Countrymouse Posted November 2018
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Replacing the much lamented 'On My Mind' profile option, this thread is for musings, jottings, whimsies, preoccupations and the rest of the thesaurus for anyone to jot down anything they please.
I can't remember what the maximum character count was before, can anyone else? But anyway it wasn't very many so let's keep to that.
His first bout was huge. His BP and heart rate seesawed so fast he passed out and hit the ground. He had 3 more episodes, and each one lessened in severity. He hasn’t had one in over 5 years. No idea what started them or why they stopped. Just so relieved.
Good luck to you!
Your husband had a great doctor who helped you to see these signs. We aren’t as fearful when we know what to look out for.
Thanks for sharing this information. Others who suffer with this issue will be helped by your advice.
Life for most is pretty mundane with repetitive daily tasks and obligations. Holidays are a way for people to get out of that daily grind and relax a little.
The sad part for me is how few holidays there are in a year.
the Church in many instances took the pagan day and made it a religious day because it was "easier" to get people to accept the religious aspect if it somewhat was at the same time as a day they "normally" would have celebrated. And it may also have been due to the fact that pagan rituals could be carried out under the guise of religious celebration.
On our own, we taught our kids the similarities and differences between the two religions and how religions in general don’t agree, which is why I in particular always questioned, since I was very young, how anyone is to know which of the many religions to believe or follow . Organized religion is not for me , too many “man” made influences as well as wars over religion .
When I want to feel closer to “God”, or whatever the “possible unknown powers” are to “ pray” , I go to a spot in nature to meditate . My first choice is the beach , but if not , any beautiful space outside will do like a park.
I do appreciate that organized religion brings comfort to many. I just wish in general that religion wasn’t used by some as an excuse to discriminate , hate, or cause other conflicts. People should be free to believe and practice or not believe or practice.
When we were dating my husband asked to come to my house and trim our Christmas tree with us because he never did it growing up. Our neighborhood we grew up in was very Catholic . My husband said he always felt like the odd family not having Christmas lights. He still loves Christmas decorations and lights . He also did not want our children to feel left out as he did as a kid , so Santa Claus came to our house .
Holidays are fun family time as we have carved out our own family traditions and welcome breaks from everyday life .
the world is full of mannnny religions.
:)
no particular day BELONGS to only one set of people.
for some,
—easter is about chocolate. why not.
—for others, it’s about christianity.
—for others it’s about the easter celebration (pagan) that already existed wayyyy before christianity. easter in that context, was (and for some people still is) about the equinox, the changing of seasons (just as “xmas” was actually the winter solstice celebration, start of winter). easter was celebrated as the start of spring, and all that’s blooming! hope! new! goddess of spring. and celebrating the cool fact that during the equinox: every location on earth (except the extreme poles) experiences the same number of hours of day/night; 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness. :) :)
we have freedom of religion, freedom of belief.
let everyone decide for themselves what a particular day means to them.
example:
9 april (by chance that’s today, easter sunday)
1940
was the german invasion of norway
another example:
today is my dear friend’s bday
no one owns the definition of a particular day.
❤️🙂
that’s why we have freedom of religion, freedom of belief
I totally agree with you on our freedom of belief!
One should also be free to acknowledge their religious beliefs though, or not, it’s a choice that we get to make for ourselves.
There is so much commercialism in holidays now. We start seeing items in stores for Christmas so early. Thanksgiving is sort of brushed aside.
Geeeeez, the major reference regarding religion in her family is telling her children that they are all going to hell! Then, she wonders why they have strayed from the church! LOL 😆
Her daughter told her that she wasn’t setting a good example of showing the love that Christ has for us.
Totally agree, we are free to make our choices.
Chilly here but warming up - supposed to be high of 8C (46F) which melts the snow. Half the back lawn is green now and a few very small patches in front, but the banks of snow along the driveway are still several feet tall. Rocky is enjoying being outdoors again.
I haven't found a carrot cake that lives up to the one I lost the recipe for (but if you serve me a slice I'll be polite and eat it anyway 🤣)
I totally get what you’re saying about religion. I was raised Catholic and attended Catholic schools. There are many beautiful beliefs in the Catholic Church but I certainly don’t believe in everything that they teach.
Like you, I believe much of the Catholic faith is man made. That could apply to most other religions too though. They add their own spin to it.
My oldest daughter’s best friend has parents like the two of you. Her mom was raised Catholic. Her dad is Jewish and previously lived in New York. It was important to him that the children were raised Jewish and it didn’t matter as much to her so the children attended Hebrew school and their synagogue.
The mom shared her faith and she put up a Christmas tree. He celebrated Hanukkah/Chanukah. Their children had the best of both worlds, double the celebrations, double the presents!
The conversations between my daughter and her best friend growing up were adorable. We would attend certain functions with them. My child went to Catholic school and her friend attended public school and Hebrew school.
At her friend’s functions they had games for the children. My daughter knew all of the answers to the questions. Her friend, Rebecca would say to my daughter, “How do you know all of the answers? You’re Catholic! I’m Jewish!”
My daughter told her, “I learn about more than Jesus in our religion class. I study the Old Testament in school. We have the Old and New Testament in our Bible.”
I miss Rebecca. She lives in California now. My daughter stays in touch with her on Facebook.
I like the name, Mr. Munchy! Cute!
yeay!! :)
i saw a click of "like" on my post asking where is sendhelp.
by the way, as warned, i myself will be gone a while.
i'll be very, very, very busy eating chocolate eggs. you have no idea how many i bought.
❤️🙂
According to German writings from the 1600’s, the Easter Hare, “Oschter Haws” left colored eggs for good children.
I loved dying eggs as a child. Mom would sometimes give us a wax crayon so we could write our name on our eggs. The dye couldn’t penetrate the wax.
I rarely take daytime naps.
🐣🐣🥚🥚✨✨
i'm no eggs-pert, and i'm going out on a limb here:
but i have a feeling i might have problems after eating my mountain of chocolate eggs. if so, i'll just egg-nore the problems. sounds better than eggs-ercise.