Things to ponder

Why is it that when I am sick and need rest, everyone else in the house reacts "sicker?" I am told to rest and not create stress, yet there is chaos in my family and they all look to me for assurance and an answer. And when told the answer or advice, they all "roll their eyes" or make "huffy puffy" noises and grunting sounds like they've just tried to lift a thousand pound boulder. The family members are my brother 43, oldest daughter 24, second daughter 22, youngest son 14 and an ex husband 45!! Go figure, get a clue and grow up!!

The season winds down

and we take time out to sit and watch the madness go away, at least for a moment. Until the holidays are upon us and we begin again. Unfortunately for me, i have taken a reprieve from my employment to take care of a medical condition that i recently acquired somewhere in my living of life. A disease that i have read is so devastating to the point of rendering a person horribly disabled. People that I have talked to and have seen the agony on their faces remembering their loves ones and to find out that it is now me, their co-worker, friend and mother. I should be devastated and in tears, uncontrollably angry and not wanting the company of my friends. Yet, I seek their friendship and live life as I have always done, with much aloha. Rheumatoid Arthritis is the fire that has now camped in my body and taken up residence. For how long? I don't know. I've read and surfed the headlines about this vicious disease only to come upon the words, "No cure".