It's a wonderful Mother's Day....My mom is out of the hospital today....she was taken to emergency yesterday with chest pains.....never a good sign, but they could find nothing wrong with her or her heart.....may have been reflux. I'm glad she had it checked out, at 93 you don't mess with chest pain.
Any goodies/special treats/gifts you'd like to share?! My hubby made chocolate mint strawberry crepes with homemade whipped cream for breakfast, and crab legs + asparagus with grape tomatoes and goat cheese for dinner (we ate on the deck for the first time since last year - it was heavenly!). The kids decorated lovely cards, and got me a subscription to a White Tea of the Month Club (2oz of 2 white teas every month for 6 months from my favorite store, Teavana). It was a working day - yard/garden work all day, but well spent.
How was everyone else's?
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
http://www.alternet.org/reproductivejus ... n=alternet The World's Best and Worst Places to Be a Mother
In many parts of the developing world, the day a woman becomes a mother is a day too often obscured by terrible tragedy and danger.
May 6, 2011
Each Mother's Day, I celebrate the two most miraculous, deliriously happy days of my life -- the days I gave birth to my two children. What I counted on: health care, a safe and sanitary environment, and supportive and trained birth personnel. It would have never occurred to me, a resident of the United States giving birth in a very typical way in a wealthy nation, is that the days I gave birth could have been the most dangerous and deadly of my life.
But in many parts of the developing world, the day a woman becomes a mother is a day too often obscured by terrible tragedy and danger. She will face losing her baby and losing her own life.
According to international development organization, Save the Children,
http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8 ... l_Site.htm
"around the world, more than 350,000 women die each year from complications of pregnancy and childbirth, and millions more develop some kind of disability. When a mother dies, her children are much more likely to be poor, to drop out of school, and to die before age five."
...in Sierra Leone, one in eight women dies during pregnancy, and one in five children dies before his or her first birthday.
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
archer wrote: It's a wonderful Mother's Day....My mom is out of the hospital today....she was taken to emergency yesterday with chest pains.....never a good sign, but they could find nothing wrong with her or her heart.....may have been reflux. I'm glad she had it checked out, at 93 you don't mess with chest pain.
93 is amazing!
