Conversation – 18

Well, I am home and it was a rough day. I did manage to get to the Farmer’s Market. I decided to just go for a half hour, but an hour and a half later I made it to checkout. I purchased some deli items that I know hubby loves. I will make him a sandwich tomroow, but hoping he will eat the grinder. I also purchased one for his roommate, but both passed. Before leaving the house a second time, I pulled a freezer bag out along with two freezer paks. Though I have a refrigerator in the van, I felt this was a better choice especially when the car gets hot in just a few minutes. I bought two sweet potatoes. I am hoping hubby will indulge. Another thing I purchased was a protein drink that has 210 calories with no sugar and on sugar substitute or salt. I purchased the chocolate and vanilla and left the bottle on the tray stand. His roommate motioned that I should put it on the floor so it does not tip over. However the bottle cap is on tight and all I did was take the tape off. Hubby did not eat the Italian grinder so I brought it home with me and it now sits in the fridge. I also picked up roast beef ends and tomorrow will make that as a sandwich with lettuce, tomato and mayo. Or, may try the grinder. Better idea now is to bring both. That’s it in a nutshell. Enjoy your evening and your walk with Poppy in the moonlight. Stay safe.

Peace Out Peeps enjoy your evening. ✨✨

@oodiebom

Hello Oodiebom, Chag Sameach”.
I read your posts and see you are a strong person. So much on your plate each and every day.
I pray your husband gets better, your home gets ready for him to come home.
And that next year’s Passover you two can be home celebrating together.
I was thinking about the boost and or Ensure, that’s a good source of protein and vitamins for your husband. And it comes in Vanilla, Chocolate and Strawberry.

Take care Oodiebom.

@Sheba

Hello Sheba 🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻 Happy Good Friday to youand your husband. 🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻🪻

How are you feeling today?

The suprise being planned for you sounds exciting. I am hoping you can go see your mother soon. I so miss my mother, and wish I could have a visit with her again.

We are at 89 degrees right now, went up to 91. No Spring weather, only from Winter to Summer. 😀

Family in Brazil are well and are celebrating the holiday. I wish I had a time machine, go back to childhood. Observing Good Friday we would not work, listen to music or even sweep the house. Of course all the cleaning and preparations would be done prior to Good Friday. Then on Holy Saturday morning my dad would be slaughtering a Hog and we would start the Easter celebration.

A Happy Easter weekend to you and your family Sheba🐰🐰🐰🪻🪻🪻🪻🐰🐰🐰🐰

@sheba2011

I just returned from the USPS and everything is now mailed. I am on my way to the Farmer’s Market and then on to the Rehab Center. Unfortunately, I have a meeting tonight with the Head Nurse. Hubby now has an Urologist appointment on the 17th. The meeting is to bring me up to date on his condition in preparation for his return home sometime after that appointment. in the meantime he has another infection with the catheter and is back on anti -biotics. I need to really get a move on to finish the deep cleaning and redoing the house before a medical team gets here sometime next week. I am also hoping that I will hear from the Interior Construction person Monday or soon after. Hubby may not be able to return until that bathroom is completed. Hubby still is not eating, but will bring a grinder from the market which he enjoys. I did order one last night in which he took two or three bites before putting it down. He was hungry because he tried mine and did not like it at all. I also asked about Ensure and Boost and soon as I can will purchase. Also found out that Costco has something brand new as well and it’s all protein. I will look at that tomorrow. If I can, I will drop by Trivia tonight to say hello. Never a dull moment in this house….. 😀😀😀😀😀

Practicing Non-Attachment

One of the hardest things to do as a parent is to allow our children to be who they want to be.

Parenting asks us to rise to some of the most difficult challenges this world has to offer, and one of its greatest paradoxes arises around the issue of attachment. On the one hand, successful parenting requires that we love our children, and most of us love in a very attached way. On the other hand, it also requires that we let go of our children at the appropriate times, which means we must practice some level of nonattachment. Many parents find this difficult because we love our children fiercely, more than we will ever love anyone, and this can cause us to overstep our bounds with them as their independence grows. Yet truly loving them requires that we set them free.

Attachment to outcome is perhaps the greatest obstacle on the parenting path, and the one that teaches us the most about the importance of practicing non-attachment. We commonly perceive our children to be extensions of ourselves, imagining that we know what’s best for them, but our children are people in their own right with their own paths to follow in this world. They may be called to move in directions we fear, don’t respect, or don’t understand, yet we must let them go. This letting go happens gradually throughout our lives with our children until we finally honor them as fully grown adults who no longer require our guidance. At this point, it is important that we treat them as peers who may or may not seek our input into their lives. This allows them, and us, to fully realize the greatest gift parents can offer their offspring —independence.

Letting go in any area of life requires a deep trust in the universe, in the overall meaning and purpose of existence. Remembering that there is more to us and our children than meets the eye can help us practice non-attachment, even when we feel overwhelmed by concern and the desire to interfere. We are all souls making our way in the world and making our way, ultimately, back to the same source. This can be our mantra as we let our children go in peace and confidence. AMEN this is so true. ✨✨

@kittengirl,

Good afternoon in California Kitten may this Good Friday and Easter finds you doing well. 🌹💕✨

@shoelady60,

Good afternoon in the ‘burgh. Lady today is a absolutely beautiful day in OZ. 🌹😘😎
Last night I was out on the front lawn and the Moon was amazing. ✨💕

I did see one of my doctor’s today and the labs were fine and so am I. 🌹😎 I just wanted
to find out if all was alright with me. All I have is a sinus issue and it’s one I have to live with.
I am fine with that.

Hey I manage to watch some of the Master’s this morning Tiger of course is trying hard.
I know you would love to see your nieces play there one day and why not. 💕✨😎

I know it’s Mom Friday enjoy this blessed Easter Weekend. 😘🌹💕

Blowing a gentle Easter hug to you and Jake’s Canvas. Happy Easter my friend. 😘🌹

@taci,

Good Afternoon in S. California. 😎😘🌹Taci I read your post from last night and I
pray everything will be alright with your husband and it is not Covid-19. I am so sick
of this virus I want it to go far far away where it cannot make anyone sick. I have worn
a mask while out in public for over three years and I am tired. I want my life back.

I can walk outside without the mask because I go when no one is out. When will this
stuff end? Please let me know how your husband is doing and I pray it is not Covid.

Happy Good Friday and Easter to you and your family. 😘🌹😎

@oodiebom,

Good Afternoon on the Gulf Coast of Florida. 🌹😎Oodie Happy Passover. ✨✨
I do hope you have had some good rest. Take care of your back.

If you visit your husband today I hope you take him something yummy that he will eat.
Here is to a good day and we may see you in Trivia tonight but hubby comes first. 💕✨

@xango,

Good day in Florida. Happy Good Friday to you and your husband. 🌹✨😎

Oz is a perfect day today not a cloud in the sky and the sun is beautiful. I was
out on the Lawn last night and the moon was full and bright just stunning. God’s
Universe is amazing and I get such joy just looking at it everyday. My outdoor cats
that I take care of were out in the moonlight too. 😘💕Xango it was around midnight
and I can feel them sometimes and I was right they were hungry. I can’t touch them
but I can talk to them to make them feel safe. ✨🌹My husband is up at the crack of
dawn and he too feeds the cats. ✨💕

The kids and hubby have something planned down the road I will let you know what it
is I know it involves Colorado and my mom. 😘🌹 We have a lot going on in Colorado.
I have my new nephew and I have a niece who is graduating from high school. 🌹

I hope you are enjoying Spring this is the first perfect day of Spring.

@loaf,

Good afternoon wishing you and yours a great Easter Weekend. 🌹💕✨