In and out. In and out. I stitch with my hook in and out. Slowly and steadily. Steady and slow. How long can I really go? Will I stop after one row or after twenty two? Single double single double single double oops now I’m in trouble. Slip slip. In and out. In and out. I’m about to scream and shout! Will you come here and help me please? Only you know how to put me at ease!
Lay it horizontal. No wait perhaps vertical is better. I think soon it might resemble a sweater. Help me! I’m confused and not amused. I can’t figure out this chain and it’s driving me insane!
Insert your hook right here and not there. Yes that’s perfect. I knew you cared. You give a darn and I can trust you with my ball of yarn.
By the way I think I like your hook. It’s grand. It’s feels better in my hand. Lucky you for always having it while I had to purchase mine for this crochet class.
PS I learned in class that the size of the hook really does matter.
What was it about you that set my nerve endings ablaze with only a glimpse of you? What was it about you that catapulted me to another dimension every time you whispered my name?
Was it the way you walked across the room to speak to me when it could have been anyone else? Was it the way you laughed at all my corny jokes with your eyes fully widened? My pupils dilated as well with every consonant and every vowel you used to form a word. A, E, I, O, U and with you it was always Y.
Why did I find it so easy to fall in love with you? Why did you just get me like no other could? I never had to explain myself because you could feel my pain and my joy. You liked me and I could feel it in the confines of my being! It was as if you and I were lovers in a past life somehow!
Why did my heart exalt with jubilee when you laid your arm gently over my naked shoulder? Every touch led to every kiss that answered the only question I often asked myself. Could I love again? Did I want to?
Feeling your warmth awakened in my soul the forgotten memory of us already knowing one another. I had just met you but my soul had never forgotten you. It was you I had been waiting for! Perhaps other loves had failed because I had to be single to meet you. I’m so happy! We did it. We finally found our way back home to one another!
But where are you right now? What is your name? Have I already met you? It’s only a dream right now but I know you are out there. I can just feel it! Please don’t wait! Come close and whisper in my ear! Let me feel your warmth and your touch for you know how to awaken my soul’s memories! Come! I am waiting for you!
When you are sick how do you feel? What makes you go to the doctor? Seriously it’s 10 below zero and you get up from your warm bed, bundle yourself up and go see a doctor in hopes of getting antibiotics. But you don’t really need an antibiotic for every sneeze, cough or upset stomach. Most of the time the very answer is in how you feel. So how do you feel when you are sick? Yup, you feel like crap and you are in the state of crapinez. Yes I made the word up but I’ll explain.
C is for Vitamin C 500mg to 1000 mg once a day for just five days helps boost your immune system. If you aren’t diabetic you can also drink orange juice. This might be the only time I actually drink juice. I mostly just drink water. C is also for Cinnamon which is a powerful antioxidant. A few sprinkles mixed with a teaspoon of honey helps soothe and improve sore throats. Take this mixture twice a day for five days. If on coumadin or other blood thinners this might have to be avoided since it may make your blood even thinner. Being on aspirin is okay. I love this one.
R stay home and rest. Don’t go spreading your germs at work, school or community centers. Use your sick day. Pamper yourself. Love yourself.
A is apple cider vinegar. I use Bragg organic. No more than 1-2 tsp a day. Another powerful antioxidant. I usually mix 1 tsp of it with 1 cup hot water. I add a stevia packet to sweeten. I drink this before I go to bed every night for total of three to five days. I also use it to gargle. I take 1/2 cup of warm water and mix it with 1 tsp of apple cider vinegar. Be careful not to swallow it. I gargle every morning for 7 days max. Actually the book titled Apple Cider Vinegar by Drs. Paul and Patricia Bragg is full of awesome information. I highly suggest purchasing this book if you can.
P is for probiotic like lactobacillus to improve gut flow by increasing good bacteria. This is found in Yogurt, kimchi, and sauerkraut to name a few. I personally don’t use this because I am vegan and my gut is very content already. Other doctors I work with do use this and swear it helps them.
I is for Eye because you need to focus on seeing the positive aspects of your life. If you focus on everything wrong in your life you just attract more of it. This is the basic message of The Secret. All the books you will read about the Law of Attraction basically state that repressed anger, guilt, and sadness may solidify and cause illness. Most think this is ridiculous but I have noted in my patients that there might just be some truth to this. I have some stories which I can write about if you like.
N is for your nervous system. Practice meditation. It’s a known fact that anxiety makes your gastric juices become more elevated making your stomach sick. I meditate every other night to center myself. It relaxes me and I fall asleep. N is also for nasal irrigation. It is important to flush out mucus and debris.Netti pot to the rescue. This one I just love but it can take time. I find saline nasal spray also helps. N is for nutrition. You must eat healthy most of the time so you can help your body fight off infections. I love telling patients: Take care of your body and your body will take care of you. Eat well, and drink minimally. You may celebrate with a glass of wine or a mixed drink but don’t make the party last all day everyday.
E is for eucalyptus because it’s an anti- inflammatory, decongestant and anti-spasmodic. Yes it is in Vick’s Vapor rub along with camphor and menthol. I love Vicks Vapor rub because it works. I actually place it by my nostrils, forehead and neck mostly every night even when I’m not sick.
E is for Elderberry. This tea is a bit tingly on the throat. I just stumbled across this in the supermarket just a few months ago when my daughter was sick. It boosts your immune system. I now drink this tea once a week just to keep me super healthy. You should try it.
Z is for zinc 75 mg at first sign of a cold. It fights rhinovirus when started within 24 hrs. Take it for only a few days about three. I actually haven’t tried this but my fellow doctors have.
So stay in bed put a cool compress on your head and try these tips out first. Leave antibiotics for when you truly need them. Please follow these tips as advised. I usually advice my patients to try these tips and if after 7 days they are not improved then to come back to visit me. Most patients don’t return. The few that do return are the patients that have asthma or COPD and are still smoking. My advice to them is to stop smoking.
Sincerely
Dr. Macias
Hugs from Brooklyn.
PS: This is a repost with some adjustments. Hey you might just save yourself a copay today.
I haven’t been the same, since you uttered my name and now I’m going insane. It was those words that you said.
I love you I surely do but now you left and I’m without a clue. What will I do?
Was it all in my head?
You never loved me! It was a fantasy! Now there are tears being shed. Was it all in my head?
I still miss your lips kissing me so…
And your arms caressing me till I yelled let me go…
The highlight of my day was being with you every night.
And then you left and it wasn’t right! I cry. Was it all in my head?
Why dd you always stay through the night? Why did you always hold me so tight? Why did your eyes tell mine that you weren’t going anywhere and that we had a life to share?
I shout out that my witness is my bed but now there are just tears to be shed cause I know it was all in my head.
I actually wrote this to be lyrics for a song. What do you think? How many of us meet others that seem to just get us? We make instant bonds with them only to wake up one day and realize they have left us. I used to think there was something wrong with me but today I know that when others leave it might just mean they don’t feel worthy of the love I give them.
I know my positive attributes and what I need to work on. Sadly others just walk in a semi-comatose state, barely feeling anything and only going through motions and the minute they make a true connection they sever ties to it. They rather lose the connection early on to avoid losing the connection later on. They are lonely and look to connect but fear it at the same time. Ever wonder why some people leave their spouses when their spouses get a serious illness like cancer? Makes you think. Right? I don’t regret loving others even if at times it wasn’t returned. To quote Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem In Memoriam:27, 1850— It is better to have loved and lost than to never have loved at all. Do you agree? Why or why not?
Listen………..! I am no longer that caterpillar which most called ugly for now I am a beautiful butterfly! I no longer need or want to stay within the confines of my old cocoon. I’m not ashamed of what I once was for I have gone through my metamorphosis.
It’s still me you see except my pains and my sorrows have not broken me! Every tear I have shed has served to remind me of what I had forgotten. I know now that I have always had these beautiful wings deeply secured within me. Today I can spread my wings out and I can fly.
Many dazzle at the beauty of my colors but you choose to see me only as an ugly caterpillar. You are ashamed of my feelers and you join others in believing that I am nothing but a mere creepy crawling insect but I am not. Do you hear me? I am not and actually I never was.
You can go ahead and run away from me for all I care. You have no idea of the treasures I have hidden within the corners of my old cocoon. And now you shall never know!! Take heed and take notice of my written words.
I am a beautiful butterfly and I can fly!!
Go ahead! Let out a sigh!
Hugs from Brooklyn,
Guady G
This entry is for those that forget how beautiful they are. You are beautiful and wonderful even if others don’t see it that way. Love yourself! Take care of yourself! Keep shining because self love is not conceit if it comes from truly knowing and appreciating yourself with all your facets. Yes you are a gem!!
Fluidity 