Elizabeth Patch's More to Love Blog » Personal Stories http://elizabethpatch.com Art & Inspiration for All Sizes! Sun, 20 May 2012 20:47:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Your Grandmother’s Hips http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/08/your-grandmothers-hips.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/08/your-grandmothers-hips.html#comments Sat, 28 Aug 2010 17:32:42 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/?p=2473

These are the hips my great-grandmother had.

These are the thighs of my mom.

This is the shape of the women we are.

We are feminine, beautiful, strong!

©elizabeth patch,More to Love

I attended a big family wedding this past week. It was a wonderful event, with many different families, step-families and in-laws all gathered together to

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]]> http://elizabethpatch.com/2010/08/your-grandmothers-hips.html/feed 9 Every Day is a Special Occassion! http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/12/every-day-is-a-special-occassion.html http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/12/every-day-is-a-special-occassion.html#comments Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:51:00 +0000 elizabeth patch http://elizabethpatch.com/2009/12/every-day-is-a-special-occassion.html My husband came home from work the other day, wearing a beautiful sage green shirt, very soft & silky, and a nice change from his usual tan-white-navy-gray “business casual” attire. I complimented him, and asked when he had time to shop for it,since he never likes to go shopping.

“Oh, I’ve had

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These lilacs are from cuttings that my mother brought to me from my Nana’s old farmhouse in New Hampshire. I planted them in my yard when I moved to New Jersey, and dug them back up when I moved to my current house in New York.

Every Spring their scent brings back visceral

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