We just got home from church and Eric is just chomping at the bit to give me one of my mother's day gift that he made in Sunbeams at church. He hands me a little folded box made from paper and then stood anxiosly by my side while I opened it. I sat down in the chair and laid the paper box on the desk, then carefully undid the fastening flaps so I would not rip the box.
I opened to box, the flaps and folds laid out flat on the desk and there sitting in the middle were 10 Hershey's kisses and a half eated potato chip. He looked at the booty for a minute, says "Hey, that's my chip", snatches it up and pops it in his mouth. As soon as he is done he looks at me and says "Happy Mother's day mommy, do you like your present?". Marina and I were laughing so hard! I would have to say that it just might be one of the best Mother's Day presents I will probably ever receive from him. What a memory!
Life doesn't get any better than this!!
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Saturday, May 10, 2008
Mother's Day is not just for Moms
Happy Mothers day to all of you! "All of you" you might ask. Yes, to all of you no matter what age and what gender, if you have ever had the opportunity to "mother" another soul. "Mothering" is not about giving birth or even adopting a child.
If you ask anyone what the word "mother" means to them you might get responses such as: loving, feeds me, tucks me in, sings to me, buys my clothes, is there when I need her, listens to me, prays with me, urges me to do the best I can, enjoys my company, is someone I can count on, loves me unconditionally no matter what I do or say, teaches me things, tends to me when I am sick, etc....get the picture?
I say that you if you have ever had the opportunity to be influential in shaping another's life whether it is as a mother, sister, brother, father, friend, teacher, babysitter, aunt, uncle, grandparent, or anything else.....HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!
If you ask anyone what the word "mother" means to them you might get responses such as: loving, feeds me, tucks me in, sings to me, buys my clothes, is there when I need her, listens to me, prays with me, urges me to do the best I can, enjoys my company, is someone I can count on, loves me unconditionally no matter what I do or say, teaches me things, tends to me when I am sick, etc....get the picture?
I say that you if you have ever had the opportunity to be influential in shaping another's life whether it is as a mother, sister, brother, father, friend, teacher, babysitter, aunt, uncle, grandparent, or anything else.....HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!!!!
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Silent Killer
Okay, so how many times do we read something about identifying "warning signs" regarding our health and think to ourselves, "wow, I need to remember that in case it ever happens to me"? I know I do. I always think to myself that I will know if I am having a heart attack or something like that because I know what the signs are. After all, I am a very intelligent woman!
So, for the last two months or so I have been really bummed because I have started going through the change of life. I am only 44 but I had THE surgery when I was 29 and the doctor told me not to be too surprised if I started the change in about 10 years. I figured that I lucked our and got 15 years. I have been complaining to Orey that I have been having a lot of migraines lately (menopause), nightly sweats (menopause), eyesight problems (menopause), weight gain (menopause), irritability (menopause -wink, wink), forgetfulness (menopause) and really tired a lot (menopause). Amazing! full blown menopause. Orey keeps telling me to see the doctor but who wants to pay someone to tell you that your body is aging?
I started my new job last week and figured the stress of the last couple of weeks and the new job were causing my migraines to increase. I have been living off of Excedrine Migraine because it is the only thing that helps. Thank goodness for Excedrine with asparine. As a matter of fact, I had the weirdest migraine. Orey and I were in Reno and I was driving (of course). While we were sitting at the light I was watching these cars go by. All of a sudden the cars had this black shadow following them. It was like the old TV shows like the Ed Sullivan shows that are in black and white and sometimes have the shadow/aura thing when the people move around on the set. Anyway, that happened but what was odd is that I felt fine and did not have a headache.
The day before yesterday I was at work and I felt kind of bad. Sort of like when you hang upside down on the monkey bars and all the blood rushed to your head. I work in an area where the public health clinic is so I went over to see if they would take my blood pressure. When I got over there I felt stupid so I went back to my side of the building. Yesterday morning I felt a bit better but it still was not comfortable so I went back over. My blood pressure was really high. She wanted me to go to Urgent Care. I called my doctor instead. Apparently, he did not get the message because he didn't call back. This morning I went back over and the pressure was better but still high. I called my doctor to get a water pill that I used to be on that is also used for high blood pressure. They insisted that I come in. I tell you what, I was really put out about the intrusion of my time!!
My appt time rolled around and I went in. I was even strong enough to carry in that chip which was sitting on my shoulder that reminded me that this was an imposition. I can tell you that I did NOT own my hotel for about an hour or so today! They took my blood pressure and took it again. Uh oh. She told me that she was putting my on two different medications and we will go from there. While she was explaining things to me I could see her talking to me but I could not concentrate on what she was saying. I asked her to repeat. She looked at me and asked if I was okay. I asked her to take my pressure again because I did not feel right. She took my pressure, started shoveling medication into me and then did 2 EKG's on me. Weird. Once we got things under control I asked what was going on and if the menopause was effecting my BP beause usually I have low blood pressure. She said that a lot of women will blame their symptoms on menopause when in fact they are gearing up to have a stroke. Then she proceeded to mention, are you ready for this-headaches, night sweats, vision change, weight change, irritability, forgetfulness or trouble remembering things, tiredness and a few other things. You could have picked my jaw up off the floor. I told her about the incident in Reno while I was driving. She said that was my blood pressure. I told her "yeah, but I felt really good". She said that my blood pressure was dangerously high and that is why my eyesight was doing that. Then she said "That is why it is called the Silent Killer because you do not always recognize the symptoms".
For all you loved ones in my life, don't ever take changes in your body as normal. They might be or they might be trying to let you know something serious is going on. Remember how I said that I did not want to pay someone to tell me that I am getting old? Now I do not mind. At least I am still alive to grow old. I just find it amazing that the Silent Killer was really screaming at me and I didn't even hear it!
Love to you all!
So, for the last two months or so I have been really bummed because I have started going through the change of life. I am only 44 but I had THE surgery when I was 29 and the doctor told me not to be too surprised if I started the change in about 10 years. I figured that I lucked our and got 15 years. I have been complaining to Orey that I have been having a lot of migraines lately (menopause), nightly sweats (menopause), eyesight problems (menopause), weight gain (menopause), irritability (menopause -wink, wink), forgetfulness (menopause) and really tired a lot (menopause). Amazing! full blown menopause. Orey keeps telling me to see the doctor but who wants to pay someone to tell you that your body is aging?
I started my new job last week and figured the stress of the last couple of weeks and the new job were causing my migraines to increase. I have been living off of Excedrine Migraine because it is the only thing that helps. Thank goodness for Excedrine with asparine. As a matter of fact, I had the weirdest migraine. Orey and I were in Reno and I was driving (of course). While we were sitting at the light I was watching these cars go by. All of a sudden the cars had this black shadow following them. It was like the old TV shows like the Ed Sullivan shows that are in black and white and sometimes have the shadow/aura thing when the people move around on the set. Anyway, that happened but what was odd is that I felt fine and did not have a headache.
The day before yesterday I was at work and I felt kind of bad. Sort of like when you hang upside down on the monkey bars and all the blood rushed to your head. I work in an area where the public health clinic is so I went over to see if they would take my blood pressure. When I got over there I felt stupid so I went back to my side of the building. Yesterday morning I felt a bit better but it still was not comfortable so I went back over. My blood pressure was really high. She wanted me to go to Urgent Care. I called my doctor instead. Apparently, he did not get the message because he didn't call back. This morning I went back over and the pressure was better but still high. I called my doctor to get a water pill that I used to be on that is also used for high blood pressure. They insisted that I come in. I tell you what, I was really put out about the intrusion of my time!!
My appt time rolled around and I went in. I was even strong enough to carry in that chip which was sitting on my shoulder that reminded me that this was an imposition. I can tell you that I did NOT own my hotel for about an hour or so today! They took my blood pressure and took it again. Uh oh. She told me that she was putting my on two different medications and we will go from there. While she was explaining things to me I could see her talking to me but I could not concentrate on what she was saying. I asked her to repeat. She looked at me and asked if I was okay. I asked her to take my pressure again because I did not feel right. She took my pressure, started shoveling medication into me and then did 2 EKG's on me. Weird. Once we got things under control I asked what was going on and if the menopause was effecting my BP beause usually I have low blood pressure. She said that a lot of women will blame their symptoms on menopause when in fact they are gearing up to have a stroke. Then she proceeded to mention, are you ready for this-headaches, night sweats, vision change, weight change, irritability, forgetfulness or trouble remembering things, tiredness and a few other things. You could have picked my jaw up off the floor. I told her about the incident in Reno while I was driving. She said that was my blood pressure. I told her "yeah, but I felt really good". She said that my blood pressure was dangerously high and that is why my eyesight was doing that. Then she said "That is why it is called the Silent Killer because you do not always recognize the symptoms".
For all you loved ones in my life, don't ever take changes in your body as normal. They might be or they might be trying to let you know something serious is going on. Remember how I said that I did not want to pay someone to tell me that I am getting old? Now I do not mind. At least I am still alive to grow old. I just find it amazing that the Silent Killer was really screaming at me and I didn't even hear it!
Love to you all!
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Who Owns the Hotel?
Okay, for those of you who have known me for a billion years will know what I am talking about when I say that I used to be able to hold a grudge like nobody's business! I could not only hold it but I would nurture it, frame it, place it in a prominent place within my inner being. I would give it a forefront place so that I could access it at any moment and use it to rekindle or fuel any feeling of animosity or feelings of revenge for any action against me whether real or perceived. It's what I thrived on.
One day about 10 or 11 years ago I had to attend one of those boring classes that my work made me go to. I slugged along and decided that as long as I was trapped in the room and since I was late (there's a surprise) and had to sit up front, I might as well pay attention to what was being taught.
The speaker asked me who owned my hotel. Owned my hotel?! Did I own a hotel? Did some rich relative I did not know play kick the can with a bucket and leave me a hotel? No, nothing so grand as that (owning the hotel, not kicking the bucket).
I screwed my courage up and asked the speaker if I owned a hotel. He said "I don't know. Everyone has the potention to own their hotel!" and then proceeded to explain.
We each have ownership of a hotel. Most of the time it is a residential hotel, and most of the time we allow all kinds of miscreants to take up residence for an extended period of time. We oblige our guests by offering them the best and cushiest accomodations available. We feed them constantly to make sure they are healthy and strong. We have them in a place of honor and proudly show them off to whomever will allow us to. It seems like we never have a shortage of people who want to meet our guest. All in all, we treat them to the best of what we have! They in return, keep our hotel in disarray, keep us from our true goals, never stop feeding off of our generosity, never go away, intentionally hurt us and others, make us paranoid, and all around keep our hotel in filth.
Then the speaker asked us, if this was your hotel, would you allow these guest to remain? All of us gave a resounding "NO!". He said "really? Because this is what happens when you do not let go of past issues and wrongs done to you. These are your guests". Then he challenged us by asking "Who owns the hotel? Do you own it or do you just have ownership of it? Who are you going to let check in? Someone you like and want to spend time with or the miscreants who live there now?".
Now, I always ask myself if I own the hotel and I only let in the ones I want to enjoy and make me feel good. I have evicted all the ones who have no respect for me or my hotel! I really like spending time in my hotel. That's not to say occasionally some miscreant takes up residence for a short time but as soon as I realize it's not in my best interest I kick them out! Management has the right to refuse service to anyone. I have that right because I OWN THE HOTEL!
Marina the mom
One day about 10 or 11 years ago I had to attend one of those boring classes that my work made me go to. I slugged along and decided that as long as I was trapped in the room and since I was late (there's a surprise) and had to sit up front, I might as well pay attention to what was being taught.
The speaker asked me who owned my hotel. Owned my hotel?! Did I own a hotel? Did some rich relative I did not know play kick the can with a bucket and leave me a hotel? No, nothing so grand as that (owning the hotel, not kicking the bucket).
I screwed my courage up and asked the speaker if I owned a hotel. He said "I don't know. Everyone has the potention to own their hotel!" and then proceeded to explain.
We each have ownership of a hotel. Most of the time it is a residential hotel, and most of the time we allow all kinds of miscreants to take up residence for an extended period of time. We oblige our guests by offering them the best and cushiest accomodations available. We feed them constantly to make sure they are healthy and strong. We have them in a place of honor and proudly show them off to whomever will allow us to. It seems like we never have a shortage of people who want to meet our guest. All in all, we treat them to the best of what we have! They in return, keep our hotel in disarray, keep us from our true goals, never stop feeding off of our generosity, never go away, intentionally hurt us and others, make us paranoid, and all around keep our hotel in filth.
Then the speaker asked us, if this was your hotel, would you allow these guest to remain? All of us gave a resounding "NO!". He said "really? Because this is what happens when you do not let go of past issues and wrongs done to you. These are your guests". Then he challenged us by asking "Who owns the hotel? Do you own it or do you just have ownership of it? Who are you going to let check in? Someone you like and want to spend time with or the miscreants who live there now?".
Now, I always ask myself if I own the hotel and I only let in the ones I want to enjoy and make me feel good. I have evicted all the ones who have no respect for me or my hotel! I really like spending time in my hotel. That's not to say occasionally some miscreant takes up residence for a short time but as soon as I realize it's not in my best interest I kick them out! Management has the right to refuse service to anyone. I have that right because I OWN THE HOTEL!
Marina the mom
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