Kids love rain! At the moment, dievca does not…
Posted: October 5, 2022 Filed under: Entertainment, Home and Garden | Tags: Autumn, BDSM, children, Crabbiness, D/s, dievca, Happiness, Humor, Life, messy, play, Rain, Weather 1 Comment
Remember when we all loved to play in the rain?
dievca just looks like a drowned rat.
(her back wheel popped, she’s covered in the rain poncho w/a backpack, etc.)
Need a Moment, Wednesday
Posted: August 31, 2022 Filed under: Relationships | Tags: BDSM, cancer, children, D/s, dievca, Family, Friendships, last minute, Life, Love, prayer, shock Leave a commentToday wasn’t planned this way – but this is what/when you:
Close Friend’s 20-Something has cancer and surgery within 24 hours.
When it’s your older brother who smoked cigars and Stage 2 – expected.
Young Adult, not expected.
Need a minute.
Spring Colds (elfje)
Posted: April 19, 2022 Filed under: Analysis, Poetry | Tags: allergies, children, colds, comparison, dievca, elfje, Humor, Life, Love, Spring Leave a comment
Sneezing
Leaky Nose
Four Years Old
She grabbed my hand
Love
Common Colds can be caused by over 200 different viruses. These viruses can enter your body when you come in contact with a person who is already sick with a virus. Since most cold viruses are spread through respiratory droplets, covering coughs and sneezes and proper hand washing are extremely important to prevent spreading your cold to others around you.
When your immune system recognizes that there is a cold virus present, it begins to attack it. Your body experiences “side effects” of this attack, like congestion and cough. When your immune system successfully fights off the virus, symptoms resolve. Most colds will last 5 to 7 days.
Allergies, unlike colds, are not contagious. They are caused by exposure to allergens; such as dust, dander, mold, or pollen. When your immune system senses a specific allergen it is sensitive to, chemicals called histamines are released. These histamines trigger symptoms like runny nose, coughing, and sneezing. Since your immune system has no way of fighting off the allergens, symptoms caused by allergies tend to last much longer than symptoms from a common, viral cold.
Differences between a cold and allergies:
|
Characteristics |
Cold |
Allergy |
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Duration |
3-14 days |
Days to months, as long as there is continued exposure to the allergen |
|
Time of Year |
Commonly during the winter, but possible at any time. |
Any time of year, but some allergens appear seasonally. |
|
Onset of Symptoms |
A few days after infection with a virus |
Immediately after exposure to the allergen. |
|
Symptoms |
Cold |
Allergy |
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Cough |
Often |
Sometimes |
|
Aches |
Sometimes |
Never |
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Fatigue |
Sometimes |
Sometimes |
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Fever |
Sometimes |
Never |
|
Itchy. watery eyes |
Rarely |
Often |
|
Sore Throat |
Often |
Sometimes |
|
Runny or stuffy nose |
Often (usually thicker discharge) |
Often (usually thinner discharge) |
Thank you to PhysicianOne Urgent Care Website
If I had been able to~
Posted: April 8, 2018 Filed under: Musings, Relationships | Tags: children, D/s, Death, dievca, Family, Hockey, Life, Love, Relationships 2 Comments
One of my children would have been 19. I wanted a hockey team. 6
My brothers played Junior and College Hockey. Their kids played College Hockey.
Odds are if I had been able to carry, mine would have been on a Team bus.
But, I/we didn’t make it to one. That was a long time ago~
I ask myself: is it better to never get started? Or to never see it finish after having 20 years of Joy?
Both stink.
And I cry, again, not for my ancient history but for the Children and Families of the Humboldt Broncos.
Sending a prayer.
How kids see skin color…
Posted: July 26, 2016 Filed under: Musings | Tags: children, dievca, Life, photo, Relationships 10 Comments
A joyful reminder for a Tuesday.
XO dievca
(Photo: dievca 2016 Midwest)
My Father’s Hands
Posted: February 12, 2016 Filed under: Home and Garden, Relationships | Tags: aging, children, D/s, dievca, Family, Life, Love, Parents, Relationships, submissive 16 Comments
I have my Father’s hands.
Wide palms, long straight fingers, healthy nails, veins popping out, strong and gentle.
One of the most beautiful things I have seen is his hand holding the hand of my newest Grand Niece and she just didn’t want to let him go.
I don’t want to let him go.
In his mid 80’s, my Daddy is still picking up the 2-year-old. Playing with the 4-year-old. Following (slowly) the 3-year-old. All this, as my Mother is playing up and the down the stairs with the others, she’s making up games, dropping clothespins into a milk bottle, filling up water balloons, reading stories: “One Was Johnny” – “Chicken Soup With Rice”. Stories that were read to me, from the same Nutshell Library.
They are bushwhacked when the kids go~
Exhausted.
Dead tired.
I watch them sleep.
Cautiously.
And they won’t give it up because these things are the best part of Life.
I don’t blame them.
Life is for Living.
And Kids keep us alive by holding our hands.
Tightly.
I have my Father’s hands.
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