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Madre, educadora, autora, traductor y conferencista bilingüe de LuzDelMes. luzdelmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668864571692701959noreply@blogger.comBlogger1195125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657051462378978726.post-74103532937509168112024-03-17T17:01:00.004-04:002024-03-17T17:03:16.772-04:00St. Patrick - San Patricio☘️<p> <b>Irish Blessings </b></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgicxVRsolsMSJQegq3sUQt88Rj__mV9mxqN7pVOUeVhotS1GMmdPzTY6iFMI92Nq4MBCOo972-hbbJN8TweynnYeg1P6mmdKDsdWk5HlPF50OxG9Z5LA4ZvT0dANC-yHikVp0IagECvss/s1600/irish+blessing.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgicxVRsolsMSJQegq3sUQt88Rj__mV9mxqN7pVOUeVhotS1GMmdPzTY6iFMI92Nq4MBCOo972-hbbJN8TweynnYeg1P6mmdKDsdWk5HlPF50OxG9Z5LA4ZvT0dANC-yHikVp0IagECvss/s320/irish+blessing.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><p><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.4px;">Each year on March 17th, many people dress green in honor of Saint Patrick. The feast is celebrated during Lent, but </span><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-size: 15.4px;"> it is also a day to celebrate Irish Traditions. </span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2977778329335173555" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.013px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7436692202607993777" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 16.94px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><div style="background: rgb(251, 250, 245); font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFYX7kxHzFH5kE9rrh3Ftd6XOCtMC2bAY_M2K_h73Y5ZK5QqCzUOd18nGW7zyzlyumf1C8OBBmOAoeCLKw2RomNxNhwj2XswUP3gypVjCYiaT1PzH9RsgxZa9rU1mE9xFBKDU8txH3ho/s1600/patrick+coliring+page.png" style="clear: right; color: #888888; float: right; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFYX7kxHzFH5kE9rrh3Ftd6XOCtMC2bAY_M2K_h73Y5ZK5QqCzUOd18nGW7zyzlyumf1C8OBBmOAoeCLKw2RomNxNhwj2XswUP3gypVjCYiaT1PzH9RsgxZa9rU1mE9xFBKDU8txH3ho/s400/patrick+coliring+page.png" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="291" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #333333;">Wh</span></b><b><span style="color: #333333;">y </span><span style="color: #333333;">is Saint Patrick the patron Saint of Ireland</span></b><em><b><span style="color: #333333;">?</span></b></em><span class="apple-converted-space"><i><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></i></span><span style="background: white; color: #333333;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div style="background: rgb(251, 250, 245); font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white;">Patrick was a Christian missionary, but he was not actually Irish.</span> He is recognized for converted Ireland to Christianity in the AD 400s.<br /><b style="line-height: 14.25pt;"><span style="background: white;">What is the meaning of St. Patrick Day?</span></b></span><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 14.25pt;">What began as a religious feast<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 14.25pt;">day</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="line-height: 14.25pt;"> for the patron<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="line-height: 14.25pt;">saint</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="line-height: 14.25pt;"> of Ireland has become an international festival. Irish culture or not, people celebrate with parades, special foods and wear green.</span><br /><b style="background-color: transparent;"><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 18.4px;">Who is St. Patrick?</span></b><br /><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px;">Patrick was born around 375 A.D. in Britain. His Roman parents were Calpurnius and Conchess in charge of the colonies.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent;">They were wealthy. Patrick was kidnapped and brought to Ireland. Years later, he escaped and went back to Britain. </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">In his own land, he became a priest and soon a well-know bishop. Patrick had several dreams about the suffering of the Irish people and returned to save them. There are several legends about what happened with Saint Patrick in Ireland. The most prominent claiming he met the chieftain of one of the druid tribes, who tried to kill him, but he was able to convert the chieftain and preach the Gospel throughout Ireland. He often used shamrocks to explain the Holy Trinity: One Shamrock, but three leaves. As it is : One God in THREE PERSONS (The Father, The Son and The Holy Spirit. )</span></span></div><div style="background: rgb(251, 250, 245); font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; text-align: center;"><div style="font-size: 15.4px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">St. Patrick’s Day Activities<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="font-size: 15.4px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">Schools, churches and Irish families celebrate it differently. S</span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">ome options to have fun on this day are:</span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"> 1<b>. Listen to this video</b> 👉</span></div><span style="color: #333333;"></span><br /><span style="color: #333333;"></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=89" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=89</a></span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br /></div></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #191919; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Visit: </span></span><span style="color: #191919; text-indent: -0.25in;"><a href="http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/fairytales/fr/irishfairytales.htm" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://childrensbooks.about.com/cs/fairytales/fr/irishfairytales.htm</span></a></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15.4px;"><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15.4px;"><b style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: 13.5pt;">2.<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></b><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b>Saint Patrick's Eggs and Pancakes:</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15.4px;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtO9TO7Ve5tlKry4mWHl2samnf4YAzkxEu5K5LWKMo1KWMckGAk7OtIs1XWwsG7rrGGhQHqAqNV2CCBOXFw9rgGFj1YGBaa2VNnvi4VbUf7ucDRtA9hjLpbmgGGsl1aDTBBlVum23ibZpPdAq2s3osjc9ZYpwRHzxbwnrOqlKcIZnOYDFmJ0kepHy1=s1080" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1080" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtO9TO7Ve5tlKry4mWHl2samnf4YAzkxEu5K5LWKMo1KWMckGAk7OtIs1XWwsG7rrGGhQHqAqNV2CCBOXFw9rgGFj1YGBaa2VNnvi4VbUf7ucDRtA9hjLpbmgGGsl1aDTBBlVum23ibZpPdAq2s3osjc9ZYpwRHzxbwnrOqlKcIZnOYDFmJ0kepHy1=w200-h193" width="200" /></a></div><br /></span></div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b style="background-color: #fbfaf5; color: #191919; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-indent: -24px;">3. St. Patrick Coloring Page:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #fbfaf5; color: #191919; font-size: x-small; text-indent: -24px;"> </span><a href="http://www.catholicplayground.com/saint-patrick-coloring-page-march-17th/" style="background-color: #fbfaf5; color: #888888; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-decoration-line: none; text-indent: -24px;">http://www.catholicplayground.com/saint-patrick-coloring-page-march-17th</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #fbfaf5; color: #333333; text-indent: -24px;"> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 17.424px; line-height: 24.3936px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #6aa84f;"><span style="font-size: medium;">¿Quién es San Patricio?</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 17.424px; line-height: 24.3936px;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px;"><span style="color: #274e13;">Patrick nació alrededor del 375 D.C. en Gran Bretaña. Sus padres romanos, Calpurnius y Conchess , estaban a cargo de las colonias. Ellos eran ricos y su hijo, Patricio, fue secuestrado y llevado a Irlanda. Años más tarde, escapó y volvió a Gran Bretaña. En su tierra, se convirtió en un sacerdote y luego en un conocido obispo. Patricio tenía varios sueños sobre el sufrimiento del pueblo irlandés y volvió a socorrerlos. Hay varias leyendas sobre lo que sucedió con San Patricio en Irlanda. La historia más destacada es cuando se encontró con el cacique de una de las tribus de los druidas, quien trató de matarlo, pero él fue capaz de convertir al cacique y predicar el Evangelio a lo largo de Irlanda. San Patricio utilizaba el trébol para explicar el significado de la Santísima Trinidad (padre, hijo y Espíritu Santo). Tres en Uno.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 17.424px; line-height: 24.3936px; text-align: center;"><span face=""calibri" , sans-serif" lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_hkdYIbyH9taHUIpHoauilL3G1Xff7wjFXitGmAdeZPsxAV5_ot_y0lOmD0ec8nFgoq0LJJLfkT3hZ4htEoKWuuiF-itWpbBzUwn7zGpATO9Xke7idLUr4etrIapHmVr9e1ZIE8C5gQ/s1600/Saint+Patrick+Shamrock.jpg" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #274e13;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_hkdYIbyH9taHUIpHoauilL3G1Xff7wjFXitGmAdeZPsxAV5_ot_y0lOmD0ec8nFgoq0LJJLfkT3hZ4htEoKWuuiF-itWpbBzUwn7zGpATO9Xke7idLUr4etrIapHmVr9e1ZIE8C5gQ/w193-h200/Saint+Patrick+Shamrock.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.098) 1px 1px 5px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="193" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><b style="color: #1d2129; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.3333px;">POEMAS GRATIS EN<a href="http://luzdelmes.blogspot.com/www.luzdelmes.com" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> www.luzdelmes.com</a></b></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: medium;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: start;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="background-color: #fff9ee;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Maritza M. 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Maritza M. Mejia participation 2017</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: lime; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8nMDTI2YvGGsKe6wJoZyVAhDTwW8Otubcrt8SC3OeQ4avPRmM7Q6W_7_kuV0FXkQ1kKPLaVuBEiAINOip03Vx1uN8nsZGFyobLAm-W5Emy38pPnGfsCBLVZzisA7wqSr_t3vHTptWF6Gw_Gd3lZaZwNT8IFfOKMhBlqgsLngRdR7LG9CZ-a0YYnlubs/s320/Picture3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="237" data-original-width="320" height="237" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv8nMDTI2YvGGsKe6wJoZyVAhDTwW8Otubcrt8SC3OeQ4avPRmM7Q6W_7_kuV0FXkQ1kKPLaVuBEiAINOip03Vx1uN8nsZGFyobLAm-W5Emy38pPnGfsCBLVZzisA7wqSr_t3vHTptWF6Gw_Gd3lZaZwNT8IFfOKMhBlqgsLngRdR7LG9CZ-a0YYnlubs/s1600/Picture3.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="background: lime;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Photo: Author Maritza Martinez Mejia participation 2016</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4.5pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-dxQ0WmHAu-_X1xiYHbrh-3oJB0335Kp30pFqg4fGttH_cKkUBdm1KOwjG03gn8SfpXmho2f2ixtldTsrOTJi5koYz349MCPswHEW7em33bRfRKOu3ZXKhWsQLg3ZyBv7Qs6WxIlMdnkaiR0AYSPBRaIEogIpypj-biTeADJudfsrl6A1wbqmynWtLM/s320/Picture4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA-dxQ0WmHAu-_X1xiYHbrh-3oJB0335Kp30pFqg4fGttH_cKkUBdm1KOwjG03gn8SfpXmho2f2ixtldTsrOTJi5koYz349MCPswHEW7em33bRfRKOu3ZXKhWsQLg3ZyBv7Qs6WxIlMdnkaiR0AYSPBRaIEogIpypj-biTeADJudfsrl6A1wbqmynWtLM/s1600/Picture4.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="background: lime; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Photo: Author Maritza Martinez Mejia participation 2015</span></span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 4.5pt;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="background-color: white; 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Ambassador </span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 7.5pt;">ANLMI & Gremio Poético Colombiano </span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><b><span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 7.5pt;">FREE Reading Activities visit: <a href="http://www.luzdelmes.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">www.luzdelmes.com</a></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="ES-TRAD" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWaXViEWJlMOznHEx0bvzqG9SVdBRgwkqREz8-hflXn2wmwmdIU3-7irLoOUgJZYwoMhUaXfiih6JBjaJI9JpJxJ88BQ4g4Qa1NSUCCB4iJtB6whzEuPo6FMJWXiW9RnOdjLl81vbOUjg/s1600/Banner1_Maritza-Mejia.png" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="96" data-original-width="748" height="41" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWaXViEWJlMOznHEx0bvzqG9SVdBRgwkqREz8-hflXn2wmwmdIU3-7irLoOUgJZYwoMhUaXfiih6JBjaJI9JpJxJ88BQ4g4Qa1NSUCCB4iJtB6whzEuPo6FMJWXiW9RnOdjLl81vbOUjg/s320/Banner1_Maritza-Mejia.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Received Crystal Apple, VCB Poetry 2015, Latino Book Awards 2016, Premio Verso Dorado 2022 </div></div></div></div></div></div></span></b></div></div></div></div></div></b></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></h2></span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>luzdelmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668864571692701959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657051462378978726.post-1530829669312418262024-03-13T00:00:00.004-04:002024-03-15T05:07:15.543-04:00International Read to Me! Day<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 107%;">International Read to Me Day March 19 </span><span style="line-height: 107%;">is
fast approaching. </span><span style="color: #1f1f1f; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">We know how important reading is for children’s intellectual and social development. March 19th is READ TO ME! DAY to celebrate and support the reading process. We can all help children with their reading and the idea of marking one special day when we do that is just one part of a much bigger strategy </span>and hopefully you will ADORE this year’s readings and poster as much as all
the previous ones. </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;">As a Reader and Ambassador, I traveled virtually to promote USA participation: </span><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #222222; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">Reading: The Purple Shell by </span><a aria-hidden="false" class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz x1heor9g xt0b8zv" href="https://www.facebook.com/maritza.m.mejia?comment_id=Y29tbWVudDoxMDIzMjk4MjI5ODYwODQ5OF85MjQzNDY3MDIzNDI2NjA%3D&__cft__[0]=AZXQXCOy-bjvNtlDr2OnSYW5IQwPT95uUPo2pb5CXTrCMjsyBXv3TzdPd6LqL5BbPOQYiEfEyvznzKnT_NO1dPJAtlwH9USisQ5UVNeNyb1o22TNEpkepPNzWO2qV8MiPJkdzLzlaO0t5Pa4Nv_gOdSP2sJ8o18mPJ0abUA8wrWefRt9ibEPRJ_M3JZtAoG7DVA&__tn__=R]-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: #f0f2f5; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">Maritza M. Mejia</a> <span style="background-color: #fff9ee; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #222222; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">t</span><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #222222; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">o </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/graceprimaryschool?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZXQXCOy-bjvNtlDr2OnSYW5IQwPT95uUPo2pb5CXTrCMjsyBXv3TzdPd6LqL5BbPOQYiEfEyvznzKnT_NO1dPJAtlwH9USisQ5UVNeNyb1o22TNEpkepPNzWO2qV8MiPJkdzLzlaO0t5Pa4Nv_gOdSP2sJ8o18mPJ0abUA8wrWefRt9ibEPRJ_M3JZtAoG7DVA&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0">#GracePrimarySchool</a></span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> in </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/Dar-Es-Salam-Tanzania-360549440666910/?__cft__[0]=AZXQXCOy-bjvNtlDr2OnSYW5IQwPT95uUPo2pb5CXTrCMjsyBXv3TzdPd6LqL5BbPOQYiEfEyvznzKnT_NO1dPJAtlwH9USisQ5UVNeNyb1o22TNEpkepPNzWO2qV8MiPJkdzLzlaO0t5Pa4Nv_gOdSP2sJ8o18mPJ0abUA8wrWefRt9ibEPRJ_M3JZtAoG7DVA&__tn__=kK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Dar-Es-Salam, Tanzania</span></a> </span><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #050505; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;">on March 14th </span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8747665043559911561" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #222222; margin: 0cm; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/w3avmNxG46Q" width="320" youtube-src-id="w3avmNxG46Q"></iframe></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #222222; margin: 0cm; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #222222; margin: 0cm; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600;">& </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #222222; margin: 0cm; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>to </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; text-align: left;">at #CFLA.Rodi in </span><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x1ejq31n xd10rxx x1sy0etr x17r0tee x972fbf xcfux6l x1qhh985 xm0m39n x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv xzsf02u x1s688f" href="https://www.facebook.com/Patras-Greece-106070886100190/" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; font-weight: 600; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0"><span class="xt0psk2" style="display: inline;">Patras, Greece</span></a> TBS</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="xv78j7m" end="36" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" start="26" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt;">Previous presentations International Read to Me Day Youtube -</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt;"> </span></p></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; text-align: left; width: 570px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: #222222; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77oYYh9cptc" rel="noopener" style="color: #0563c1; text-decoration-line: none; word-break: break-word;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77oYYh9cptc</a><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></p></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><p style="font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Again, another incredibly talented Australian illustrator has gifted this year celebration to the campaign. Thank Lee FullARTon for this creative poster!</span></p><p style="font-size: 15.4px;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-BGQmGv_88gb2G1F-P3hMU4pR8bNABt_ZyoBM2CBZekl9b3nySVvkSVWLhtmo9QkUCZ8yXStn84nAgFto-QNWEqiZRd6PnZfAqrmXExa5NXndBVkD2juX2plPVFA6q1cLhSBiuYG9GPGdSREPOS9nk4IqFFZyvEJOoK_wJA8RsGqsocXVH0Z8T_uEQU/s800/IRTMD_Poster2023_LeeFullARTon.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="566" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw-BGQmGv_88gb2G1F-P3hMU4pR8bNABt_ZyoBM2CBZekl9b3nySVvkSVWLhtmo9QkUCZ8yXStn84nAgFto-QNWEqiZRd6PnZfAqrmXExa5NXndBVkD2juX2plPVFA6q1cLhSBiuYG9GPGdSREPOS9nk4IqFFZyvEJOoK_wJA8RsGqsocXVH0Z8T_uEQU/s320/IRTMD_Poster2023_LeeFullARTon.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><p></p><p id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614615619464_187" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1f1f1f; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="color: #050505;">Read to Me Day Marcg 19 is an initiative by Award Winning Author, Publisher, Founder of <a href="https://www.emmamactaggart.com.au/boogie-books" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Boogie Books</a> and Public Speaker, </span><span style="background-color: transparent;"><a href="https://www.emmamactaggart.com.au/" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Emma Mactaggart</a>. She says, </span></span><span style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>"</i></span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="background-color: transparent;"><i>When we are read a story, we are transported to another land, another time, and we walk in the shoes of another person. In those moments, empathy for others is created, and this in-turn creates stronger communities.</i></span><span style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><i>"</i> </span></span></p><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">How to get involved?</span></div><div dir="auto" style="animation-name: none; background-color: white; color: #050505; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; margin: 0cm; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">A. <b>Ambassadors</b> </span></p><ol start="1" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; margin: 0cm 0px 0cm 24px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space-collapse: collapse;" type="1"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Promote the global event<span color="windowtext"> (Sharing facebook link and press release and poster).</span></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Encourage readers to participate.</span></li></ol><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; margin: 0cm; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; margin: 0cm; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">B. <b>Readers</b></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; margin: 0cm; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space-collapse: collapse;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><ol start="1" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: black; margin: 0cm 0px 0cm 24px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 16px; text-size-adjust: auto; white-space-collapse: collapse;" type="1"><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span color="windowtext">Will u</span>se <span color="windowtext">a</span> calendly link to find a reading timeslot that suits them. </span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Post a social media tile, and title of book / author / illustrator / publisher and let their network know what time they are reading live in the Facebook group.</span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Post a Facebook live – deleting the video afterwards (we are hoping that eventually will have permission from publishers to keep the videos in the groups feed.)</span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin: 0cm; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If self-published, or have permission from publisher, the video doesn’t have to be deleted.</span></li></ol></div><p id="yui_3_17_2_1_1614615619464_187" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #050505; white-space-collapse: preserve;">For more information, p</span><span style="color: #1f1f1f; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="background-color: transparent;">lease visit: </span></span></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1f1f1f; letter-spacing: 0.5px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><a href="https://www.readtomeday.com/" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.readtomeday.co</a>m</span></b></p><div style="font-size: 15.4px;"><div style="background-color: #fbfaf5; 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For some it's a day to celebrate, for others it's a call to action, for me it's a day to celebrate motherhood. It is my son's birthday.</p><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span><span style="color: #222222;">The first International Women's Day celebrated by the United Nations was 1975. </span></span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">No matter the objective, International Women's Day is the perfect moment to recognize and value the effort of women in society, family, church and work. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">I celebrate it promoting poetry.</span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222;"><div>I will celebrate it by spending time learning at the 2024 Women in Publishing Summit, participating in International Read to Me Day and nurturing myself at the Diócesis de Palm Beach Catholic Women of Faih Women of Action Annual Conference. </div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;">women motherhood </span></div></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p> precious God's divine wisdom </p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p> blessings from God </p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b style="font-family: cambria, serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></b> </div></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div><b style="font-family: cambria, serif; font-size: large; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"> Happy International Women’s Day!</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMIf1IYVhf_mHmRRjIlGKG0JdLFHQ8_xMj7vA0Rih9vWGpjGi4tTRVHs78UfhPKJBFpmLbOPTmGLCY4OItszV_H5KIPW9ddpypuuBUgFHN0GcekQxiWFII-lx27CKORTG66aIfbxNc_xM/s1299/Internationa_Womans-Day2.JPG" style="background-color: #fff9ee; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3977" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAhSj-uKWWjxpoM7cVRUvsuu6S2HClYQXqiv61ac97T3aLyZROsrjAAanjTIDzSijhYxttUkZgRewIXLXLJop_MpejAr74yG0BJobmsyS-QicEsvzr1d96o7-FsYfhxXqXp-763YE011Vbgl7Z3vQ2nTS-XmUyujFQp4x8rOseRe2K14NPrM8NQa0C/s320/PXL_20230225_142433140.jpg" width="186" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Celebro el día de la Mujer con LuzDelMes<br /></span></span><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"></blockquote></td><td class="tr-caption"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"></blockquote></td><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 14.0881px;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222;">El 8 de marzo es el Día Internacional de la Mujer y puede significar diferentes cosas. Para algunos es un día para celebrar, para otros es una llamada a la acción, para mí es un día para celebrar la maternidad. Es el cumpleaños de mi hijo.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">La primera celebración del día internacional de la mujer fue en 1975. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">No importa el objetivo, el día internacional de la mujer es el momento </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">perfecto para reconocer y valorar el esfuerzo de las mujeres en la sociedad, </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">familia, iglesia y trabajo. </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"> </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Yo lo celebró promoviendo poesía.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Yo lo dedicaré dedicando tiempo a aprender en la Cumbre de Mujeres Editoras 2024, participando en el Día Internacional de Léeme y nutriéndome en la Conferencia Anual de Mujeres Católicas de Faih Mujeres de Acción de la Diócesis de Palm Beach. </div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p> La maternidad </p></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p> divino plan de Dios</p></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p> bendiciones son</p></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.013px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.094px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; 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This conference helps aspiring and published authors grow their craft, and publishing professionals expand their network and skills. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDa7KvVufT8CL7IlnLbxpuM7XMuhZKXGREl8OHt5VH9eqzzABfGIIyJ3ngdBPL7AoPt69_JxEOkEn-1yf6GRqIe1JxyqtYOktIXUge5-K2mDXd_p-u8W4MSNt9cIfX2_sAdLtnsLQNxH-RfUpdte8K1fJiI8YhpZV24yuWoLuZFCr-QWFnFefehXYCU1U/s1440/FB_IMG_1709856096882.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="868" data-original-width="1440" height="193" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDa7KvVufT8CL7IlnLbxpuM7XMuhZKXGREl8OHt5VH9eqzzABfGIIyJ3ngdBPL7AoPt69_JxEOkEn-1yf6GRqIe1JxyqtYOktIXUge5-K2mDXd_p-u8W4MSNt9cIfX2_sAdLtnsLQNxH-RfUpdte8K1fJiI8YhpZV24yuWoLuZFCr-QWFnFefehXYCU1U/s320/FB_IMG_1709856096882.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5kH0kXr-zpzQiZz97vrQBcUFAAw87BsLbJt3PdYLTy1ivsQ2PAfSSojE6i2peD3g5QVXy4M9gdvyg3BDvs-CT9af274CznDbpYTirlXt4xB3pDdNjlt6YgfbMjvPa_mpfKti5phijyQUQs0oELU92i0Ikw1IimEnQ2tCrlPpgoPYjszpoxfyM08yKb8/s1890/WIP%204.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="818" data-original-width="1890" height="138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY5kH0kXr-zpzQiZz97vrQBcUFAAw87BsLbJt3PdYLTy1ivsQ2PAfSSojE6i2peD3g5QVXy4M9gdvyg3BDvs-CT9af274CznDbpYTirlXt4xB3pDdNjlt6YgfbMjvPa_mpfKti5phijyQUQs0oELU92i0Ikw1IimEnQ2tCrlPpgoPYjszpoxfyM08yKb8/s320/WIP%204.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietmtcnGV0gkSjBqGCyohpKbiGCEz_3KeJ_7SnfVHH0n7uqHZpwA_folUB0micgQz6fEAPk9X_4_ib1FrZsSDE7Gr5BaAB-T8vyW28xzEqjlMhup8Q4Uyv0n-Uxs2A7lEZWyINd0qBRJBeJKzsIHUgNxkfKV600opPLqDo-1TLCqdh1CSKkcgrTNpC5oc/s1648/WP%201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="910" data-original-width="1648" height="177" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEietmtcnGV0gkSjBqGCyohpKbiGCEz_3KeJ_7SnfVHH0n7uqHZpwA_folUB0micgQz6fEAPk9X_4_ib1FrZsSDE7Gr5BaAB-T8vyW28xzEqjlMhup8Q4Uyv0n-Uxs2A7lEZWyINd0qBRJBeJKzsIHUgNxkfKV600opPLqDo-1TLCqdh1CSKkcgrTNpC5oc/s320/WP%201.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ATkxi81iqNZJUcKjO79HQte75XL8-gggWfTtJr45dPpc61dUWQ3kc7MTD07BAZTZI9UxebSnCr7O4ufi2bfoR9KQaadCzx-KqxJpKWHsP6ApZzdixI36mJA0zTnWfBlX8sSquhJSN63dVnOSg6zK_cLSnZf7Gp6YZyhUZcVF1gjXzYO2oJuUmfTgz5A/s1786/WIP%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="930" data-original-width="1786" height="167" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2ATkxi81iqNZJUcKjO79HQte75XL8-gggWfTtJr45dPpc61dUWQ3kc7MTD07BAZTZI9UxebSnCr7O4ufi2bfoR9KQaadCzx-KqxJpKWHsP6ApZzdixI36mJA0zTnWfBlX8sSquhJSN63dVnOSg6zK_cLSnZf7Gp6YZyhUZcVF1gjXzYO2oJuUmfTgz5A/s320/WIP%203.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: center;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;"><b>Awesome Coffee Chats, Yoga, Lectures, and Networking!</b></span></div><div class="x1e56ztr" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin-bottom: 8px; text-align: start;"><span class="x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u" style="color: var(--primary-text); font-family: inherit; font-size: 0.9375rem; line-height: 1.3333; max-width: 100%; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; word-break: break-word;">Estoy participando en la cumbre #womeninpublishingsummit para enriquecer mi jornada profesional como escritora. Me siento muy orgullosa de ser una mujer comprometida con seguir la mejor versión de mi. #InternationalWomensMonth2024 #LuzDelMes</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-weight: 700; text-align: left;">For more details 👉</span><a href="https://womeninpublishingsummit.com/" style="font-weight: 700; text-align: left;" target="_blank"> https://womeninpublishingsummit.com/</a></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div></div><div style="background-color: #fbfaf5; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b style="color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><div style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; 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And for those of us who celebrate Lent, it is a time of transformation and an opportunity to renew our faith through prayer, fasting and almsgiving that invites us to be the best version of ourselves. Also, let us also celebrate International Women's Day!</span></p></div><div style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 18.634px; padding: 5px; word-spacing: 6px;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><div style="font-size: 18.634px;"><span style="color: #800180;">I wish you all a productive Lent</span><span style="color: #38761d;"> </span></div><div style="font-size: 18.634px;"><span style="color: #38761d;">and a Happy Spring!</span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"> </span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQTDR5Uv_q4zpzsLKGwBkWzit9e4JVOpM4JvkZqFsy6g4Iv9wtk5Wg6jguWD467pIPIAt2cXBO-xjVR1Bg5yqO4X_bO2qgukOefEpJotHXAfnSJ69aPdQre9uPmXaVtvbLnHFuwyNTn4/s985/WelcomeMarch2.jpg" style="color: #993300; font-size: xx-small; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="985" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggQTDR5Uv_q4zpzsLKGwBkWzit9e4JVOpM4JvkZqFsy6g4Iv9wtk5Wg6jguWD467pIPIAt2cXBO-xjVR1Bg5yqO4X_bO2qgukOefEpJotHXAfnSJ69aPdQre9uPmXaVtvbLnHFuwyNTn4/w400-h224/WelcomeMarch2.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div></div><div id="reflection" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; padding: 5px; word-spacing: 6px;"></div><div style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; padding: 5px; word-spacing: 6px;"></div><div id="reflexion" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 18.634px; padding: 5px; word-spacing: 6px;"><p dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-71d33f88-7fff-4fa8-57ad-7a2799d25edc" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0.0pt; margin-top: 0.0pt;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #030c1d; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Marzo ya está aquí y a la vuelta de la esquina llegará la primavera con sus hermosas flores y sus intensas lluvias, si se encuentra en el hemisferio norte. Y para los que celebramos Cuaresma, es tiempo de transformación y oportunidad para renovar nuestra fe a través de la oración, ayuno y dádiva, que nos invita a ser la mejor versión de nosotros mismos. También, celebremos el Dia International de la Mujer.</span></p></div><div id="reflexion" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 18.634px; padding: 5px; word-spacing: 6px;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180;">¡Les deseo a todos/as una productiva Cuaresma</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d;"> y una Alegre Primavera!</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-w-hOd4WQEJuM3TpVEkMpUzH1TLwe-OFQx2nCp3yPbjDhxnskipob8D5LUWs_sKx8E5cheAOTjOidqsosjyw1oSNiOshOaDw11gcQb_GmcDWEJhizBaseKwFCT8TLn5XK9u39mc9DPU/s1600/3.+Primavera%252715.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE-w-hOd4WQEJuM3TpVEkMpUzH1TLwe-OFQx2nCp3yPbjDhxnskipob8D5LUWs_sKx8E5cheAOTjOidqsosjyw1oSNiOshOaDw11gcQb_GmcDWEJhizBaseKwFCT8TLn5XK9u39mc9DPU/s400/3.+Primavera%252715.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><blockquote style="border: none; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: start;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="background: white; color: #282828; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 18.5467px;"><b style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #1d2129; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.3333px; text-align: center;">POEMAS GRATIS EN<a href="http://luzdelmes.blogspot.com/www.luzdelmes.com" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"> www.luzdelmes.com</a></b></span></p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: start;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="background-color: #fff9ee;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Maritza M. 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</span></p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7r6pfjGSTwen-SQDAz7PotpmWCw-65e9zoywOv-IbLaezQZVn4uSBd4YvaehXZ8M8zcGY1kezl1Kf-n1H-lqgHphRqmcQ6h8ztFg0uQZlsNto_S8xCCK5j48NsqXLkIELjWh-BJoYK6Y/s1327/CookingTogether_LuzDelMes_Recipes.jpg" style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="756" data-original-width="1327" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7r6pfjGSTwen-SQDAz7PotpmWCw-65e9zoywOv-IbLaezQZVn4uSBd4YvaehXZ8M8zcGY1kezl1Kf-n1H-lqgHphRqmcQ6h8ztFg0uQZlsNto_S8xCCK5j48NsqXLkIELjWh-BJoYK6Y/w400-h228/CookingTogether_LuzDelMes_Recipes.jpg" width="400" /></a></p><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7442014073031968447" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.094px;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><p style="color: #222222;"></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;">Most Eastern rites, both Catholic and Orthodox, have laws of fasting and abstinence. </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">Abstinence is obligatory after reaching the age of 14 and fasting becomes obligatory from age 18 until 60th birthday. </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-color: white;">In general, the law of abstinence prohibits eating the flesh, marrow and blood products. </span></span><span style="background-color: white;">The motives for practicing abstinence are well explained by St. Augustine in his Sermon on Prayer and Fasting: “Abstinence purifies the soul, elevates the mind, and subordinates the flesh to the spirit.” </span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">The most common food for Lent are fish, soups and eggs. This year, I adopted the Japanese tradition of Ramen and Vegetable Creams</span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Let’s benefit from Fasting and Abstinence this Lenten Season </span><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"> by cooking and eating together with our kids. </span></div><p></p></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: left;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="background: white; line-height: 16.478px;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div></div></div></div></div></h3><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.094px;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="background: magenta; line-height: 16.478px;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: courier; font-size: medium;">Fun Cuisine for Lent ...and Easter too!</span></span></div></div></div></div></div></h3></blockquote><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.094px;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><div class="MsoNormal"><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="background: magenta; line-height: 16.478px;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;">Click the link to recipe:</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="background: magenta; line-height: 16.478px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbU8p6jSxVuY8X4pZZKVAuYnwmIXOXqzU4lfSN1xoP_uJPuuO_VL-9rpFhHvkfy7X9mVV48d9o8QiEJP3-ZyNZiOzY7Mxb3epXZMFpKmmTy9dR-fbFaZPU87NRiGsRWk9hxuTb06rMAQc/s2048/Lent_Recipe_CarrotCream+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbU8p6jSxVuY8X4pZZKVAuYnwmIXOXqzU4lfSN1xoP_uJPuuO_VL-9rpFhHvkfy7X9mVV48d9o8QiEJP3-ZyNZiOzY7Mxb3epXZMFpKmmTy9dR-fbFaZPU87NRiGsRWk9hxuTb06rMAQc/w200-h150/Lent_Recipe_CarrotCream+%25282%2529.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180; font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://luzdelmes.blogspot.com/2021/01/luzdelmes-recipe-ginger-carrot-cream.html" target="_blank">Carrot cream</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></span></div></div></div></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><div align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #fbfaf5; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal;"><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTKTAkisFC0Xp3zaNY46Wu-89zPMdu_R4YlP7apzj2P1QmB6U0sLRzFOQQFkAi4DG0sWdTaHqQCzBVUTKG4rgoyNXwthm4anNj3cbhROht2KF12kLX8S5as1AZ79HUxTHuAjms7dU8Do/s1600/French+onion+soup.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="240" data-original-width="320" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBTKTAkisFC0Xp3zaNY46Wu-89zPMdu_R4YlP7apzj2P1QmB6U0sLRzFOQQFkAi4DG0sWdTaHqQCzBVUTKG4rgoyNXwthm4anNj3cbhROht2KF12kLX8S5as1AZ79HUxTHuAjms7dU8Do/s200/French+onion+soup.jpg" style="background: transparent; border: none; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: #800180;"><a href="http://luzdelmes.blogspot.com/2021/01/luzdelmes-recipes-lentil-soup.html" target="_blank">Lentil Soup</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="clear: both;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRtejQY1_tMfH6lAlapMXmtE_h60tN8gMdt4Oa8RDA1ImDe7p0QJZMLFkDVa_9ZGlT24AMi6VBABqUUmp8s-wXtuqiwCLR8b8ITI7mN-OJK58rdpsdgzemzkB8mHSQ406b4o0Y_QtZdI/s1440/Lent_Recipe_Ramen+%25282%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1440" data-original-width="1076" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLRtejQY1_tMfH6lAlapMXmtE_h60tN8gMdt4Oa8RDA1ImDe7p0QJZMLFkDVa_9ZGlT24AMi6VBABqUUmp8s-wXtuqiwCLR8b8ITI7mN-OJK58rdpsdgzemzkB8mHSQ406b4o0Y_QtZdI/w149-h200/Lent_Recipe_Ramen+%25282%2529.jpg" width="149" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #800180;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2657051462378978726/8432923841129256276" target="_blank">Ramen Soup</a><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5Eqf_Ae9-SgsCs0bxvtvtYOte63wlkvEvIuTUQ_MxwkZpGy-eFbTyeLl_qvnIdNhEDvOQ0rcwBuRQ_MfEA91tWO9GOTXeazZppgPO0pUZSxG6o3DO-M9D0je_pZ_g_bhSFMBg70RJRI/s4048/IMG_20210312_192121.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4048" data-original-width="3036" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp5Eqf_Ae9-SgsCs0bxvtvtYOte63wlkvEvIuTUQ_MxwkZpGy-eFbTyeLl_qvnIdNhEDvOQ0rcwBuRQ_MfEA91tWO9GOTXeazZppgPO0pUZSxG6o3DO-M9D0je_pZ_g_bhSFMBg70RJRI/w150-h200/IMG_20210312_192121.jpg" width="150" /></a></div>Mushrooms Cream</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: xx-small;"><b>For More Recipes Visit:</b> </span><a href="http://catholiccuisine.blogspot.com/2012/02/recipes-for-lent-from-archives.html" style="color: #888888; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; text-decoration-line: none;">http://catholiccuisine.blogspot.com/2012/02/recipes-for-lent-from-archives.html</a><br /><br /></div></div><div style="line-height: normal;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-weight: normal;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><b><span style="background-color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: medium;">¿Qué es el ayuno y la abstinencia?</span></span></b><span style="color: #222222; font-size: 15.4px;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fbfaf5; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-weight: normal;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fbfaf5; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="background: white;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">La Cuaresma para los ritos católicos u ortodoxos, tienen leyes para el ayuno y la abstinencia. En general, la ley de la abstinencia prohíbe comer la carne, productos con sangre y médula ósea. La abstinencia es obligatoria después de alcanzar la edad de 14 y el ayuno se convierte en obligatorio a partir de los 18 años hasta 60 años.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fbfaf5; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fbfaf5; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: small;">Los motivos para la práctica de abstinencia son bien explicados por San Agustín en su sermón sobre la oración y el ayuno: "la Abstinencia purifica el alma, eleva la mente, subordina la carne al espíritu."</span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fbfaf5;"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-weight: normal; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><o:p></o:p></span><span face="arial, sans-serif">Vamos a aprovechar el ayuno y la abstinencia de la Cuaresma para cocinar y comer con nuestros hijos. </span></span><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;">La comida más común para la Cuaresma son pescados, sopas, creams y huevos. 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The ashes represents: </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16.94px;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 19.26px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="font-size: 16.94px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.26px;"> 1.<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 19.26px;">Our mortality</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: 16.94px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.26px;"> 2.<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 19.26px;">Call us to repentance</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="font-size: 16.94px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.26px;"> 3.<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 19.26px;">Beginning of Lent</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16.94px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; line-height: 19.26px;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-size: 16.94px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="line-height: 19.26px;"> 4.<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="background: white; line-height: 19.26px;">Fast and abstain from meat </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><div style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 19.26px;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGAaORQhW52PZ2mZ-hwjGzK_Pvllnweh44Qmuf9pe70qUjq-OgFzP2y-tZIVE2HLJMOp2W2n-CXEyKg3hSswg6JYtTlEmrVowzDUqgxJ52agyAsC5LU_hDqorptiu0RNOnKp_jP-oxWE/s1600/Ash+Wednesday.JPG" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQGAaORQhW52PZ2mZ-hwjGzK_Pvllnweh44Qmuf9pe70qUjq-OgFzP2y-tZIVE2HLJMOp2W2n-CXEyKg3hSswg6JYtTlEmrVowzDUqgxJ52agyAsC5LU_hDqorptiu0RNOnKp_jP-oxWE/s320/Ash+Wednesday.JPG" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 19.26px;"><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 14.0881px; text-indent: 0px;"><b>"You are dust and to dust you shall return." ~Genesis 3.19~</b></span></span><br /><br /></div></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-size: 15.4px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-indent: 0px;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; color: #222222; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 14px;"><div style="display: inline;"><div style="display: inline;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fbfaf5;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-weight: bold;">Since Lent always starts on a Wednesday, the day before is always called Mardi Gras. It means "Fat Tuesday" because it is associated with great food and parties.</span></span></span></div></div><span style="text-align: left;"></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div style="background: rgb(251, 250, 245); line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGcRhGF1RjD7NXlb2KQYJcWdvtpqVmPdHhZTpyYeqB8Awys3uIcBfVGb8npApWJs0c67oCFXCYkAS86v93L1OH0yWv6rk_dhJquUJ6jIlhGOZgqDLkxDu73MLYRtWx-ns_wk8RbrHsxk/s801/FB_IMG_1613492631193.jpg" style="color: #993300; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="801" data-original-width="310" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlGcRhGF1RjD7NXlb2KQYJcWdvtpqVmPdHhZTpyYeqB8Awys3uIcBfVGb8npApWJs0c67oCFXCYkAS86v93L1OH0yWv6rk_dhJquUJ6jIlhGOZgqDLkxDu73MLYRtWx-ns_wk8RbrHsxk/s320/FB_IMG_1613492631193.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a></div></b><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;">What is Lent?</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit;">Lent is a season of the Christian Calendar for preparation to Easter.</span></span></div><div style="background: rgb(251, 250, 245); line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="color: #333333;">When is Lent?</span></b><span class="apple-converted-space"><b><span style="color: #333333;"> </span></b></span><span style="color: #333333;">It is the forty days before Easter. Lent excludes Sundays because every Sunday is like a little Easter. </span><span style="color: #333333; line-height: 14.25pt;">Mardi Gras is the day before Lent, which begins with Ash Wednesday. </span></span></div><div style="background: rgb(251, 250, 245); line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; text-align: start;"><b style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #333333;">How to celebrate lent?</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;">This year, lent is from February 14th (Ash Wednesday) to March 31sy. (Easter), 2024. Join in forty days of f</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center;">asting, praying and a</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19px; text-align: center;">lmsgiving</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: inherit; line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center;">.</span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: #fbfaf5; color: #333333; line-height: 14.25pt;"><h1 class="yiv2493889975bard-text-block yiv2493889975style-scope" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; color: #757575; font-family: Lato, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 24px; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 16px; padding: 0px;"><a class="yiv2493889975bard-text-block yiv2493889975style-scope" href="https://bx259.keap-link007.com/v2/click/69f98637ec34e316a542907d38c78a36/eJyNkM1OwzAQhN_F57huS3-S3KqqqqKUHhCckbEXuiKxLXvTUFV5dzaAegKJ68zstzt7FQROO6qsKMXLx3xZiExEMBgQHG29I22-zNndupjlmWjQve-j74Ior7_N3vxRXeSr5TwTdAnAkceHzbaujvvnQ3WsORp05B3_4ayLfLq6cXb3m-oghuFPMLRIuzOzkygpdjA2ssit6Ck2nD8RhVQq1ff9xESfUvTaJnRIqAnPMDG-VS2PaKUjoWkgqQQ6eSf9q2wYLBdTiZYlSV6-AUk6gWx9Iuk7GkNIig_RIYCzP1-s4fJ9zvAJk-18Ow==" rel="noreferrer" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; 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border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="261" /></a></div><br /></div></div></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-size: 16.94px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333; font-size: medium;"><b><u style="background-color: magenta;">Lent Children's Activities: </u></b></span><br /><div style="background-color: #fbfaf5;"><a href="http://catholicmom.com/kids/lenten-activities-for-children/" style="color: #888888; font-family: inherit; font-size: small; text-decoration-line: none;">http://catholicmom.com/kids/lenten-activities-for-children/</a></div></div><div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 0px;"><div><span style="color: #888888; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.pinterest.com/catholiccompany/family-lent-ideas/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">https://www.pinterest.com/catholiccompany/family-lent-ideas/</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div>Perfect Readings for Lent 👉</div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">http://luzdelmes.blogspot.com/2020/02/perfect-readings-for-lent-libros-para.html?m=1</span></div><div style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 19.26px;"><br /></span></div></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 19.26px;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="background-color: magenta; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 22.8267px;">Miércoles de ceniza</span></b><b><span style="font-size: 16pt; line-height: 22.8267px;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-size: 15.4px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="background: white; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 19.26px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 15.4px;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">Miércoles de ceniza es una tradición desde el siglo VIII en que los católicos de todo el mundo reciben las cenizas benditas hechas de las palmas del domingo de Ramos del año pasado. Las cenizas representan:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 15.4px;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">1, Nuestra mortalidad<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 15.4px;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">2. Llamado al arrepentimiento<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 15.4px;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">3. Inicio de la Cuaresma<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="font-size: 15.4px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: purple; line-height: 16.478px;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 15.4px;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span style="color: purple; font-family: inherit;">4. Tiempo de ayuno y abstinencia de carne.</span><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 16.94px;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; padding: 5px; position: relative; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0UawaonV8Lp9Bng-gxecDY2Y14DGMPqVHTOyPY0TzxDaWTGfGhDxXwR82g_odnK06K_RObKHu3ySpntc0F4O39g4DB_WeaIoQvFPvGDMNJfiKGAXFZrri-Gl-QG8qGFtqi9JtZooRfQ/s1600/Ash+Wednesday2.JPG" style="color: #888888; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-decoration-line: none;"><b><img border="0" height="182" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiB0UawaonV8Lp9Bng-gxecDY2Y14DGMPqVHTOyPY0TzxDaWTGfGhDxXwR82g_odnK06K_RObKHu3ySpntc0F4O39g4DB_WeaIoQvFPvGDMNJfiKGAXFZrri-Gl-QG8qGFtqi9JtZooRfQ/s200/Ash+Wednesday2.JPG" style="background: transparent; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div>luzdelmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668864571692701959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657051462378978726.post-13814273847027661372024-02-14T16:03:00.000-05:002024-02-24T11:58:40.234-05:00Valentine's Day<p> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOWT1tZmrwRQ7D6Zbr_blxa1K36OWjGDuKgAwI_8tgF_MxfPgYPN1WhRRAWq814hyphenhyphenzYxlqVuamxdxgscEVAryDczAmRWQR9Ubx-bB3PcI4dcnLpZR1lpnjyOiXEt4bc4AOzJGaAZsq9Q/s1126/Valentine+2.JPG" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #993300; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="722" data-original-width="1126" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbOWT1tZmrwRQ7D6Zbr_blxa1K36OWjGDuKgAwI_8tgF_MxfPgYPN1WhRRAWq814hyphenhyphenzYxlqVuamxdxgscEVAryDczAmRWQR9Ubx-bB3PcI4dcnLpZR1lpnjyOiXEt4bc4AOzJGaAZsq9Q/s280/Valentine+2.JPG" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="280" /></a></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3972636062767205757" itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: #fff9ee; line-height: 1.3; position: relative; width: 392.19px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">Each year on February 14<sup style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background: rgb(251, 250, 245);">th</span></sup><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background: rgb(251, 250, 245); color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, many people exchange cards, with their special “valentine," but </span><b style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">What is Valentine?</span></b><i style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"> </span></i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It is a day to celebrate love and friendship</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; white-space-collapse: preserve;">.</span></span><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1938750094961365992" itemprop="description articleBody" style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.094px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(251, 250, 245); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">Why is called Valentine?</span></b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;"> It comes from a Christian martyr from the 5</span><sup><span face="arial, sans-serif">th</span></sup><span face="arial, sans-serif"> century and Roman Traditions.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(251, 250, 245); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">Who is St. Valentine?</span></b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #101010;"> The Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine, all of whom were martyred.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6lUQDJ58nqmFNh_2rhJY7UsIjJ1P7SakDryRJVVgmn4OgUwUaUJrZgJbH-5SDw1Udbvzfy5Ddi-ns7qOrsZPTEBT6PTlE_iRR0hgTsVWSD2XY-hszs95OHtLzlEIMXv7Re_b-gc8-sA/s1600/valentine-coloring.png" style="clear: left; color: #888888; display: inline; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz6lUQDJ58nqmFNh_2rhJY7UsIjJ1P7SakDryRJVVgmn4OgUwUaUJrZgJbH-5SDw1Udbvzfy5Ddi-ns7qOrsZPTEBT6PTlE_iRR0hgTsVWSD2XY-hszs95OHtLzlEIMXv7Re_b-gc8-sA/s320/valentine-coloring.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="242" /></a><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #101010;">About the Legend?</span></b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #101010;"> Valentine was a Bishop in the third century in Rome. Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape from Roman prisons during Emperor Claudius. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote a letter signed </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: red;">“From your Valentine,”</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #101010;"> an expression that is still in use today. Celebrate </span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><span style="color: red;">LOVE </span>Month<span style="color: red;"> </span></span><b style="background-color: transparent; color: #101010; text-align: center;">💗</b></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #101010;">More details visit: <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #101010;"><a href="http://luzdelmes.blogspot.com/2016/02/valentines-day-celebrate-traditions.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">http://luzdelmes.blogspot.com/2016/02/valentines-day-celebrate-traditions.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" style="background: rgb(251, 250, 245); margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #333333;">Valentine’s Day Activities for kids</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: red;">1. Coloring Page - download here:</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 16.94px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><a href="http://www.catholicplayground.com/st-valentine-coloring-page-february-14th/" style="color: #888888; font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://www.catholicplayground.com/st-valentine-coloring-page-february-14th/</span></a></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><br /></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: red;">2. Personalized Valentine’s Place-mat. </span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: red;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true">My favorite Valentine’s Activities my children made at Elementary School:</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"><br /></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkymKiifIKOJyjFYnIyxYwzQmW8rFg5706UoEFd8FGJJ9Yo9_k8EAJSO3rWsn1VEUWLkDUk265J74PNBYvdj4Z1OcDFqgZoSJNrRw6_20uIpDnlzmBG_iVpGACvMTPnlHeKAH-AWBIG4o/s927/Valentin+Activity.jpg" style="color: #993300; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="927" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkymKiifIKOJyjFYnIyxYwzQmW8rFg5706UoEFd8FGJJ9Yo9_k8EAJSO3rWsn1VEUWLkDUk265J74PNBYvdj4Z1OcDFqgZoSJNrRw6_20uIpDnlzmBG_iVpGACvMTPnlHeKAH-AWBIG4o/s280/Valentin+Activity.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="280" /></span></a></div></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt;">PLACEMAT INSTRUCTIONS</span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span face=""segoe ui symbol", sans-serif" style="color: red;">💗</span></b><span face="arial, sans-serif"> Trace hearts with color pencil on a heavy paper stock</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" face=""helvetica neue", helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;"><b><span face=""segoe ui symbol", sans-serif" style="color: red;">💗</span></b><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: red;"> </span></b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: red;">Color the inside with different color crayons.</span><span face="arial, sans-serif"><br /></span><b><span face=""segoe ui symbol", sans-serif" style="color: red;">💗</span></b><span face="arial, sans-serif"> If possible, laminated the paper & Round corners for safety </span></span></span></div></div><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: -webkit-center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> </span></div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1938750094961365992" itemprop="description articleBody" style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.094px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 14px; text-align: -webkit-center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> 3</span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: red; text-align: -webkit-center; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">. Create a Haiku (5-7-5)</span></span></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: #fff9ee; line-height: 1.3; position: relative; width: 392.19px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1938750094961365992" itemprop="description articleBody" style="color: #222222; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.094px;">love is compassion<span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p>love is passion and caring</p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p>lose is self giving 💞</p></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="articleBody" style="background-color: #fff9ee; line-height: 1.3; position: relative; width: 392.19px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1938750094961365992" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.094px;"><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(251, 250, 245); font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-family: cambria; font-size: medium;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 21pt;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="margin: 0px;"><span class="text_exposed_show" face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-size: 14px;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"><span style="background-color: red;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">San Valentin</span></span></span></span><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(251, 250, 245); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red;">Cada año el 14 de febrero, muchas personas intercambian tarjetas, con su especial "San Valentín", pero </span><span style="color: red;">¿Qué es San Valentín? Es un día para celebrar amor y amistad.</span></span></span></span></div></div></div><div style="background: rgb(251, 250, 245); color: #222222; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; text-align: center;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: red;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEX6P5rpZqwYVZ_hDA73YcevkseyrpVuSMU_98tl8Yxv-wx3aIxu7d7jH59D51rmSLxX-KiciBaNoO8MedTQ0Eenz9slNemZzP5YKF9XxaJyqnMAFcxDvdDjSiR5ElHe3584UY9pbExoU/s1600/FB_IMG_1581686425393.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #993300; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1366" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEX6P5rpZqwYVZ_hDA73YcevkseyrpVuSMU_98tl8Yxv-wx3aIxu7d7jH59D51rmSLxX-KiciBaNoO8MedTQ0Eenz9slNemZzP5YKF9XxaJyqnMAFcxDvdDjSiR5ElHe3584UY9pbExoU/w156-h200/FB_IMG_1581686425393.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="156" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit;">La leyenda dice que San Valentín fue un obispo en el tercer siglo en Roma. San Valentín fue asesinado por intentar ayudar a los cristianos a huir de las prisiones durante el Tiempo Romano del emperador Claudius. Antes de su muerte, se dice que escribió una carta firmada: "De tu Valentín," una expresión que hoy en día es muy usada en éste día. </span></span></span></span></div><div style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 17.424px; text-align: left;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="white-space-collapse: preserve;"><br /></span></span><span data-offset-key="e3rmm-3-0" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 15.4px; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span data-text="true" style="font-family: inherit;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; 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During the parades, people use purple, green and gold beads and colorful masquerades.</span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7490035098318945881" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8292954747264844603" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.094px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 249, 238); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 23.1px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDkMGixa_59dK-fq1cIL_LI2osBqKis4sppcAm8rnLTlRdRCYa1p3OkJV9_ohtvRuKX82zojcBOS4f1ZNdU1t0y3podAwvtdZ7buSnfW4al0ga9_ToGEztQ8saMEhtbrOAlI_m2GcwYtk/s1600/FB_IMG_1582206204051.jpg" style="color: #993300; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="202" data-original-width="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDkMGixa_59dK-fq1cIL_LI2osBqKis4sppcAm8rnLTlRdRCYa1p3OkJV9_ohtvRuKX82zojcBOS4f1ZNdU1t0y3podAwvtdZ7buSnfW4al0ga9_ToGEztQ8saMEhtbrOAlI_m2GcwYtk/s1600/FB_IMG_1582206204051.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a></div><span style="background: white; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background: rgb(251, 250, 245); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 23.1px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXddedZpNFhQumqdt-Xf9XchnxSajfa4wTLYLbSPDwsLx57ut8NSrNFALHqRZnTvIA5zz_aX9Sw9Sew61rqTxGux5JGXbBO7PMAI9BTY0_iwiyh9eXDtMF8l5K-HE9LY4Wbhfr9T3wAaE/s1600/King+Cake3.jpg" style="clear: right; color: #993300; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXddedZpNFhQumqdt-Xf9XchnxSajfa4wTLYLbSPDwsLx57ut8NSrNFALHqRZnTvIA5zz_aX9Sw9Sew61rqTxGux5JGXbBO7PMAI9BTY0_iwiyh9eXDtMF8l5K-HE9LY4Wbhfr9T3wAaE/s1600/King+Cake3.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a><span style="background: white; color: #252525;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The term <i>“Mardi Gras” </i>(French word) means <b>“Fat Tuesday”</b>and refers to the Tuesday before Lent. </span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is called "Fat" or "Great" because it's associated with great food, king cake, and parties.<b> Lent </b> starts the day after Mardi Gras with <a href="https://luzdelmes.blogspot.com/2023/02/ash-wendsday-miercoles-de-ceniza.html" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;">Ash Wednesday </a></span></span><br /><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background: white;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ingredients</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPuEi33tRGUJ2mwkmuY-dUPpQPFOlYJnRmrB_a_4hsMeiVn4wSaIqxSXHaWZsNUOsCgDXeSuJcpzJsyMPJaTFfUWNMGuakdSmwzvBY2eI6_A_mtmWauqWaMNdOVSX5Txv776gqnelbi0M/s1600/King+Cake+Ingredients.jpg" style="color: #993300; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPuEi33tRGUJ2mwkmuY-dUPpQPFOlYJnRmrB_a_4hsMeiVn4wSaIqxSXHaWZsNUOsCgDXeSuJcpzJsyMPJaTFfUWNMGuakdSmwzvBY2eI6_A_mtmWauqWaMNdOVSX5Txv776gqnelbi0M/s1600/King+Cake+Ingredients.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a></div> <span style="text-align: center;"> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><em style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fbfaf5; font-size: xx-small; font-style: normal;">Easy Recipe: </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: #fbfaf5; color: #888888; font-size: xx-small; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.keiladawson.com/easy-pillsbury-king-cake-recipe/" style="color: #888888; font-size: 14px; text-decoration-line: none;">http://www.keiladawson.com/easy-pillsbury-king-cake-recipe/</a></span></em></div><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background: white;">A king<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><em style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; font-style: normal;">cake</span></b></em><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background: white;"> </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background: white;">is a type of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><em style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; font-style: normal;">cake</span></b></em><span class="apple-converted-space" style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background: white;"> </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background: white;">associated with the Feast of Epiphany celebrated twelve days after Christmas or related with the pre-Lenten celebrations of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><em style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; font-style: normal;">Mardi Gras. </span></b></em></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 23.1px; margin: 0in 0in 7.5pt; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #fbfaf5; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;"><b>The serving ritual: </b></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">With Galette comes the tradition of “</span><strong style="background-color: #fbfaf5; box-sizing: border-box; color: #313131; font-family: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;">drawing the king and the queen</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #313131; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">”. A trinket (called “la fève”) is hidden in the galette (before baking it, usually inserted inside the frangipane filling). The galette is then cut up and served, and the person who finds the figurine in their slice, becomes honorary king or queen for the day.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 249, 238); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 21pt;"><div><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" style="height: 134.75pt; margin-left: 0.3pt; margin-top: 0.2pt; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 171.95pt; z-index: 251659264;" type="#_x0000_t75"><br /></v:shape><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" style="height: 134.75pt; margin-left: 0.3pt; margin-top: 0.2pt; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 171.95pt; z-index: 251659264;" type="#_x0000_t75"></v:shape><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" style="height: 134.75pt; margin-left: 0.3pt; margin-top: 0.2pt; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 171.95pt; z-index: 251659264;" type="#_x0000_t75"></v:shape><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" style="height: 134.75pt; margin-left: 0.3pt; margin-top: 0.2pt; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 171.95pt; z-index: 251659264;" type="#_x0000_t75"><br /></v:shape><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" style="height: 134.75pt; margin-left: 0.3pt; margin-top: 0.2pt; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 171.95pt; z-index: 251659264;" type="#_x0000_t75"><br /></v:shape><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" style="height: 134.75pt; margin-left: 0.3pt; margin-top: 0.2pt; position: absolute; visibility: visible; width: 171.95pt; z-index: 251659264;" type="#_x0000_t75"><br /></v:shape></div><div><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Activities for Mardi Gras: </span></b></div></div><div style="background-color: #fff9ee;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: right;">1. Create a Masquerade with </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: right;">any recycle supplies you have at home. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: right;">2. Make a King Cake.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: right;">3. Coloring page. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: right;">4. Lent Children's Book👉</span></span></div><span style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://charlotteriggle.com/easter-" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;">https://charlotteriggle.com/easter-</a></span><br /><span style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://charlotteriggle.com/easter-picture-books-lenten-journey/" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;">picture-books-lenten-journey/</a></span><br /><span style="text-align: right;"><br /></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #545454; font-size: 11.5pt;">"Laissez les bons temps rouler" </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21pt; text-align: center;"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #545454; font-size: 11.5pt;">It means, Let the good times roll!</span></b></div><div style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #ff00fe;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">¿Qué es </span><span style="font-size: large;">Mardi Gras</span><span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;">?</span></span></div></div></div></div></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.094px;"><div style="background-color: #fff9ee;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21pt; text-align: center;"><div style="font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">El término "Mardi Gras" (palabra francesa) significa "Martes gordo" y se refiere al martes antes de Cuaresma. Se llama "Grasa" o "Gran" porque se asocia con la buena comida y festivales. Mardi Gras es una tradición similar a los Carnavales de Rio, Barranquilla, New Orleans y todos los países que celebran con desfiles de carrozas y bailes tradicionales antes del Miércoles de Ceniza cuando inicia la Cuaresma. Usualmente se hace la Rosca de Reyes o de Mardi Gras/Carnival.</span></div></div></div></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.094px;"><div style="background-color: #fff9ee;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 21pt; text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><b>El ritual de servir: </b>con la galette llega la tradición de "sortear al rey y a la reina". Se esconde una baratija (llamada "la fève") en la galette (antes de hornearla, suele introducirse dentro del relleno de frangipane). Después se corta la galette y se sirve, y la persona que encuentra la figurita en su trozo, se convierte en rey o reina honorario del día.</span></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.094px;"><div style="background-color: #fff9ee;"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Actividades para niños: Hoja de colorear. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://coloringcafe.com/coloring-pages/page/8/" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;">Visita: https://coloringcafe.com/coloring-pages/page/8/</a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6YPh0ooIV2OPeX13ImBtde2VhufuLPMbF9zbtJvhP1r_EOA9zTPSj0zN6Tm9xqbC1mgEEyiCOWxlsTBVDw76-KcCSXYO68DATqSSj66SeJd691DSKz0mdIHdO79mq4Nq97ib9BkCg_No/s1600/mardis-gras-coloring-page-thumbnail.gif" style="color: #993300; 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font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><b>https://luzdelmes.blogspot.com/2017/02/40-days-and-40-activities-for-lent-2017.html</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #38761d;">Recetas para la Cuaresma:</span></b></div><div style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: medium; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><b>https://luzdelmes.blogspot.com/2019/02/recetas-luzdelmes-cuaresma-lent-recipes.html</b></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><div style="font-family: Cambria; text-align: start;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: xx-small; text-align: center;"> Receta: </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #888888; font-size: xx-small; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.keiladawson.com/easy-pillsbury-king-cake-recipe/" style="color: #888888; 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This is a time to strengthen community through storytelling in classroom, libraries and home.</span></p><div data-hveid="CCIQAQ" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; max-height: 999999px;"><div aria-controls="_igzBZbnWGKCRwbkPkL2e2Ao_62" aria-expanded="true" class="dnXCYb" jsaction="AWEk5c" jsname="tJHJj" role="button" style="align-items: center; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: flex; max-height: none; min-height: 48px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; width: 380.19px;" tabindex="0"><div class="JlqpRe" jsname="lN6iy" style="flex: 1 1 0%; margin: 12px 0px; max-height: 999999px; overflow: hidden;"><span class="JCzEY tNxQIb" jsname="r4nke" style="-webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-line-clamp: unset !important; display: -webkit-box; font-family: "Google Sans", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 20px; 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color: #6d6d6d; font-size: 15px;"></span><div class="wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-center" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #6d6d6d; direction: ltr; display: grid; font-family: "Noto Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; grid-template-columns: 47% auto; grid-template-rows: auto; margin-bottom: 27px;"></div>luzdelmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668864571692701959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657051462378978726.post-65069180423227158962024-02-02T15:02:00.019-05:002024-02-02T17:48:59.039-05:00Feast of Candlemas - La Candelaria <p><span style="color: #222222;">Today we remember the Presentation of the Lord in the temple, 40 days after His birth, and the ritual Purification of Mary. We also celebrate Candlemas, a tradition dating back to the 8th century. </span></p><p><b style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;">SOME FACTS: </b></p><p><span style="color: #222222;"></span></p><div><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5335158814083539631" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.028px;"><div style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-align: left; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">1.<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Celebrations most commonly take place on Groundhog's Day (USA) on February 2.<sup>nd </sup></span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; outline: none 0px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">2.<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">Celebrates on the official presentation of Jesus to the Temple of Jerusalem, 40 days after Virgin Mary<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;">has been cleansed</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>from the delivery, following the Old Testament’s law.</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; outline: none 0px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">3. The deepest meaning of the Presentation of Jesus in the temple is the nickname it acquired since the beginning of Christian history: Candlemas. It is so called because it is the day on which all the candles used in the Church throughout the year are blessed.</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; outline: none 0px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;">4. In Europe, It is the Presentation of the Light (Christ) with processions and candles to be blessed after mass. Most know as "</span><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Candlemas."</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-size: 15.4px; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; outline: none 0px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">5.<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, palatino linotype, palatino, serif;">In Mexico, it is customary that the person</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"> </span><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; padding: 0in;">who got “The baby Jesus” </span><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, palatino linotype, palatino, serif;">in the</span><span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"> <a href="http://luzdelmes.blogspot.com/2017/01/three-king-cake-tradition-tradicional.html" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #888888; list-style-position: outside; outline: none 0px; text-decoration-line: none;">“<span style="border: 1pt none; font-family: "times new roman", serif; padding: 0in;">Rosca de Reyes”</span> </a></span>has to make tamales or atole, both corn-based dishes. </span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;">This tradition also carries<span class="apple-converted-space" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"> </span></span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; list-style-position: outside; outline: none 0px; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; font-weight: normal; padding: 0in;">Pre-Hispanic roots;</span></strong><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"> February 2nd was the eleventh day of the first month on the Aztec calendar</span></div><div style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; 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font-size: 15.4px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: medium;"><b> Fiesta de la Candelaria</b></span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhl-tXpE1oPzjrnbn21unCX1X3B7kEPJzVSkv7UdjJkwKpNe6XrGJiNhFLZBUYk7RJuJtpna3i9L2MGg3akgSzzv8SbzGE5XCjs9IGKGG-EjWQtXECZZl1tVMaPoIr5-HPGr_XEGOi8lc/s1600/Candlemas.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhl-tXpE1oPzjrnbn21unCX1X3B7kEPJzVSkv7UdjJkwKpNe6XrGJiNhFLZBUYk7RJuJtpna3i9L2MGg3akgSzzv8SbzGE5XCjs9IGKGG-EjWQtXECZZl1tVMaPoIr5-HPGr_XEGOi8lc/s1600/Candlemas.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, serif;">Hoy recordamos la Presentación del Señor en el templo, 40 días después de su nacimiento, y la Purificación ritual de María. (Lucas 2:22) También celebramos la Candelaria, una tradición que se remonta al siglo VIII.</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin: 0in;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="color: blue;">HECHOS:</span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin: 0in;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">1.<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">La celebración más comúnmente ocurren en el 2 de febrero.</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin: 0in;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">2.<span style="font-family: "times new roman"; font-size: 7pt; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;"> </span></span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Se celebra la presentación oficial de Jesús en el templo de Jerusalén, cuarenta días después de que María Virgen ha sido purificada después del nacimiento de Jesús cumpliendo con la ley del Antiguo Testamento. </span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">3. El significado más profundo de la Presentación de Jesús en el templo es el sobrenombre que adquirió desde inicios de la historia cristiana: Candelaria. Se llama así porque es el día en que se bendicen todas</span><span style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, serif;"> las velas que se utilizan en la Iglesia a lo largo del año. </span></span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">4. En Europa, el día de la Presentación de la Luz (Cristo) se celebra con velas en procesión y se le llama la Misa de Velas.</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin: 0in;"><span style="color: blue; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: georgia, serif;">5. En México, es habitual que la persona que le salió el "Niño Jesús" en la <a href="http://luzdelmes.blogspot.com/2017/01/three-king-cake-tradition-tradicional.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">"Rosca de Reyes"</a> tiene que hacer tamales o atole, dos platos a base de maíz. </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: georgia, serif; text-indent: -0.25in;">Esta tradición también tiene raíces Prehispánicas; el 2 de febrero era el undécimo día del primer mes del calendario azteca.</span></div><div style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin: 0in 0in 0in 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br /><div style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in; text-align: center; text-indent: -0.25in;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiMs3EMs9TYWKlluUl4gIsso2VTjq-eKC6O7Ab-B6CR7A739Z5e-WN0a_JZfaUW75LoeT7_7ZXbLlZSaR3UBLGamI2ngds2QFo567qTcpZBEy6H0hT4iwsc0A8EylJT3noWB8_evrEsjvpzTNiMLSve5tr0GkEFTOPhAJAfizvhDvCCqEgOn24kq7IJ=s960" style="margin-left: 1em; 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- ¡Bienvenido Febrero!<p> </p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8122947013471911924" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff9ee; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><h3 style="background-color: #68a7aa; border-radius: 25px; color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 22px; margin: 0px; padding: 5px 5px 5px 20px; position: relative;">Reflections by Maritza Martínez Mejía</h3><div id="reflection" style="color: #222222; padding: 5px; word-spacing: 6px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRnQ72ciXAkjdlijk3o0jJOZNcYR2x_b1UpkQmYH2ZY9FRxx17iZ57TztiDJy2zyphEgBIiU0-tHfCypedp0n1dbGHtNLlMKTS2AxJAlBbj3cdZ-F7zyMtIFnQNfbImtzFuqrRdFySGk/s990/Welcome+February.JPG" style="clear: right; color: #993300; float: right; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="664" data-original-width="990" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRnQ72ciXAkjdlijk3o0jJOZNcYR2x_b1UpkQmYH2ZY9FRxx17iZ57TztiDJy2zyphEgBIiU0-tHfCypedp0n1dbGHtNLlMKTS2AxJAlBbj3cdZ-F7zyMtIFnQNfbImtzFuqrRdFySGk/w400-h269/Welcome+February.JPG" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="400" /></a><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0in;"><span class="public-draftstyledefault-block"><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; line-height: 135%; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">February is a month dedicated to Love, but what is Love? <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p>
<span class="public-draftstyledefault-block"><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; line-height: 135%; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It is a deliberate act of my will. "Love is patient and kind; love
is not jealous or boastful; it’s not arrogant or rude, Love does not insist on
its own way; it is not irritable or resentful." ~1 Corinthios. 13:4-5 </span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="public-draftstyledefault-block"><span style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; color: black; line-height: 135%; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">~Let's celebrate Love!</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: xx-small; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b style="font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; line-height: 28px;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-size: large;"> Love</span></span></b></div></span></span></div><div id="reflection" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; padding: 5px; word-spacing: 6px;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 25.41px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #a64d79;">Feel</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 30px; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #a64d79; line-height: 24px;">Blissful<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #a64d79; line-height: 24px;">To be loved<o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 30px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #a64d79;">Yet better give</span></div><div align="center" class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="line-height: 30px; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #a64d79;"><span style="line-height: 24px;"> </span>Love!</span><br /><div style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 20px;"><span style="color: #a64d79; font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: xx-small;">@Mejía2015</span></div></div></div><hr style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><div style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; padding: 5px; word-spacing: 6px;"></div><div id="reflexion" style="padding: 5px; word-spacing: 6px;"><span style="color: #e06666;"><span class="public-draftstyledefault-block"><span lang="es-419" style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; line-height: 135%; padding: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Febrero es un mes dedicado al
Amor, pero ¿qué es Amor? Es un acto deliberado de mi voluntad. El amor es paciente, servicial y sin envidia.
No quiere aparentar ni se hace el importante. No actúa con bajeza, ni busca su
propio interés." ~1 Cor.13: 4-5~</span></span></span><span class="public-draftstyledefault-block" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="es-419" style="background: white; border: 1pt none windowtext; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 145%; padding: 0in;">¡Celebremos al Amor! </span></span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif" lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 145%; text-align: center;">💖</span></span></div><p align="center" style="line-height: 145%; text-align: center;"><span lang="es-419" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 145%;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Evg1vpeBUrWSmxa2RbBKem5FYpquS7r2oJnkw_PpWRjXfo7AhP4qSgK4Ms_aRAwtRHC3Itf4rhFm7lIyGvLXJTI87ud0Ay07_JDjK6wPi34zm8WmrCF5HF_RZgGpON5UyFfVkeydVNc/s1600/2.+Entre+Luces+2017.jpg" style="color: #888888; 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font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Received Crystal Apple, VCB Poetry 2015, Latino Book Awards 2016, Premio Verso Dorado 2022</span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"> </span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></h3></div></div>luzdelmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668864571692701959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657051462378978726.post-5536418193609666872024-01-26T14:57:00.009-05:002024-01-28T11:31:57.974-05:00About Multicultural Children's Book Day by LuzDelMes<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-9076457545660570473" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><h4 style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtToOI_a_gwEToyG5r3JWHK2mgOMLzge9pLGpJbtSrTuj48bRVtd3xRqgyhuVN2qjwHAb_lCR4C9E1AoMtabZ3hW10agcL_eb0vf6qXAjC3vz6oBnHc_ojdGyhiZh9WxriPYIxqn3A2OEY-InMnsgOIVXXSVuXUBQHcC14H2axIV8CO4NhWeqbUDtR2Po/s1000/Author%20Sponsor%202024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtToOI_a_gwEToyG5r3JWHK2mgOMLzge9pLGpJbtSrTuj48bRVtd3xRqgyhuVN2qjwHAb_lCR4C9E1AoMtabZ3hW10agcL_eb0vf6qXAjC3vz6oBnHc_ojdGyhiZh9WxriPYIxqn3A2OEY-InMnsgOIVXXSVuXUBQHcC14H2axIV8CO4NhWeqbUDtR2Po/s320/Author%20Sponsor%202024.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span face=""droid sans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal;">When I was a child, I always dreamed of traveling around the world , meeting people with different cultures, tasting delicious foods, and learn different languages. </span></span></h4><h4 style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span face=""droid sans" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span style="color: blue; font-weight: normal;">A perfect dream that I made it possible while reading!</span></span></h4><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;">Diversity in children’s literature has been a topic of concern to movements like <span style="color: #f5316c;"><a href="http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Multicultural Children’s Book Day</a> (MCBD). </span></span><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;">Authors, illustrators, educators and bloggers have been an important element to make sure children have access to books that celebrate diversity. Feature characters from diverse cultures, countries and race are an important building block of the learning process in classroom and at home. It is fundamental to teach students from early age that different</span><i style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #555555; font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"> does not mean to be wrong.</i></div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6541281806567909807" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-size: 16.94px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.013px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 23.1px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #555555; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 27.95pt; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 23.1px; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2xjxxzrFWtOfCw2xxNLfLVQ3PMTrSs4nI_seI4mSTloxPyre_0W00O299qaLVqTONGgpfm3_dXq61RMzDv4Xccd0WWKOq5Q8rtKkoC90TU5Su0ZinZfPue8YNxbcSgc-FK3Z0NPYBJPZZ29sK5hJEcenQ7tntcDDRHptAo-_KplfknRA2LAPfZgV4OA/s1080/Multicultural%20Children's%20Book%20Day%20BADGES%20(2).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQ2xjxxzrFWtOfCw2xxNLfLVQ3PMTrSs4nI_seI4mSTloxPyre_0W00O299qaLVqTONGgpfm3_dXq61RMzDv4Xccd0WWKOq5Q8rtKkoC90TU5Su0ZinZfPue8YNxbcSgc-FK3Z0NPYBJPZZ29sK5hJEcenQ7tntcDDRHptAo-_KplfknRA2LAPfZgV4OA/w200-h200/Multicultural%20Children's%20Book%20Day%20BADGES%20(2).png" width="200" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 23.1px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #555555; line-height: 24px;">I’m pleased to be part of MCBD since June 2015 not only as an author, but also as a Reviewer to </span><span style="line-height: 24px;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><a href="http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Multicultural Children’s Book </a><a href="http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Da</a>y and <a href="https://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/about/board-of-trustees/" target="_blank">Board of Trustees.</a></span></span></span><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"> This event has helped me promote my books, received reviews for my books, increase followers in my social media (Twitter and Instagram), and meet authors from around the world. Excellent resource for NEWTWORKING and internviews:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; line-height: 23.1px; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #555555; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; line-height: 24px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 23.1px; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="line-height: 24px;"><div style="color: #222222;"><b style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">Author participation interviews: </b><span style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Please Visit 👉</span></div><div style="color: #222222;"><b style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 14px; text-align: left;">1. <a href="https://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/multicultural-childrens-book-author-maritza-martinez-mejia/" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;">https://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/multicultural-childrens-book-author-maritza-martinez-mejia/</a></b></div><div><span style="color: #222222;">2. </span><span class="py34i1dx" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><b><a href="https://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/meet-author-and-board-of-advisor-martiza-m-mejia/" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #783f04;">h</span>ttps://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/meet-author-and-board-of-advisor-martiza-m-mejia/</a></b></span></div><div><span class="py34i1dx" style="animation-name: none; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; transition-property: none; white-space-collapse: preserve;">3. 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font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> ✨</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXV3BXV2RbOWJzOvio0s8ML1lvJ_x9DhOuJmMqVZxVHpJvgz12au6zVXpTHR14I756IMlqkxqG1rQgZmX56qyhk_aRwOBy9gnq1FPt76n47OHZcZDEAOnv9XZ508WYaHM1-Or53gCwjRBLCdCNrsvYpXBzn5QE_C5yghk48D-fPb_WJXeBTA1zJEGQYt0/s1411/FB_IMG_1706275963659.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1411" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXV3BXV2RbOWJzOvio0s8ML1lvJ_x9DhOuJmMqVZxVHpJvgz12au6zVXpTHR14I756IMlqkxqG1rQgZmX56qyhk_aRwOBy9gnq1FPt76n47OHZcZDEAOnv9XZ508WYaHM1-Or53gCwjRBLCdCNrsvYpXBzn5QE_C5yghk48D-fPb_WJXeBTA1zJEGQYt0/w306-h400/FB_IMG_1706275963659.jpg" width="306" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div dir="auto" style="color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; text-align: center; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Another lovely review 👀 of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Purple-Shell-concha-mar-p%C3%BArpura-ebook/dp/B09NGJPZXX?ref_=ast_author_mpb">The Purple Shell</a> by Erika Oum <span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit; font-weight: 600;"><a class="x1i10hfl xjbqb8w x6umtig x1b1mbwd xaqea5y xav7gou x9f619 x1ypdohk xt0psk2 xe8uvvx xdj266r x11i5rnm xat24cr x1mh8g0r xexx8yu x4uap5 x18d9i69 xkhd6sd x16tdsg8 x1hl2dhg xggy1nq x1a2a7pz xt0b8zv x1fey0fg xo1l8bm" href="https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/erikabilingual?__eep__=6&__cft__[0]=AZWuiR310D9TEUHoRP3bmXgADF2eIhd9GdlBIe2YLgA4aehiiiEs_svaHFYZPgd6KbhxdQ3sIB4Fgb_UapD_7xrmAmTEy26Uxq7VmToQ9VgvZdZYwrra9DMq7G_K4B_luzLfUWCt2Fw7PWRMIjdIn5XaoYPS3cd_ujiH7vkjnsLuxMqdDi04QLgqPdQXnn6UPws&__tn__=*NK-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1079" data-original-width="1079" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJcN4dbiTjEehWRyQuFLvz3QWzKe4N5LofM5HeWJW7EhkiVVfDaeGBfvNOcAyV5AsB4TqKP0wkaDUZh8usSrOnMuUvkpzuloKhoMs2TLUFo2UuPTs5cjLlOAZRRCZ0Yw5ClbxgEhZHdp25ywpHNPORMt_grk8xKcnreeYnAMvTA4cfpdca4uyjFWN9RvI/w400-h400/IMG_20240125_190720_485.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span data-offset-key="cfhkp-0-0" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> I MADE it to the Multicultural Children's Book Day Ultimate Book List </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span data-offset-key="cfhkp-0-0" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">by </span><span face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; 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font-size: 15px; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;"> . </span><span data-offset-key="cfhkp-2-0" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Thank you for including<a href="https://www.amazon.com/Purple-Shell-concha-mar-p%C3%BArpura-ebook/dp/B09NGJPZXX?ref_=ast_author_mpb"> "The Purple Shell"</a> to this amazing list of diverse, bilingual, Spanish, and English books as part of </span><span class="xv78j7m" end="247" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" start="242" style="background-color: var(--text-highlight); color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">#MCBD</span><span data-offset-key="cfhkp-4-0" face=""Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #050505; font-size: 15px; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Valarie Budayr and Mia Wenjen founded this non-profit children’s literacy initiative; they are two diverse book-loving moms who saw a need to shine the spotlight on all of the multicultural diverse books and authors on the market while also working to get those books into the hands of young readers and educators. Read Your World’s mission is to raise awareness of the need to include kids’ books celebrating diversity in homes and school bookshelves. Read about our Mission and history <a href="https://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/about/mission/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; color: #20b2c9; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in 0s, background-color 0.3s linear 0s, border-color 0.3s linear 0s;" target="_blank"><b>HERE.</b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; text-align: start;"><span style="background: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: Montserrat;"></span></p><p style="color: #666666; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.714286em 0px 1.78571em; text-align: start;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-6655" decoding="async" height="213" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px" src="https://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RYW-HEADER.png" srcset="https://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RYW-HEADER.png 820w, https://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RYW-HEADER-300x114.png 300w, https://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RYW-HEADER-768x292.png 768w, https://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RYW-HEADER-465x177.png 465w, https://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RYW-HEADER-695x264.png 695w" style="background-attachment: initial; 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I’ve been a reviewer for almost 10 years and author sponsor for the las five years. It is a great adventure to wait and receive for the books in the mail to sit down and read calmyly to others author's voice. Thank you Multicultural Children’s Book Day for the honor to be also a Board of Trustees. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dsiclosure: I received these book for review. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I don't receive any compensation for this reviews, all opinion are my own.</span></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Este año, tengo una lista de increíbles libros ilustrados bilingües, en inglés y español, que recibí como parte del Día Multicultural del Libro Infantil-ReadYourWorld. He sido reseñadora durante casi 10 años y patrocinadora de autores durante los últimos cinco. Es una gran aventura esperar y recibir los libros por correo para sentarme a leer tranquilamente la voz de otros autores. Gracias Día Multicultural del Libro Infantil por el honor de ser también miembro del Consejo Administrativo.</div><p></p></blockquote><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b>BILINGUAL PICTURE BOOKS 2024 for READ YOUR WORLD </b></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYUAAPIxBwxURRvOKqyT5RQHprPqqOeptjmAZhG4fIGwWHfbnpoaLXVAvZS-UYcT2OgXI77cFAb3n4ikG8-ippbiW-e0k_5-2BTqrzNcTrci-JLP4wYBkOF4hFdocn8gER65Vez2TFv2ccAOjvoQLRo6tpsyYbp9y_LbVrLP4SpD2Ph3eTHNYdg-jx1o/s994/Read-Your-World-FREE-posters-2024--768x994.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYUAAPIxBwxURRvOKqyT5RQHprPqqOeptjmAZhG4fIGwWHfbnpoaLXVAvZS-UYcT2OgXI77cFAb3n4ikG8-ippbiW-e0k_5-2BTqrzNcTrci-JLP4wYBkOF4hFdocn8gER65Vez2TFv2ccAOjvoQLRo6tpsyYbp9y_LbVrLP4SpD2Ph3eTHNYdg-jx1o/s320/Read-Your-World-FREE-posters-2024--768x994.png" width="247" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span lang="es-419" style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Libre Baskerville";"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09X3JPCQ3"><span style="font-size: large;">Coco la cotorra puertorriqueña</span></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22050580.Frances_D_az_Evans"><span lang="es-419" style="color: blue; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration-line: none;">Frances Díaz Evans</span></a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1e1915;">Coco la cotorra puertorriqueña de Frances Díaz Evans, es un cuento muy bien escrito e ilustrado por Alejandra López. Coco contiene ilustraciones brillantes que les ensenará a los niños y adultos a formar concienciación ecológica .sobre las </span><span style="color: #1e1915;"> </span><span style="color: #1e1915;">especies en peligro de extinción, como el loro puertorriqueño, Coco. </span></span><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit;">El cuento nos narra la historia de Coco, un loro puertorriqueño que va a vivir libre después de crecer en cautiverio en la selva tropical de </span><i style="color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit;">El Yunque</i><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit;">. Coco está emocionado de encontrar loros como él, pero Coco tiene un dialecto diferente al de los loros nacidos libres. ¿Encontrará Coco un hogar para siempre?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="es-419" style="background: white; color: #1e1915;">Lee esta entretenida historia que también contiene un glosario, nota del autor sobre la preservación de la cotorra puertorriqueña, e información sobre la flora y fauna de Puerto Rico. </span><span style="background: white; color: #1e1915;">¡Recomiendo encarecidamente este libro! Visita: <a href="https://francesdiazevans.com/">https://francesdiazevans.com/</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRn0EOni_hwLRn8YA80EK4QIDYESep4k8_cuk3eynm_QaL1iYhurA-nX_MNanNRqrXQzLkN6Rg1IzmS4225lRZfN7ThpfRtHFLWOgJk9rl5jbwcEC_cbUy-hZbCJPpjNjUMY7KPeRwlbm_tZnbxRU3oxFhZDIxlRm0pWn8l_rliF_f9VpXd2WZJdfge8/s1600/Coco-Frances.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1245" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRn0EOni_hwLRn8YA80EK4QIDYESep4k8_cuk3eynm_QaL1iYhurA-nX_MNanNRqrXQzLkN6Rg1IzmS4225lRZfN7ThpfRtHFLWOgJk9rl5jbwcEC_cbUy-hZbCJPpjNjUMY7KPeRwlbm_tZnbxRU3oxFhZDIxlRm0pWn8l_rliF_f9VpXd2WZJdfge8/s320/Coco-Frances.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Coco la cotorra Puertorriquena by Frances Díaz Evans and illustrated by Alejandra López, is a very well written picture book with brilliant illustrations that teach children and adults how to raise ecological awareness about endangered species, such as the Puerto Rican parrot, Coco. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit;">The story tells the story of Coco, a Puerto Rican parrot who is going to live free after growing up in captivity in the rainforest of </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit;">El Yunque</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit;">. Coco is excited to find parrots like him, but Coco has a different dialect than free-born parrots. Will Coco find a forever home?</span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read this entertaining story that also contains a glossary, author's note on the preservation of the Puerto Rican parrot, and information about the flora and fauna of Puerto Rico. I highly recommend this book!</span></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="es-419" style="color: #1e1915;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Myra-Enredo-del-Dibujo-spanish/dp/1637610157" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Myra y el Enredo del Dibujo</span></a><span style="font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 24pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6092043.Rosemary_Rivera" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="contributorlinkname"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 15pt;">Rosemary Rivera</span></span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 15pt;">, </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13500001.Mario_Menjivar" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;"><span class="contributorlinkname"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 15pt;">Mario Menjivar</span></span><span class="contributorlinkrole"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 15pt;"> (Illustrations)</span></span></a><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://imagineandwonder.com/" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;">Imagine and Wonder </a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1e1915;">Myra and the Drama of Drawing is one of those books you never forget. It all starts with little Myra's excitement when Mr. Punchinello announces the annual art contest. Although Myra had a week to submit her artwork, she couldn't wait and when she finished it, she handed it to her teacher who was shocked. Instead, she ended up in the psychologist's chair, in the principal's office and in the detention room with another boy who made a gift for his sister, but no one understood except Myra. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1915;">The build up to the drama is excited as the hidden message, “a</span>dults do not see things as children do.”<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505;">This picture book received the 2023 list of <i>Unconventional Children's Books</i>.</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1915;"> I highly recommend it; this book belongs in every classroom!</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8XNw0UcfRHM4NjVIesn6jOACh6nhf9-pi2dE-lSlYwE8_9JirUashVhEajReDlSamn118SxWph3IcUeSCtNj2dETQG4ui-G3eB5MCdYNSYfcOAUoSp0mWJq9jUo4tSmdL0K7zvKDpPicQJPoCnTx0B2S7NJFKEEn4mYWDcMD6WnWUt6t4l98IwncGrqE/s1350/Myra%20enredo%20dibujo%20cover%202023%20no%20border%20.jpg" style="color: #993300; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8XNw0UcfRHM4NjVIesn6jOACh6nhf9-pi2dE-lSlYwE8_9JirUashVhEajReDlSamn118SxWph3IcUeSCtNj2dETQG4ui-G3eB5MCdYNSYfcOAUoSp0mWJq9jUo4tSmdL0K7zvKDpPicQJPoCnTx0B2S7NJFKEEn4mYWDcMD6WnWUt6t4l98IwncGrqE/s320/Myra%20enredo%20dibujo%20cover%202023%20no%20border%20.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="213" /></a></div><br style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px;" /><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: Montserrat;">Myra y el drama del dibujo es uno de esos libros que nunca se olvidan. Todo empieza con la emoción de la pequeña Myra cuando el Sr. Punchinello anuncia el concurso anual de arte. Aunque Myra tenía una semana para presentar su arte, no podo esperar y al finalizarlo lo entrego a su profesor quien quedo en estado de shock. Su mayor deseo era ganar y superar a su compañero Tobee, en lugar de eso, acabó en la silla del psicólogo, en el despacho del director y en la sala de detención con otro niño que hizo un regalo para su hermana, pero nadie lo entendió excepto Myra.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.84px;"><span style="background: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: Montserrat;"><span lang="es-419" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 15.6933px;"> La construcción del drama es emocionante como el mensaje oculto, “los adultos no ven las cosas como los niños”. Este libro ilustrado recibió la lista 2023 de <i>Libros Infantiles No Convencionales</i>. Lo recomiendo encarecidamente; ¡este libro debe estar en todas las aulas.</span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.714286em 0px 1.78571em;"><a href="http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; color: #20b2c9; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in 0s, background-color 0.3s linear 0s, border-color 0.3s linear 0s;" target="_blank">Multicultural Children’s Book Day</a> 2024 (1/25/25) is in its 11th year! Valarie Budayr and Mia Wenjen founded this non-profit children’s literacy initiative; they are two diverse book-loving moms who saw a need to shine the spotlight on all of the multicultural diverse books and authors on the market while also working to get those books into the hands of young readers and educators. Read Your World’s mission is to raise awareness of the need to include kids’ books celebrating diversity in homes and school bookshelves. Read about our Mission and history <a href="https://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/about/mission/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; color: #20b2c9; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in 0s, background-color 0.3s linear 0s, border-color 0.3s linear 0s;" target="_blank"><b>HERE.</b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: Montserrat;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.714286em 0px 1.78571em;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-6655" decoding="async" height="213" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px" src="https://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RYW-HEADER.png" srcset="https://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RYW-HEADER.png 820w, https://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RYW-HEADER-300x114.png 300w, https://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RYW-HEADER-768x292.png 768w, https://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RYW-HEADER-465x177.png 465w, https://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RYW-HEADER-695x264.png 695w" style="border: 0px; 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I’ve been a reviewer for almost 10 years and author sponsor for the las five years. It is a great adventure to wait and receive for the books in the mail to sit down and read calmyly to others author's voice. Thank you Multicultural Children’s Book Day for the honor to be also a Board of Trustees. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kGHS6Y_dZhPctbN1T6lCXz29CrKwIuCPi9F9FR5pQl0XeZRMyM5ASiuyulY41uCeHowlqUMqiW5joehSmtT-p-OPsUcr1-vnV_zf5rAYOS0NsQI7MUC-nCUy5pbKp19uoDAb3FuO3B68lSQXhB-IqzIMOtc7P4O41IccvBB3tItk5IOKqzhcfoZ7bgc/s1080/Multicultural%20Children's%20Book%20Day%20BADGES%20(2).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8kGHS6Y_dZhPctbN1T6lCXz29CrKwIuCPi9F9FR5pQl0XeZRMyM5ASiuyulY41uCeHowlqUMqiW5joehSmtT-p-OPsUcr1-vnV_zf5rAYOS0NsQI7MUC-nCUy5pbKp19uoDAb3FuO3B68lSQXhB-IqzIMOtc7P4O41IccvBB3tItk5IOKqzhcfoZ7bgc/s320/Multicultural%20Children's%20Book%20Day%20BADGES%20(2).png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Dsiclosure: I received these book for review. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">I don't receive any compensation for this reviews, all opinion are my own.</span></div><p></p><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Este año, tengo una lista de increíbles libros ilustrados bilingües, en inglés y español, que recibí como parte del Día Multicultural del Libro Infantil-ReadYourWorld. He sido reseñadora durante casi 10 años y patrocinadora de autores durante los últimos cinco. Es una gran aventura esperar y recibir los libros por correo para sentarme a leer tranquilamente la voz de otros autores. Gracias Día Multicultural del Libro Infantil por el honor de ser también miembro del Consejo Administrativo.</div><p></p></blockquote><p style="text-align: center;"><b>BILINGUAL PICTURE BOOKS 2024 for READ YOUR WORLD</b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYUAAPIxBwxURRvOKqyT5RQHprPqqOeptjmAZhG4fIGwWHfbnpoaLXVAvZS-UYcT2OgXI77cFAb3n4ikG8-ippbiW-e0k_5-2BTqrzNcTrci-JLP4wYBkOF4hFdocn8gER65Vez2TFv2ccAOjvoQLRo6tpsyYbp9y_LbVrLP4SpD2Ph3eTHNYdg-jx1o/s994/Read-Your-World-FREE-posters-2024--768x994.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="994" data-original-width="768" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIYUAAPIxBwxURRvOKqyT5RQHprPqqOeptjmAZhG4fIGwWHfbnpoaLXVAvZS-UYcT2OgXI77cFAb3n4ikG8-ippbiW-e0k_5-2BTqrzNcTrci-JLP4wYBkOF4hFdocn8gER65Vez2TFv2ccAOjvoQLRo6tpsyYbp9y_LbVrLP4SpD2Ph3eTHNYdg-jx1o/s320/Read-Your-World-FREE-posters-2024--768x994.png" width="247" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span lang="es-419" style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Libre Baskerville";"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09X3JPCQ3"><span style="font-size: large;">Coco la cotorra puertorriqueña</span></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22050580.Frances_D_az_Evans"><span lang="es-419" style="color: blue; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration-line: none;">Frances Díaz Evans</span></a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #1e1915;">Coco la cotorra puertorriqueña de Frances Díaz
Evans, es un cuento muy bien escrito e ilustrado por Alejandra López. Coco contiene
ilustraciones brillantes que les ensenará a los niños y adultos a formar concienciación
ecológica .sobre las </span><span style="color: #1e1915;"> </span><span style="color: #1e1915;">especies en peligro
de extinción, como el loro puertorriqueño, Coco. </span></span><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit;">El cuento nos narra la historia de Coco,
un loro puertorriqueño que va a vivir libre después de crecer en cautiverio en
la selva tropical de </span><i style="color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit;">El Yunque</i><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit;">. Coco está emocionado de encontrar loros
como él, pero Coco tiene un dialecto diferente al de los loros nacidos libres.
¿Encontrará Coco un hogar para siempre?</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="es-419" style="background: white; color: #1e1915;">Lee esta entretenida historia que
también contiene un glosario, nota del autor sobre la preservación de la
cotorra puertorriqueña, e información sobre la flora y fauna de Puerto Rico. </span><span style="background: white; color: #1e1915;">¡Recomiendo
encarecidamente este libro! Visita: <a href="https://francesdiazevans.com/">https://francesdiazevans.com/</a></span></span><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRn0EOni_hwLRn8YA80EK4QIDYESep4k8_cuk3eynm_QaL1iYhurA-nX_MNanNRqrXQzLkN6Rg1IzmS4225lRZfN7ThpfRtHFLWOgJk9rl5jbwcEC_cbUy-hZbCJPpjNjUMY7KPeRwlbm_tZnbxRU3oxFhZDIxlRm0pWn8l_rliF_f9VpXd2WZJdfge8/s1600/Coco-Frances.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1245" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghRn0EOni_hwLRn8YA80EK4QIDYESep4k8_cuk3eynm_QaL1iYhurA-nX_MNanNRqrXQzLkN6Rg1IzmS4225lRZfN7ThpfRtHFLWOgJk9rl5jbwcEC_cbUy-hZbCJPpjNjUMY7KPeRwlbm_tZnbxRU3oxFhZDIxlRm0pWn8l_rliF_f9VpXd2WZJdfge8/s320/Coco-Frances.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Coco la cotorra Puertorriquena by Frances Díaz Evans and
illustrated by Alejandra López, is a very well written picture book with brilliant
illustrations that teach children and adults how to raise ecological awareness
about endangered species, such as the Puerto Rican parrot, Coco. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit;">The story tells the story of Coco, a Puerto Rican parrot who
is going to live free after growing up in captivity in the rainforest of </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit;">El
Yunque</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit;">. Coco is excited to find parrots like him, but Coco has a different
dialect than free-born parrots. Will Coco find a forever home?</span></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Read this entertaining story that also contains a glossary,
author's note on the preservation of the Puerto Rican parrot, and information
about the flora and fauna of Puerto Rico. I highly recommend this book!</span><span style="font-family: Montserrat;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: Montserrat;">------------</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="es-419" style="color: #1e1915;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Myra-Enredo-del-Dibujo-spanish/dp/1637610157"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Myra y el Enredo del Dibujo</span></a><span style="font-family: Libre Baskerville; font-size: 24pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6092043.Rosemary_Rivera"><span class="contributorlinkname"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 15pt;">Rosemary Rivera</span></span></a><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1915; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 15pt;">, </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13500001.Mario_Menjivar"><span class="contributorlinkname"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 15pt; text-decoration-line: none;">Mario
Menjivar</span></span><span class="contributorlinkrole"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: blue; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 15pt; text-decoration-line: none;"> (Illustrations)</span></span></a><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://imagineandwonder.com/">Imagine and Wonder </a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1e1915;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Myra and the Drama of Drawing is one of those books you never
forget. It all starts with little Myra's excitement when Mr. Punchinello
announces the annual art contest. Although Myra had a week to submit her
artwork, she couldn't wait and when she finished it, she handed it to her
teacher who was shocked. Instead, she ended up in the psychologist's chair, in
the principal's office and in the detention room with another boy who made a
gift for his sister, but no one understood except Myra. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1915;">The build up to the drama is excited as the hidden message, “a</span>dults do not see things as children do.”<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #050505;">This picture book received the 2023
list of <i>Unconventional Children's Books</i>.</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #1e1915;"> I
highly recommend it; this book belongs in every classroom!</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8XNw0UcfRHM4NjVIesn6jOACh6nhf9-pi2dE-lSlYwE8_9JirUashVhEajReDlSamn118SxWph3IcUeSCtNj2dETQG4ui-G3eB5MCdYNSYfcOAUoSp0mWJq9jUo4tSmdL0K7zvKDpPicQJPoCnTx0B2S7NJFKEEn4mYWDcMD6WnWUt6t4l98IwncGrqE/s1350/Myra%20enredo%20dibujo%20cover%202023%20no%20border%20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8XNw0UcfRHM4NjVIesn6jOACh6nhf9-pi2dE-lSlYwE8_9JirUashVhEajReDlSamn118SxWph3IcUeSCtNj2dETQG4ui-G3eB5MCdYNSYfcOAUoSp0mWJq9jUo4tSmdL0K7zvKDpPicQJPoCnTx0B2S7NJFKEEn4mYWDcMD6WnWUt6t4l98IwncGrqE/s320/Myra%20enredo%20dibujo%20cover%202023%20no%20border%20.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: Montserrat;">Myra y el drama del dibujo es uno de
esos libros que nunca se olvidan. Todo empieza con la emoción de la pequeña
Myra cuando el Sr. Punchinello anuncia el concurso anual de arte. Aunque Myra
tenía una semana para presentar su arte, no podo esperar y al finalizarlo lo
entrego a su profesor quien quedo en estado de shock. Su mayor deseo era ganar
y superar a su compañero Tobee, en lugar de eso, acabó en la silla del
psicólogo, en el despacho del director y en la sala de detención con otro niño
que hizo un regalo para su hermana, pero nadie lo entendió excepto Myra.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: Montserrat;">
<span lang="es-419" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;"> La construcción del drama es emocionante como
el mensaje oculto, “los adultos no ven las cosas como los niños”. Este libro
ilustrado recibió la lista 2023 de <i>Libros Infantiles No Convencionales</i>.
Lo recomiendo encarecidamente; ¡este libro debe estar en todas las aulas!</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: Montserrat;">-----</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Libre Baskerville";"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Best-Believe-Hermanas-Sisterhood-Common-ebook/dp/B0CN7FPNBN" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: medium;">Best Believe: TheTres Hermanas, a Sisterhood for the Common Good</span></a><span style="font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/15289286.NoNieqa_Ramos"><span lang="es-419" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;">NoNieqa Ramos</span></a></span><span lang="es-419" style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: #580A; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">, </span><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/40367815.Nicole_Medina"><span lang="es-419" style="color: blue; text-decoration-line: none;">Nicole Medina (Illustrator)</span></a></span><span lang="es-419" style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: #580A; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lernerbooks.com/">Learner Publishing Group</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">Meet the </span><i style="color: #1e1915;">“Tres Hermanas</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915;">” who moved from Puerto Rico to
New York City as children and grew up to become leaders in their Bronx
community. Evelina, an activist for social causes, founded United Bronx
Parents. Lillian, a librarian an activist for Spanish and bilingual books.
Elba, an ambassador an activist for the arts. The author develops this rhyming
picture book with the brilliant illustrations by Nicole Medina. I highly recommend
this book.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIiK22V_XXtTlf4n1kW5BRrJ6X6tu2M4Odyre-2jgQ3GdlSwmWY4Kd8AM-hJnpQv4nZF_e23nL5q6CwL0HHqbgfQdunzn9eqKfi0s9JrQ2pfO9EluI2LsISoZ5OBlpsgU8cFpg_4CJD80dPkZXVEsMdk_dXiKlZ0Ghv20OH6QALQCshIS-b3hZ6mGzM4U/s600/Best%20Believe%20The%20tres%20hermanas_Noniega%20Ramos.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="507" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIiK22V_XXtTlf4n1kW5BRrJ6X6tu2M4Odyre-2jgQ3GdlSwmWY4Kd8AM-hJnpQv4nZF_e23nL5q6CwL0HHqbgfQdunzn9eqKfi0s9JrQ2pfO9EluI2LsISoZ5OBlpsgU8cFpg_4CJD80dPkZXVEsMdk_dXiKlZ0Ghv20OH6QALQCshIS-b3hZ6mGzM4U/s320/Best%20Believe%20The%20tres%20hermanas_Noniega%20Ramos.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="es-419" style="background: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">Conoce
a las <i>“Tres Hermanas” </i>quienes se trasladaron de Puerto Rico a Nueva York
siendo niñas y crecieron hasta convertirse en líderes de su comunidad del
Bronx. Evelina, activista de causas sociales, fundó Padres Unidos del Bronx.
Lillian, bibliotecaria y activista en favor de los libros en bilingües y en español.
Elba, embajadora y activista por las artes. La autora desarrolla este libro
ilustrado rimado con las brillantes ilustraciones de Nicole Medina. </span><span style="background: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">Recomiendo
encarecidamente este libro.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 107%;">---</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b><span lang="es-419" style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 16pt; mso-ansi-language: #580A; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1950807649" target="_blank">Belinda Lifts Her Voice / Belinda eleva su voz:(Bilingual English - Spanish)</a><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/45156857.Luisa_Orellana_Castillo"><span lang="es-419" style="color: blue; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration-line: none;">Luisa Orellana-Castillo</span></a><span lang="es-419" style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: #580A; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">, </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/45162764.Romeo_Montero"><span lang="es-419" style="color: blue; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration-line: none;">Romeo Montero (Illustrator)</span></a><span lang="es-419" style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: #580A; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;">, </span><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/45162765.Camila_de_la_Luz_Villegas"><span lang="es-419" style="color: blue; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 13.5pt; text-decoration-line: none;">Camila de la Luz Villegas</span></a><span lang="es-419" style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 13.5pt; mso-ansi-language: #580A; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ligatures: none;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.shoutmousepress.org/">Shout Mouse Press</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Montserrat;">This heartwarming bilingual story in English and Spanish is
written by first-generation Latino teens. They tell the story of Belinda, a
girl of Mexican and Salvadoran descent who loved to sing. Since the death of
her aunt, Belinda has been afraid to use her voice. However, when she
unexpectedly learns that a new owner decides to paint over a mural that was
created in honor of her aunt, who was a great singer. Belinda rallies the
entire community to throw a party in honor of her aunt in front of the mural to
stop the project. Will Belinda be able to lead her community and raise her
voice to save her aunt's mural? I highly recommend this book for its great
social content.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaLZeCguypX1wzKGZXeEdFpeP1hxy_viBtl35TIaikp20YZLukENXBZwnyUYPif7RUpQ3DV9lBO5oKRESeaZEU9lrz7DzcNqTj6TRcXRuQ4L_r977FL4zamFVKoPXKywgZGpLPtafiJD_007OnFaMNu_UxAEoxb-etMJ73JJUn7PdvX4LJ20qoOikmFus/s1360/Melinda%20lifts%20ger%20voice.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="1360" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaLZeCguypX1wzKGZXeEdFpeP1hxy_viBtl35TIaikp20YZLukENXBZwnyUYPif7RUpQ3DV9lBO5oKRESeaZEU9lrz7DzcNqTj6TRcXRuQ4L_r977FL4zamFVKoPXKywgZGpLPtafiJD_007OnFaMNu_UxAEoxb-etMJ73JJUn7PdvX4LJ20qoOikmFus/s320/Melinda%20lifts%20ger%20voice.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: Montserrat;">Esta conmovedora historia bilingüe en
inglés y español está escrita por adolescentes latinos de primera generación
Ellos narran la historia de Belinda, una niña de ascendencia mexicana y
salvadoreña a quien le fascinaba cantar. Desde la muerte de su tía, Belinda
siente temor a usar su voz. Sin embargo, cuando inesperadamente se entera que un
nuevo propietario decide tapar con pintura un mural que se creó en honor a su
tía, quien era una gran cantante. Belinda congrega a toda la comunidad para hacer
una fiesta en honor a su tia en frente del mural para detener el proyecto.
¿Podrá Belinda liderar a su comunidad y elevar su voz para salvar el mural de
su tía? Recomiendo este libro por su gran contenido social.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.714286em 0px 1.78571em;"><a href="http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; color: #20b2c9; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in 0s, background-color 0.3s linear 0s, border-color 0.3s linear 0s;" target="_blank">Multicultural Children’s Book Day</a> 2024 (1/25/25) is in its 11th year! Valarie Budayr and Mia Wenjen founded this non-profit children’s literacy initiative; they are two diverse book-loving moms who saw a need to shine the spotlight on all of the multicultural diverse books and authors on the market while also working to get those books into the hands of young readers and educators. 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This event </span><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.4px;">is designed to raise awareness about the importance of reading to inspire Florida's students and families to make reading part of their daily routines. </span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b>This year’s theme is: Believe in Your "shelf."</b></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSJ8A6_DPL2He2L0qqSeot29iZo5PhWU3ixPpRLX6cOt-juSURM2IdK6DXWH5IA-AoR3IFSN31XPO7BZx3CbpEpDaVkSM1VOZopNMFe9u04w68vL6xIg-wHAqB34rk2WsMFMWIU6yW6LKNBURgOHi8hx3oIarHaVnR9WhHVQhYv73b37RqD4GvqPa84w/s1307/Promo%20LuzDelMes.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="737" data-original-width="1307" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkSJ8A6_DPL2He2L0qqSeot29iZo5PhWU3ixPpRLX6cOt-juSURM2IdK6DXWH5IA-AoR3IFSN31XPO7BZx3CbpEpDaVkSM1VOZopNMFe9u04w68vL6xIg-wHAqB34rk2WsMFMWIU6yW6LKNBURgOHi8hx3oIarHaVnR9WhHVQhYv73b37RqD4GvqPa84w/w400-h225/Promo%20LuzDelMes.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /> <b style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 19.9733px;">RECOMMENDED BOOKS FOR LITERACY WEEK, FLORIDA & READYOURWORLD </span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Mermaids-Mission-Oceans-Janet-Balletta-ebook/dp/B07934J4YD/ref=sr_1_1?crid=15CP9D7GWEIMW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.KZO7sI2N1G3rI42xzqO4jJ9sVEO0f_SG8tIh2KTLi-bGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.oZWhs-ZdwJ-MWR8rKgd4eyd3Pwgv6MRyHNR98Jyu93o&dib_tag=se&keywords=mermaid+on+a+mission+to+save&qid=1705179293&s=digital-text&sprefix=mermaid+on+a+mission+to+savae%2Cdigital-text%2C126&sr=1-1">Mermaids on a Mission to Save the Oceans</a> </span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">by</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #181818;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7567754.Janet_Balletta" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #333333;">Janet Balletta</span></a> </span><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Georgia, serif;">(Goodreads Author)</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;">, <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17622834.Alyssa_Figueroa" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #333333;">Alyssa Figueroa</span></a> (Illustrator)</span><span face="Helvetica, sans-serif" style="color: #181818;">, </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/17622835.Alexander_C_Appello" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #333333;">Alexander C. Appello</span></a> (Illustrator) </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><u><span style="color: #993300; font-family: Georgia, serif;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38089580-mermaids-on-a-mission-to-save-the-oceans" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/38089580-mermaids-on-a-mission-to-save-the-oceans</span></a></span></u></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_zykhhtekfsjYX4eucpa6F9ELhDK-ItD1vyhPEz3kU_xVtjEjsk0eURdQecJ0jKetM3vOZgCdGGKNIy4KzMpJiCVJdbGTkjfYWbSpdpYjkOQmPQrmBbIJF2P0NIDf2LI523J0sFb9Damq_w7Acb1Z1jvsZQRoFKi1DALVHjCW5igUR6l1ckI9FRX/s231/Mermaid%20on%20a%20Mission%20to%20Save%20the%20Ocean_Janet%20Balletta.jpg" style="color: #993300; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="176" height="231" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW_zykhhtekfsjYX4eucpa6F9ELhDK-ItD1vyhPEz3kU_xVtjEjsk0eURdQecJ0jKetM3vOZgCdGGKNIy4KzMpJiCVJdbGTkjfYWbSpdpYjkOQmPQrmBbIJF2P0NIDf2LI523J0sFb9Damq_w7Acb1Z1jvsZQRoFKi1DALVHjCW5igUR6l1ckI9FRX/s1600/Mermaid%20on%20a%20Mission%20to%20Save%20the%20Ocean_Janet%20Balletta.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="176" /></a></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Great tool for teachers and good read for children </span></b><span style="text-align: left;"> #MermaidsonaMissiontoSavetheOcean</span></p><p style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Mermaids on a Mission, as the title implies, is a book about seven mermaids who protect the ocean from mankind’s pollution. Each of the mermaids have a special power that allows them to save the valuable oceans and special creatures and plant life. The conversation between the mermaids describes the culture and characteristics of each of them. I love Fina from South America and her mission to protect injured animals in Aqua Pura.<br />Teachers have an excellent tool to teach children how important the oceans are by following the example and action the mermaids did to keep the waters clean from pollutants.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #181818;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br />The illustrators, Alyssa Figueroa and Alexander C. Appello, created brilliant illustrations that make the story enjoyable to read to young children.<br />The author Balletta includes a helpful Teacher's Guide which introduces vocabulary, discussion questions on a deep and well research topic. Congratulations Mrs. Balletta!<br />Mermaids on a Mission to Save the Oceans is most highly recommended.</span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="es-419" style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Purple-Shell-concha-mar-p%C3%BArpura-ebook/dp/B09NGJPZXX?ref_=ast_author_mpb">The Purple Shell: La concha de mar púrpura</a> by<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5094755.Maritza_Martinez_Mejia" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;"><span lang="es-419">Maritza Martínez Mejia</span></a></span><span lang="es-419" style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 13.5pt;">, </span><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18744433.Valerie_Mojica" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;"><span lang="es-419">Valerie Mojica (Illustrator)</span></a> </span><u style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ee; font-family: "Libre Baskerville"; font-size: small;">https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5257416526</u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal;"><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: georgia;">The Purple Shell invites us to become ecologically aware to protect the beaches. This bilingual tale (English & Spanish) is based on a true story. Contains coloring pages, facts, and questions to take care of our planet, our common home.</span></p><p class="insideaddress" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">On her first trip to the sea, a lovely girl realized how much garbage people leave in the sand and decided to clean up the beach with her mother. After collecting sodas and wraps, they found a purple shell, which they received with joy as a reward for such a laudable task.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #1e1915;">The author and the project "LuzDelMes Ecotales" invite you to be aware of how to take care of the planet.</span> This book contains facts and questions to take care for our planet, our common home.<span style="color: #1e1915;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTWlXlhu-oYatQj8dT3QIyd63h-Fl8wLAsYjeQBjCGhO3Vs7f7qzF7Ya_tFk17lcZNyQIe-ZunqT8Buq1HSaUjpwmTBO63idPMPW4HLKSsgYcjjqCdkrEbf-N29y2rOAceK5ioB2eL_w2ArtngH8y5i_skkqrYsM13tOBdMhWd0GmWDR6SppEM60z/s960/FB_IMG_1673292899982.jpg" style="color: #993300; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="784" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTWlXlhu-oYatQj8dT3QIyd63h-Fl8wLAsYjeQBjCGhO3Vs7f7qzF7Ya_tFk17lcZNyQIe-ZunqT8Buq1HSaUjpwmTBO63idPMPW4HLKSsgYcjjqCdkrEbf-N29y2rOAceK5ioB2eL_w2ArtngH8y5i_skkqrYsM13tOBdMhWd0GmWDR6SppEM60z/s320/FB_IMG_1673292899982.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="261" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Ecological Awareness for children #ThePurpleShell #LuzDelMes </span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal;"><span lang="es-419"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia;">La concha de mar púrpura nos invita a tomar consciencia ecológica para proteger las playas. Este cuento bilingüe (inglés & español) se basa en una historia real. Contiene páginas para colorear, datos y preguntas para cuidar nuestro planeta, nuestra casa común.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="insideaddress" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span lang="es-419" style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia;">En su primer viaje al mar, una niña encantadora se dio cuenta de la cantidad de basura que la gente deja en la arena y decidió limpiar con su madre la playa. Después de recoger sodas y envolturas, encontraron una concha purpura, la que recibieron con alegría como premio de tan loable tarea.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="insideaddress" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: georgia;"><span lang="es-419" style="font-size: 11pt;">El autor y el proyecto "Cuentos Ecológicos LuzDelMes" invitan a tener conciencia de cómo cuidar el planeta. </span><span lang="es-419" style="font-size: 11pt;">Este libro contiene hechos y preguntas para cuidar nuestro planeta, nuestra casa común.</span></span></p><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--bs-cerulean); font-family: "PT Sans Narrow", sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-top: 0px;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="es-419" style="color: #1e1915; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Seahorse-caballito-dorado-Spanish-ebook/dp/B0BS2CSTCJ/ref=sr_1_1?crid=180M9PJAN3GN1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.VWSfG3d8GbhxJ__elMzcNECHQq0QpyQQlOz4LX8KvMxrnKlJl34Vjzaws99JeJNCcEW3ikcR8aAEcvbjzwrTxhyqZF0tBnPaNeycJ781iSKX-UxqW_0Msma75VbuaSN_BldEADVVgj8rvzNQZkA7ZA.i7924Xcrf6CT6cMLlAfkyk7HJR3DJ-an8jQFqhEd7L0&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+golden+seahorse&qid=1705179265&s=digital-text&sprefix=the+golden+sea+hourse%2Cdigital-text%2C150&sr=1-1">The Golden Seahorse: El caballito de mar dorado</a></span></b><b><span lang="es-419" style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 12pt;"> by </span></b><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2657051462378978726/6483320174963236072" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;">Camelia Kuhn</a></span><span lang="es-419" style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">, </span><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2657051462378978726/6483320174963236072" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;">Sara Cruz</a></span><span lang="es-419" style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2657051462378978726/6483320174963236072" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;"> (Illustrator)</a></span><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "inherit", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #1e1915; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/2657051462378978726/6483320174963236072" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;"><span lang="es-419"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/75719850-the-golden-seahorse</span></span></a></span><span lang="es-419" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Seahorse-caballito-mar-dorado-ebook/dp/B0BS2CSTCJ" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;">The Golden Seahorse</a> is a mythical character that helps a little girl faces her fears to swim. <span lang="EN">A girl named Camila was afraid of the ocean because she didn’t know how to swim, but her mother told her not to be afraid because in the ocean there was a golden seahorse that would rescue her.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It is a bilingual book (English-Spanish) with coloring pages with vivid images to illustrate this sweet children's book tale. I recommend this book for preschoolers to first grade students.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The Author, Camelia Kuhn is a kindergarten teacher based in Florida. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut and grew up in Puerto Rico. From an early age, she found a love for reading through her loving mother who told her children's stories that inspired her to write this tale.<span style="font-size: 11.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDaMXwkTC4iabf_d-WYi0uHeypAooTE7WB_8XKYMfbzyfmdjq6nS8g3rzJcIXtEdHBMSh40OvEKdNNuHR-pdB2ESDJJ-Md7ZRZkL_onc8pK4VO_ZxSBg4auVc-G_ht79RDAoRQpew0m-MGVja4mptmui3XTZqJrY06CTymP79lkNfT1OhJNx-vayzi/s317/The%20Golden%20Seahorse_Camelia%20Kuhn.jpg" style="color: #993300; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="214" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDaMXwkTC4iabf_d-WYi0uHeypAooTE7WB_8XKYMfbzyfmdjq6nS8g3rzJcIXtEdHBMSh40OvEKdNNuHR-pdB2ESDJJ-Md7ZRZkL_onc8pK4VO_ZxSBg4auVc-G_ht79RDAoRQpew0m-MGVja4mptmui3XTZqJrY06CTymP79lkNfT1OhJNx-vayzi/s1600/The%20Golden%20Seahorse_Camelia%20Kuhn.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="214" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><br /></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-weight: 400; text-align: center;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Good read for children to face fears #TheGoldenSeahorse</span></b></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="color: #0b5394;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Golden-Seahorse-caballito-mar-dorado-ebook/dp/B0BS2CSTCJ" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;"><span lang="es-419">El caballito de mar dorado</span></a></span><span lang="es-419" style="color: #0b5394;"> es un personaje mítico que ayuda a una niña a enfrentar sus miedos para nadar. </span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: #0b5394;">Una niña llamada Camila tenía miedo al océano porque no sabía nadar, pero su mamá le dijo que no tuviera miedo porque en el océano había un caballito de mar dorado que la rescataría.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span lang="es-419" style="color: #0b5394;">Es un libro bilingüe (inglés-español) con páginas para colorear con imágenes vívidas para ilustrar este dulce cuento infantil. Definitivamente recomiendo este libro para niños en edad preescolar a estudiantes de primer grado.</span><span lang="es-419"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-weight: 400; line-height: normal;"><span lang="es-419" style="color: #0070c0;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">La autora, Camelia Kuhn, es maestra de kínder y está radicada en la Florida. Nació en Hartford, Connecticut y creció en Puerto Rico. Desde temprana edad, encontró el amor por la lectura a través de su amorosa madre quien le contaba historias infantiles que la inspiraron a escribir este cuento.</span></span></p></h2><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: var(--bs-cerulean); line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0.5rem; margin-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Resources</span></h2><ul style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: "Open Sans", sans-serif; margin-bottom: 1rem; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 2rem;"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 6px;"><a aria-label="District Activity Plan Template" href="https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/7540/urlt/2024CLWDistrictPlan.docx" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;">District Activity Plan Template</a> (Word)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 6px;"><a aria-label="CLW Logo" href="https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/7540/urlt/24CLW.png" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;">CLW Logo</a> (PNG)</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: 6px;"><a aria-label="Division of Early Learning Celebrate Literacy Week Memo" href="https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/7540/urlt/delclwmemo.pdf" style="box-sizing: border-box; transition: all 0.3s ease-in-out 0s;">Division of Early Learning Celebrate Literacy Week Memo</a> (PDF)</li></ul><div><p style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.714286em 0px 1.78571em;"><a href="http://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; color: #20b2c9; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in 0s, background-color 0.3s linear 0s, border-color 0.3s linear 0s;" target="_blank">Multicultural Children’s Book Day</a> 2024 (1/25/25) is in its 11th year! Valarie Budayr and Mia Wenjen founded this non-profit children’s literacy initiative; they are two diverse book-loving moms who saw a need to shine the spotlight on all of the multicultural diverse books and authors on the market while also working to get those books into the hands of young readers and educators. Read Your World’s mission is to raise awareness of the need to include kids’ books celebrating diversity in homes and school bookshelves. Read about our Mission and history <a href="https://multiculturalchildrensbookday.com/about/mission/" rel="noopener" style="background-color: transparent; color: #20b2c9; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease-in 0s, background-color 0.3s linear 0s, border-color 0.3s linear 0s;" target="_blank"><b>HERE.</b></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #1e1915; font-family: Montserrat;"></span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0.714286em 0px 1.78571em;"><img alt="" class="aligncenter wp-image-6655" decoding="async" height="213" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px" src="https://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RYW-HEADER.png" srcset="https://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RYW-HEADER.png 820w, https://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RYW-HEADER-300x114.png 300w, https://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RYW-HEADER-768x292.png 768w, https://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RYW-HEADER-465x177.png 465w, https://discoveringtheworldthroughmysonseyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RYW-HEADER-695x264.png 695w" style="border: 0px; 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font-size: x-small;">Received Crystal Apple, VCB Poetry 2015, Latino Book Awards 2016, Premio Verso Dorado 2022</span><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"> </span></p></div><div><span style="background-color: transparent; text-align: left;"><br /></span></div>luzdelmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668864571692701959noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657051462378978726.post-39073304872447840212024-01-06T16:50:00.000-05:002024-01-30T16:51:35.147-05:00Book Review of Las Estrellas de los Reyes Magos<blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><p style="text-align: left;"> <span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #222222;"> </span><span style="color: blue;"> </span></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-large;"> Las estrellas de los Reyes Magos</span></span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: blue; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"> </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: x-large; text-align: center;"> </span><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center;"> </span></p></blockquote></blockquote><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1850352578935336347" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; margin-bottom: 7.5pt; text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: red; font-size: 12pt;">By <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/825135.Tere_Rodriguez_Nora" style="color: #993300; text-decoration-line: none;">Tere Rodriguez-Nora</a></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.4px;"></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; font-size: 15.4px;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBhn29bSqLaPaxVa71VWv6UhVz1QSnka-yTLgtkzoTG_6h4a4Qxa4HAdGq-Xs4gQm8IpT4x5xFYTneyBDb3elxgaWpCxrEbMpuMg1ifzTlJRXIfFYYENHlJgwG8YnjJ5Ubbp2_oinQRfs/s1600/Las+Estrellas+de+los+Reyes+Magos.jpg" style="color: #993300; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBhn29bSqLaPaxVa71VWv6UhVz1QSnka-yTLgtkzoTG_6h4a4Qxa4HAdGq-Xs4gQm8IpT4x5xFYTneyBDb3elxgaWpCxrEbMpuMg1ifzTlJRXIfFYYENHlJgwG8YnjJ5Ubbp2_oinQRfs/s320/Las+Estrellas+de+los+Reyes+Magos.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 7.5pt;"></div></div><div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 249, 238); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Con vivas ilustraciones y profundo mensaje, Benjamín descubre una tradición milenaria.</b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>La historia comienza en una noche clara llena de estrellas cuando Benjamín distingue tres estrellas brillantes que centellean más que las otras. Cuando va a visitar a su abuelo, él le explica la historia mágica de las estrellas y la conexión entre la constelación de Orión y las tres estrellas de los Reyes.<o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>Niño y abuelo dialogan acerca de la celebración tradicional y cómo sigue siendo similar hasta hoy en Hispanoamérica. Es costumbre preparar una caja de heno y agua para los camellos la noche antes de la gran fiesta ya que los reyes magos han recorrido una larga distancia. Los Reyes traen los regalos a los niños como ellos trajeron regalos una vez. </b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="color: blue;"><b>La conversación termina con la esperanza de que esta tradición permanece para siempre.</b></span><span style="color: #111111;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: #111111; font-family: georgia, serif;">------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: #eeeeee;"><span face="arial, sans-serif"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">With vivid illustrations and thoughtful message, Benjamin discovers an ancient tradition.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">The story begins in a clear night full of stars, Benjamin differentiates three in particular that twinkled more than the others. When he went to visit his grandfather, he explains him the magical story behind those stars and the connection between Orion Constellation and the Three Kings Stars.</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;">Child and Grandfather dialogue about the traditional Spanish celebration and how it remains similar until today. 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It is gratifying to meet our goals, but do we follow the resolutions throughout the year? Probably not! However, it is important to start the year with a purpose in mind and grateful heart. Let's set up small goals base on the good things and experiences learned from the previous year. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; word-spacing: 6px;">Step by step, you can reach far. </span><br /></span><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center; word-spacing: 6px;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit; word-spacing: 6px;"><div><br /></div><div>With a new beginning, I reflect that </div><div>excuses limit us, desires drive us, and dreams are possible. Do not give up! Star the New Year with a grateful heart. ❤️</div><div><br /></div><div>Happy and Blessed New Year! </div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; word-spacing: 6px;"><span class="7oe"><span style="font-family: inherit; word-spacing: 0px;" title="wink emoticon"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl8TsrBibz_Fmj7I_mYo3J09lfGfI_o1aagdJ82celr77SS1aPWzxSP5YvYzOjZiDdJcgRfo0OERvkHBfzssraO3OpK7CxI8CGXzuLHx4HnwQkQFonfpDQut0R4FXlfymvrP2d7n_XgF7wj6RtY5v5-mFfVwjIxWhRxV4QYA-JQ-r9KOgm0ww7Dg3729g/s1143/Welcome%20January.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="1143" height="230" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl8TsrBibz_Fmj7I_mYo3J09lfGfI_o1aagdJ82celr77SS1aPWzxSP5YvYzOjZiDdJcgRfo0OERvkHBfzssraO3OpK7CxI8CGXzuLHx4HnwQkQFonfpDQut0R4FXlfymvrP2d7n_XgF7wj6RtY5v5-mFfVwjIxWhRxV4QYA-JQ-r9KOgm0ww7Dg3729g/w400-h230/Welcome%20January.png" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; word-spacing: 6px;">May the Bethlehem Star guide your path!</span></div></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center; word-spacing: 6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">#LuzDelMes✨</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjmIvjXwIgS1Uef4WWwuY_aZ6S72RrrW-jetdTz3Hx4Fixdfeg_KccjI3hdGGg_sB7ntwKLO1cQMjs35AFmFgkCTzoRK2a1f4Ys0PCZ-KvC3EwhwVn5j5UGShAhglU3x-Y9GCGQChX5o/s1600/Bethlehem+Star.png" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img border="0" data-original-height="117" data-original-width="109" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjmIvjXwIgS1Uef4WWwuY_aZ6S72RrrW-jetdTz3Hx4Fixdfeg_KccjI3hdGGg_sB7ntwKLO1cQMjs35AFmFgkCTzoRK2a1f4Ys0PCZ-KvC3EwhwVn5j5UGShAhglU3x-Y9GCGQChX5o/s1600/Bethlehem+Star.png" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" /></span></a></div><div style="color: #222222; text-align: center; word-spacing: 6px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: red;"> </span><a href="https://luzdelmes.blogspot.com/2017/11/plan-prepare-project-successful-2018.html" style="background-color: white; color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">Planning Ideas for the New Year</a></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>By Maritza Martinez Mejia</b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: start;"></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: #4b4f56; line-height: 19.9733px;"></span>Visit Link 👉<br /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: start;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://southernwritersmagazine.blogspot.com/2016/03/planning-ideas-for-new-year.html" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">http://southernwritersmagazine.blogspot.com/2016/03/planning-ideas-for-new-year.html</a></span></div></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><br /></div><hr style="color: #222222; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><div style="color: #222222; padding: 5px; word-spacing: 6px;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.9733px;">Enero es un mes usualmente para hacer resoluciones. Es gratificante cumplir nuestras metas, pero ¿seguimos las resoluciones durante todo el año? ¡Probablemente no! Sin embargo, es importante empezar el año con un propósito en mente y corazón agradecido. Planeemos metas cortas basadas en las cosas positivas y el aprendizaje del año anterior. Paso a paso, se puede llegar lejos. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; text-align: center;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.9733px;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: #222222; line-height: 19.9733px;">Cada nuevo amanecer me recuerda que las excusas nos limitan, los deseos nos impulsan, y los sueños son posibles. ¡No te des por vencido! 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Mejía</span></span></b></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6925166950573868539" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff9ee; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.013px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5823036568757768326" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.094px;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-7721856843112524240" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.028px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1233006423689766716" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.028px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span>For Christians, December is a time of preparation. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; white-space-collapse: preserve;">It is the beginning of a four week period of preparation in anticipation of the Nativity of Jesus Christ and the reminder of Christ’s second coming.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span><span>During four weeks of waiting period called "Advent," we made an Advent Wreath. Each Sunday a candle will be lit. The first, </span><span>second, and forth candle are purple and the third candle is pink color. These colors represent a time of preparation and </span><span>joy for the birthday of Jesus; reason for the season. </span></span></div><p style="color: black;"><b style="color: #222222;"><span><span style="color: red;"></span></span></b></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span>This year, I invite you to set aside the commercial</span><span> </span><span>rush and find the real reason of the season. Don’t forget to collect family <span>memorie</span></span><span>s not possessions. </span></div></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Many blessings!</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 16.94px; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROfqKt8XQ-Vuexm5I0ccFQkmXE7FfDWd7msI-GBkZgC_LuEEFZXxp3qv2pvW5dGiQk5n4l4rRWWs9Ju6WZDEE4DFwCO2keaicK6oIR1eoRuF6LZzXXodq6STlcQDfJoLhKS5HAnK7SigcBZ5RbSIzaEgGSo9StbjVasJDNwQXbjcSr5PhUzM_Oo1f/s1233/Welcome%20December.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="701" data-original-width="1233" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROfqKt8XQ-Vuexm5I0ccFQkmXE7FfDWd7msI-GBkZgC_LuEEFZXxp3qv2pvW5dGiQk5n4l4rRWWs9Ju6WZDEE4DFwCO2keaicK6oIR1eoRuF6LZzXXodq6STlcQDfJoLhKS5HAnK7SigcBZ5RbSIzaEgGSo9StbjVasJDNwQXbjcSr5PhUzM_Oo1f/w400-h228/Welcome%20December.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 29.04px; font-weight: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: 16.94px;">And...</span><span style="color: red; font-family: cambria, serif; font-size: 15pt;">Happy </span><span style="color: lime; font-family: cambria, serif; font-size: 15pt;">New</span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif; font-size: 15pt;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: cambria, serif; font-size: 15pt;">Year!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 16.94px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span><br /><hr align="center" noshade="" size="2" width="100%" /><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Para los cristianos, Diciembre es un tiempo de preparación a la Navidad.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="ES-TRAD">Durante cuatro semanas o período de espera llamada Adviento, preparamos una Corona de Adviento. Cada domingo se enciende una vela. La primera, segunda y cuarta vela son púrpura y la tercera vela es de color rosado. Estos colores representan la espera y gozo de la celebración al Nacimiento de Jesús; razón de la Navidad. Éste año, los invito a dejar a un lado las congestiones comerciales de ésta temporada y encontremos la razón de la Navidad. No olvides coleccionar memorias familiares no posesiones</span></div></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #38761d;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Bendiciones lleguen a ti! ...y Feliz</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif; font-size: 29.04px;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Año</span><span style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, Palatino Linotype, Palatino, serif; font-size: 29.04px;">.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 29.04px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; 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line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="ES-TRAD" style="background: white;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="background: orange; color: red; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt;"></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></h3></div></div>luzdelmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668864571692701959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657051462378978726.post-29918824485011425452023-11-01T13:39:00.005-04:002024-01-13T15:32:03.783-05:00Welcome November - Bienvenido Noviembre <p> <b style="color: #ffa400; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16.5pt;">Reflections by Maritza M. Mejía</span></b></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-8078094440355524006" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.094px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-423762592028200683" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 16.94px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.028px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">During November, in some places, is commemorated </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">the Day of the Death and </span><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Thanksgiving. Life and Death part of our essence. I invite you to give thanks for your love ones and not only for what we have, but for what we don't have. Be generous and share with the less fortunate your blessings.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin-bottom: 6px; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: orange;">November </span><span style="color: red;">Quatrain </span></span></b></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138;">All ghosts are gone </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #e69138;">All souls remembered </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #e69138;">Preparations are done </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: orange;">Welcome November!</span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHibRPtlw88_vZ4-RcAe4Kdzn-ARD_vmERsqV6qwD26MZUFuuBjElW6_vaKYbe52OBmHdcFTyBebUrnb-LvhkupNXOfIL6-bp5K2hQh_tXYoDq-sx4yAypSMiNZkE9dmnFOVxe6tzp55O0Vi66m3T-l1JLAJyIyB6qrobjfk5oIFymnmX0lPklVJFd72M/s1157/Welcome%20November.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="647" data-original-width="1157" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHibRPtlw88_vZ4-RcAe4Kdzn-ARD_vmERsqV6qwD26MZUFuuBjElW6_vaKYbe52OBmHdcFTyBebUrnb-LvhkupNXOfIL6-bp5K2hQh_tXYoDq-sx4yAypSMiNZkE9dmnFOVxe6tzp55O0Vi66m3T-l1JLAJyIyB6qrobjfk5oIFymnmX0lPklVJFd72M/w400-h224/Welcome%20November.png" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red; font-size: 15pt;"><span style="font-family: cambria, serif; font-size: 15pt;"></span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: cambria, serif; font-size: 20pt;">Happy</span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif; font-size: 20pt;"><span style="color: red;"> </span><span style="color: orange;">November!</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><br /><hr align="center" noshade="" size="2" width="100%" /><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 24px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;"><b style="font-size: 15.4px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 16.5pt;"><span style="color: #ffd966;">Reflexión por Maritza M. Mejía</span></span></b></h3></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;">Durante Noviembre, en algunos lugares, se conmemora el Día de los Muertos y Acción de Gracias. Vida y Muerte es parte de nuestra esencia. Les invito a dar gracias por tus seres queridos difuntos y no sólo por lo que tenemos, sino por lo que no tenemos. Se generoso y comparte con los menos favorecidos tus bendiciones. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><div style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span><span face="helvetica, arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: orange;">Noviembre </span><span style="color: red;"> </span></b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15.4px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: #e69138; font-family: cambria, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Los fantasmas se fueron </span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: cambria, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: #e69138; font-family: cambria, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Las almas se recordaron </span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: cambria, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: #e69138; font-family: cambria, serif; font-size: 13.5pt;">Preparaciones se hicieron</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: orange;">¡Bienvenido Noviembre!</span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Received Crystal Apple 2006, VCB Poetry 2015, Latino Book Awards 2016, </span></span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: left;"><i style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Premio Verso Dorado 2022 </span></span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: start;"><i style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center;"> </span></i></strong> </span></i></strong></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>luzdelmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668864571692701959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657051462378978726.post-62336761989272397362023-10-01T15:49:00.004-04:002024-01-13T15:16:54.553-05:00Welcome October - Bienvenido Octubre <p> <span style="background-color: #68a7aa; color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 22px;">Reflections by Maritza M. Mejía</span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-3146659137372612316" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.013px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-2444318270885029511" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff9ee; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.013px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-797713223603524052" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.028px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-6215854631143211833" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.028px;"><div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">October, month dedicated to the Holy Rosary. Yes, the Holy Rosary. It might sound bizarre, but we still are praying this devotion from the Thirteen Century that is not devotion of the past, yet the present. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">I invite you to pray the Rosary for peace. Let’s raise our voices to beg for help to the Queen of Peace who intercede for us.</span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 16.94px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: cambria, serif; font-size: 15pt;"></span><span style="font-family: cambria, serif; font-size: 15pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: orange; font-family: cambria, serif; font-size: large;"><b>Blessings!</b></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzQukK8qbFBZkxxI4Ee2Z6VTt0Ef-g7T6y7k6UFvZn2lsk2eFlMLDbyjwUPCtFqGEtWeNQkN9jNJyFNL6pJhhjAUiVkePwSYOdx7SYuSmZ5AV1Zjhz-tclh3TuPg9rmoqiyaDgDNedR9j2UEBJWoD05IIsCPALH0p9TrJoSweemrJA4VeO9sDspgf/s1311/Welcome%20October.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="744" data-original-width="1311" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimzQukK8qbFBZkxxI4Ee2Z6VTt0Ef-g7T6y7k6UFvZn2lsk2eFlMLDbyjwUPCtFqGEtWeNQkN9jNJyFNL6pJhhjAUiVkePwSYOdx7SYuSmZ5AV1Zjhz-tclh3TuPg9rmoqiyaDgDNedR9j2UEBJWoD05IIsCPALH0p9TrJoSweemrJA4VeO9sDspgf/w400-h228/Welcome%20October.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><b style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: red; font-family: inherit; text-align: left; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: large;">¡Bendiciones!</span></b></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.013px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.013px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.028px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.028px;"><div style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Octubre, mes dedicado al Santo Rosario. Si, al Santo Rosario. Puede parecer extraño, pero aún seguimos rezando esta devoción del siglo XIII y no no es una devoción de siglos pasados, sino del presente. </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="ES-TRAD"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">Te invito a rezar el Rosario por la paz. 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background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Received Crystal Apple 2006, VCB Poetry 2015, Latino Book Awards 2016, </span></span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: left;"><i style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Premio Verso Dorado 2022 </span></span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: start;"><i style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center;"> </span></i></strong> </span></i></strong></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16.94px; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div></div></div></div></div>luzdelmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668864571692701959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657051462378978726.post-39080685573941170292023-09-01T15:47:00.001-04:002024-01-13T15:16:39.197-05:00Welcome September - Bienvenido September <p> <span style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-family: inherit;">T</span><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: inherit;">he last quarter of this year is here! We still have time to make this challenging year a unique one. Have courage and most of all trust in you.</span></p><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 249, 238); font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 249, 238); font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><b style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">Blessings and Happy September!</span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 249, 238); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-53Vyy6dcBipbPMT2iUA5-oHuNO2IJ75vQU4_21rpj0oaxj-GiWA3nEkMydP1jFR5_W2J_IfSdat26D3eufOFsFuz3uDnH00yLe_Vzft_NGRwFflwlQ6WKCc-W1zmH30SvdJX7__y78/s1318/Welcome+September.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="749" data-original-width="1318" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU-53Vyy6dcBipbPMT2iUA5-oHuNO2IJ75vQU4_21rpj0oaxj-GiWA3nEkMydP1jFR5_W2J_IfSdat26D3eufOFsFuz3uDnH00yLe_Vzft_NGRwFflwlQ6WKCc-W1zmH30SvdJX7__y78/w400-h228/Welcome+September.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 249, 238); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; text-align: left;"><br /></span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 249, 238); color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><b style="color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; text-align: left;">¡</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif;"><span style="background-color: yellow; font-family: georgia, serif;">Bendiciones y Feliz Septiembre!</span></span></span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 249, 238); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 11.5pt;"></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 249, 238); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: georgia, serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 249, 238); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 20px;">¡</span><span style="font-family: inherit;">El último trimestre de este año ya está aquí! Todavía estamos a tiempo de hacer de éste desafiante </span></span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #222222;">año algo </span><span style="color: #222222;">único. Ten coraje y sobre todo confía en ti.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background: rgb(255, 249, 238); line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; font-family: Cambria; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Thank you for your support!</span><span face=""Segoe UI Symbol", sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 10.5pt;">🌷</span><span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #00b050; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;">ACTIVIDADES GRATIS EN: www.luzdelmes.com</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 18.634px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: times, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;"><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: Cambria; font-size: medium; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 11.5pt;">Maritza Martínez Mejía</span></b></p><div style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: medium;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: start;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #00b050;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16.94px;"><span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 11.5pt;">Mother, Theologian, Author, Educator and Translator</span><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: 14pt;"></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16.94px;"><span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 11.5pt;"><br /></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 7.5pt;">Read your World Board of Trustees and Member: FWA, </span></b><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 7.5pt;">Read to Me, Day! Ambassador </span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 7.5pt;">ANLMI & Gremio Poético Colombiano </span></b></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="arial, sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-size: 10px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px;"><b><span face=""helvetica" , sans-serif" lang="ES-TRAD" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 7.5pt;">FREE Reading Activities visit: <a href="http://www.luzdelmes.com/" style="color: #888888; text-decoration-line: none;">www.luzdelmes.com</a></span></b></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="ES-TRAD" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWaXViEWJlMOznHEx0bvzqG9SVdBRgwkqREz8-hflXn2wmwmdIU3-7irLoOUgJZYwoMhUaXfiih6JBjaJI9JpJxJ88BQ4g4Qa1NSUCCB4iJtB6whzEuPo6FMJWXiW9RnOdjLl81vbOUjg/s1600/Banner1_Maritza-Mejia.png" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="96" data-original-width="748" height="41" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWaXViEWJlMOznHEx0bvzqG9SVdBRgwkqREz8-hflXn2wmwmdIU3-7irLoOUgJZYwoMhUaXfiih6JBjaJI9JpJxJ88BQ4g4Qa1NSUCCB4iJtB6whzEuPo6FMJWXiW9RnOdjLl81vbOUjg/s320/Banner1_Maritza-Mejia.png" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 1px solid rgb(238, 238, 238); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1) 1px 1px 5px; padding: 5px; position: relative;" width="320" /></a></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: cambria; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="ES-TRAD" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="background: orange; color: red; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 18pt;"></span></span></div><div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span face=""arial" , sans-serif" lang="ES-TRAD" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Received Crystal Apple 2006, VCB Poetry 2015, Latino Book Awards 2016, </span></span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: left;"><i style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="color: magenta; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center;"><span lang="ES-TRAD" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: x-small;">Premio Verso Dorado 2022 </span></span><strong style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; letter-spacing: 0.5px; text-align: start;"><i style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-family: "times new roman", serif; font-size: small; font-style: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: center;"> </span></i></strong> </span></i></strong></div></div></div></div></div></div></span></div></div></div></div></span></div><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><o:p></o:p></p></div>luzdelmeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00668864571692701959noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657051462378978726.post-3919401253377593472023-08-01T00:00:00.001-04:002023-08-01T06:44:21.953-04:00Welcome August - Bienvenido Agosto <p><span style="background-color: #68a7aa; color: white; font-family: georgia; font-size: 22px;">Reflections by Maritza Martínez Mejía</span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-5196355356560124884" itemprop="description articleBody" style="line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.013px;"><div id="reflection" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 16.94px; padding: 5px; word-spacing: 6px;">A new season is around the corner. For some, a new school year is about to beginning, and for others the routine continues. It is a good opportunity to learn from our mistakes and work to be our best selves. </div><div id="reflection" style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 16.94px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; word-spacing: 6px;"><b><span style="color: #e69138;">Have a Happy August!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5Tks2wgs1LUPblZdo-yyNpEGB_JjJOuOtBP9HYcR8bsvEpvFAaKW-dwG22XTiD0V3nUYDs5-z8TxMvD3LyMYzkPjCPF7SLI0HuKvhsGkz0Imy1FuLyF_e2y8YHFdqJsbypMPJSDfnDg/s1307/Welcome+August2JPG.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="721" data-original-width="1307" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5Tks2wgs1LUPblZdo-yyNpEGB_JjJOuOtBP9HYcR8bsvEpvFAaKW-dwG22XTiD0V3nUYDs5-z8TxMvD3LyMYzkPjCPF7SLI0HuKvhsGkz0Imy1FuLyF_e2y8YHFdqJsbypMPJSDfnDg/w400-h221/Welcome+August2JPG.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fff9ee; clear: both; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><hr style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><div style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; padding: 5px; word-spacing: 6px;"></div><div id="reflexion" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 16.94px; padding: 5px; word-spacing: 6px;">Una nueva estación está a la vuelta de la esquina. Para algunos, es el inicio de un nuevo año escolar, y para otros la rutina continua. Creo que es una buena oportunidad para aprender de nuestros errores y trabajar para ser la mejor versión de nosotros mismos. </div><div id="reflexion" style="background-color: #fff9ee; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 16.94px; padding: 5px; text-align: center; word-spacing: 6px;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">¡Ten un Feliz Agosto!</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnmnMxAipbS4LEu0__FH3m5W-zEcRiohefAK96sj9pnGkV5Zobxev3WNzUiwXjDBZcF_vyyqNSV_PNwd6ndxbeDuHdrBe4n7twmNlYvY2b6cDar_YSosk6mYFc71CL8na2VjbRNA6SAY/s1600/8.+El+exito+-+Sucess.jpg" style="color: #888888; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration-line: none;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1006" data-original-width="1493" height="268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlnmnMxAipbS4LEu0__FH3m5W-zEcRiohefAK96sj9pnGkV5Zobxev3WNzUiwXjDBZcF_vyyqNSV_PNwd6ndxbeDuHdrBe4n7twmNlYvY2b6cDar_YSosk6mYFc71CL8na2VjbRNA6SAY/s400/8.+El+exito+-+Sucess.jpg" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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Mejía</span></p><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-175725935696379272" itemprop="description articleBody" style="background-color: #fff9ee; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.013px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4418240536888730802" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 16.94px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.094px;"><div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-4721907221335425566" itemprop="description articleBody" style="font-size: 18.634px; line-height: 1.4; position: relative; width: 570.028px;"><div id="reflection" style="padding: 5px;"><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px; word-spacing: 6px;">Welcome July! Unbelievable, half a year has passed. Six months ago we set up goals. Have we accomplished some of them? Maybe. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; word-spacing: 6px;">The present situation may have not allowed it, but it is time to re-think what we would be able to accomplish for this year. </span><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; word-spacing: 6px;">Establish your objectives and follow the path to reach them. The future is in your hands. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 16.94px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwo4sm0jXzODUDSKy9sNv8gez8oDnjAnepSGBLqU11jGvucsZK_rUp-RzuDZAf3m5iBxJuSfK8-iLpuMgOgv5_JAwXDeiGbsoRNFji7Do-e2lKgkSVhW86O_edLPFvsouZUpgyRtonCw/s1304/Welcome+July2.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="718" data-original-width="1304" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwo4sm0jXzODUDSKy9sNv8gez8oDnjAnepSGBLqU11jGvucsZK_rUp-RzuDZAf3m5iBxJuSfK8-iLpuMgOgv5_JAwXDeiGbsoRNFji7Do-e2lKgkSVhW86O_edLPFvsouZUpgyRtonCw/w400-h220/Welcome+July2.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 16.94px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: #e69138; font-size: x-small;"><b>Work for your dreams!</b></span></div><div style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 16.94px;"><br /></div><hr style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 16px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><div style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; padding: 5px; word-spacing: 6px;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 15.4px; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif;"><span style="font-size: 20px; word-spacing: 6px;">¡Bienvenido Julio! Increíble, medio año ya ha pasado. Hace seis meses nos planteamos unas metas. ¿Hemos cumplido algunas? Tal vez. </span></span><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; white-space: pre; word-spacing: 6px;"> </span><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; word-spacing: 6px;">La presente situación quizas no lo ha permitido, pero es tiempo de replantear que pudieramos lograr en este año. E</span><span style="font-family: georgia, utopia, "palatino linotype", palatino, serif; font-size: 20px; word-spacing: 6px;">stablece tus objetivos y sigue un camino para cumplirlo. 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