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Want to restore a 40-year-old decoration to its former glory? Try these simple, safe cleaning tricks that won’t damage the finish.

Have you ever seen a decoration your parents kept, carrying it with them from another country or a previous marriage? Carmina realized that parents often hold onto items they've purchased in the past. While browsing Greenhill's shopping center, she stepped into  Mystic Gems by Bensani and saw so many nostalgic items that reminded her of growing up.  I pointed out to Mom Violy that she had a similar crystal tree decoration at home. She said it was forty years old and already dirty. The saleslady explained it could be cleaned easily with soap and water. Carmina decided to take Mom Violy home and bring the crystal tree decoration with her. Mom Violy questioned why she was taking it, and I said I would clean it and return it.  I noticed Mom Violy had placed planting seeds inside the decoration, for reasons I didn’t understand. Before cleaning it, I checked online to see what was needed, knowing its value. I placed a towel underneath, prepared a plastic container with dishwas...

Gap Between Friendship


What I had notice during our sheltered stay at home we seem to have a lot of time to reconnect with our friends who seem to busy working or taking care of the household at this time in our life we seem to have more time to chat, talk over the phone and catch up what has happened to the days or years that has crossed off our calendar.

We realized how much we have missed during the times we had no time to reconnect with our friends and how much changes has happened in their life.

As we share stories with one another we become connected to their world and we seem to be able to focus on what has happened to them and we tend to share our laughter or our tears as we listen what they have to say.

Another thing I have notice you come across from old friends you have knew in the past and they start to add you in your social media and you come across to the point on getting to know each other for some many years as passed you don’t even know where to begin. You feel you have a lot to catch up and ask questions about their life and what has been kept them so busy during the time you have lost in contact.

As well you meet people who you have studied with and wonder what ever happen to our friendship why it had drifted when we’re kids and during those times we tend to overlap with having a lot of friends but don’t keep in touch with them.

Sometimes we come across friends from another friend who you knew less of but was your friend for a short time and during those times that person was really no one to you because when we’re young we seem to see something we don’t find something in common.

When we’re young we always look by having something in common or by how they look they really don’t catch our eyes during our time because in our situation is so different during the times we have meant them.

As we start to matured and we reconnect with them a lot begins to change you see that person all over again and they look the same in the past just that they look so matured.

Both of your life style has changed but you tend to have something in common or you have already passed the stage that they are in right now.

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