Word play... Media Naranja ... know what it means?

I love my native language Español along with all its Panameñismos and regionalisms and Panamanian slangs as spoken in my country of origin, Panamá... I love English too don't get me wrong... and I think I manage English well except for my jacked up accent that I try to lose for years now ... and my kids still laugh at me occasionally at my pronunciation of certain hard stuff...

 I remember in school in Panamá learning to speak English... we were so bashful and so frightful to pronounce things the right way other than the little broken English we knew that we had picked up here and there... in first grade I remember Sister Cordelia, an American Maryknoll Sister in Panamá teaching us in our English class: ventana = window; puerta = door; maestra = teacher and piso = floor.  We were all excited and went home singing to our parents the awesome foreign language words we had learned in school....  if we were really really good and pronounced it really really well and were on our BEST behavior as in holding our little bladders until recess to go we would get a big arsed 'atta girl/boy, good girl/boy' red or gold star depending on the occasion posted on our homework paper or plastered on our forehead ... can I tell you how much I HATED those patronizing stars even at a young age? LOL..

I love the word play and play of words in all languages .... and this morning as I opened my lunch bag prepped for me by my better half my loving DH I could not help but think of  'mi media naranja' as I came across the peeled half of an orange that he had neatly packed in my bag ....

The play of words? In Spanish:

Media naranja = half an orange
Una media naranja = a half of an orange
Mi Media naranja = my better half, my soul mate, my partner, my lover, my other half...

In Spanish "Media naranja" is a metaphor referring to marriage and/or relationships. If YOU are my "media naranja," or "half an orange" and I am the other half of the orange, together we are complete."


SOoooo inspired as I sit here on my break snacking on my 'media naranja' half of an orange I could not help but think how grateful I am for 'mi media naranja' my other half .. for preparing my awesome lunch box this morning including:

Bkfast items: Turkey/egg white and cheese omelet...
Snack: 1/2 orange
Lunch items: Shredded chicken breast salad with low fat mayo/celery and bits of turkey bacon on half a wheat thin.
Snack: Raw almonds

Dinner for tonight at home: Smoked stuffed Salmon ... my awesome favorite that he will be prepping and baking ... WOOT!


and because I am a picture AW and I love coming on here just to keep in touch and say hello to my brothers and sisters on the journey I shared this goofy snippet....

Here I am eating my 'media naranja' (my half of an orange) from my lunch box packed by 'mi media naranja'  (my better half) YUM!


and I could not resist sharing my entry in my journal A Picture A Day Keeps the Pounds and the Inches Away .... a goofy tool that I made up and it keeps me encouraged ... we all must find our niche ... I love hair and clothes and shoes and make-up and always did ... I would toss on any odd combination of clothing and big assed earrings whether I make them or not and just have fun ... at ANY SIZE .... as long as it if loud or different I am loving it ... like the sparkles on my skirt WOOT ... a part of three odd pieces belonging to different things I tossed on this morning....



Having an awesome Tuesday at work ... eternally grateful for my awesome family, mi MEDIA NARANJA, and the AWESOME OH Community of people on the same journey with whatever tool/action they have chosen....

I am still on a high having enjoyed the AWESOME time in ATLANTA with the OH Community at the OH ATLANTA 2012 event ... I am certainly looking forward to the 2013 OH Event hoping it is indeed in Cali .... if I am still in the USA or even abroad I would love to come to that and take an opportunity to meet the most awesome poster that I met on here and who shared such info that I was able to assist my friends overseas with ... 3 of whom are doing AWESOME with their DS surgeries ... I was soooooooooooo happy to have had access to that information shared on here that I was able to translate and pass on ... with further research my friends are doing great!!!! 

What awesome ways to pay it forward ... with experience and knowledge shared what an awesome way to help each other out.... sometimes all we need is a little bit of bridge building ... we would be surprised what awesome people exist in our universe on and off the screens...

I snagged this picture of my old arse on the OH Atlanta Runway weekend before last ... what a blast!!!! Check all the other awesome OH-ers strutting their hard work too ... WOOT!!!!

Thank you for allowing me to share ... another GOOFY thread...


OH ROCKS!!!! I am just missing some peeps that made this board so much more livelier ...SIGH.... ALL I CAN THINK OF IS BUILDING BRIDGES and second chances ... but then I am just goofy like that....

Cool - I learned something new today, thanks to you! I miss a lot of our old peeps as well...thank you for sticking around and sharing your inspiring self - you will always be my hermana bonita!