Wordless Wednesday (How to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse)

Stuff

Today is the last day for the free shipping on my products! Click the banner on the right and go to the post that lists what I am offering. You have until midnight central standard time to get the free shipping! I also still have some samples left if anyone is interested. You just have to email me your address and I will send you a sample. Easy peasy, huh!

Like I have said before, this is one of my passions and I really want this to work. I am trying to figure out what I can do to let people know about this. I thought about Etsy, but since I don't make my products ahead of time, I don't know how I can list them. I'm not very knowledgeable about how Etsy works, so if any of you have the inside scoop, I would love to hear from you. Maybe in the mean time, if any of you would like to put my banner on your site linking to my post I could send you some samples of lotion or one of the other products I have. I don't have money to pay for advertising, but if the barter system works for you, that I can do. Just a thought.

Also, I do custom gift baskets with different products in it. This is one that I did for the prize at the baby shower. The baskets will vary depending on what you would like. This one is setting inside a glass heart dish. I don't know if you can see it very well, but inside is a bottle of lotion, body spritz, bath salts, lip balm, facial scrub, and a lotion bar.

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On a different note, I talked to my sister about the state insurance and if it would cover the transplant. It will, but she will be off of that in June and her Medicare will kick in then. I checked to see if Medicare would cover the transplant and the general information I found was yes, but I will have to wait and see exactly what kind of coverage she is going to have. I am so thankful to all of you for your thoughts and prayers for my sister. She is a remarkable woman and is so deserving of a healthy life.

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Even though the full moon is one of the most gorgeous sights to see, she sure does have a way of wreaking havoc on some people, especially when alcohol is thrown in the equation. I think that is what happened this time. I received an apology from my child which, in itself, is a major thing. I know there are issues that need to be dealt with, and I know that I cannot do that for him. I will continue to support him in any way that I can, but I won't enable him. Again, thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. You are the BEST!!!

Well, I think that is enough for one post. Have a great day all! Hugz!

Wordless Wednesday (Jackass Wannabe)

Breaking point

Image by Ehsan Khakbaz via Flickr

As a mother is there a breaking point when it comes to your children? How much are you really supposed to take? Is there ever a time to say enough is enough, or as a parent do you continue to be there no matter what? Can you ever just walk away? When clearly there is nothing you can do, nothing you can say, when you know that your child has to figure it out on their own, and you have been there trying to "fix" it, is there a time when it is ok to throw your hands in the air and say "I can not help you."? When you see and feel the pain of your child because they don't know how to figure it out, don't know how to accept the past and move on, don't know how to overcome the anger and disappointment and all that they have lived through, can you say to them "I don't know what to do to help you."? Do you ever give up...

Life can be so unfair...

She was born a preemie, we are only 9 months and 10 days apart in age. She grew up being over weight which affected her self esteem. As she went through her teen years and into her early 20's her choice of friends was questionable. They were using her. Using her for her money, using her for her size, using her for whatever they could get. She allowed this to go on, as she thought they were her friends. She started drinking with them and fell in love with one of them. He didn't feel the same for her, but used her emotions to his advantage. She ended up getting pregnant. She didn't know she was pregnant and even continued to work while she was in labor. In the middle of the night my mother heard her crying and went to check on her. She told her she was taking her to the hospital, that she was having a baby. My sister insisted that she wasn't having a baby and couldn't believe what was happening. She had a beautiful baby boy and raised him on her own. She busted her ass to give this child as good a life as she could.

Fast forward...she went back to school and got her degree in child development. She wanted a better life for herself and her son. Again, she met someone, fell in love, got pregnant. She knew she was pregnant this time, but the man was not in love with her and now she has 2 children to raise. She got a job working in her field and eventually was promoted to the director. Things were looking good for her for awhile. But as they say, all good things must come to an end, so it was for her. She ended up losing her house and had to move to another town to find work. She started a weight loss program and lost 150 pounds! She decided to start her own daycare and it went well, for awhile.

My sister has lived with extreme pain for many years. She was taking outrageous amounts of ibuprofen for her leg cramps. A couple of years ago she went to the emergency room as the pain was too much to bear. While there she started throwing up blood and they did some tests on her. All of the ibuprofen she was taking, had caused the lining in her stomach and esophagus to almost disappear. She now has to have her esophagus banded every few months. With the tests that they did they found out that she also has primary biliary cirrhosis, a liver disease that only 1 in a million people get. She also has an enlarged spleen. Why, why did this happen to her! She was told that she would have to have a liver transplant within the next 5 years. No insurance, and now not working, how is this going to be possible. The Mayo Clinic said they wouldn't even consider doing it unless she had $80,000 down! What a great country we live in.

She is now on disability and isn't eligible for medicare for another year and a half. This woman has worked hard since she was 12 years old and now can't and it is so depressing for her. A few weeks ago, she found out that now she had gall stones and wasn't passing them so she would need surgery to remove her gall bladder. She had the surgery this week and while they were in there took a biopsy of her liver. They found that there was major fluid surrounding her liver and she is getting jaundice.

I love my sister so much and this is just so unfair. I am writing this here to ask you all if you could please keep her in your prayers, thoughts, blessings, whatever it is that you believe in. Maybe if we all hold her in the light we could lessen her pain and give her some comfort. Please...

Wrap thee in cotton,
Bind thee with love,
Protection from pain,
Surrounds like a glove,
Brightest of blessings,
Surround thee this day (night),
For thou art cared for
Healing thoughts sent in flight.

I love you so much sister and will do whatever I can to help you...