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.
I am thinking of my mom today. Many of my childhood friends were so close to my mom that they called her mom too.
My mother in law was certainly like a second mom to me. She didn’t have any daughters and always referred to me as her daughter.
Glad that you had a good time. My mom and grandma made incredible fried chicken. I cook jambalaya but I have never really been much of a fryer.
Oh yes, we have great food. I walk a lot too.
Willies chicken shack, I think is the name of it. Omg never in my life tasted fried chicken like that! Id go back just for them 2 things. Oh and the jambalaya!!
I must of gained 5 lbs, but probably walked it off too, do to getting lost all the time. 😆
You are thinking about Cafe du Monde. They have beignets, which are square donuts with lots of powdered sugar on top. Yes, they are delicious. Cafe du Monde does have a coffee shop in the park. We go there too.
Brocato’s is in Mid-City on Carrollton Ave. It’s our daughters’ favorite bakery.
And to those who lost a mother, celebrate her love
Needs, I think I went there on a tour bus. Stopped and got , the sugary donuts , I can't remember the name. But omg delicious 😋. I woke up during the night and ate another one. The trees where amazing
So sorry for your loss shemsh 🙂↕️
I’m so sorry for the loss of your sweet mother. You cared for her for a very long time. You will think of her often. She will live in your heart forever.
Wishing you peace as you mourn your loss.
Celebrated with my husband and our girls yesterday. I prefer going out the day before Mother’s Day because it’s always super crowded on Mother’s Day.
We went to City Park. First to an art fair, then to the Botanical Gardens.
Our City Park is 100 acres. The massive large oak trees are so beautiful. They are my favorite of all the trees in our area.
The park was originally, Allard Plantation. It became a public park in the 1800’s. In the 1930s the WPA received a large grant to develop the park.
I loved riding on the carousel as a kid. It was mule driven in the 1800’s, then became mechanically upgraded in the early 1900s.
My grandparents took my mom on the same carousel that my parents took me on as a kid. Then I took our kids on as children.
We went to lunch, Then we went to Brocato’s for gelato.
Ended up going to our daughter’s house to see our grandpup. He’s our only grandchild and such a cutie! It was a nice day.
Wishing all of you have a lovely day today.
May The Lord God Almighty move in your heart and give you grieving mercies, strength, guidance and peace during this new season in your life.
It is still early days and you two were close, what you are feeling is quite normal. Be gentle and kind with yourself as you find your new footing.
Great big warm hugs!
Golden, prayers for the fire fighters and your family.
Your Mom being cared for in heaven,
and He cares for you too.
He will comfort you and heal your broken heart. 💞💞💞💞
She fought hard and suffered much. She was strong until the end and we were there with her to the end. I cannot shake this sadness and I feel like life just doesn't make any sense without her. I am glad that she is no longer suffering and I know that she is in the care of Jesus, yet I cannot find comfort in that yet.
I cannot run away from this sadness and I cannot face it, that day was the worse day of my life and I am just lost.
Thank you for being here to allow me to express my sadness in a place where you all understand even when I cannot say things right. Much love and prayers to all of you.
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. Rev 14:13
And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.Rev 21:4
May God guide the fire fighters this year and make quick work ending the threats to people and the beautiful land in Canada.
Praying for your encouragement and strength for your family.
Thanks. Yes, I stay on top of managing my asthma with medication.
Golden,
Sending prayers your way.
Hope you will be breathing easy for a long time to come.
I could be wrong, but isn't Asthma something that can improve?
Ewwwww, smoke in a closed car is awful.
Asthma, no.
It was called 'reactive airways' in my case.
But I just keep my inhaler on hand, maybe use it once a year.
Maybe it is "all in my head", a reaction to when my mother drove us to the beach in her VW bug, so many many years ago. Three teenagers in a tiny car, windows up, she got lost, she was smoking, there was no air. The white headliner turning yellow from her smoking. We had to wait till we got home to eat.
That kind of rejection coming from your mother still hurts.
If ever you just can't take it that day, fortunately there are people there at the NH, as you have described, to meet her needs. And you can take a day for yourself without guilt.
If you had a day like that, what would you be doing?
Hahaha 😝, what a great way to go! Death by chocolate! 🍫
I love putting honey in hot tea for a sore throat.
Do you have asthma? I have been hospitalized for my asthma. I’m on meds for allergies and asthma. I have a nebulizer at home that the hospital prescribed for me.
Death by chocolate is sounding good right now. Lol.
Yes, I have allergies! I may be allergic to myself!
Anxietynacy,
I had a quick sore throat yesterday, just thinking about honey. Lol.
I took a Vit. C. It was gone later.
AlvaDeer,
I am careful to store honey in my cupboard way in the back, hardly ever use it!
On second thought, I am not going to try it for allergies.
Cwillie,
Thanks for the 'principle' behind honey for allergies. I don't like honey all that much, and Chamomile tea does not make me feel very good.
This year, I am gasping for breath every so often (not daily), as if my throat is closing up.
It turns out if she was in the common area she would have gotten the assistance she needed. There is someone there who does exactly this but I didn’t know.
My mother had a few choice words to tell the nurse about me, that I did not help her, etc not knowing I was there.
And on top of that the pacemaker tech was waiting to see my mother and heard it all while standing there. I told him this is nothing new, I could never do anything right.
Looking forward to the end of this slog.