Comments on: Say Who Turned On the Light?

By: patricia

patricia — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 05:34:14 +0000

SnaggleTooth,
Sometimes things just add up to a big overload at times – I am sorry to hear that you are lower than usual and often alone.
I appreciate having my computer and blog now, and wish I had had this work when I was stuck at home for 24/7 with my dying Mother. It is a way not to be isolated – isn’t it?

How lucky you are to have 2 grown daughters and 4 grandsons! Now that sounds like an enlightening experience – though not an often enough in person experience.

When my mum fractured her back she was so happy to have her email connections and chat with her grandchildren and her cellphone. They sent her pictures of what they were doing and school work for her to read….they rarely missed. Are your Grandchildren computer savvy yet?

It is nice to know all these bloggers are out there too…nearly 24/7 I find that quite a light in my day.

Come by here and we can connect and chat…Thank you for your comments

I am having snow and internet problems so I am sorry it took me awhile to reply to you comments. We don’t usually get so much snow, and then the power goes out. Very lonely time then.

By: SnaggleTooth

SnaggleTooth — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 06:39:48 +0000

I have Seasonal Affwctive Disorder, plus a recent death, plus my circumstances have all conspired to make me gloomier than usual- lower. I look at the pics of the Lights of my Life, my two grown girls with their two little boys each. Can't be gloomy visiting with them, either- Visiting always lifts my mood. I spend alot of time by myself. SnaggleTooths last blog post..Trax

By: patricia

patricia — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 22:07:29 +0000

Hello Dot,
I was so happy our Burpee catalog came in time to put it in my Honey’s stocking at Christmas…he keeps it at his spot on the breakfast counter and studies it while he crunches down his cereal.

The Northwest holds the top honors in having the most citizens with MS and the 3rd highest rate of SAD in the US….I have hosted 2 foreign students with SAD and I find it very difficult myself not to get “down” when there is no light – I have trouble now driving at night I have so much trouble with glare.

We all need to keep our spirits up and find the moments of brightness for each other to reflect our awesomeness out to others.

Nice to find you here in my comments today…how sweet it is

By: Dot

Dot — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:52:54 +0000

PS - Just got the Burpee catalog. I'm looking at shade-loving plants -- coleus and impatiens. Perhaps something else that's unusual. Yummy flowers! Dots last blog post..How to Get Published, Part 3

By: Dot

Dot — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:51:30 +0000

I am susceptible to SAD, as well as to regular depression, so these are some nice ways to counteract it. I find this time of year very hard, because I come home from work in the dark, and sometimes even leave in the dark. The retinal damage I have due to a drug I had to take has not only caused partial blindness, but my night vision is gone. I can barely see at all in the dark, and sometimes have to use a white cane, as a flashlight doesn't help enough. Can't wait to get back to the light! Dots last blog post..How to Get Published, Part 3

By: patricia

patricia — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:28:39 +0000

Akiba,
Thank you for commenting on my blog and for putting me in your favorites – thank you so much.

“I can’t enumerate the number of times that I have just turned up the music on a cleaning day, and looked up a few hours later, to a cleaner house, and sore muscles, and a HAPPIER spirit!”

It is so nice to know that I am not alone in my dancing…it just is rewarding on so many levels-dancing the spirit free…

Music is just so good for my soul…

By: Akiba Howard

Akiba Howard — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:39:52 +0000

Now see, that proves that reading sometimes, CAN soothe the soul. I was reading this blog, as it’s in my favorites, and today, I was struck, by this posting, as it speaks to a sense of clarity that I have been working on for a while.

“Turn the music up and dance……” PRECISELY! I take the ‘Phoebe’ from Friends, approach to this. I remember the episode where she was running through central park, like a kid. Not caring WHO saw, or about any judgment that might be passed against HER will to have fun.

Dancing as if no one is watching is JUST LIKE THAT. I can’t enumerate the number of times that I have just turned up the music on a cleaning day, and looked up a few hours later, to a cleaner house, and sore muscles, and a HAPPIER spirit!

Getting away from the SAD. That is a requirement, but having the tools to do so…not so easy.

So, to that end, I thank you for this ray of sunshine.

KITF
Akiba

By: Patricia

Patricia — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 03:30:32 +0000

Jannie,
A couple of ideas come to mind about the cleaning dreams -
1st cleaning is something that many people do before New Year’s Eve. It is a time of throwing stuff away and making room for the new year and the new ideas to come in and grow…without space then new things are just clutter.
I remember someone saying that in the past the people of Ireland took down Christmas the next day and then scrubbed everything in their house to prepare for the hope and possibilities of the New Year.
The throw rugs in Obama’s suite could be about how ready you are for new energy and new ideas and you are shaking yourself clear of the old thoughts and actions to be ready for some major changes coming and you are hoping they will be brought by the Obama team?

Vacuuming the the Library is just very interesting…once again Meticulously… you need some kind of closure of what has walked over the carpets and in a place full of reading and stored knowledge and reference….

Big changes and you need to prepare for them?

Just the first thoughts …I will look up some things I have on Jungian dreams images tomorrow…of course he would not talk about a machine but scrubbing and a broom image …we just translate to a contemporary image…

Very interesting…I am very busy cleaning and putting away. I just sent my youngest back to college today and now my honey and I are busy making our space our own again – involves lots of vacuuming! and throwing away!

By: Jannie

Jannie — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:11:36 +0000

Patricia, in the past few months I've dreamed on 3 separate nights about cleaning floors, the first 2 times I was vacuuming the library. Meticulously. And last night I was in a suite with Obama and his entourage, shaking out throw rugs. And wisdom on those?? Or immediate thoughts that spring to mind? Jannies last blog post..Unlucky four-leaf-clover CONTEST!!

By: Patricia

Patricia — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 19:21:29 +0000

Cath,
I was hoping to come see you in July…will you move by then?

We are finally having rain and dark…where on earth did all this snow storm come from? They even canceled church for Christmas too hazardous to drive.