I got tagged by Mamamormon.
The rules of the game go like so:
1. Pick up the nearest book (at least 123 pages long.)
2. Turn to page 123.
3. Find the 5th sentence.
4. Post the 5th sentence on your blog.
5. Tag 5 friends to do the same!
Her sentence went like this:
"He was a good king, his mother be damned."
From the book :
A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors by Michael Farquhar
Ok my sentence is ......
"The State had a coroner's office and the coroner had a medical examiner available to him."
From the book:
Girls of a Tender Age by Mary-Ann Tirone Smith
Interesting Mama !
Ok I am tagging:
Marksmom
Jimbolions
MomiJ
Terkot
IrishAunt
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Turning the tables
Why is it just when things are swimming along swimmingly in life BAM it happens .. your world gets turned upside down.
In my life this year someone keeps throwing dams up in front of me while forcing me to swim upstream so that statement does not apply to me right now. My Bam started last August and keeps on going.
... But a good friend of mine is experiencing that this week.
Her Mother went from a perfectly healthy 55 yr old woman one day to being on a ventilator the next.
This makes me take stock of the issues I have had to deal with this year and to put them in perspective. None of them have put me at a hospital bedside praying for a recovery.
My heart truly breaks for my friend.
I can relate to the anxiety of watching your parent lie helpless while you too feel helpless in your need to want to make them better.
When you see your parent gravely ill you realize that on the turn of a dime the tables have turned. You are now the protector, provider and the one that calls the shots in their care.
And just like your parents did for you .. you pray that you are making all the right choices.
My friend is dealing with those serious issues as I type. While I wish I could give her some awesome words of wisdom to make this all better I know that I can't.
I also know my friend will take control of the situation as much as she can and make all the right choices for her Mom.
She is a woman of wisdom beyond her years. She is the "yungin" I have turned too many times for guidance myself.
She is a giver ... a "doer" ... strong willed and compassionate. With those qualities her Mom couldn't be in better hands.
Even with that said .. I pray that the tables will turn back the other way soon so she can go back to swimming along swimmingly again.
In my life this year someone keeps throwing dams up in front of me while forcing me to swim upstream so that statement does not apply to me right now. My Bam started last August and keeps on going.
... But a good friend of mine is experiencing that this week.
Her Mother went from a perfectly healthy 55 yr old woman one day to being on a ventilator the next.
This makes me take stock of the issues I have had to deal with this year and to put them in perspective. None of them have put me at a hospital bedside praying for a recovery.
My heart truly breaks for my friend.
I can relate to the anxiety of watching your parent lie helpless while you too feel helpless in your need to want to make them better.
When you see your parent gravely ill you realize that on the turn of a dime the tables have turned. You are now the protector, provider and the one that calls the shots in their care.
And just like your parents did for you .. you pray that you are making all the right choices.
My friend is dealing with those serious issues as I type. While I wish I could give her some awesome words of wisdom to make this all better I know that I can't.
I also know my friend will take control of the situation as much as she can and make all the right choices for her Mom.
She is a woman of wisdom beyond her years. She is the "yungin" I have turned too many times for guidance myself.
She is a giver ... a "doer" ... strong willed and compassionate. With those qualities her Mom couldn't be in better hands.
Even with that said .. I pray that the tables will turn back the other way soon so she can go back to swimming along swimmingly again.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Legal Closure
FINALLY !!
I am seeing a light at the end of the legal hellish tunnel.
We were notified that the appeal with the state for my son's services will be held on April 1st.
I found that very appropriate somehow ;)
Our lawyer for the case we have against the school district called yesterday and I have to go sign the settlement papers for that on Monday.
The only issue now left hanging in the wind is if our insurance company will cover the IGF-1 medications that my son will need for growth.
The company that produces the medication is willing to send us a starter kit until we get that descision but I think we will hold off for a few reasons.
1. We will be going away for a cruise and a 3 day jaunt to New York City in April and I don't want to have to subject my sil or anyone else for that matter to having to inject him.
2. The possible side effects worry me and I want to be here to watch him closely if they should occur .. again it wouldn't be fair to ask someone else to take on that worry as well.
3. What if we start the medication with the "free starter kit" and then find out the insurances won't cover it ?
Now we have started something that financially we very likely would have to stop.
DAMN I hate that in this country even WITH insurance we still have to decide between mortgages and food or medications.
As a parent it SUCKS to have to potentially say to your child that you understand he wants to be taller and there is medication that can make that happen but you just may not be able to provide that.
After talking to "Michelle" from the company that produces the medication and discussing my concerns about starting the meds now when we know we will be away in a few weeks, she informed me that if we do wait until we get back that we may also have a descision from the insurance companies on coverage.
So now the dilemma is should we just wait for that word ? Or if they have to appeal it and it takes longer for an answer do we go ahead and start him on the "free starter kit" when we return ??
Tough choices and we are struggling with them.
I am seeing a light at the end of the legal hellish tunnel.
We were notified that the appeal with the state for my son's services will be held on April 1st.
I found that very appropriate somehow ;)
Our lawyer for the case we have against the school district called yesterday and I have to go sign the settlement papers for that on Monday.
The only issue now left hanging in the wind is if our insurance company will cover the IGF-1 medications that my son will need for growth.
The company that produces the medication is willing to send us a starter kit until we get that descision but I think we will hold off for a few reasons.
1. We will be going away for a cruise and a 3 day jaunt to New York City in April and I don't want to have to subject my sil or anyone else for that matter to having to inject him.
2. The possible side effects worry me and I want to be here to watch him closely if they should occur .. again it wouldn't be fair to ask someone else to take on that worry as well.
3. What if we start the medication with the "free starter kit" and then find out the insurances won't cover it ?
Now we have started something that financially we very likely would have to stop.
DAMN I hate that in this country even WITH insurance we still have to decide between mortgages and food or medications.
As a parent it SUCKS to have to potentially say to your child that you understand he wants to be taller and there is medication that can make that happen but you just may not be able to provide that.
After talking to "Michelle" from the company that produces the medication and discussing my concerns about starting the meds now when we know we will be away in a few weeks, she informed me that if we do wait until we get back that we may also have a descision from the insurance companies on coverage.
So now the dilemma is should we just wait for that word ? Or if they have to appeal it and it takes longer for an answer do we go ahead and start him on the "free starter kit" when we return ??
Tough choices and we are struggling with them.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Click .... click click click ...
We are playing whats that sound ?!?!
While I'm not sure if my Mormon friends will understand how unsettling that sound can be on a night when the temperatures took a dive in the month of March but I'm betting my Minnesota and PA friends can relate to it.
Think .. cold ... morning .. starting your car .
Click .. click click click .....
Thank God I never let that AAA membership expire.
Off to replace what needs replacing.
Have you guessed it yet ?
While I'm not sure if my Mormon friends will understand how unsettling that sound can be on a night when the temperatures took a dive in the month of March but I'm betting my Minnesota and PA friends can relate to it.
Think .. cold ... morning .. starting your car .
Click .. click click click .....
Thank God I never let that AAA membership expire.
Off to replace what needs replacing.
Have you guessed it yet ?
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Aerosmith for my sis
I have added some of my favorite Aerosmith songs for my sister.
I sent her the link to this blog today and I will be shocked if she shows up , reads it and then actually posts a reply on it.
If she does show I thought I would give her some music that may keep here long enough to read the blog.
She is sooo not the message board/blog type.
Sooooo will she post a reply ??
Edited to add .... I had to start off with the "Garth" song first. The song seems to have been written for her and she will understand why it's here ;)
I sent her the link to this blog today and I will be shocked if she shows up , reads it and then actually posts a reply on it.
If she does show I thought I would give her some music that may keep here long enough to read the blog.
She is sooo not the message board/blog type.
Sooooo will she post a reply ??
Edited to add .... I had to start off with the "Garth" song first. The song seems to have been written for her and she will understand why it's here ;)
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