Quote

There's one sad truth in life I've found
While journeying east and west -
The only folks we really wound
Are those we love the best.
We flatter those we scarcely know,
We please the fleeting guest,
And deal full many a thoughtless blow
To those who love us best.

~Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Health

Well my grandson is really having a time of it and as the time goes on I am just getting angrier. They have been putting off the biopsy for over a month now hoping that his levels would drop (protein), which they haven’t.

Now they say they will test again end of the week and if the level is still the same they will have to do the biopsy

But in the meantime he is not allowed to run around and play with the other kids He hasn’t been to school incase he has a fall or a knock (all work is brought home for him)

I think the biopsy should have been done long ago instead of all this waiting and watching the little lad going up and down with this darned illness.

Below is what he has !

Nephrotic syndrome is a sign that your kidneys are not working right. You have nephrotic syndrome if you have high levels of protein in your urine, low levels of protein in the blood, and high cholesterol.

Nephrotic syndrome is not a disease. It is a warning that something is damaging your kidneys. Without treatment, that problem could cause kidney failure, so it’s important to get treatment right away.

Nephrotic syndrome can occur at any age, but it is most common in children between the ages of 18 months and 8 years.

Shock

Well what a shock I heard the other day from one of my grand kids who is 8 while the class were in the yard doing PT, someone went into there class room and killed there goldfish, by cutting them up into pieces with scissors. Placing some of the pieces on the teacher’s desk!

I have been thinking since then what on earth would cause a child to do such an act I am truly at a lose!

What is this child seeing in his or her home? I can only assume it has to have some reflection on how this child has acted

Happy Mothers Day

Hope all the mothers here had a lovely day today :-)

Funny

Recipes

Serves 4

Cooking Time Prep time 5 mins, cook 20 mins

125 ml	(½ cup) olive oil
2	eggplants, cut widthways into 1 cm-thick slices (you need 20 slices)
4	(80gm each) buffalo mozzarella, thinly sliced
1/3 cup	(loosely packed) oregano leaves
260 gm	(1 cup) passata
To serve:	rocket and parmesan salad
Parmesan crumbs
25 gm	(½ cup) coarse fresh breadcrumbs
¼ cup	(20gm) finely grated parmesan
1 tbsp	olive oil

1	Heat half the olive oil in a large frying pan, fry half the eggplant slices over high heat, turning frequently, until golden and cooked through (4-5 minutes). Drain on absorbent paper. Season to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Repeat with remaining olive oil and eggplant slices.
2	Preheat oven to 200C. Place 4 rounds of eggplant in a small roasting pan, top each with mozzarella, scatter with oregano. Repeat with remaining eggplant slices, mozzarella and oregano, alternating layers and finishing with mozzarella. Pour passata around eggplant and bake until cheese has melted (5-7 minutes).
3	Meanwhile, for parmesan crumbs, combine breadcrumbs and parmesan on an oven tray, drizzle with olive oil and season to taste. Toast in oven, stirring occasionally, until golden (5 minutes).
4	Serve eggplant, scattered with parmesan crumbs, with rocket and parmesan salad to the side.

Spatchcocks with fresh garlic, fennel and peas

Serves 4
Cooking Time prep time 5 mins, cook 50 mins

4	spatchcock, butterflied and halved
6 cloves	garlic, thinly sliced
6	spring onions, cut in half crossways
6 (about 550gm) bulbs	baby fennel, quartered
250ml (1 cup)	dry white wine
60ml (¼ cup)	extra-virgin olive oil
400 gm	podded peas, cooked
1 tbsp	finely chopped mint

1	Preheat oven to 200C. Place spatchcock in an ovenproof dish and scatter with garlic, fennel and spring onions. Pour over wine and olive oil and season generously with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper and bake for 40 minutes.
2	Stir in peas and mint and cook for a further 10 minutes before serving.

Colours

The Colours of Love

Blue...
for the times we are apart for whatever reason, however long...

Yellow...
For the sunshine in your smiles....

Green...
For the "spring" in your step when you see me...

Silver...
For the gleam in your eye....

Red...
For when you blush when caught doing something sweet...

Purple...
For the vibrancy in your laughter...

Gold...
For how you enrich my life....

The Colours of Love Merge to form a magnificant rainbow Of dreams, wishes, wants and needs All brought true by you.....

vjr i_want April 2nd, 2000

Poems

DOORS A heart has many doors, each leading to different worlds; behind each of the doors lie many secrets, most of which will never be told. Although they wish to be told, the doors are locked tightly. The only key is the strength and will of that person; and sometimes the person is too afraid of what might happen if a door swings open, revealing one of their precious secrets. They never have the chance to experience life, love, or dreams. They never really become alive. All doors are eventually unlocked. By Jen

Locking The Door

Locking the door from inside Writing poems The door is often knocked upon Interrupting my stream of thought. Again, it was my sons, nobody else. They ignored all the other open doors, But they wanted to come in here. It was as if they were spying on me. Suddenly, the thought comes to my mind Thank God, they're not willing To go through open doors. My sons-Orkhan! Pasha! Azar! If you see that I haven't open the door, Go ahead and break down the closed door.

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