Coraggio! http://withcourageican.com Lessons for Living From an Italian Grandmother Sat, 19 May 2012 01:53:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Celebrating the Self-Less Love of the Mothers who Brought Us Opportunities of the U.S. http://withcourageican.com/2012/05/18/celebrating-the-self-less-love-of-the-mothers-who-brought-us-opportunities-of-the-u-s/ http://withcourageican.com/2012/05/18/celebrating-the-self-less-love-of-the-mothers-who-brought-us-opportunities-of-the-u-s/#comments Sat, 19 May 2012 01:52:21 +0000 Lisa Gigliotti http://withcourageican.com/?p=286 Mamma ed Nonna Marazita honored at the Italian Afternoon Tea to honor mothers and grandmothers. (Shown with Papa Marazita and Lisa Gigliotti.)  The Wanderer’s Teahouse festive décor set the ambiance for stirring stories of mothers who exhibited the ultimate courage – self-less love and sacrifice in bringing their children from Italy and Eastern Europe to the US—with the prayer that their children would have a better life.  Thank you to all who gathered to remember and share the courage of their maternal ancestors–an overwhelming Mother’s Day celebration!

Mamma Marazita at Italian Afternoon Tea to honor mothers

 

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Send a photo of your mother and grandmother for a special highlight in our photo slide show! Saturday, May 12, 2012, 2 p.m.  Wanderer’s Teahouse, East Lansing,

Honor your Mother and Grandmother

Wanderers Teahouse Mothers Day Tea

r.s.v.p. Elizabeth@wanderersteahouse.com

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http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Goodness-Renaissance-Project/104778329611615

 

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Coraggio Basket of Encouragement

Coraggio Basket of Encouragement

For one fortunate bidder at the

Invisible Illnesses Benefit

with Chris Trapper tomorrow night!

Buona Fortuna! (Good Fortune!)

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Katie and Allie are reaching out to help others, despite their diseases. Katie contacted Chris to tell him his song Avalanche helped him through her long struggle for diagnosis, and later asked him to headline the fundraiser – he agreed and will fly in from his home in Boston for the Saturday night, East Lansing event!  There will be a cameo Coraggio appearance as well!  See you there!  http://iie.lifeasazebra.com/

 

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Pane di Pasqua Nonna & Grandpa Gigliotti 1970

 Pane di Pasqua for a BUONA PASQUA!

Photo of Nonna and Grandpa Gigliotti with “Pane di Pasqua” (traditional Italian Easter bread)

Nonna baked the Easter holiday bread, delicately sweet with anise seed; adding golden raisins and almonds.  After the yeast dough rose, she braided it in a ring, with raw eggs nestled in the braid, before baking.

Easter was an important holiday in our Italian family, as important as Christmas, the day-filled with church and family feast. The Pane di Pasqua edible work of art was the centerpiece for our Easter dinner table all the years she was alive. Nonna included an egg for each family member and before leaving the feasting table the braid was broken and each family member received the colorful egg, now hard-baked, and surrounded by the lusciously soft, specialty bread.

(In Nonna Gigliotti’s kitchen, 1970s).

 

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Thank you Eric for taking the B&W photo #896 which will be part of the 1,000 hands poster!

From website: “Inflammatory arthritis hands are a visible sign of the enormous strength of people who experience so much pain, that their hands are literally being pulled out of shape. We are proud of our hands. They have endured a lot, and they will continue to endure even more.”  http://www.showusyourhands.org/http://www.showusyourhands.org/

 

]]> http://withcourageican.com/2012/03/17/inflammatory-arthritis-hands-enormous-strength/feed/ 0 Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America 2011 Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland http://withcourageican.com/2012/03/16/myasthenia-gravis-foundation-of-america-2011-annual-conference-baltimore-maryland/ http://withcourageican.com/2012/03/16/myasthenia-gravis-foundation-of-america-2011-annual-conference-baltimore-maryland/#comments Sat, 17 Mar 2012 00:45:52 +0000 Lisa Gigliotti http://withcourageican.com/?p=249 A tremendous thank you to Amy Calk Smith for bringing to my attention that the With Courage I Can! Coraggio! video from the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America 2011 Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland, is available online:

http://vimeo.com/32316620

]]> http://withcourageican.com/2012/03/16/myasthenia-gravis-foundation-of-america-2011-annual-conference-baltimore-maryland/feed/ 0 Coraggio! into action as second elbow breaks http://withcourageican.com/2012/02/20/coraggio-into-action-as-second-elbow-breaks/ http://withcourageican.com/2012/02/20/coraggio-into-action-as-second-elbow-breaks/#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:45:32 +0000 Lisa Gigliotti http://withcourageican.com/?p=245 My second elbow broke at some point last week. I will have surgery to replace the elbow as soon as the swelling and blood resolve. When the surgeon replaced my right elbow a year ago he said the left elbow would eventually break as a result of 30 years of rheumatoid arthritis destruction causing the bones to be as thin as an eggshell.

I hoped I would have a few more years before my 11th surgery but it is time to put Coraggio! into action — I choose to see the good aspects of it breaking at this time, I will make the best of the situation, and I look forward to a positive outcome with an amazing artificial elbow!

]]> http://withcourageican.com/2012/02/20/coraggio-into-action-as-second-elbow-breaks/feed/ 0 Ciao Boston! Coraggio coming! To spread message on How to Live a Life of Purpose and Joy Despite Myasthenia Gravis! http://withcourageican.com/2011/11/05/ciao-boston-coraggio-coming-to-spread-message-on-how-to-live-a-life-of-purpose-and-joy-despite-myasthenia-gravis/ http://withcourageican.com/2011/11/05/ciao-boston-coraggio-coming-to-spread-message-on-how-to-live-a-life-of-purpose-and-joy-despite-myasthenia-gravis/#comments Sat, 05 Nov 2011 12:26:37 +0000 Lisa Gigliotti http://withcourageican.com/?p=242 Ciao Boston!  Coraggio coming to spread the message on How to Live a Life of Purpose and Joy Despite Myasthenia Gravis!

MA/NH Chapter Annual Meeting Sheraton Framington
November 6, 2011 11-3pm

Guest speaker Lisa Gigliotti

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