Lorraine's Vacation in Europe

Nature is Good for The Baby

Unless it is about my grand daughter or healthy eating,  healthy living or taking much better of the  environment, it will not interest me. So this will be about my grand daughter who just turned 8 months last September 9. She's been through a bout with near-pneumonia, but thank God she was able to hurdle it safely. Thank you to the  able handling of her pediatrician. As my partner and I  have been saying all along, nature has a way of taking back. My grand daughter as we learned later;  and as I have always hinted  was affected by too much allergen floating within her immediate environment. Playing with hairy and dusty stuffed toys, then  spraying the room where she stays with toxic insect sprays led to that condition we now choose to forget. Lesson learned  - we really need to get back to the basics.

For one, it puzzles me why today's babies are made to wear  manufactured diapers 24x7.. why babies play with plastic toys whose toxicity sometimes prove questionable add to that dilemma. Back in the old days, natural  products were preferred. Old school mothers like many us prefer organic and natural baby wear, baby blankets and other baby paraphernalia. We also preferred  feeding bottles made of glass unlike what they use now - plastic feeding bottles, plastic sterilizer, plastic everything. Yikes!

Convenience seems to be the ready excuse. Where have all the old values gone? Values that almost always proved to be earth friendly are almost gone. The value of breastfeeding is almost unheard of  because the pressure of infant formula marketing is too much to resist. The bounty that Nature offers through mother's milk takes the back seat because the mother is in a hurry to get back to the "normalcy" of her life. Since when did having a baby become an "abnormal" situation?

I say, ON with propagating the idea of back to Nature as the best weapon against further environment degradation. And on with continuing to educate those who still care to listen.. never mind if most of the them  think you are kind of weird when talking about loving the environment.. there are still some you know.

Let's get ethics back into the groove of our ordinary lives  one day at a time. Whether it is in choosing the kind of car we drive, the gadgets we use or the clothes we wear.. the eco shopping tools we choose to use and  include the food we eat or just about anything we have in our lives,  we need to get on the side of  Nature   

The Love of My Life - Aya my Grand Daughter

When her parents went for a vacation three weeks ago, Aya was left in our care; mine and her Lolo. She stayed with us almost 9 days and during those nine days, despite her irregular sleeping hours, I didn't feel tired at all. Wonder of wonder! Maybe, because the love we feel for her is so over flowing that rest wasn't that of a big deal.

I took all these pictures while there were just two of us in the house.  Lolo went to office that day and there were plenty of time to shoot these photos. Isn't she adorable? Sorry for being biased, but in my eyes, she's the most beautiful baby ever.

I love you Aya!

The camera's flash was scaring her in the beginning

Warming Up

Looks like she was excited too with the photo session.

I hate Junk

 .. mail, that is.

Despite the pervasiveness  of communications through the web, I still get a lot  of pesky materials from my snail mailbox - not mails from friends, or the usual utility bill mails, but those  ubiquitous unwanted mails from credit card, health,   or  insurance companies. These companies offer pre-approved plastic cards and pre-approved health insurance plans without you asking them to do so. I am sure most of us experience the same.

Think about those annoying bulky mails which could be raffle sweepstakes or   real estate open house invitations. Others,  sell stuff like magazine and newspaper, cable or internet connection subscriptions,  etc.

In the first place, where did they get my name? Receiving unsolicited mail can be truly irksome. For one, junk mail is definitely  not environment friendly. How many trees need to be cut to be able to send those voluminous and sometimes glossy flyer advertisements to my mailbox. I say stop. This time, I mean it. No Junk Mail no more.

But how do we do that? Well for starters, Why not try asking the companies sending junk mail to please just stop the practice. Inform them that it's bothersome. Tell them to just remove your name from their mailing list period.

Maybe some of you out there can send me suggestions on how to stop the junk from getting into my brick and mortar mailbox? Or perhaps, I will do a little research and tell you about it later. Why not?

To My Dear Mama on Mother's Day

A poem from someone Unknown

" I said a Mother's Day prayer for you to thank the Lord above
for blessing me with a lifetime of your tenderhearted love.

I thanked God for the caring you've shown me through the years,
for the closeness we've enjoyed in time of laughter and of tears.

And so, I thank you from the heart for all you've done for me
and I bless the Lord for giving me the best mother there could be!"


I LOVE YOU MA!