Roots

Ginger is a root, and considered a miracle healer, and long lifegiver. That is what family and solid friendship provides to a person.


Roots are where you come from, what makes you become who you are.
The roots inside you never change. So, being far from home and being from different roots, makes me homesick for people with similar roots.
It is always a pleasure to be around Southern people. These are the kindest people I will ever know.
Embracing other cultures doesn't meet my need for family dinners together, and parties where people dance, laugh loud, and talk about good things. Where people can agree to disagree with each other and chuckle about it.
Where hospitality flows endless like the Mississippi river.
I really don't mind a person to person conversation, without all of the drama included.
I grew up with such diversity, and sometimes there was adversity. But, forgiveness was real, and kindness was sincere...and eating with someone showed genuine love and trust for that person. Symbols that unite one another. I find it strange that there are people who can pull a Judas kiss and truly think they will live happy healthy lives. It is saddening. Honesty and integrity whether you like/dislike or agree/disagree establishes respect for a lifetime, and genuine happiness within ones self.
It's all about a persons roots. Let's plant more love and respect in our children and grandchildren and community. Maybe the roots of love and respect will grow deep.
I hope that for my children. I miss that many weren't so blessed to have grown up with solid roots. I find that saddening.

Healthy Gone Bad

Every Sunday I like to go and eat Mexican food.
My favorite dish is beef and chicken enchiladas plate.
I love Spanish rice, and refried beans.
However, one day it went healthy...in a bad way.
The rice was white, and had peas in it.
I am so glad it didn't stay on the menu.
Whew! There are times when change is bad.

Before I Forget

Just wanted to remind myself, what I told my daughter today. I need to say it to myself sometimes, too.
This is what I said this morning to my daughter going to school.
Don't be a follower.
Do what is good.
Stay focused.
Listen.
Pray for God to help me.
If something goes wrong today, have your teacher call me.
When others are doing something bad, stay focused on what you are to do.
Clean your room.
You look gorgeous today.
Pretty is as pretty does.
You are a good girl, don't let anyone make you feel bad.
Have a good day.
I love you.
Yep, that about covers it.

It's Finally Happened

Being sort of reclusively social. It has happened. I am becoming part of a parental group. Doing things parents do, with our children.

Thank you Christine for being so nice and giving Ava a lei today. Thank you Shareta for continuing to invite me to baseball games. I am glad I finally came. Ava had fun with her friends. Who cares about anything else.

Way to go team! One more game to go. You betcha I will be there. I deserve to have fun too. So, does Ava.

It finally happened. I ran into someone who I once liked, but now no longer did. It was big of me to be nice. It felt good to be a bigger person about being in the same social setting. After all, I am older than 20.

It's Raining! :)

It's been so hot today. Now, it's raining. Perfect timing.
It's still hot inside. I am going to sit out on my lanai and let it fall down over me.
Wonderful rain! No lightening.
Relaxation. It's been a perfect day, full of love and peacefulness.
I hope it stops in time for the baseball game. Lately, I just want to embrace everything good in life...again. No hiding inside, anymore.

I See You!

This morning while my daughter and I prepared for our daily ritual of going to school, and work...I saw my daughter in a new light. She looked different, had more personality, and stood differently.
I heard her wimper she couldn't find the shoes she wanted to wear. They did not match her outfit. She wanted to wear them together. She was so excited, that she found her glasses.
Here it is I was busy busy getting ready for the day, myself.
We met at the front door and I was moved to tears. She was so beautiful. So incredibly beautiful.
Today is her pre-k graduation. She is wearing peach and pink together. But, it looks great on her. I have never felt so touched by the special qualities my daughter holds...a true joy. A joy that shines from within her.
I scooped her up and held her close to me. Weeping with joy I tell her she is so beautiful, and I am so proud of who she is. I tell her that I love her so much.
She pets me on the back and squeezes me and said, "I love you, too, Mommy."
Hours later, I am still in awe that we made it these (almost) 5 years together alone.
I would not have had a better person to go through a lifetime with, Ava Joy Johnson! God bless her always and forever. She is such a trooper. She has such a great heart. She is full of goodness and beauty and wisdom. She is determined and yet, tender hearted. I love her, so much. She is a mini me in so many ways. For that, I see it is all good and that she should let all of what she is shine out to others and never be insecure. She is wonderful, if only to me...but, not so, many find her to be amazing. I took a picture of her. I will post it later. I just want to revel in today, being all about her. I see who she is, and she is good.

Expresso and Kona winds

I would never survive the islands without expresso to help me through the weeks of sugar cane burning...and the Kona winds at the beach to help me breat fresh air. It is better than a puffer and going to get 'refreshed', as I call it, at the hospital.
Yesterday, was a killer day. There is not a posting telling of when the cane will burn. So, around 2 am I awaken in a weakened panicky state. Thanking God for coffee which got me through most mornings of my childhood. Living in a smokefilled home, I learned to survive with coffee. Self medication is what my doctors call it. That is why I carry soda with me all of the time. Especially, Dr. Pepper.
I am perky, a bit dizzy, but going to nap for one hour only after a walk (yes!) at the beach with my expresso, breathing in God's breath for me.
I am returning for more with my boogie board in one hour.
I am thankful for wind and for caffiene...mainly expresso. The oil in the bean is also quite helpful medically. I love my life. I chose to live it. I persevere only with God. And he blesses me with everything I need in the most beautiful ways.
I am weepy...yes, because, you realize life can be taken from you easily when you have asthma, epilepsy, and allergies to peanuts and bees. It's a blessing I survived my childhood. I know God wants me alive, and loving life. I will for Him! His love carries me through life. I am thankful for the reminders of how precious it is to live.