May. 26, 2008
Musings
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Looking at the date of my last posting I see that I have been very lax in my blogging efforts. I could tell you many stories but if I did I could also be wearing an orange jump suit and be sitting in a 9x12 cell so I will restrain myself. HIPAA, the health care privacy law prevents me from giving out any information about the dear people I care for on a daily basis. Many people never get that. I am asked on a regular basis how particular residents are doing and when I say, "I can't say," many respond, "but they're like family." The key word there is 'like', legally they are not family and so, "I can't say." Getting older is for the birds. For the second time in two years I have had to have surgery to repair damage that was done during childbirth. It means that I have to take forced time off if I'm going to obey my surgeon's directions but there is nothing tangible to show for all of the time off. My windows are still dirty; the curtains need to be washed; flowers need planting; the bathroom needs a paint job and I'm just sitting and reading. I do enjoy reading but with my personality it is difficult to see work staring me in the face and not be able to do it. Mother's Day has just come and gone. One of my daughters was upset because neither her husband or young children even said Happy Mother's Day to her. I understand that feeling. When I used to get upset because my children were too young to know that it was necessary to give me a special hug on Mother's Day and my husband didn't even come through with a card, "my husband would say to me, "but you're not my mother." Instructions to husbands-to-be about things that will make your marriage smoother should be part of pre-marital counseling and include instructions on how to train your children-to-be to show special love for their mother on this "terrible commercialized day of the year." Going through the pregnancy and childbirth experience with his wife should make any husband who does that willing to express gratitude to her for the rest of their lives for being willing to bear their children and everything that is a part of that process. If you're interested please let me know and I'll put together a step-by-step training guide for husbands and fathers on the appropriate way to train children and themselves to show gratitude one day a year. P.S. My dear husband does give me a card every year because he learned the hard way how upset I was when he said to me, "But you're not my mother." I think that this process is part of a husband's "...learning to live with his wife according to knowledge..." I Peter 3:7a. |
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May. 27, 2008 - funny
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Posted by Jackie