Twelve-Day Holiday

I take this moment to wish everyone a joyous, healthy New Year, one that segues the world into a new reality - a reality of peace and love in place of strife and greed.

It occurred to me that there are certain moments that we cannot take a holiday from. To be more explicit, I took a holiday away visiting friends and family in Florida. It was a three-day celebration for my sister’s very special 80th birthday. She is a legally blind person who lives her life with more sightedness than anyone I know.

After that event I traveled and visited other family and dear friends. I even had the pleasure of enjoying my extremely busy daughter’s company when she flew in from New York while I was visiting my granddaughter.

Not to bore you with non-essentials, what I am focusing on is how I let my dedicated nutritional life style “take a holiday.” Ouch, did I devour goodies! I could not have my green drink except at my dear friends, Milt and Flo Chaikin (like minded folks). Whenever I requested a salad, I was given one that had seen better days. Nonplussed, I went on with hope for a green vegetable that was not drowned in the Dead Sea.

The resultant ear syndrome that sometimes affects me when I fly became a raging infection that held me prisoner in a watered think tank. It was rather interesting though that I cannot hear noise, TV, and I am living in a rather surreal space. I have great compassion for those who truly live with hearing loss. In addition I take note of a society of tense, loving people who are not willing to be kind and patient when someone has this handicap.

Highlighting my vacation were the days I spent with my precious great granddaughters. Hide and seek with two-year-old Ella, who has not developed the concept. When she closes her eyes and repeats her hiding place, she is delicious. Six-year-old Bria is charming, very artistic and bright. I casually discussed Let’s Cook Together, however it will not work in her family setting.

I took a vacation from promoting the book, however it is too vital a subject for our young children, so back to the board room I go. As I said, there should not be a “vacation” from a subject as “Let’s Cook Together”. I have some scheduled classes for the next few months.

As for my ear infection, let me mention chiropractor Rick Statler’s suggestion of garlic bits immersed in olive oil on cotton in the ear. That truly eliminated the pain.