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I am a retired English teacher and department head, the mother of three grand mother of four, and have been married to the same man for 53 years, two years after we met at college. I taught in both middle and high schools as I really love teens and in-betweens. I was also a certified Lamaze instructor, and for a short time a volunteer chaplain at Howard County General Hospital. I am a two-time cancer survivor, ovarian (2003), and breast (2019) I was born in South Philadelphia and grew up in the 'burbs with great parents, in a bilingual household. I love soft pretzels and cheesesteaks, the Phillies, the Eagles, the Orioles, and sometimes the Ravens. I love being Mom, Aunt Kathy, Nona Kathy (Kath), and Teacher. I spend a lot of time in my gardens in the spring and summer, and in the winter I plan what I'm going to plant. I also am an avid reader, cook, photographer, lover of languages, music, and four-footed furries.

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Showing posts with label Rancho Cognitive scores. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rancho Cognitive scores. Show all posts

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Our Eyes Were Bigger Than Our Stomachs

We took my friend, Carol to the airport this morning.  Carol is escaping our weather to visit her sister in Florida.  I tried to get on the plane with her, but security dragged me kicking and screaming back to our snow-covered car.  (Not really -- Richard had brushed the snow off the car...).

Afterward, we drove a short distance to Catonsville and Duesenberg's where we had a late breakfast/early lunch.  I had blueberry pancakes and scrambled eggs.  Richard had poached eggs on fried green tomatoes and carmelized onions, topped with asparagus, hollandaise, and applewood smoked bacon.  This comes with a side of Lipitor.  We also ordered a crab pretzel (a soft pretzel stuffed with crabmeat and cheese and baked).  We brought home half the pancakes, half of Richard's order and the whole untouched pretzel.   We have enough for dinner tonight and b-fast tomorrow.

I worked all day yesterday on a request for proposal (RFP) and never made it to the gym after Monday so renewing my prospective was really good.  I'll try to go to the gym this afternoon.

Our young friend, Forrest, continues to improve. He is at Level 4 of the Rancho Cognitive scores.  And while not totally awake, he opened his eyes on Tuesday (the day after a prayer service was held for him) and began tracking people as they came into his room.  His parents continue reading all the blog comments and messages sent to him and are touched by the outpouring of love and support. Thank you to those of you who have meditated, prayed for him, or left  a message on the blog.