HAPPY NEW YEAR, CAROLYN, MIYA AND CIARRA

Dearest Carolyn,

This was the first year I was unable to be with you all for Christmas and New Years Day is here and I am filled with so much love and wishes for you. Daughter, you have been and will always be the joy of my life. You have been loved from the moment I found out I was carrying you in my womb. The love your father and I had for each other and the love we had when you arrived was special.

Over the years I became a single parent and that did not stop me from seeing you through high school, Sixth Form and University. Today you are thousands of miles away in Georgia, USA but you remain in my heart as the ray of sunshine that has brighten and guided me over the years.

I wish you all the best, Bibs. If Tia Brenda and Chichi were alive I know they would be so proud of all that you have achieved. I know that I am proud of you and have always been proud of you. Your successes are my successes. Keep on attaining that star that shines in your eyes and heart.
As we move into 2009, I look forward to seeing you and being with you. Keep on smiling and joking and being the best friend a mother could ask for. Baby girl, you are my greatest achievement. You are the best poem I have ever written, the best song I have ever sung and the best speech I have ever given. Reach for the unreachable and remember that you can be all you want to be.

Just say I CAN and you will be surprised at how much you will be able to do.

I love you and always will,

Mama

Ciarra, my little princess,

From the first moment I held you in my arms I knew you were grandma's girl. You are my joy and my peace. You are my blooming lily, my walking happiness. God Bless you my little angel. You are loved and you are cared for. Keep on making us proud of you. Keep on smiling and keep on learning.

Your journey of life has just began. You have much to achieve and you will!
I love you and I miss you.

Grandma's special little star, know this: I will always be there for you. Reach out and take my hand.

All my love and kisses,

Grandma Brenda

Dearest Son-in-Law,

You are the son I never had. You are a joy and a blessing to Carolyn's life. Keep on loving and caring for her. Together you both have so much to recieve.

All my love during this time of the year and always,

Love, Ms. Brenda

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERYONE!!

IT IS FINALLY HERE. THE TIME WE THOUGHT MIGHT NEVER HAVE COME.

TODAY WHEN WE GREET 2009 LET US THINK BACK TO THE YEAR 2000 WHEN WE WERE TOLD THE WORLD WOULD END. NOW WE ARE THREE YEARS AWAY FROM THE END OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO THE MAYAN CALENDAR. LORDY, LORDY. CAN'T NO ONE EVER JUST LEAVE THINGS ALONE AND LET US EXIST WHILE WE DO?

ANYWAY, LET'S LOOK BACK ON OUR PAST AND TRY TO MAKE A BETTER FUTURE. LET US WORK FOR BETTER FOR OURSELVES AND OUR FAMILIES.

GIVE LOVE AND BE LOVE. AND MOST OF ALL REMEMBER THAT TO GIVE LOVE WE MUST LOVE OURSELVES FIRST. BE HAPPY WITH WHO YOU ARE. BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU DO. BE HAPPY.

HAVE A BLESSED DAY.

ENJOY THE HOURS AS TIME PASSES YOU BY.

ENJOY GOOD FRIENDS, GOOD FOOD (WHATEVER YOU HAVE), GOOD MOMENTS AND KEEP ON SMILING.

ALL MY LOVE,

BRENDA

ANOTHER YEAR COMES TO AN END

Success comes to he who is willing to work hard, fight a good fight and sacrifice everything when necessary. (Brenda A. Ysaguirre)

As we near the end of another year we are faced with many new challenges. The economical situation at home and abroad dims the festive moment. If what the analysts are saying is true, we can look forward to a new year filled with more hardship as more people lose there jobs and many others graduate into a world that offers very little for them. Only the strong will survive. Only those who know the true meaning of sacrifice will succeed. Only the fearless will attain the satifaction of a hard day's work for a well earned pay. I do not mean to dampen the eve of New Year's Eve. I only want to make sure we all understand that there will be a lot of hardship but that we can win the battle in the new year if we use stamina and sacrifice. Good Luck to everyone and do have a Happy New Year. Go out or just stay at home and eat some grapes (12 actually to follow the Spanish tradition of one for each month of the year. You eat them just before midnight and our ancestors believed it would give you a good year.)Have a Blessed New Year. Remember, we can make 2009 all it was meant to be if we work hard and sacrifice when necessary.Brenda A. Ysaguirre

A TEMAZCAL GETTING READY FOR YOU IN COROZAL, BELIZE, C. AMERICA

Brenda's PrehiSPAnico, Corozal gets on the way by building the first every Temazcal in the garden in the northern part of Belize. Presently, the Spa offers massage theraphy with an indoor temazcal for one person at a time. This structure will offer temazcals ( a Mayan herbal sauna) for more than 20 persons at a time. Reserve the use of this sauna when it is finish and have a SPA party you will want to repeat again and again! It is good for weight loss, asthma, sinus, headaches, flu's, backache and other bodily pains, cholesterol, and blood pressure to name just a few of the illnesses you can heal with this wonderful procedure.
We are located at 139 Fourth Avenue and 1st Street South in Corozal Town, Belize. Telephone us at 422 0259, 422 0346, 607 8315 or 607 8759 to set up your appointment. Each session is approximately 2 hours long.

As the owner of this Spa I welcome you all. Come in and see for yourselves. No one leaves dissatisfied. In the next post I will give you pictures of what the inside of our spa looks like.
Have a wonderful day and a prosperous New Year.

Brenda Aurora Ysaguirre

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! HAPPY HANNAKAH!! FELIZ NAVIDAD!!!

GLORY BE THE DAY. IT IS HERE. WE REJOICE IN THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR, JESUS CHRIST. PEACE ON EARTH.GOOD WILL TO ALL MEN.

Let us take this day off to reflect on the past year. On all we have done and could have done and will still have a chance to do. Remmber, it is never too late to do something positive and if we do something wrong we still have time to do better or to make up for the wrong we have done. That is life. We are in control of our actions. We can do good.

Have a wonderful holiday.

Merry Christmas. Happy Hannakah.

WE ARE ALMOST THERE!!!

It is Christmas Eve and it is 6am in the morning. I have not gone to bed last night as I try to get all my blogs in order for the following days will be short. Not much success there because I am doing three things at the same time so I have off schedule. I will need to work today again and time is so short now. I will be cooking Christmas dinner early this afternoon in Corozal, and then I will travel across the border to spend the rest of the day and Christmas Day with the love of my life, his daughter and the rest of the family. As we look around us today, I guess there will be a lot of hustling and bustling around as we rush to do our last minute shopping here and there.

Christmas is so special. It is a time we go all out to do the things we could easily have done any other day BUT it is special and so we go all the way.

To all my blooger friends and readers, I send peace, joy and happiness at this time and everyday. Merry Christmas to everyone. May you have a Blessed Holiday.

Love Always,

Brenda

THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR ME

A lot has changed since I last wrote. I became a student at the University UNID en Chetumal, Q.Roo, Mexico in the day sessions, I still am Director of CCC ACE and CJC ACE, I have opened a Health SPA in Corozal Town, Belize and my once calm world now is filled with work, friends, problems, sleepless nights, in all A NEW LIFE. While much has changed, much has remained the same and for that I am gratedul. I thank all those who give meaning to my life: my daughter, Carolyn, my granddaughter, Ciarra, Miya, my son-in-law, Triccia, my stepdaughter and Abel, the light in my world and the brain behind many of the wonderful things that I now experience. As this year comes to an end, I give love to all my readers, friends and family for being a part of my life. Thank you for being there and for being energy to my sometimes tired bones. Life is a miracle of people, places and things. How we live it makes it worth living or worth dying for.

The Man who walks this world alone has nothing while the Man who struggles down the path with the help of family and friends lives a life of many splendours. (Brenda A. Ysaguirre aka Brenda Izaguirre Gill)