Category Archive: health

sunshine…in my heart

I may live in an area where skies are gray more months than I care to admit…10 out of 12. I may get rained upon more often than I’d like. The cold may… Read More

non-profit hospitals offer financial assistance…???

Learned something new while watching ABC World News tonight with Diane Sawyer. Seems a woman who owed a hospital $27,000 was on the verge of losing her house. With the help of an… Read More

an opinion…to ponder

another’s opinion, rationally voiced…as deserving of respect…as our own…hugmamma.

in loving memory…of lives lived…not lost…

  Life…and death…have a way of slowing down the rat race. When we seem certain that the nuts and bolts in our daily lives are running smoothly, the machinery in our little world…our… Read More

at long last…

WOW! Have I been on hiatus or what? With the advent of 2013 I’ve been out foraging through the forests of life, overturning any rock or fallen limb searching for…change. Rather than stagnate… Read More

lose 45 pounds!!!

Last night I went to a company function with my husband. Among the usual attendees was Paul, someone I consider a good friend even though we seldom see one another. It’s just that… Read More

stepping outside…

…my comfort zone. It seems in 2013 I’m steppin’ out and…”puttin’ on the ritz.” Since top hat and coat tails won’t ward off the chill, I’m doing it in…wool hat, scarf and mittens.… Read More

please…take care…

It’s Saturday morning! What got me out of bed so bright and early? Another post…what else! Before I go there however, I’d like to explain why my flaws are often the jumping off… Read More

wellness…

It might seem to some of you that I’m forever making reference to certain failings of mine. Why is that you ask? Some time ago I read a small, thin paperback on how… Read More

powerball!!!

If you’re like me, and I do pride myself upon being normal…although at times I’ve been known to behave somewhat “aby-normal”…then you were off in your own fantasy land dreaming about the $500… Read More

earth song…

…can we turn back time?…hugmamma.

think…sunny!

come with me…to where the sun always shines…hugmamma.

why?…the big C

When you least expect it, life can turn on a dime. I currently know 2 people who are battling cancer. One, a friend’s father who is losing his fight with recurring melanoma. The… Read More

cod liver oil?…or amputation?

Consider the choices…the consequences could be…deadly…hugmamma.

guilty…as charged

We all tend to put our best foot forward…especially when describing ourselves to those who aren’t privvy to what goes on behind closed doors. My fellow bloggers will concur, I’m sure, that somewhere… Read More

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