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There is something so comforting, so soothing about a mug of hot chocolate. No matter how old I am, I think chocolat chaud will always have the ability to take me back to special times, when all of th...

Lisa Schroeder

There is something so comforting, so soothing about a mug of hot chocolate. No matter how old I am, I think chocolat chaud will always have the ability to take me back to special times, when all of th...

Tags: simple pleasures

I'm listeningto the new Killers CDwhen Goodnight, Travel Well comes on. Dark.Eerie.Sad.The room gets cold.The light on my desk flickers. He's here. He loved The Killers.I sit there, knowing he's liste...

Lisa Schroeder

I'm listeningto the new Killers CDwhen Goodnight, Travel Well comes on. Dark.Eerie.Sad.The room gets cold.The light on my desk flickers. He's here. He loved The Killers.I sit there, knowing he's liste...

About Author
Lisa Schroeder is an American chef, restaurateur, and owner of Mother's Bistro in Portland, Oregon. Previously, she opened and owned the Italian restaurant Mama Mia Trattoria.
During Portland's George Floyd protests, Schroeder commissioned artist Xochilt Ruvalcaba to paint murals on the boards on Mother's Bistro as part of the Black Lives Matter art in Portland, Oregon.

I look at him and realize, maybe I overreacted. Maybe more than once.

Lisa Schroeder

I look at him and realize, maybe I overreacted. Maybe more than once.

Tags: misunderstandings, parents

I peelhiss tense fingerson his right handaway fromthe steering wheel, onetwothreefourfive.With each finger,the scowldiappearsa little more. when i placehis hand onmy legand gently

Lisa Schroeder

I peelhiss tense fingerson his right handaway fromthe steering wheel, onetwothreefourfive.With each finger,the scowldiappearsa little more. when i placehis hand onmy legand gently

Tags: cade, love, relax

Was it hard?" I ask.Letting go?"Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real.

Lisa Schroeder

Was it hard?" I ask.Letting go?"Not as hard as holding on to something that wasn't real.

Tags: heartbreak, life, love

See that's exactly why I don't want a dog. Why? Because it'll just die. Everybody dies, Brooklyn. Like that makes it okay or something.

Lisa Schroeder

See that's exactly why I don't want a dog. Why? Because it'll just die. Everybody dies, Brooklyn. Like that makes it okay or something.

Tags: moving on, pets

Friends will keep us happy.Our family keeps us warm.We’ll party through the good timesand hold tight through the storms.

Lisa Schroeder

Friends will keep us happy.Our family keeps us warm.We’ll party through the good timesand hold tight through the storms.

Some mornings,it's hard to getout of bed.Sleep lures youlike a strangerwith a piece of candy.Follow me.It will be okay.I promise.You know better,but still you follow,because you really dolove candy.Wh...

Lisa Schroeder

Some mornings,it's hard to getout of bed.Sleep lures youlike a strangerwith a piece of candy.Follow me.It will be okay.I promise.You know better,but still you follow,because you really dolove candy.Wh...

We don't talk. We just swing. There is comfort in the act of swinging. True, unexpected comfort.

Lisa Schroeder

We don't talk. We just swing. There is comfort in the act of swinging. True, unexpected comfort.

It's hard to be happy in the now when you can't stop worrying about the future. What I want is to trust that everything will work out. To believe with all my heart that I'll end up where I belong.

Lisa Schroeder

It's hard to be happy in the now when you can't stop worrying about the future. What I want is to trust that everything will work out. To believe with all my heart that I'll end up where I belong.

Tags: future, happy, inspirational

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME AND YOUWhen I hold a rose,I see the soft, velvety petalsand smile, becausetucked betweenthose precious petalsis a special gift -the one of a fragrance,pure and sweet.When you...

Lisa Schroeder

THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ME AND YOUWhen I hold a rose,I see the soft, velvety petalsand smile, becausetucked betweenthose precious petalsis a special gift -the one of a fragrance,pure and sweet.When you...

Tags: difference, fear, fragrance, pain, poetry, rose, tragedy

Today there's no one here, so I find a rock and open my notebookfilled with letters to Lucca,reading them,noticing how the lettersdecreased in frequencyover the past couple of months.When i started,sh...

Lisa Schroeder

Today there's no one here, so I find a rock and open my notebookfilled with letters to Lucca,reading them,noticing how the lettersdecreased in frequencyover the past couple of months.When i started,sh...

Tags: chasing brooklyn, diary, lisa schroeder, lucca

What's your favorite movie?...that should be our question. When we don't know what to say. Movies are a safe topic. What's wrong with the standard 'how's it going?' because all you get is 'Okay' or 'F...

Lisa Schroeder

What's your favorite movie?...that should be our question. When we don't know what to say. Movies are a safe topic. What's wrong with the standard 'how's it going?' because all you get is 'Okay' or 'F...

If music isthe storyof our lives,what songdid theysingfor me?

Lisa Schroeder

If music isthe storyof our lives,what songdid theysingfor me?

I'm an artist not an athlete.

Lisa Schroeder

I'm an artist not an athlete.

And what I think is thatwhen you’re completely aloneand deep inside yourselfwith feelings no one else can understand,there really aren’t a hundred places to go. It’s like if I woke up one dayand look...

Lisa Schroeder

And what I think is thatwhen you’re completely aloneand deep inside yourselfwith feelings no one else can understand,there really aren’t a hundred places to go. It’s like if I woke up one dayand look...

That’s my girl.Live a good life, Ava.

Lisa Schroeder

That’s my girl.Live a good life, Ava.

I know it's not the end...it's only just the beginning.

Lisa Schroeder

I know it's not the end...it's only just the beginning.

Tags: new beginnings

I held on longer than I should have.So now you've let go?Well, I still care about you. But yeah I think I finally have.

Lisa Schroeder

I held on longer than I should have.So now you've let go?Well, I still care about you. But yeah I think I finally have.

«I’ve never been to a funeral until today. I see dazzling arrangements of red, yellow, and purple flowers with long, green stems. I see a stained-glass window with a white dove, a yellow sun, a blue s...

Lisa Schroeder

«I’ve never been to a funeral until today. I see dazzling arrangements of red, yellow, and purple flowers with long, green stems. I see a stained-glass window with a white dove, a yellow sun, a blue s...

Tags: black, colors, death, dela, funeral, goodbye, i heart you you haunt me, life, lisa schroeder, memories