Mothers Day

Today is Mother's Day, and I wish Mothers all around the world a Happy Day with your families'.

My Mother passed away several years ago and as each year goes by I understand her more and more.

It's a sad statement of truth, that we don't really KNOW our parents until we are older ourselves and start to question who they are as individuals, not just as our parents.  Sometimes we never know but it's because we forget to ask the important questions about the essence of them, rather than no questions beyond their specific relationship with us.  What were their hopes and dreams?  My Mother adopted me at 3 months of age.  What was that like for her?  My biological Mother named me Dymphna, the patron saint of mental illness....I found this out just a few years ago.  Was she sending a message to me, and to my parents? I'll never know.  My adoptive family were British, so never really talked about feelings, or deep issues. There are so many things I'd like to talk to my parents about now but it's too late.

Don't let it be too late for you!

Here is a picture of 3 generations of Mothers!

Happy Mothers Day to all our Mothers

Who cares about the donald? Syria is what's important. What now?

What about Syria?

We are drowning in Trump drama! Have we forgotten what the REAL stories are?

Who cares about tweets and made up tapes and stories...make the man work and stop messing around watching tv and playing golf and tweeting ! People are dying. 

PLEASE DONT FORGET THAT.
Sign the petion at Change.org found on the left sidebar...nearly 10,000 people already have so please be one of them.
Thank you

Syrian gas attack April 2017

Video of what sarin gas does...can't find CNN video from last night but though images less graphic you get the picture of what it is to die this way.  We must take a stand....US must STOP playing footsie with Russia who are supporting Assad's use of chemical weapons...we all know this yet the deniers were taking pictures in the Oval Office this week?

Syrian gas attack April

SARIN GAS ATTACK ON INNOCENT SYRIANS... 92 dead...

... including many children.  The images are sickening, heart rending and finally UNACCEPTABLE!
Why do we remember the Holocaust every year, then watch it occur again and again and DO NOTHING?
Small acts are no longer acceptable.  The images of small children gasping slowly, agonizingly, for every small and last breath while they writhe in seizures, while they foam at the mouth along with their family members, lying and dying in the street. Their clothes torn from their bodies in an effort to remove this demon gas that draws life from these innocents.
 I AM FURIOUS!
I am so SICK of this.  What is wrong with this world that we can watch these slaughters but remain seemingly unmoved enough to act.
"EVIL PREVAILS WHEN GOOD MEN FAIL TO ACT"- Winston Churchill
When CNN warns you these images are awful to watch it is true...but WATCH THEM ANYWAY.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT THE WORLD KNOWS WHAT IS HAPPENING...AGAIN AND AGAIN.
Trump blew up a few buildings and made some holes in runways...BIG DEAL!
Who CARES about idiot trumps latest tweet?
DO SOMETHING FOR GOD's SAKE

To have more...desire less!

This is going to have to be my mantra if I am ever going to make it into a tiny house.  I am very sentimental and have ALOT of little trinkets that's were my mothers' fathers' grandmothers' and other family members. I'm not big on clothing or shoes but books and CDs are plentiful. Living without a library would be tough. In addition I make jewelry and scrapbook ( although since I've been ill not so much.)  PHOTOGRAPHS are a passion. Old, new, tiny, large....don't know how to deal with that...these computer images just don't qualify compared to a great 8 x 10 black and white.  I used to knit and crochet so lots of yarn." Having more by desiring less" is gonna be tough, but I'm going to have to do it sometime soon, I'm 58 and this house, though small, is too big for me to maintain so why NOT do it now when I have something to look forward to. I don't like apartment living, or living in someone else's house...I love nature and my dogs...I want to be surrounded by it as I am now, not having to take an elevator down God knows how many flights to get outside!
The TinyHouseTalk newsletter has a great article that I'm going to try and link this post to to help myself and anyone else wishing to free themselves from too many possessions so here goes let me see if I can successfully link it up!

http://tinyhousetalk.com/downsizing/

Trump just keeps digging his own grave...it's funny right?

The Donald appears to have NO understanding of the trail of bread crumbs ( more like loaves) he's leaving for the FBI to follow...he just can't keep his mouth shut...someone should take charge, take his phone from him and put him on the naughty step for 70 hours ( 1 hour for each year is appropriate child management!). Apart from a tirade directed about Jim Comey, threatening him directly about "taped conversations" trump continues attacking journalists and now comedians...watch this Steven Colbert clip from last night...

Steve Colbert on Trumps tirade

Indigestion or heart atttack?

Last night I had another very painful episode which lasted about 30 minutes using 6 nitro sprays.  It WASNT a panic attack because I wasn't scared I  simply wanted the pain to stop. It started in my back and I have fibro and had been messing with hoses and sump pumps yesterday as my basement flooded  again but it radiated into my chest and mid to right sternum.  I've had 2 heart attacks and many panic attacks all at home.  Most of the time women are misdiagnosed (as I was) and I hate calling for help because everyone assumes you're either wrong about what's going on or faking it!  I know this seems like a poor excuse not to call an ambulance but I've spent a lot of time in emergency rooms only to be sent home...with the exception of 2 years ago when they checked my cardiac enzymes and I was admitted...scheduled for a bypass, then had that held over, upon which time I visited my son in Burlington and ended up in the Hamilton General Cath lab ( amazing place with the capacity of an army of us heart blocked folks) and they cleaned me out! So I'm still alive, still feel like hell, and think I'll try to see my Family Doc today and get blood work done to see if my enzymes are elevated. In the meantime I'm going to let the professionals deal with my ever flooding basement ( my main sump pump quit after a huge rainstorm event )! So if my blog goes dark, that means the news wasn't great!