Saturday, February 25, 2012

Life's Drama is enacted each day






By Olivene Godfrey

Shakespeare wrote, "All the world's a stage, And the men and women merely players."

While driving about the countryside one day, before I stopped driving, I realized anew that drama can be found wherever there is life. I passed a house where an elderly man sat in a straight cane chair underneath a huge tree. In his hands he held a letter written on blue stationary. As I passed, I wondered if the letter was from a child, bringing him news perhaps of grandchildren.

Then,a young boy and girl strolled, arms entwined down a shady street. And I wondered if this was their first romance, and how would it end?  Every human being lives his own drama. Every person is important to someone-- if only to himself and to God.
We often hear certain persons referred to as "VIPS" but to me everyone alive is a very important person simply because he is a person with feelings, hopes and dreams.

Summer,which will be here before we know it, is a pleasant season to most everyone. But, like Christmas, I think perhaps its never quite so enchanting as when one is a child.
Remember how it was to be a child?  The enchanting make -believe world. (Let's pretend we are explorers, etc...), unrestrained laughter, swimming or just splashing in cool water on a hot day, and the beauty of a butterfly and the fascination in an ant hill.

I remember as a child I had a favorite friend I liked to visit,especially in the summer. I liked the little girl. But, the big reason I enjoyed visiting her was because out behind their house was a big tree that had been cut down and left lying on the ground.  We spent hours pretending the tree was various fascinating things, climbing on its branches, and walking on its trunk.

See you next time.

Sunday, February 19, 2012

I may have blepharoplasty soon





By Olivene Godfrey

I had an appointment last week with my eye doctor-surgeon and we discussed the surgery to correct my drooping eye lids. This surgical procedure is called blepharoplasty. I am not having it for cosmetic reasons although that will be nice, but because the excessive skin is covering my eye lids and interfering with my vision. The doctor told me following an eye exam that my eyes are still healthy and my vision good, and I should see better after this surgery. Medicare will pay for it which is good as it's very expensive surgery. I will have to have ice packs on my eyes for 48 hours following the surgery and will see doctor again in a week to remove stitches. Medicare won’t pay for this operation if its for cosmetic reasons so I will have to schedule a doctor visit for a test which will be sent to Medicare. I will be talking more about this in future blogs.

When we woke up this morning a cold rain was falling and weather forecast said the temp will fall all day and be very cold tonight. I decided to stay at home today and Barry went to Chatsworth and bought home food for our lunch. Then while I rested Barry went to K-Mart in Dalton and came home with a lot of things we've been needing and some he just liked and bought. So many people here have sinus infections and are quite ill. We are hoping we can avoid getting sick.

In the old days of the Bible there were miracles. Today there are still miracles, but of a different kind. Today a miracle is something that cannot be done until someone comes along and does it. Every employer is looking for this kind of person who can perform a modern miracle. When such an individual is discovered, he is pushed up the ladder rapidly. One boss said of such a miracle worker on his staff. " I am overpaying him, but he's worth it."

See you next time.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

A cold spell, a new hair cut, doctor visit, Barry installed new stereo system in den, and Sunday outing.






By Olivene Godfrey,

As I write this, we here in northwest Georgia are having a cold spell, our first real one of this winter. I think it's only supposed to last a few days.

I had my hair cut last week and Barry posted my picture on his FaceBook page and the response was favorable so it's now posted on this space. Hope you like it. The hair stylist who cut my hair was Tam's daughter who works at a beauty shop in Dalton.
Tam drove me to the beauty shop and I enjoyed the "beauty shop experience."

I had a doctor appointment one day last week and Tam went with me as I need someone bright and with good hearing like her to help me remember all the doctor tells me.  The doctor visit was longer than usual and the doctor gave me the results of my recent lab work.  She said my cholesterol was almost too low. (To help correct that I ate a Krispy Kreme doughnut yesterday.) Yep! I know that since I have Diabetes type 2, I need to watch my sugar intact. But, my blood sugar was fine so a little slip up should be okay. All of my labs were fine except my sodium was too low. The doctor changed some of my blood pressure medicine- cutting out my water pill.  She thinks I may be drinking too much water. I told her sometimes I drink Gatorade’s Low Cal G2 drink and she told me to drink it when I'm thirsty some of the time.  I don't need to return to doctor office  for three months.

Barry installed a new stereo system in the den this week. He said since listening to music at night is about the only thing I enjoy doing. So, he wanted me to have a really good stereo system. Yes, he is a great son!

PS--Sunday- Barry and I met Tam and her dad for a delicious lunch at Dalton's Western Sizzler today.  The weather was sunny but very cold and was 20 degrees this morning. It has warmed up some and I don't know what the latest forecast is for tomorrow.

See you next time.

Saturday, February 04, 2012

Enjoy blessings, have happiness



By Olivene Godfrey

Did you ever think of how the whole could be revolutionized
if everybody went around spreading pleasant rumors about people whose reputations would be bettered because of what we were saying about them? 

It's been said that happiness is simply an aggregation of little happiness’s, sort of stringing together of little moments that lift the heart.  And those moments can be created by the ingenious person.  One good way to create happy moments for yourself as well as for others is to try to make some one else happy.  Like, starting a nice rumor about a person, or surprising a friend with a little praise. If you think of it there are many ways to create these little moments that bring happiness.

Someone said that an individual has to learn to be happy, that you can't just sit back and expect  happiness to come to you. And we can make others happy by looking happier ourselves. We can't all be beautiful or handsome but we can look alive. There are many definitions of happiness.  A good one is that happiness is being able to enjoy our blessings and to be able to endure and accept the fact that life is a balance of success and failure, hope and fear, realization and disappointment. And happiness is often the result of overcoming an obstacle or mastering a new life.

See you next time.