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TODAY, LIFE CHANGED IN SOUTHERN NEVADA
A courageous lady gave her 22 day old baby to a hospital in southern Nevada today…so begins a new life for a new life… and a second chance for the lady who made the right decision. I am so proud of you. This wonderful law allows us all, the opportunity to begin…again.
A LOVING MOTHER….A LOVING ACT
Today, at a hospital in southern Nevada, a loving mother became my hero. I don’t know her… I respect her, admire her, and will remember her.
Who knows her background, her family situation, her lifestyle, her health… Who did she go to, to talk about the different avenues she could take, now that she was pregnant. Was it a friend, a parent, a girlfriend, a grandparent….who knows. Whoever it was, I salute you in your patience and your frank talks.
I adopted a little boy in 1970. The pregnant lady was engaged and she and her fiancée were ready to graduate from college. They came to the decision to give the baby up for adoption, and my husband and I became parents, just like that (after 3 years of waiting). A phone call changed our life path, and also changed theirs. He was just a few weeks old when he was given to us.
New parents and grandparents were ecstatic, aunts and uncles and cousins were joyous….because of this loving mother and her loving act.
So today, in a moment, at the hospital in southern Nevada, another birth mother followed thru with a same decision She gave up her 22 day old baby to the hospital. Thus begins a new life for a courageous lady, a new baby in wonderful care, and new unknown parents who don’t have a clue…
This law applies almost everywhere……a no questions asked situation where babies can be left at hospitals and fire departments. It is a life-giving, life altering law that is underused……and that is a shame.
Babies don’t need to die; babies don’t need to be in a situation where the biological mother and/or father cannot or do not want to care for them; babies are babies!
It is okay to not want to be a parent…..it is okay to make hard decisions about what to do. It is okay to give your baby to a hospital or a fire department. It is not wrong or bad…..there is no scarlet letter to carry. We have made arrangements for you to hand over your baby to a loving, caring, and safe environment….by law.
Your reasons for being pregnant are of no concern to us or to your baby. This wonderful law provides you with a new life, a new start, a second chance, a clean slate…….so take this post as an epiphany, an amazing opportunity to start anew.
No birth mother needs to think she is in a position where there is no way she can protect herself and her baby. She is NOT! She can be fine and her baby can be fine…..she needs only to do it.
Tragic circumstances occur daily because of fear, embarrassment, drugs, and not being educated……It is up to all of us to see how we can spread the word to pregnant ladies who feel lost and alone.
So today, I praise you, I salute you, I am so proud of you…….and there are many nurses cuddling a new baby in a hospital, in southern Nevada.
WHY I CHOSE DIRECT TV…….YEAH, RIGHT!
Channel 77 Selling the ‘best vacuum ever’
Channel 78 Flat, sexy abs…..(best vacuum ever comes on next!)
Channel 83 Kettleball Fitness, followed by Best Pillow Ever!!
Channel 88 Get Your Hair Back
Over 100 channels of shows 75% of us have seen. That is not 100 different movies…..just 100 channels.
Channel 220 brings us Dr.Ho Relieves Back Pain
Channel 225 Food Lovers Fat Loss
Chanel 226 is the wonderful “Mint Green Fluorite”, over and over again
Thank goodness HGTV and DIY come to aid my TV nightmare
I make it til about Channel 268 with shows, serials, and movies and then comes Dr. Hoe Relieves Back Pain…..again on Channel 270
Some things like ID channel, NASA channel(which is usuala video file) and Green HD, can be interesting….they are in the higher 200’s, but the 300s want to show me Precious World of Pearls on Channel 313 and Perfect Sleep with Serta on 316
Channel 318 is the award winning “Best Mineral Makup”, followed by ” Shark Steam Mop” and then MORE “Magic Mineral Makeup” on 319, and then the re-viewed and re-viewed ‘Get Luscious Hair”….with many repeats
When I’m about to scream, I finally find the news channels….will watch and watch….good news or bad
From Channel 389 thru most of the 600’s, it is pay and sports, which is also pay….not to mention ‘upcoming’…that’s an especially good channel. Also, cannot forget the Timberwolves and the Clippers which is shown on 764-764-1….765 and 765-1 (regular and hd)
To close out my channel choices, we have the 9500 series of Direct TV Satellinte Test channels…..too cool, game loading ( you pay) in the 9900 area
The day is saved by the 800 series which is music… would much prefer XM, but I don’t want to sound petty……..
Just a suggestion……have a Direct TV Shopping Channel….and let me enjoy FX, TNT, Fox/CNN, Reelz and TCM. If you can’t do that, at least put them in numerical order, (regular and HD) so I don’t have to wear out the ‘flipper’….thanks
linkedin…making sales calls
don’t like being contacted by canadian drug companies, thru linkedin….to buy their products. That’s why I have a ‘do not call’ on my phone!
‘lent’ ……where did it come from
lent came from the word length or lengthing…when the longer days ment more time for doing important things…like devotions,etc. Lent is a good time to prepare.
cruis’in the caribbean
It was a nice cruise…..especially since we were leaving 2 days after the accident off the coast of Italy. Sure got us thinking about how to exit, in case of emergency. Always look around, planes and ships….serious business
But this is not about that…you know. This is about what it says in the ads and what life is really like, on some of our stopovers. We enjoy the opportunity to meet people, and enjoy new places. We are very lucky to have seen a lot of the United States and know, without a doubt, it is the best place ever.
Having said that….our 5 stops offered us a little of what the Caribbean is like. Its beauty, its people, its history, its colorful buildings, etc. I cannot deny there is all of the above….but very little of the magic one dreams about.
There is no running water on some islands…no running water!! The only water one gets, comes from rain, caught in a container! Sounds romantic unless you have 4 kids, and 2 dogs and 10 plus loads of wash a week. Does not work well in a place with no running water.
There is no sewage disposal on some islands….mmmmm need I say more.
YOu may not wear any type of camo clothing on a certain island…..don’t want to mistake you for either a bad guy,or the real police.
Unfinished houses are passed down from parents to children. If the current family makes any overage during the year, they add a cement block or two and put in more rebar. It continues to be built slowly, not in months but years/generations.
Most make their money off tourism…..tourism that lasts from November to April. They sell all the same things one can find in any tourist town…t-shirts, pens, cards, dolls, towels, etc.
Most island businesses who are successful in the tourism portion of town, sell alcohol, diamonds, tanzanite, and perfume. “Big deals”, they say are offered……doubt it very much. Bailey’s sells for the same there as it does here. Most brand name hard stuff, sells for about the same too.
Don’t want to rain on your parade…..just offering some insight as to how 3rd world some of these island are. Their land is beautiful, their lifestyle is not to be envied. (At least that is my opinion)
And lastly, I sometimes felt like the ‘queen’ coming off a magnificent cruise ship….Would they trade places with me……in a moment. I was embarrassed. I hear of so many US tourists ‘showing off’ on their journeys to other lands. I wanted to be sure I was not one of them.
I am one lucky SOB…..I know it! I think most of you are too. Just keep some of these things in mind when you travel. Be gracious, be understanding, be careful, and be thankful! later
southwest florida
82, hardly any humidity….beautiful southwest fla—stay on the east side of the gulf….enjoy the same beauty and have a better chance to stay alive
so sorry God
been looking at Greece and Syria, not to mention Africa, Mexico, and Iran. I apoligize for those who do not try to do unto others as they want others to do unto them. If I keep trying with my own neighbor, maybe it will spread to Greece and Syria
CRUIS’IN WITH THE OLDIES
We’re home…..it was fun…..will do it agin……not tomorrow. All those statements are true, even tho it sounds as tho it was not a ’10’. Cruising is be so ‘so ordinary’, ‘so fabulous’, and yet ‘so shocking’…..More about shocking later.
The ship is very nice….100′ shorter than the last ship we were on, but half as many people. They had to drag me to my first crise. I mean, it really sounded boring. Same stuff to do on the cruise as I do at home, so why pay to fly and cruise….Well, I was wrong, in a way. Cruising is truly a way to get away…I am forced to do what I want to do sometimes, a good example being..reading. I love to read, but I put chores first, so when I get into bed to read, I last about 4 pages. I tell myself to read in the AM, but then chores get in the way again. I read 5 books in 2 weeks…..Good for me!
Cruising and eating have to go hand in hand. I can read and eat, I can watch TV and eat. I can sit by the pool and eat. I can drink and eat. I can do almost anything, except exercise, and eat. Same with drinks, any kind, any time, any where, doing almost anything. Now that is not something I crave, nor need to do, but it was nice to be served a Tequila Sunrise by the pool.
Yes there were art auctions, nights of bingo, magicians, comedians, dancing, games, the spa, restaurants, bars, a library, pools, quiet spots, and a casino, but most of all…..THERE WERE OLD PEOPLE!!!!!!! I LOVE OLD PEOPLE!!
Probably 96% of those aboard were over 60. Folks came from US, UK, Spain, India, Argentina, and Jersey…….It was a delight.
We sang Queen together, we talked about our home towns, our countries, our politics (local and foreign), our clothes, our retirement and former occupations, our families,and our lives as we know them. It was great…it was powerful, it was a learning experience and a confirming experience.
We were with a group…’that made it’, thru 30 to 60 years of marriage, family expectations and family sadness, illnesses, and loss of parents. We talked of 50 and 60 year high school reunions, and the warmth of long friendships. We talked of war and we talked of peace.
“How lucky we are”…..they repeated, “to be sitting here today”. We “oldies” are confident and hopeful group, but not proud in a ‘haughty’ since. We have seen the past, lived the past, done our best and look forward to tomorrow. We are strong, opinionated, political, moral and ethical, and our values do not waiver.
We have seen leaders come and go, we’ve seen strife, and victory….and we’ve been a part of it. Our beliefs are strong, our faith remains, and we are not a selfish group. You see our pictures……when ‘been there, done that’ is looked up.
So cruis’in is really pretty good……isn’t it……(took the chevy to the levy but the levy was dry……and good ole boys were drinkin whiskey and rye, sayin……(cm’on you know the words))
later
seriouslyscorpio 