"It's Not Easy Being Green Support Group" (meme), Brief update about my mom. She seems better!

Yeah! this evening she was talking about getting up and walking ...and leaving but calmed down and accepted staying for now. "Love is sacrifice" - we sacrifice for our children and for our parents.

I was once a child and became a parent and the cycle of life rolls on.

Thanks for the caring comments. The long sleep and the magnesium / Essential Oil lotion seems to have helped my mom. I think that skin is not appreciated enough as a therapeutic organ. This morning was much better than yesterday morning after she had a bad night. The CPK level is close to normal now instead of continuing to increase.

Evening update - she had dinner and was talking more normally when I visited late, more body lotion which she helped with this time - now aware of the many new bruises.

It will be at least a few days to get her back on her feet and eating normally again probably but I am feeling much more hopeful.

Overall, my dietary care for her has restored some function compared to at her worse times and she knew my name and recognized me at the hospital this morning. During worse histamine excess she can be panicky and fearful of anyone, and lights and sounds and traffic, etc. It gets tiring so less of that is better.

I am resting a little this afternoon. It got cold again and sitting by a heater feels good.

*Napped for two hours too. I am using KN95 masks at the hospital. And should really do a Neti Pot nasal rinse tonight.

Aside - good resource article - The US Constitution needs some citizen action. Katherine Watt provides hope - bad laws can be enforced but also can be overturned. Our voices can help.

Reconstitution starter pack.

I do still feel a need to prepare for a loss of power type of emergency but have found it hard to be proactive on my own. I need to be my own leader and motivator and decision maker - no authoritarian daddy or husband is telling me what to do, so I need to be that for myself. Having been reared with traditional gender roles and goals (find a man, get married, have kids), Part of me really does need to be educated in the guy jobs or hire more help.

Psychologically I have realized there's a bit of inhibition to overcome too - “I am not supposed to do that task, a man is”. Equality to me is accepting that it might be more difficult for a woman to change a tire but with tools and knowhow she certainly might do just fine. And men might be uncomfortable holding a newborn - but so is a new mom usually and parents are helped by being shown how to hold a baby to sooth it. (Side to side sway, not a vigorous up-and-down jiggle - replicate a pregnant woman walking and rocking her fetus from side to side with each step - that is what the newborn is used to.)

Thanks again. Improvements today!

“It’s Not Easy Being Green Support Group” meme, unknown artist.

It's not easy being green - but less anxiety promoting. *After learning about the research in the following link, I stopped trying to wear coral (my equivalent of a red outfit). I just prefer green and mellower colors if I catch a glimpse of myself. Coral is startling bright to me and I want to look away. Having “reduced stress coping function” means my body doesn't handle inflammation well and bright colors and contrasting patterns may be over-stimulating to me. Strobe light effects, very high contrast, physically degranulates mast cells and adds to histamine excess.

I can’t seem to type after that link.

Not easy being green but less anxiety inducing?

Okay, fixed it.

Great video, Charles Eisenstein speaking, made into a visual short film by someone else “To Be at Home In the World”:

Remember that the planet can be helped any day by picking up litter or pulling invasive plants - connection and purpose helps strengthen us and so does love and gratitude.

The video was linked in the post: Life is Sacred and a couple short films and a note on future essays. Charles Eisenstein.

Life is Sacred and a couple short films and a note on future essays

The comments included info about making Headings for different types of posts - that would be handy for my various series and random news posts or recipe posts.

Peace be with you!

Ah, summertime. *Astilbe flowers in the foreground - a perennial ground cover that likes shade - make that partial shade. How to Grow and Care for Astilbe (thespruce.com).

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