That "gray" feeling
As a little girl, when I was about to come down with a bug,
I had the oddest way of explaining how I was feeling to my mom.
I've got that gray feeling, Mommy.
But she understood perfectly.
It meant I had a scratchy throat.
She'd take my temperature, give me 2 yummy orange-flavored baby aspirin, tuck me into bed, spread Vicks Vapo Rub on my chest, cover it with a cloth diaper, and off I'd go -- to sleep, to rest, to get better.
With pandemic influenza blazing its way around the northern hemisphere right now,
if you get "that gray feeling" in your throat,
I do hope you'll take good care, tuck yourself into bed, drink some hot tea or whatever gives you comfort, and rest your weary bones.
Soon enough you'll be "in the pink."
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Comments
I'm an Ayurvedic/natural kinda girl. I rarely get sick, filling myself instead with greens and Vit Bs and Ayurvedic medicines that maintain you, not cure you of anything. So when I get sick, I shut down everything and rest, because that's what the body demands. Rest, read, drink lots and stay healthy....
Aren't the little things our mothers did to care for us when we were sick precious. Sometimes when I am really sick, and my husband is doing his best, but not with a mother's touch . . . I just long for my mother. She always knew what to do.
When I'm sick, bed rest, and maybe some Nyquil, or some other concoction, and hot chicken soup, of course. I do like Rudee's concoction. Got to try that sometimes. Hopefully, not too soon. I try to stay healthy, and use tons of hand sanitizer these days. And I mmean tons! Even in church! :-)
Stay well, Kathleen and have a great weekend.
Huggies,
Renie
p.s. thanks for the shout out
joy c. at grannymountain
I'm with Rudee! I think Vicks was an international cure-all; that and real hot lemon, plus a kiss and a cuddle! Your rabbit just looks to be in a little reverie
I like herbal tea, but plenty of rest is probably the best medicine. (My mom used to do the Vicks Vapo Rub cure, too. The smell of that stuff still makes me feel loved.)
I do nothing when I am ill, just lay in bed take my pills and wait for it to go away.
Take care and love to the poor sick being.
M
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