Capture the moment... Capture the passion... Capture the fun! The official page for my blog, to life with love. That capacity to live in the moment.
In my wandering around Montreal, speaking at random to people, I have discovered so many of us who have retained that marvellous quality little toddlers have. To enjoy the moment. That capacity to treat everyone as equals....
that capacity to love life. This is what I try to capture in my blog, To Life With Love! I hope it will give you pleasure. Claire Bernstein
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“See you later, Mom…!” Jeremy headed for the door. “Do you need a lift?” Mary asked. “No thanks.” “Where are you going? Maybe it’s on my way.” “The bank.” “To deposit your birthday check? I can do it for you.” “I uh...I’m making a withdrawal.” “Let me drop you off...
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My client and I were faced with the prospect of waiting a couple of hours for our turn to go before the judge. I turned to him and said, “It’s a beautiful spring day. Let’s go to the drugstore, buy some playing cards. And then let’s go to the nearby park and play gin rummy.” So there we la...
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a You! be the Judge Column written by Elissa Bernstein Marsha dashed up the staircase to look for her sunglasses. She walked into her bedroom. And stopped dead in her tracks. Her husband was packing. “But I thought your New York trip wasn’t until next week, Richard." Richard concentrated on fold...
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I was walking with my friend, Molly, on the Montreal 'mountain', when out of the clear blue sky, she blurted: “Let’s go to Borneo! We’re a perfect match for traveling. You're a columnist. You can write stories about the trip, which will be published. And I can go to the airlines, offer free pu...
Sienna. At the prearranged time, my taxi stopped at the address of the apartment building of the Italian family with whom I was going to spend my first week in Italy. It was a rocky start. Marcella bounded down the stairs, grabbed my suitcase and practically threw it over her shoulder as she motione...
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I was on a plane to Carlentini. in Sicily, An unscheduled trip. Not part of the itinerary based on the Experiment of International Living. Destination: The Sicilian friends of my hosts in Verona. The stay in Verona had been a blast. A warm, generous family. The wife's mother lived with them. And dur...
When I was 21, I entered the convent….. ….well... not exactly….. I was a day student at the Vincent d’Indy Music School run by the Sisters of the Mother House of Congregation Nom de Jesus Marie. It wasn’t long before we fell madly in love with each other. But it took a learning curve befor...
Our encounter happened one sunny day in September, when I returned to music classes at the Convent after a two martini lunch! I was a music student at Vincent d'Indy, run by the nuns within the Mother House of the Congregation of Nom de Jesus Marie. Now, I was not the "normal" convent age of 16-18.....
Let me state right from the beginning: I never had a life long dream to become a lawyer The lifelong dream was to become a concert pianist. Alas, i finally had to face reality. My voice trembled when I asked my beloved piano teacher for a reality check. “Mme. Hubert, do i have what it takes to bec...
"You can't have a law office on top of Gibby's famous restaurant!!!!!" Michael, my lawyer friend was adamant. "Come," He dragged me to another office on the floor. "Look who is occupying it. An artist with no shirt!. No self respecting client is going to come to you if you rent in this building. And...
Before he had even stepped into my receptionist's office, he was complaining. “I couldn’t believe it, What happened to Mrs. Bernstein. The streets are such a mess. And he reiterated the list: the broken glass, the abandoned buildings..... And then he stepped into the main office - And stopped de...
The phone call I received from my most imaginative of all my clients, a specialty food distributor, changed the direction of my professional life. "My non-alcoholic beer is being taxed by customs as an alcoholic beer. Can you write a letter to the government? Suddenly, my whole body and mind came al...
I had my first encounter with ageism at 65. Actually, it was reverse ageism. I didn't look 65. I had to fight with the ticket-taker at the Metro that I wasn't of criminal intent in wanting to buy a pass for 65 and over! Mid 70s was another story. How do you minimize the shock of a 22-year old I was....
83 was getting serious. Now I was being practically pushed to accept seats in a crowded bus. A friend of similar years always accepted their kind offer. But for me acceptance meant I accepted the way they saw me. like planning to become a global multi-millionaire ....in one year! Because,,, although...
My role model is Iris Apfel. Still going strong at 99! How does she deal with the numbers creeping up? "Keep having fun!" And if you can't have fun? You might as well be dead!" 86 was traumatic. I avoided looking in store windows as I walked by. But if i saw my reflection, there was no deceiving mys...
Remember the "good-old-days" when a grandmother pointed to her two grandchildren and mapped out their future: "You see the 4 year old? He's going to be a doctor! " "And that one?" pointing to her 2 - year old. "With his big mouth, he's going to be a lawyer!" In "those" days the predictions were only...
It's now out in the open. So many people are miserable in their jobs. And it's no different no matter how high up you are in the social scale. I remember playing chamber music with 3 young doctors who had just finished their residencies in their individual specialty. And I remember how shocked I was...
Back in 1973, "pre-Covid19 days," there was the OPEC strike It lasted a few days. A few days with... No gas No work No pressure to earn lots of money to buy lots of things. People walked with smiles on their faces They were enjoying the greatest richness of all: The richness of Time! Has the time ha...
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