Stella Castellino, Restaino and Associates

06/20/2023

You Have Not Lost Me ...

"I lay on your bed last night...
I came to have a peep."
"I saw that you'd been crying...
and found it hard to sleep."

"I purred to you so softly...
as you brushed away a tear."
"It's me! I haven't left you...
I'm well! I'm fine! I'm here!"

"I was close to you at breakfast...
I watched you pour your tea."
"I saw you thinking of the times...
you reached down touching me."

"I was with you at my grave today...
as you tended it with such care."
"I wanted to reassure you friend...
I'm no longer lying there!"

"I walked you towards the house...
And sat with you under the tree.
"I gently put my paw on you...
I smiled and said, 'it's me'!"

"You looked so very tired...
As you sank down in your chair."
"I tried so hard to let you know...
that I was still sitting there."

"It's just so wonderful for me...
to be so close to you."
"To tell you that I'm Here...
"Please don't be so blue!"

"You sat so quietly; then smiled...
I think you finally knew!"
"That in the stillness of this evening...
I was so very close to you."

"And when the time is right...
to cross this brief divide."
"I'll rush across to meet you...
we'll stand there side by side."

"I have many things to show you...
There's so much for you to see!"
"Be patient and live your journey...
then come home to be with me."

Drew Cardwell

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"This reminds me of a soup my mom made for healing and comfort." Changua, a simple Colombian bread soup, has a strong love-hate reputation. It’s known as a hangover cure. https://nyti.ms/42xawlR

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08/16/2021

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08/06/2021

✨Just Listed on Madison's East Side // 6145 Driscoll Dr✨
🏠OPEN HOUSE Sunday, August 8th, from 12-2pm🏠
💲$330,000💲

Start your new journey in this move-in-ready and meticulously cared for home. BETTER THAN NEW - already FENCED yard, FINISHED BASEMENT (with theater/office space, rec room, and 1/2 bath!!), BLINDS, SOLAR PANELS, LANDSCAPING, and grass with trees! Minutes from downtown, shopping, and recreation - Grandview Commons neighborhood is a walker's delight with parks, grocery, and restaurants. Main floor offers a beautiful and sophisticated open plan with gas fireplace, eat-in kitchen, laundry, and 1/2 bath. Private patio extends your living to the outdoors. Three beds and two bats upstairs. The lower level gives you extra space/flexibility. You can't go wrong with this floor plan. Lainie Wade, 608-212-4141 & Stella Castellino, 703-593-5196.

08/06/2021

Step inside this sunny & beautiful 3 bed/3.5 bath 2308 sqft 2 story home in Eastside Madison. The house features a spacious living room with fireplace; open concept kitchen and dining lead to the deck overlooking the private wooded backyard; newer stainless appliances (2019); master suite with vaulted ceiling offers a walk-in closet and on-suite full bath; decent bedrooms with wood flooring; recently finished LL (2021) expands the house living space; newer AC (2020); Roof (2007); fresh paint throughout the house. Great location! Close to parks, school, and shopping.

08/02/2021

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