Ancestors and More!

I have been wanting to enter this post for a while now, but have been too tired to even think, let alone type! My sister sent me a very special Christmas Present and I have been working to add the few items needed to finish it. It is a history of my female ancestors, on my mothers side, back to the early 1800's. It is names and dates and places and pictures and stories. It is so very unique and amazing! Now I need to add some more pictures and stories for my daughter and her daughters and then they will do so in kind. Hence, I have been going thru pictures and becoming overwhelmed by the volume! The dedication, persistence and patience that something like this takes is not something that I come by naturally. Thankfully, my sister does! I told my daughter that I would get all of these pictures of she and her brother organized, instead of leaving them to her to take care of, after I'm gone. So now I'm committed . So many memories!

I have been reading while resting in my chair. A very different idea came thru the other day about getting vitamins into teenagers, especially during the winter months. This dad, who is also a molecular scientist, puts out bowls of vitamins to snack on, kind of like fruit or candy bowls. The kids and even their friends pop the pills as they walk by and they have begun to realize that all of them feel healthier and are having fewer illnesses!

His research has shown that vitamins are very safe and it has been repeatedly shown that proactively controlling micro-nutrients is necessary to optimize health. Sounds like a man after my own heart. Optimal nutrition is one of my mantras!

Another newsletter was talking about changing our health insurance in this country and around the world. This theory maintains that until we start taking personal responsibility for our chronic diseases, ie., diabetes, heart disease, obesity, etc., no amount of insurance can keep up with the costs, because of the aging societies, the money spent on chronic illnesses and the shrinking younger generations. This is happening around the globe. China is really about to hit the wall. Remember that one child rule, it's about to bite them! Personal responsibility...the cynic in me says, "Yeah, when pigs fly!" I've been saying that for years, but most people just rely on the prescription that the Dr. will write for them. Maybe a brainwashing campaign is in order! Oh, I forgot, there's already one going on, just not about health as a personal responsibility!

As Always...Healthy Days to You...Your Smiling Maven