It’s Thursday, so that means a trip down memory lane. Please join me on my other blog as […]
It’s Thursday, so that means a trip down memory lane. Please join me on my other blog as […]
This month, I went to my first ever “Listen to Your Mother” production. No I wasn’t performing, just listening. […]
Did you ever think about birth and breast-feeding as part integral to health and wellness?
I can hear your thoughts and see your eyes rolling:
What? Do you think I’ve been living under a rock?
Today, I sharing a bit about newborns and the Human Microbiome.
Yes, I still so excited about this international project that I start talking about it like an enthused conspiracy theorist. Yes,
This weekend, I traveled. Mom got out of the hospital, and is on her way back to normal. Although I left her thinking she looked a little peaked, this morning she sounded great, and my sister, Julie, texted me to say she’s doing much better. Sorry, but I don’t trust Mom to tell the truth about her health. She is always, “Great,” or possibly “just wearing out a bit.” So you can imagine that first on my Gratitude this week is Mom.
♥ Yes, Mom is 87. And yes, I’m beginning to think perhaps someday…. but not today.
Photo Friday: But Wait
Have you ever notice how unique butts are? Everyone is a little bit different. Sure there are familial […]
Today I’m posting over at Once A Little Girl. I hope you like my memories of Dad, Mom, […]
I met Renée twelve years ago. Almost exactly. She did my long tresses in an undo for CeCe’s wedding. She’s been making me feel beautiful ever since. Plus, she makes me laugh. That first time I sat in her chair, she told me she had a real live ghost in her apartment.
“For real,” she said, her blue eyes wide, looking at me in the mirror. Besides, she calls me a genius. How can I refuse to love Renée? She makes me beautiful and she thinks I’m smart.
Renée is funny and she’s brave and she’s good.
Just a few months ago, she left the Big Name Salon where she worked for almost 18-year career, and ventured into a smaller salon. Sure, Big Name offered security and health insurance, but her new home, Salon Coccolé, offered something more important: freedom to pursue what she wants to do and a chance to grow and learn. Her friend, mentor, and boss Donna Gentile encourages her to do that. For the first time in her career, thanks to Donna, Renée went to a Beauty Show where she met Ted Gibson Nick Arroyo of “What not to Wear” fame.
“Adela, you won’t believe how nice he is,” Renee’s blue eyes popped in the same way they did when she told me about her ghost. “He’s smaller than I thought he’d be, too. He does cool makeovers. He knows
It’s STEM Tuesday. Yay!
Let’s get jiggy with Octopuses. Yes, that’s right. Octopuses, not octopi. (Octopus comes from Greek, not Latin, so no pluralizing like we came from Italy. Whoops! We’re talking Science today, not language. Onward.)
I subscribe to the “Stuff You Should Know” podcast. I love these guys. Besides, they completely entertained three grandchildren on a five-hour road-trip. Not the video, the podcast. That’s right; no visual stimulation, just their voices. Here’s a link to their “Octopus, Octopi, Octopod, Octopuses” podcast. Super-cool. Trust me, it’s great.
Octopuses are pretty amazing: tricky, smart, techy, and Pinterest worthy.
Octopuses are smart as the dickens. They can solve puzzles, recognize
So many things, big and small, so much variety. I had a rough patch. Nothing earth shattering. A little breath-holding before an exhalation of relief. CeCe told me she realized I was getting old when I turned 47. She promptly put that out of her head and no longer thinks I’m old. Neither do I. But lately, I ruminate about Mom getting old. She’s 87. I’m so blessed to have her. I contemplated how much I will miss her. Someday. Hopefully, not soon, but time is getting short. Dad is gone, Loved-One’s parents are gone. She’s here and strong mentally and physically. Then last Monday struck. I called here house and my niece answered. Mom couldn’t get out of bed. Sisters took her to the hospital, where she told everyone to go home. She didn’t want people hovering. She has spinal stenosis. It’s not the kind of disease that kills you. It’s the kind that makes you wish you would die. Sisters called with updates. She was not getting the quality of care needed for an elderly person with a variety of chronic diseases (diabetes, high blood pressure, appropriate pain management, etc.) So of course, first on my list:
♥ Mom is home. She’s happy. Her illness, a bad nightmare. She’s back talking politics, state of the union, and plans for grandchildren’ weddings.
♥ My friend Vic and his Love of Great Books. He started a new reading group with that name. So far I’ve read
This year CeCe confessed that she realized I was old, when I turned 47. I couldn’t find a […]