There is nothing as wonderful as hearing your 2 year 8 mth old granddaughter sing happy birthday to you on your birthday. After her stirring rendition done once on phone and once on web-cam she turned to her father (on the web-cam) and said "Papa is that your mother?" '"yes Naiyah my mother your grandmother"......did we understand such things at that age ?
It must be the prenatal vitamins.......
So another year came and went with Obama as the birthday present and promise of lots of sacrifices to come....For me to have lived to see this has just been icing on the cake.
The no-drama Obama has already shifted mode with the appointment of Mr. Emmanuel as his chief of staff....he takes no prisoners, gets the job done. Should make for interesting watching.
I also like the fact today the President-elect reminded everybody that he`s not President yet...It's like they expect him to throw out Bush(who`s that?) before January and be responsible for everything immediately.
Come on guys CHANGE WE HAVE TO WAIT ON.........
This birthday also made me realize how lucky i have been being born in Jamaica ,always a first class citizen, never having to sit at the back of the bus ,the entire bus was mine...'MLK' with Soledad O'Brien is must see TV for those of us who need to know why black people in the USA are now preparing to walk, ride, drive or fly to the inauguration.
For a man who was beaten half to death(John Lewis) to sit and watch this is just mind boggling. Talk about a front row seat.
So back to the real world and me being another year older and looking good but not feeling good..Is it the return of the dragon ? That question always first on your mind especially as i`ve been so complacent of late. Glyco down to one time per day.....Greens when i get around to it....Eating tomatoes and coconut when i know that it's not for my blood type.....Stress, stress and too much stress at work......What can i say? Easier said than done. U fight to stay alive, but what is life without quality? And i was telling a friend recently i need somewhere to go with a friend where there is food i can eat ,not sit and eat lettuce and drink cranberry juice and lime.
I look at the picture of me in NYAM JAMAICA with my big plate of stew peas with the fattiest pigs tail in the world, and i look a picture of health, 2 weeks later i was in hospital. So i don`t take everybody telling me how fabulous i am looking as a barometer on my health.
It means the tests start again next week.
It means that those of us with the genes prone to this thing need not ease up for a minute, not even a second. THE FIGHT NEVER ENDS.
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