Welcome to my weekend blog hop -
Make My Saturday Sweet #137!
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Last Weekend's Post:
In case you missed it...
Easy Chocolate Sauce Recipe
Make My Saturday Sweet is a weekend blog hop for all family friendly blogs. You are welcome to link your favorite post from the past week(s) and to visit the last link before yours and leave a sweet comment. It's a really easy and fun way to make new friends and to catch up on old acquaintances.
Here are the easy rules:
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This week I taught a listening class on the topic of "Nostalgia" to the Level 5 English Language students at YWAM. I spent some time pondering on what nostalgia means and how I could convey that effectively. I kept going back to the idea of grandmas and how they play a big role in their grand-kids' lives, but I couldn't find a video clip for my international students that would be personal and meaningful for them. Then I got the idea of how powerful the smell of a particular food can bring back happy memories. That brought me to this fun clip on YouTube called "How Smells Trigger Memories."
My Brazilian students said that a strong trigger for them was the smell of freshly brewing coffee. It reminded them of their childhoods when their moms or grandmas would make coffee in the mornings for the whole family. That's when I learned that Brazilian kids drink coffee along with everyone else in the home.
I sometimes get a whiff of clean laundry soap or perfume that reminds me of my grandmother. She always smells good. Her beauty routine is important to her. For example, she loves having her hair done and she always looks after her skin with luxurious lotions. The last time we saw my grandma was when we went to the States in 2013. We Skyped with her over the past weekend and that was really nice.
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| My Grandma with Amanda and My Mom - 2013 |
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| My Grandma with My Son - 2013 |
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Last Weekend's Post:
In case you missed it...
Easy Chocolate Sauce Recipe
The other day, Amanda helped me make an easy chocolate sauce recipe that I got from my mother-in-law. It uses ingredients that you probably have at home. That's actually why we made the Easy Chocolate Sauce Recipe, because it was already nighttime and the items we needed were on hand.
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Now on to my blog hop...
It's time for another Make My Saturday Sweet blog hop!
Join me (your host) for this fun and easy hop.
All family friendly blogs are welcome!
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- Follow Tina (your host) on one or more links listed above.
- Link up a post from your family friendly blog.
- Please try to add my hop button on your post or side-bar.
- Share about this hop on Twitter, Google+ or Facebook.
- Visit the last link before yours and leave a sweet comment.
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Hi - Thanks for the linky. Im entering via phone so cannot add anything to my blog - but I can share on FB. Ill try to return tomorrow to add it to my blog for future link ups. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting the party, I love the photos of you and the kids with your mom, special times!!
ReplyDeleteHave a great weekend!
Karren
Thanks to all my friends who left comments on this post using my 3rd party commenting system, Intense Debate. Those comments were read by me, but have disappeared due to a glitch.
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