfast while I took Francisca to school, I thought this is it. It is a sign. Now is my time to take care of myself. Now, I too!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Dizem que os trinta são os novos vinte e que por conseguinte os quarenta serão os novos trinta. Mas isto para mim são balelas, porque a idade esta mesmo no espírito de cada um. O meu problema é ter uma alma velha. E não o digo com pesar, de quem vê tudo de forma negativa ou antiquada, pesada e fora de tempo. O que eu digo é que sempre vivi tudo de uma forma muito madura, passo a explicar: com 18 anos achava-me velha demais para andar no ballet para adultos e acabei por desistir, aos 23 achava-me velha demais para aprender a surfar, aos 28 quando engravidei achava-me velha demais para que depois da gravidez recomeçar a carreira (no entanto fi-lo!), e ao longo dos trinta fui fugindo refugiando-me na maternidade, no trabalho e tudo que ocupasse a minha mente do que realmente me ansiava o espírito, então fui envelhecendo mentalmente. Por outro lado, apesar deste sentimento, sinto-me mais nova do que sou. Confuso, não é? Esta confusão deixa-me ansiosa e é o equilibrio que procuro.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Não quer dizer que não tenha tido os meus momentos, fui mãe, viajei, arrisquei, flirtei e vivi, mas a minha alma inquieta por vezes tem me torturado, e o meu ego tem-me mantido muitas vezes refém do medo e na falta de algum amor próprio. Não que me sinta menos capaz, não nesse sentido mas no sentido de cuidar mais de mim, do meu espírito de vento que sopra umas vezes como uma brisa suave e meiga e outras como um chicote, ou cuidar do templo que é o meu corpo. Ocupada que estive sempre em ser mãe solteira, ser irmã, filha e amiga, principalmente quando a minha mãe partiu e todos a minha volta estavam a naufragar. Ocupada em ter trabalho para ser verdadeiramente independente e deixar de me sentir um peso para os outros.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Namorei e flirtei, mas não amei. Este é talvez o que mais me assusta no que não vivi ao longo dos últimos dez anos. Fechei-me e refugiei-me na falsa sensação de independência, mas na verdade tenho vindo a fugir de voltar a amar e de voltar a sofrer por amor.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Recentemente encontrei alguém, mas não resultou. No entanto posso dizer a mim própria que pela primeira vez arrisquei e dei um salto de Fé. Esta foi mais um passo na metamorfose que estou a viver desde que&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amniotico.com/2015/09/daily-miracle-leap-of-faith.html&quot; style=&quot;color: #1155cc;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;senti uma epifania ainda estava no Burundi.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; Mas esta a ser lenta e as vezes dolorosa, outras vezes feliz e ansiosa para o que ai vem.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Hoje quando me pesei pela primeira vez em muito tempo, enfrentei o meu medo da verdade que andava sempre a fugir e finalmente coloquei um numero em como me sinto. 82 quilos! Nunca pesei tanto na minha vida, e quero que o meu corpo se reencontre com o meu eu verdadeiro. Quero ser um exemplo de saúde e verdade para a minha filha, porque se em tudo liderei esta família por exemplo isto tem que mudar. Esta a entrar na pré-adolescencia e quero que veja a mãe que não só fala mas que também faz. Como é que ela pode olhar para uma mãe tão independente por um lado, mas que do outro esta uma mulher dependente do medo? E que esse medo leva a não cuidar de si mesma? Que mensagem é esta tão confusa e sem sentido que estou a passar?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Este post marca uma mudança em mim e neste meu diário que é este blog, hoje com 39 e 82 quilos, digo chega!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Hoje, depois da Concha a nossa patuda ter comido o meu pequeno-almoço enquanto levei a Francisca a escola, pensei é isto. Foi mais um sinal. Agora é o meu momento, para cuidar de mim. Agora, eu também!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;|Now down the memory lane on some of my 39 years on this earth|&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #141823;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; line-height: 17.9400005340576px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;When I became a mother of a girl in 2005, my life turned around 180 degrees. I was a single mother, and I was a purist, because I took it all alone from zero. No stress, no dilemmas or dramas, I was a mother, it was all right and that was enough. I was happy, very happy. Never looking back, not even to the fact of having given up a career that looked promising, and having to abdicate of opportunities that do not appear often during our lives. Conscious, I decided to opt for a dream, paying the price of having to give up of another. At the time with the support of my family, I owned it, I owned it all. Free from prejudice or false modesty where being single would only be a small detail. When I first saw her, I felt so full, so complete and as I watched over my baby girl I felt that for each other, we were enough. Enough.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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After studying for years in the United Kingdom, and having been raised by liberal parents I was not the typical single mother. Maybe sometimes I may have forced it a bit, but I did not want to be associated with other single mothers who spend their entire lives licking their own wounds while &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 17.9400005340576px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;forgetting&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 17.9400005340576px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt; their own children. Maybe I was being too biased but it was what I felt then, a pretty much what I feel now. Acting as victims, take the power away from ourselves and that does not help single mothers at all in any way. If anything, it makes us even more vulnerable by minimizing our capability, resilience and the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 17.9400005340576px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;ability&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 17.9400005340576px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt; to overcome harsh moments. Maybe in my case it helped that I have never had any feeling &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 17.9400005340576px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;towards&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 17.9400005340576px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt; her father. And yet, I was so grateful for this man for giving me the best gift I could ever get, my daughter.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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The truth however, was that in 2009 and almost four years since becoming a mother, I wondered if I would ever go back to work on my field. After all, my area would take me again to exotic and sometimes complicated&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #141823; line-height: 17.9400005340576px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;destinations &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #141823; line-height: 17.9400005340576px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;. I was not happy professionally, but I was almost resigned. I was having one of those days when the phone rang and on the other side a voice claiming to be from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated that he was trying to talk to me for a few days. I did not hear anything. What? &#39;We need to know if you are available for the electoral observation mission in Afghanistan. You have a week to prepare! &#39;. (Pause) &#39;Yes I&#39; answered without thinking well &#39;Very well the European Commission will contact you today.&#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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After turning off that call, my daughter almost four years old  then, came home from school. I watched her while she was playing and thought to myself about what it meant accepting this challenge, the risks involved but also the benefits. I had to accept, even if I wanted, I could not refuse because besides being a dream, financially it would also be great for both of us. But I would be in Afghanistan, and away from her for two months. Finally I accepted , I knew that in my absence my family would be there, with love for my daughter and for me.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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For five days I had, with other colleagues, a security training. I saw and reviewed images of war, learnt about roadside bombs, kidnappings, what is a proof of life, etc and I questioned myself, &#39;where the hell did I put myself into? What was I thinking? &#39;. The group was excited and quite accustomed to these wanderings. and was never condescending with this mother who have just now joined the group. After all, before becoming a mother I had already international experience. When in Kabul, I found myself on a jeep on the way to the hotel surrounded by more jeeps full of policemen and a &#39;carnival&#39; that I had only seen related to state figures. I confess, I was scared. When at the Intercontinental hotel, in a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 17.9400005340576px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;decadent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 17.9400005340576px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt; environment similar to the ones seen in movies about Vietnam, I opened the window and the dusty curtains revealed a monochrome city full of dust as a series of American helicopters flew above the hotel. I was in a war zone. What the hell was I doing there ?? I cried.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Embracing projects which take me away from my daughter, because I made the decision above all, to guarantee that my daughter would never lack anything to have a healthy and happy life. A decision that many mothers have taken in recent years for professional reasons, in an imperative form, such are the needs of families these days, especially of single parents. But above all, that I would teach her by example,  that one woman is capable of anything, as long as we put our commitment and heart to it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Sometimes, I do feel some guilt, because I love what I do and I&#39;m away many times following my own dream. I never felt pushed, perhaps initially. And on the agenda, are never projects longer than two months and where I may be able to take my daughter. It has happened a few times and thus she has seen a piece of this land. However, for the long term is more difficult because over time I became good at what I do in risky countries. Good adaptation to stress bla bla bla. Result: I get calls to join situations where I can not take my small family with me. It is not easy and sometimes I get fed up and say: enough! ... I Want to be with her ALL THE TIME and I want her to see the world with me! But field work calls often ... and when I&#39;m in countries in Africa, for example, the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 17.9400005340576px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;color&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 17.9400005340576px; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt; of the land, the smells, the smiles, the adrenaline ... but it&#39;s her, that beautiful little person who is my highest calling. For her, I do everything, and I am everything. Even if sometimes I have to get away for a little bit ... on the other hand, when I&#39;m with Francisca, I&#39;m 100%. My daughter looks at me and hopefully sees someone who is a person who is not shy with challenges nor is it defined by labels. If I am her nearest example, albeit not being perfect, I  want to be the best I can.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Quando me tornei mãe de uma menina em 2005, a minha vida deu uma volta de 180º. Tornei-me mãe solteira, costumo dizer em tom de brincadeira - purista-  porque desde o momento zero assumi tudo sózinha. Sem stress, sem dilemas ou dramas era mãe, e estava tudo certo e era o que bastava. Estava feliz. Nunca mais olhei para trás, nem para o facto de ter abdicado de uma carreira que parecia promissora, de ter abdicado de oportunidades que não aparecem muitas vezes durante as nossas vidas. Consciente, tomei a decisão de optar por um sonho, pagando o preço de ter que abdicar de outro.  Na altura com o apoio da minha família, assumi tudo de uma forma bem despoeirada e livre. Livre principalmente de preconceito, ou falsos pudores, onde ser solteira seria só um pequeno detalhe. Mesmo. Quando a vi pela primeira vez senti-me tão plena, tão completa e enquanto a observava senti que uma para a outra, éramos o suficiente. O suficiente.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Uns dias depois parti então para fazer o que tinha que fazer. O meu coração bem apertadinho, um dia depois de celebrar consigo os seu quatro aninhos. Dei-lhe um beijo, cheirei-a enquanto dormia e lá fui. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Durante cinco dias tive com os restantes colegas uma preparação de segurança. Vi e revi imagens de guerra, o que acontece com bombas de beira de estrada, com raptos, o que é uma prova de vida, etc e tal e eu questionava-me &#39; para onde raio é que eu vou? onde estás com a cabeça?&#39;. O grupo era animado e bastante habituado a estas andanças. Nunca foram condescendent&lt;span style=&quot;line-height: 17.9400005340576px;&quot;&gt;es com esta mãe que agora também se juntava ao grupo. Afinal antes de ser mãe já tinha tido experiência internacional. Quando em Cabul, vi-me dentro de um jipe a caminho do hotel rodeada de jipes cheios de policias e um &#39;carnaval&#39; que só tinha visto para figuras de estado. Confesso estava assustada. Quando no hotel Intercontinental, senti que estava num ambiente decandente que só vira em filmes sobre o Vietnam. Abri a janela, os cortinados empoeirados revelaram uma cidade monocromática cheia de pó e do nada uma serie de helicopetros Americanos passavam por cima do hotel. Estava num cenário de guerra. O que raio fazia ali?? Chorei. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Por mais estranho que possa parecer, o Afeganistão acabou por se revelar uma surpresa para mim. Em Herat descobri um Afeganistão com gente boa, uma cultura milenar, cheiros intensos, mas também pobreza extrema e desigualdades acentuadas. Descobri mulheres fortes e resilientes, algumas mães solteiras ou viúvas que agora (em 2009) eram candidatas provinciais. Algumas ameaçadas diariamente. Sobrevivi com os meus colegas a uma ataque de rockets à base da Nações Unidas onde estava a viver, e a uma ameaça de bomba em casa de uma membro da comissão eleitoral. Mas acima de tudo redescobri-me. Redescobri as minhas capacidades, encontrei os meus pares de trabalho e a minha paixão por política internacional e direitos humanos. Encontrei-me e gostei do que vi.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; line-height: 17.9400005340576px;&quot;&gt;Abraço projectos que me levam para longe da minha filha, porque tomei a decisão de acima de tudo, iria garantir que a minha filha nunca iria sentir falta de nada para ter uma vida saudável e feliz. Uma decisão, que muitas mães têm nos últimos anos tomado por motivos profissionais, de forma imperativa tal são as necessidades das famílias actualmente, principalmente as monoparentais. Mas também que iria ensina-la através do exemplo que ela será capaz de tudo, no que colocar o seu empenho e coração.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Eu e a minha filha temos uma relação amniótica onde impera o amor e a cumplicidade. As decisões são tomadas a duas, e fala-se sobre tudo de forma honesta e sem infantilizar a realidade. Não é fácil estar longe de quem mais amamos nesta vida, mas a forma como compensamos essa ausência é feito essencialmente de momentos. Momentos reais, que não são momentos para a fotografia, mas momentos a duas, de muita cumplicidade únicos e irrepetiveis.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit; line-height: 17.9400005340576px;&quot;&gt;Por vezes sinto alguma culpa pois amo o que faço e vou para longe muita vezes seguindo o meu sonho. Nunca me senti empurrada, talvez inicialmente. Na agenda nunca estão projectos mais longos que dois meses, e se possível que possa levar a minha filha. Já aconteceu, algumas vezes e assim já conheceu um pedaço de terra. No entanto a longo termo é mais dificil, pois com o tempo tornei-me boa naquilo que faço em países de risco e situações periclitantes. Boa adaptação ao stress bla bla bla. Resultado: cada vez me chamam mais me para situações onde não posso levar a minha pequena família. Não é fácil e por vezes fico farta, e digo chega!...quero estar TODO o tempo com ela e quero que conheça o mundo, comigo! Mas o terreno chama muitas vezes...e quando estou em países em África, por exemplo, a cor da terra, os cheiros, os sorrisos, a adrenalina... Mas é ela, aquela pessoinha linda que é o meu maior chamado. Por ela faço tudo, e sou tudo. Mesmo que às vezes tenha que me afastar por um bocadinho...por outro lado, quando estou com a Francisca, estou  a 100%. A minha filha olha para mim e, espero, que veja alguém que é uma pessoa que não se acanha com desafios nem se deixa definir por rótulos. Se sou o seu exemplo mais próximo, não sendo perfeita quero ser o melhor que posso.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&#39;I&#39;ve been asked me several times why I don&#39;t create a line of clothing for children.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;A few years ago, I did an experiment, fabricated models in a limited number, and the truth is that it actually sold well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;But then I stopped it. Other priorities came up, and time does not allows us to do everything and life has these kind of eternal delays.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;I would love one day return to this project. Who knows ...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;One thing I am sure: it would be a line with a relaxed style, modern hippie, comfortable, full of inspiring patterns. A boho style.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Here are some pictures I took from Pinterest, and I wish I had idealized them myself!&#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&#39;Já várias vezes me perguntaram porque é que não crio linhas de vestuário para crianças.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;A resposta é que nem eu sei!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Há uns anos, fiz uma experiência, fabriquei alguns modelos em número reduzido, e a verdade é que até se venderam bem.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mas depois parei. Porque surgiam outras prioridades, porque o tempo não dá para tudo e a vida tem destes eternos adiar.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Gostava de um dia regressar a este projeto. Quem sabe...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;De uma coisa tenho a certeza: seria uma linha com um estilo descontraído, hippie moderno, confortável, cheio de padrões inspiradores. Um estilo boho.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Aqui ficam algumas imagens que retirei do&amp;nbsp;Pinterest&amp;nbsp;e que eu gostaria de ter idealizado!&#39;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;arial&amp;quot; , &amp;quot;helvetica&amp;quot; , sans-serif; font-size: x-small;&quot;&gt;And finally, I confess that it is very kitch, but I could not resist! Notice these plump feet, adorned with &amp;nbsp;pretend jewels.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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One of my daily miracles, are my friends. Over the years, I have come to know a lot of people, good and interesting people, new friends who stay for long, on other occasions not so much because life is like that. But then there are friends of a lifetime, or almost, as it seems when they recall old episodes of our life in the middle of a conversation and the question pops up &#39;how do you remember that?&#39;. The answer is simple, because they were there. They were there, as always. These are my friends, my people, and among them is &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/cristianaresina&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cristiana Resina&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
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I have to confess something, (girlfriend, don&#39;t blush!), But I am a fan of this friend of mine. Not only for her natural talent, which I&#39;ve known since high school, but also for her ability to create and her endless imagination! But mostly by her ethics, love and professionalism that she puts in everything she does. Cristiana is one of those unique people who knows the children&#39;s imaginary world like no other. Through Cristiana, I discovered books and authors, colors and flavors that never crossed my mind before her mentioning it to me. This is due to the passion she puts in her craftsmanship, when creating dream worlds for our children, giving the childhood that never repeats itself, the colors and textures it deserves!&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&#39;I could speak of the great miracles of my life: my children, my family, friends who are family, a job that I love.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;But I want to remember all those little miracles that come up throughout the day and make the world an incredible and amazing place.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Maybe that&#39;s why I am so fond of children. They never lose their charm and ability to marvel at what surrounds them. From the flower blooming from nothing, the fresh cake scent which leaves the house with a smell of cinnamon, to that unlikely friend who doesn&#39;t even speak the same language as us but that feels to be from ever.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;I do not believe that children see the world in a simplistic way. They just see it the right way.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;It&#39;s a shame, &amp;nbsp;we grow losing that ability. But I believe we can save a little of that way of looking at things within ourselves, valuing ​​the little things that make us smile.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;Someone said one day: &quot;We look so much for something called happiness. And in that quest, we do not see how many times we were happy.&quot;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;|O milagre diário da&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cristianaresina.com/&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cristiana Resina&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;|&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Um dos meus milagres diários, são as minhas amigas. Com os anos tenho vindo a conhecer imensa gente, gente boa e interessante, amigos novos que ficam às vezes por muito tempo outra vezes nem tanto já que a vida é assim mesmo. Mas depois há aqueles amigos de toda uma vida, ou quase, pois é o que parece quando rebuscam episódios da nossa vida a meio de uma conversa e nos questionamos &#39;Como é que se lembra disto?&#39;. A resposta é simples, porque estava lá. Estava lá, como está sempre. Estas são as minhas amigas, as minhas pessoas, e entre elas está a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/cristianaresina&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Cristiana Resina&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Tenho que confessar uma coisa, (Vá amiga, não cores!), mas sou fã desta minha amiga. Não só, pelo seu talento nato que conheço desde os tempos de liceu, mas também pela sua capacidade de criar tal como a sua imaginação sem fim! Mas principalmente pela ética, amor e profissionalismo que coloca em tudo o que faz. A Cristiana é daquelas pessoas únicas, que conhece o mundo imaginário infantil como ninguém. Através da Cristiana, descobri livros e autores, cores e sabores que nunca me passariam pela cabeça. Isto deve-se à sua paixão pela arte que exerce, a de criar mundos de sonho para as nossas crianças, dando à infância que nunca se repete, as cores e texturas que merece!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&#39;Podia falar dos grandes milagres da minha vida: os meus filhos, a minha família, amigos que são família, um trabalho que adoro.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Mas quero lembrar-me de todos aqueles pequenos milagres que surgem ao longo do dia e tornam o mundo neste lugar incrível e surpreendente.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Talvez por isso goste tanto de crianças. Nunca perdem esse encantamento e capacidade de se maravilharem com o que as rodeia. Desde a flor que nasce do nada, ao bolo que deixa a casa com cheirinho a canela, àquele amigo improvável, que nem sequer fala a mesma língua, mas que parece ser para sempre.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Não acho que as crianças vejam o mundo de forma simplista. Apenas o vêem da forma certa.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;É uma pena irmos perdendo essa capacidade à medida que crescemos. Mas acredito que podemos guardar um pouco desse olhar para nós, que valoriza as coisas pequeninas que nos fazem sorrir.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Alguém disse, um dia: &quot;Procuramos tanto por algo que se chama felicidade. E nessa busca não vemos quantas vezes fomos felizes.&#39;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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Have I told you, that I love crafts? I just love it! And with a bohemian twist, even better. This is the case of Mafalda Vivas&#39; work, an artisan who creates unique pieces made through the recycling process. Her pieces reflect a bohemian lifestyle, a love for the arts and for the environment. Her creativity has no limits, and she has even recovered pieces of furniture that used to belong to my dearest late mom and I am in love with it!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;
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You may find her quite often at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/feiradasalmas&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Fair of Souls in Lisbon&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/marypoppystore&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Mary Poppy&#39;s shop&lt;/a&gt; in Caldas da Rainha or through her own &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mafalda-Vivas&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Facebook page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;
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Já vos disse que adoro artesanato? Adoro! Se for boémio, então aí temos o casamento perfeito. &amp;nbsp;É o caso do trabalho da Mafalda Vivas, uma artesã que cria peças únicas feitas através do processo de reciclagem. As suas peças reflectem um estilo de vida boémio, um amor às artes e ao meio ambiente. A sua creatividade não tem limites, tendo inclusivé recuperado cá para casa uns móveis que eram da minha mãe e que amo de paixão!&lt;/div&gt;
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</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13136575/posts/default/2967180377708389924'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/13136575/posts/default/2967180377708389924'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://amniotico.blogspot.com/2015/06/boho-love-lifestyle-bohemian-crafts-by.html' title='Bohemian crafts by Mafalda Vivas'/><author><name>amniotico</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/02117853900827644040</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='26' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiflDry-uhjkAvXg8j--foTEyBiTyg-UsuRhlj99OydyZfpFoCM9-qnzvBG8FuEjeoiOuLQghegAsDhaUMqW3TszSGOwQ6FPqIBuDEyC8uXHXpgi28DFaj11IxSqLKKa7w/s220/photo+me.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCwHuBQIAEOHUewrmqZVitAuNYCv-2c2_IBz0QgMWF4KvmlfE6u1xmRVHHL0acnMkGeSY_7jWVptKCZf-rvmY8Ub3NmwzQfb-ksznY2brphgoSQoVizWhyEgp8Bu-gIy4OCt-6bQ/s72-c/Maf+1.jpg" height="72" width="72"/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13136575.post-7637776561238135734</id><published>2015-05-01T17:17:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2017-06-09T20:20:38.274+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Daily Miracles"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Milagres Diários"/><title type='text'>Daily Miracle: A whole life ahead</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir=&quot;ltr&quot; style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot; trbidi=&quot;on&quot;&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;The first time, I heard of Sofia of the blog Pais com P Grande (Parents with Capital P) was through the Portuguese Foundation &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fundacaodogil.pt/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Fundação Gil&lt;/a&gt;, for which they fund raised nearly 500€! I was curious, the post stated that they with the children were traveling throughout Portugal, taking with them the foundation&#39;s mascot, Baby Gil (&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.paiscompgrande.com/pais-com-p-grande-levam-baby-gil-on-the-road/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;See here&lt;/a&gt;). I visited their &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/PaiscomP&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Facebook page&lt;/a&gt; and then the blog, and from then on I never left them out of sight! Whoever follows them, follows the adventure of the Portuguese Sofia the mother, French born Quentin the father, Gabriela the five year old daughter, Tiago the two year old son, Aloha the four paws who luckily have crossed their paths, and of course Maria do Mar the RV (VW T3 Westfalia 1989) with which they are discovering Portugal and beyond. On the road they provide several activity and creative workshops for families but not only. This is a family who have opted for domestic education, an alternative education that has gained in recent times more and more supporters, and that despite the criticism, when well done as is the case, results can be phenomenal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;Today&#39;s daily miracle is a cry for life, a cry for another chance in life, a cry of gratitude. An example, and a warning. Sofia&#39;s miracle became Sofia&#39;s choice, a reminder to all mothers who in their everyday lives try to make the most while juggling to do everything and anything, sometimes neglecting themselves. Is our health and happiness a priority? Are we living fulfilled lives? Are we really happy? What is missing? Sometimes through testimonies as Sofia&#39;s, we can put our own lives into perspective. As I say often, when we are truly happy, we raise happy children who will be self-assured &amp;nbsp;and prone to happiness adults.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;I went to bed, assured that I would wake up the following morning. After all, that&#39;s what you do when you have a whole life ahead, right?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222; font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;I was happy. Was one month away from a holiday in my country, about to get married on the beach with the man I so dearly loved. I had a 2 year old daughter with golden curls with a diamond heart. We lived on a big house with a huge garden, where a giant tree lived and every spring would present us with the most beautiful color pink flowers. I was the director of a kindergarten / Preschool which was part of one of the largest pre-school education companies in England. I loved my job and I was quite successful in it. My daughter attended the school where I worked, so she was always close to me. I also collaborated as a columnist with some magazines on child education and parenting. I had the world at my feet. Or so I thought. But that night, I was chosen.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;After this event, I realized that the success of my career, was devouring my life. The work I loved so much, was trying to steal me from the people I loved and deeply cared for. At that moment, all was put in front of me and in to perspective. It was as if suddenly I awakened from a deep sleep. I thought my life was perfect, and for all those who watched it from outside, it was indeed. But in the midst of a career in which I was so in love, were an average of 11 hour of work per day. Countless of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;sleepless&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;nights&amp;nbsp;trying to resolve human resource issues, writing notes for team meetings, or wondering about a child who have ended up in hospital with a dislocated shoulder. Extra hours that brought me recognition from the board of directors of one of the most renowned schools of the company; but which stole me time to be a mother, time for my partner, time with friends, time for Sofia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;A primeira vez que ouvi falar do blogue da Sofia Pais com P Grande, foi através da &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.fundacaodogil.pt/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Fundação Gil&lt;/a&gt; para a qual angariaram quase 500€! Fiquei curiosa, dizia o post que andavam com os filhos a viajar por Portugal e levavam com eles o Baby Gil &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.paiscompgrande.com/pais-com-p-grande-levam-baby-gil-on-the-road/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;(Ver Aqui)&lt;/a&gt;, a mascote da fundação. Visitei a &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.facebook.com/PaiscomP&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;página de Facebook&lt;/a&gt; e depois o blogue, e nunca mais os larguei de vista! Quem os segue, segue a aventura da Portuguesa Sofia a mãe, o pai &#39;camone&#39; Francês Quentin, Gabriela a filha de 5 anos, Tiago o filho de 2 anos, a Aloha uma cadela com sorte pelos seus caminhos se terem cruzado e claro a Maria do Mar uma auto-caravana&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 20px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;VW T3 Westfalia de 1989 com a qual têm descoberto em família Portugal e não só. Fazem diversos workshops por onde passam sobre actividades em familia mas não só. Um família que optou pela educação doméstica, uma educação alternativa que tem vindo a ganhar muitos adeptos e que apesar das criticas, quando bem feita como é o caso, os resultados podem ser fenomenais.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222;&quot;&gt;O milagre diário de hoje é um grito pela vida, um grito por mais uma oportunidade, um grito de gratidão. Um exemplo, e um alerta.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #444444; line-height: 20px;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;O milagre da Sofia transformou-se na escolha de Sofia, é uma chamada de atenção para todas as mães que no quotidiano tentam fazer os mais diversos malabarismos para fazer tudo e mais alguma coisa, esquecendo por vezes&amp;nbsp;de si próprias. A nossa saúde e a nossa felicidade são prioridade? Estaremos mesmo a viver vidas plenas? Seremos mesmo felizes? O que falta? Por vezes através de testemunhos como o da Sofia, podemos colocar as nossas próprias vidas em perspectiva. Como digo várias vezes, ao sermos felizes, criamos crianças felizes que serão adultos seguros e propensos à felicidade.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Fui-me deitar com a certeza de que ia acordar. Afinal é isso que se faz quando se tem uma vida inteira pela frente, certo?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Era feliz. Estava a um mês de partir de férias para o meu país, para casar na praia com o homem que eu tanto amava. Tinha uma filha de 2 anos com caracóis de ouro e um coração de diamante. Vivíamos numa casa grande, com um enorme jardim, onde vivia uma árvore gigante que todas as Primaveras nos presenteava com as mais bonitas flores cor-de-rosa. Eu era directora num Jardim de Infância/Pré-escolar que fazia parte de uma das maiores companhias de educação pré-escolar na Inglaterra. Adorava o meu trabalho e era bem sucedida no que fazia. A minha filha frequentava a escolinha onde eu trabalhava, por isso tinha-a sempre perto de mim. Também colaborava, enquanto cronista, com algumas revistas sobre educação infantil e parentalidade. Tinha o mundo a meus pés. Ou pensava que tinha.&amp;nbsp;Mas naquela noite fui escolhida.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Lembro-me de sentir uma dor de cabeça no lado esquerdo, mas não dei importância. Virei-me para cima. Senti qualquer coisa estranha na minha boca, como se tivesse sentada numa cadeira de dentista a ser anestesiada. Tentei levantar o braço para chegar com a mão à boca, mas o braço não mexeu. Pensei que estava &amp;nbsp;a sonhar, mas sabia que não estava. O meu marido dormia ao meu lado, eu ouvia-o respirar mesmo ali, a centímetros da minha agonia. Tentei chamá-lo, mas da minha boca não saíram palavras.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Aos 31 anos sofri um princípio de um AVC. Milagrosamente, não sofri qualquer dano no meu corpo, mas o meu espírito nunca mais voltou a ser o mesmo- e ainda bem.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Depois deste acontecimento, percebi que o sucesso da minha carreira, estava a devorar a minha vida. O trabalho que eu tanto gostava de fazer, estava a tentar roubar-me às pessoas que eu tanto amava. Naquele momento, tudo foi-me posto à frente e em perspectiva. Foi como se de repente acordasse de um sono profundo. Eu pensava que a minha vida era perfeita, e para quem assistia à mesma, era mesmo. Mas no meio de uma carreira pela qual eu era tão apaixonada, estavam uma média de 11h de trabalho por dia. Estavam noites e noites sem dormir a tentar resolver problemas de recursos humanos, a escrever &amp;nbsp;notas para a reunião de equipa, e a pensar na criança que foi parar ao hospital com o ombro deslocado. Horas extra que me traziam reconhecimento da direcção de uma das escolas mais bem conceituadas da companhia; mas que me tiravam tempo para ser mãe, tempo para ser companheira, tempo para ser amiga, tempo para ser Sofia.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sobreviver a este episódio não foi o milagre daquele dia. O milagre foi perceber, com toda a minha essência, que nunca sabemos se temos a vida pela frente.&#39;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;Will it be pink? Will it be blue? Will it be a girl or a boy? How many times did this question pop up as soon as we got the news that we were to become mothers? Whether we like it or not, pink and blue, are the two colours that have always defined the baby&#39;s gender. Even today, it is between these two colours that moms and dads, grandparents of course, feel rather torn up to the moment of truth. Some even wait up to the ninth month to decide which one to use safely :) This is also the name of Filipa&#39;s blog, &lt;a href=&quot;http://rosaouazul.blogs.sapo.pt/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Rosa ou Azul&lt;/a&gt; (Pink or Blue), a place where a mother in love with her son writes in her own words what is to be a mom. In this blog, you can find several momsy tips, and above all their story in small pieces, bits of tenderness and love.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&#39;After becoming a mother, the word &quot;Miracle&quot; takes on another whole dimension. Bigger, better, more beautiful! Since Lourenço was born, I live the daily miracles that he gives me. A smile, a new word, a felt hug. The reception that he gives when I get to the school where he is. When he touches smoothly my hair. A kiss or an apology. The miracle of seeing him so cheerful, seeing smiling or joking when shouts out loud &quot;Good Morning&quot; to a stranger. The miracle of seeing him running, and rather radiant with the his grandparents and with his aunts and uncles. The miracle of seeing him happy while eating an ice cream. Or when I observe at him while he dances in clumsy way. The miracle of having him in my life. &#39;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;|O milagre diário da Filipa do blog&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://rosaouazul.blogs.sapo.pt/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Rosa ou Azul|&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;Será Rosa? Será Azul? Será menina ou menino? Quantas vezes fizemos esta pergunta assim que soubemos que íamos ser mãe? Quer queiramos ou não Rosa ou Azul, são as duas cores que desde sempre definiram o sexo do bebé. Ainda hoje, é entre&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222;&quot;&gt;estas duas cores que mães e pais, e avós claro, se sentem divididos até saber o sexo do bebé. Há quem espere nove meses até decidir usar uma destas cores com segurança :) Este é também o nome do blog da Filipa, &lt;a href=&quot;http://rosaouazul.blogs.sapo.pt/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Rosa ou Azul&lt;/a&gt;, onde uma mãe apaixonada pelo seu filho escreve pelas suas próprias palavras, o que é ser mãe. Neste blog, podemos encontrar as suas dicas e a sua história contada aos bocadinhos, bocadinhos de ternura e muito amor.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;Este é o seu Milagre Diário.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; color: #222222;&quot;&gt;&lt;i&gt;&#39;Depois de sermos Mães, a palavra &quot;Milagre&quot; toma outra dimensão. Maior, melhor, mais bonita! Desde que o Lourenço nasceu, que vivo dos milagres diários que ele me dá. Um sorriso, uma palavra nova, um abraço sentido. A recepção que me faz quando chego à escola. Uma festa nos meus cabelos. Um beijo ou um pedido de desculpas. O milagre de o ver alegre, sorridente a brincar ou quando grita &quot;Bom Dia&quot; a um desconhecido. O milagre de o ver a correr, de o ver radiante com os Avós e com os Tios. O milagre de o ver feliz a comer um gelado. De o ver a dançar desajeitado. O milagre de o ter na minha vida.&#39;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Qual é o seu Milagre Diário? Quer participar para contar algum momento especial, que lhe tenha acontecido ou aconteça diariamente? Uma epifania? Uma Eureka? Se sim, envie para blogamniotico@gmail.com&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;
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