Since there is not much to talk abou for me in my future I must dwell on the past. I have many things that are unexplained.: Many things that I must wonder about, and ponder. My Grandmother was a very wise woman and was very quick to speak her mind. "Speak up!" She would urge us as we sat around the dining room table. She was quick to let her feelings be heard but she was willing to listen to your side. When one of my children was diagnosed as having an alergy to milk, she at first phoo phooed the idea but she did not drop it and move on, she wanted dialogue with all of us to get to the bottom of it. She questioned why one member of the family could be allergic while none of the others were.She had never heard the word "allergy". What did it mean, how did it come aboout? We finally did come to some agreement about the word. We all knew that we suffered stomach discomfort when we ate certain foods. People would say that certain foods disagreed with them. Could these be allergens? We just 'stayed away 'from those foods.
We were aware of environmentally triggered allergies. We lived in Ohio where there was a lot of farm land. Every year when it was time to harvest the grains that had been planted people suffered with "hay fever." Perhaps it was termed an allergy in the medical books but the common term for it was 'hey fever'.Again, why did certain people get hey fever while others breathed the same air and nary a sneeze out of them?
We have to wonder if all of the radio waves flowing through the air around us cotain some thing that causes us to react to them. Before electricity was invented did we have these problems? It took quite a few years for electricity to be wide spread, and it took quite a few years for allergies to become more and more prevalent. X-rays that could see through body tissue and bones was discovered.
We can now study the brain, the heart and all other parts of the human body with sophistocated testing implements and machines. Think of the effect those machines must have on us. I've had a multitude of scans and every time I see those big machines that my body is going to be exposed to, I cannot help but wonder in what way I'll be affected.
Years ago Autism was hardly ever heard of but now it is so common. They did a study to see if the encrease in autistic kids was caused by the immunation injections that the children were receiving and they finally agreed that the shots were not the cause. What is?
Is there still residue left from the Atomic bombs that were dropped over Hiroshima floating around in the air messing with our genes?
I guess I must continue to ponder! Ciao
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
How to Make a Person
A few years aago Hillary Clinton wrote a book and entitled it "It takes a Village" I bought the book at a book signing event at Books a Million. There were protesters across the street from the store carrying signs and posters and shouting disparaging remarks about Hillary.They pretty much showed their lack of upbringing and would have benefitted from the book if they had read it. It is a pretty little book and one that I am proud to have on my book shelves.The book 's purpose is to make us aware of the fact that children don't come with instructors manuals. We are pretty much on our own to care and feed them.
The world that I grew up in was not at all like it is today. For one thing there used to be lots of unmarried people in the families of yester year. I for example had three single aunts and two single uncles. I also had two sets of grandparents. All of whom had a hand in my upbringing! We also lived in neighborhoods that interacted with each other and they accepted the responsibility of setting good examples for us to follow.
As we played and moved about in our small world, we felt secure because we knew that the adults would see to it that we behaved and abided by the rules that were established in our community.
As I mentioned above, I hd three single Aunts. Two of them were Mother' s sisters and one was Dad's sister. Dad was the oldest in his family and his baby sister did not marry until really late in life. She was only 9 years older than my oldest brother , Joe. She was more like a big sister to all of us.(My two brothers and one sister). She was a lot of fun and took us on her dates and taught us all of the latest songs, "Ja Da, Ja,Da Jada,Jada Jing Jing,Jing She loved us but we had to toe the mark with her! No foolishness and questions. if she said No, we said OK.Aunt Mary Louise was her name. She was Dad's sister. I always wanted her dimples! She was a "flapper":She could dance the Charleston and taught us songs like ,:"It Ain't Gonna Rain no More, No More".All of her friends loved us too. One of the guy's that she daterd had a car with a rumble seat. My sister Mart and I got to ride in the rumble seat when we went with Aunt Mary Louise. It was so much fun.The two unmarried uncles were Dad's brothers. They were like a comedy team. They kept us all laughing all of the time.
Mother was the only one of her family of ten , that had children. Two uncles married but did not have children. The Aunts never married.. I only mention two of them because the others died before becoming adults. My Aunt Agnus was a twin to Aunt Angela but Angela died before we came to be. Aunt Catherine was the youngest of the ten children and never married.
Aunt Agnus was a school teacher and she was also my God-Mother. She was a gentle, well educated woman. She and Catherine taught us the manners that we needed to live by. We were told not to cut our bread in two but to tear it into two peices. We had to say please pass me... and thank you. We were to sit with our ankles crossed never cross our legs.We took our glove off if someone offered his hand to be shook. We never interrupted when someone else was speaking.We covered our mouth if we had to yawn. However , we were encouraged not yawn in public because it might indicate that we were bored. (We probaly were) We were taught how to eat in public and how to conduct ourselves at all times. I must admit I broke a cardinal rule one time when my Aunt had me out for Icecream and while she was being friendly with one of her friends I licked the dish the ice cream was in. I found out what a big No,No that was!. As I recall, I have never licked a dish again!
We learned some of the other rules of life from our neighbors. If they saw us misbehaving or doing something we shouldn't be doing they were quick to tell us about.it.You may wonder what was left for Mother and Dad. Plenty!We learned respect, compassion, obeydience and what ever else it took to make us good Catholics, and good Americans.
I didn't even mention the school, we also learned how to be good students and citizens by obeying our teachers and pastors.When we got in trouble at achool we were in trouble at home ,also They all had our best interest at heart.
It did take a village to make a person. We need to get back to that. We need to get back to raising resilent children that will become strong ,honest,responsible people.CIAO
The world that I grew up in was not at all like it is today. For one thing there used to be lots of unmarried people in the families of yester year. I for example had three single aunts and two single uncles. I also had two sets of grandparents. All of whom had a hand in my upbringing! We also lived in neighborhoods that interacted with each other and they accepted the responsibility of setting good examples for us to follow.
As we played and moved about in our small world, we felt secure because we knew that the adults would see to it that we behaved and abided by the rules that were established in our community.
As I mentioned above, I hd three single Aunts. Two of them were Mother' s sisters and one was Dad's sister. Dad was the oldest in his family and his baby sister did not marry until really late in life. She was only 9 years older than my oldest brother , Joe. She was more like a big sister to all of us.(My two brothers and one sister). She was a lot of fun and took us on her dates and taught us all of the latest songs, "Ja Da, Ja,Da Jada,Jada Jing Jing,Jing She loved us but we had to toe the mark with her! No foolishness and questions. if she said No, we said OK.Aunt Mary Louise was her name. She was Dad's sister. I always wanted her dimples! She was a "flapper":She could dance the Charleston and taught us songs like ,:"It Ain't Gonna Rain no More, No More".All of her friends loved us too. One of the guy's that she daterd had a car with a rumble seat. My sister Mart and I got to ride in the rumble seat when we went with Aunt Mary Louise. It was so much fun.The two unmarried uncles were Dad's brothers. They were like a comedy team. They kept us all laughing all of the time.
Mother was the only one of her family of ten , that had children. Two uncles married but did not have children. The Aunts never married.. I only mention two of them because the others died before becoming adults. My Aunt Agnus was a twin to Aunt Angela but Angela died before we came to be. Aunt Catherine was the youngest of the ten children and never married.
Aunt Agnus was a school teacher and she was also my God-Mother. She was a gentle, well educated woman. She and Catherine taught us the manners that we needed to live by. We were told not to cut our bread in two but to tear it into two peices. We had to say please pass me... and thank you. We were to sit with our ankles crossed never cross our legs.We took our glove off if someone offered his hand to be shook. We never interrupted when someone else was speaking.We covered our mouth if we had to yawn. However , we were encouraged not yawn in public because it might indicate that we were bored. (We probaly were) We were taught how to eat in public and how to conduct ourselves at all times. I must admit I broke a cardinal rule one time when my Aunt had me out for Icecream and while she was being friendly with one of her friends I licked the dish the ice cream was in. I found out what a big No,No that was!. As I recall, I have never licked a dish again!
We learned some of the other rules of life from our neighbors. If they saw us misbehaving or doing something we shouldn't be doing they were quick to tell us about.it.You may wonder what was left for Mother and Dad. Plenty!We learned respect, compassion, obeydience and what ever else it took to make us good Catholics, and good Americans.
I didn't even mention the school, we also learned how to be good students and citizens by obeying our teachers and pastors.When we got in trouble at achool we were in trouble at home ,also They all had our best interest at heart.
It did take a village to make a person. We need to get back to that. We need to get back to raising resilent children that will become strong ,honest,responsible people.CIAO
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