Motherhood & Things

L ovely is her name.  She and I have been friends for as long as I can remember.  We are so close we even share the same birthday.  She has been a supportive friend although unfortunately, I can't say I have been as supportive of her in the past.  It still amazes me that we have been in a relationship for so long and it turns out it's been one sided.  What's worse, realising that I was the taker; the only one benefiting in what should have been a reciprocating relationship.  I was the one that caused the imbalance within the boundaries on our friendship.  Lovely and I started out wonderfully.  She was strong, independent and just a gorgeous individual.  She was someone who would bask daily in her full potential.  Because she was always the strong one, I fell into the mode of taking her for granted.  Not paying attention to her needs, because she was always there, always evolving, always thriving without little help from me.  Wh...

-August 23, 2017-🌿 That was the date I stopped eating meat.  Surprisingly it wasn't that hard to do as I had more than enough incentive to at least try to make the change.  I am by no means going to tell anybody how to eat or what to do with their life, but the change I made worked for me.  Let's start from about February, 2017.   Courtesy of: worldkidneyday.org  As a nurse on a cardiac step-down unit, I have treated my share of individuals suffering from hypertension , diabetes and heart disease.  In most cases, all preventable by changing ones diet and lifestyle.  Many of my patients were on blood pressure medications and I had a first class seat to the myriad of side effects many of those medications caused.  Kidney failure, swelling of the hands, feet and face to name a few.  Add to that list dehydration, nausea, diarrhea and rebound hypertension.  Rebound hypertension occurs  when someone has been taking blood pressure me...