A Way To Escape.....

I am a reader. I love escaping into a book. I read a wide variety of books. If someone tells me it is good I will usually pick it up and start reading.  I am lucky enough to have three published authors in my graduation class.  I have blogged about two of them over the last year or so. This past week I picked up the last of my classmates book to read.
The book is At the End of Magic  by Mary Petrie. It is a beautiful story about love, loss and grief. Once I started reading it I did not want to put it down. What a great book. It has been awhile since I have been so enthralled by a book. And don't we all need an escape from whats going on in the world once in awhile...This is the book to take you away. I would highly recommend you read it.

Happy Reading
Sharon

The Rash From Hell.....

So after I spent all summer running and walking I started to develop a rash under my arms where my sports bra sat. It was not to bothersome so I pretty much just left it alone. It would get better then came back but never bad enough that I thought I had to go to the doctor. Well when I had my yearly check up in December it was acting up and the doctor told me it was from shaving. So she said I could not shave for 3 months and it should go away or she could put me on an antibiotic for 10 days and it would clear right up.   So of course I chose the antibiotic. This was my first mistake......
So 10 days later it is no better, in fact it seemed to be getting worse. So mistake number two...I contacted the doctor and told her it was not better. So she put me on another antibiotic for 14 days this time. So mistake number three...Even though it was not getting better and even seemed to be getting worse, spreading to my chest and back I kept taking it. I should have called the doctor but I though I just need to finish the antibiotic and it will work.
So I finished the antibiotic on Friday morning and it was really starting to itch and hurt. I called the dermatologist office and made an appointment for as soon as I could get in, which was not until the following Thursday. Well by Monday morning I was covered in rash from head to toe. I was so itchy that I could not sleep. I tried every over the counter medicine for itching/rash and nothing worked. Thankfully my appointment was today at 7:30 in the morning. I practically ran into her office. To say I was miserable is an understatement. So I figured I must be allergic to the  antibiotic and that is why I was so covered in rash. She said that is more likely that something that I was exposed to caused the rash and the antibiotic just made it worse. She took two biopsies of the rash and will test them to see what kind of rash it is and it should give her more of a clue what caused it.   She gave me a shot to help with the itching and pain and two different creams.
By the time I got home the shot was working, the itching had gone way down. So hopefully It will get better. I have to go back in a week for a recheck and find what the biopsy shows.
I have to say the itching was way worse then any pain I have ever been in.
I know woe to me.....

Sharon

Christmas Lily!

Every year Rick gets me a Easter Lily and every year after it warms up I cut it off and plant it outside. Some years it comes back up and blooms and some years it just dies. This year I planted it kind of late in the year and not really in a sunny spot. It grew and grew and then right before the first frost it got 4 small buds on it. At the last moment I decided to cut it off and bring it in the house. I stuck it in a vase with some water and let it sit. To my surprise the buds kept getting bigger and now a week before Christmas my Easter Lily bloomed! So instead of a poinsettia for Christmas I have a Christmas Lily....

Thanksgiving Prayer....

In this turbulent time it is sometimes hard to remember to be thankful for what we have. So on this Thanksgiving morning I will offer you this....

For each new morning with its light, for rest and shelter of the night, for health and food, for love and friends, for everything that goodness sends. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy Thanksgiving. Be happy, forgive, be thankful, be here now and most of all love

Sharon

Happy First Birthday!

On Saturday we celebrated this little sweeties first birthday! She is such a sweet little girl. I can't believe she is one years old already.

She was very good about posing for pictures with all of us.

This is what happens when you try to take a picture with 5 grandkid from age 9 to 1

                               She was not to interested in her cake to our disappointment :)

 She would just dip her finger in every so slightly and take a tiny taste. It was pretty funny.


Sharon
#lovematters

See All The Colors.......

After three days of trying to hide from the world I had to reappear today. It has been a sad few days for me and a lot of my friends and family. I had a lot of hope and faith in people and that hope and faith took a big hit on Tuesday. I spent those three days of hiding writing and rewriting this blog in my head over and over again. I had so much raw emotion on Wednesday that I could not even begin to put my thoughts down without crying. I took comfort from my family and friends that felt the same way as I did. We all were sad for many reasons. So now I am going to give it a try and and try to keep my emotions somewhat in check....

Every four years we have a Presidential election and sometimes the republicans win and sometimes the democrats win, that is just how it goes. I think it is a good thing to switch it up with which party holds the office of president. It is a good thing to have different ideas and thoughts on how things are run. That is how America is run and what makes it great. The problem is no one will compromise anymore . It has become a my way or no way kind of world. We have lost the skill of listening to each other.

It is not about the lose of the election but my sadness about how it has become okay to talk and act so badly towards others. The fact that our now President-elect Trump ran his whole campaign on the hate of fears of people and people just laughed it off makes me so sad. The nonstop derogatory statements about women, Muslims, Mexicans, disabled people,  LGBTQ people and other minority groups should not have been tolerated. And that saddest part about the whole week was hearing the justification of it. I really thought people were better that that. It is hard to teach our children to be tolerant and respectful of everyone when our President-elect Trump is not. How do you just forget everything he said and did and claim it is okay because you voted for change. I don't want a world where hate and fear are the change.....

Okay I will move on....

So now it is in your hands, all you people that voted for him and also the people who did not. Show me that the good in the world. Don't sit back and let hate and fear rule your world. Start seeing people! Be kind to everyone. When you see someone being hurtful step up and let them know it is not okay. Be tolerant of everyone. Walk away from the argument instead of inciting it. Start listening again instead of just talking over each other. Teach your children to be kind and that diversity is good.  Prove to me and everyone that we are a good nation and not one full of hate....

Be Kind To One Another
Sharon

“Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart

The world is so full of anger and hate. It makes me so sad. So today I decided that I would just post a lot of pictures of what I am grateful for on this day.....

Namaste.....

Sharon