I was invited to a Gala at the Children's Museum, to raise money to cure SMA (Spinal
Muscular Atrophy). This is a rare disease that affects children by interfering with the motor nerve cell in the spinal cord thus depleting a child’s ability to
walk, eat, and breath. I really did not
know much about this disease even though I am in the health profession and did not know that it’s the number one genetic
cause of death for infants.
A way to survive the empty nest and a "cracked "relationship with a fun daily challenge of new experiences, reflections, sources, and some biblical guidance. I hope this blog which offers a fun journey to survive by trying something new, either vicariously or by doing, will result in a survival tool kit to replace the past familiar doing, giving, and/or incorporating the interest of your child or your long gone love interest, with some new self interest(s).
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Monday, September 22, 2014
59 Try a Hat
Other than a baseball hat, a ski hat, or an occasional beach
hat, I am usually hat-less. However, when my girlfriend met me for lunch looking
so stunning in a black and white hat, I thought that for this challenge I would
“try a new look” as Every Thing I Need to Know I Learned from a Little Golden Book suggested and add a hat.
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Day 58 Black Keys Concert
I continue to make “music a part of (my) life” as Little Golden Books recommends. Even
though I traded in the guitar sound for the Banjo in Day 56 and “changed up the
music” to my beloved Jazz sound in Day 15 , I accepted an invitation to hear the
Black Keys which I understood to be a very rock /guitar based two ( 2 ) man band.
Monday, September 15, 2014
Day 57 Ovarian Cancer/Support a Cause 2
This weekend was a beautiful, crisp, sunny day, a day to
feel hopeful and as Little Golden Books exclaims, to “think big” for a cure for ovarian
cancer. There seems to always be a walk for a cause during this time of the year but
today this was an extra special walk because I was able to get together with some awesome
ladies to support a special women in our life who is fighting this disease.
Friday, September 12, 2014
Day 56 Banjo Night
Everything I Need to Know I Learned From a Little Golden Book directs us to “make music a part of your life.” In this new journey it’s time to trade in the familiar
guitar sound and replace it with something different like the banjo. What better place to do that than to go
to Banjo Night, a weekly Wednesday event at the Elks on Pittsburgh’s
North side. There is no cover charge and this party runs from 8pm to 11pm.
Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Day 55- Try a Cucuzza (gaguzza)
Cucuzza (gaguzza) |
Garden with Cucuzzi |
As the weather begins to chill and autumn arrives, I start
to think about cooking squash and making
pumpkin pie but what about a CUCUZZA! This crazy looking thing was brought to
me by my cousin who even has a Youtube video on growing this alien gourd. Ask a Sicilian and they will smile when they
talk about the “serpent quash” that can grow up to 3 or 4 feet with the vine growing 7 inches a day. There
is even a song about it (Click here to listen). This challenge was to eat a
cucuzza and have a flash back “old country” Sicilian experience.
Sunday, September 7, 2014
54 Paint Nite
Picasso look out! |
It was a night to “express
myself” as Everything I Need to Know I Learned
From a Little Golden Book recommends. I don’t have much drawing or painting ability.
The stick man has always been my friend,
nevertheless, I gave it a try at a “"Paint Nite Party" at a local restaurant.
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Day 53 Stariway to Heaven 2
View life from a different perspective.
more steps! |
In my quest to train for the Fineview October 18th, Step- a- Thon (Day 52), I began to, as Golden Books suggests,
“Explore what's out there.” By chance I
found the Fineview Fitness Trail which has a bunch more city steps! My legs have not felt like noodles from all the Pittsburgh city steps so
my friend's personal workout in Day 21 must have helped!
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Day 52 Stairway to Heaven
Pittsburgh steps -150 steps |
Take our trials one step at a time.
Top Cascade Mt, NY 2012 |
Two years ago, my son
and I climbed Cascade Mt one of the 46 highest peaks(4098 ft) in the Adirondacks
in Lake Placid. Last year we navigated the steps and streets in San Francisco but I have never ventured
on the Pittsburgh City Steps. Everything I Need to Know I Learned From A Little Golden Book suggests that we "exercise every day". Therefore, I am on a new mission to tackle the Pittsburgh city steps and maybe take part
in the Fineview Step-A-Thon, which is 5 mile run/walk that explores 14 of Pittsburgh's city steps on
October 18th.
Monday, September 1, 2014
Day 51 The Next Season/Mermaid
When summer is coming to an end, there is something special about
soaking in the sun, enjoying the blue sky, and relaxing at the pool, especially
when we know that it may possibly be the last pool day of the summer. It is even better to commiserate with another empty
nester- my son’s girlfriend’s mom.
This
was a day, as Little Golden Books recommends,
to “savor the season”, celebrate it, and
look forward to the next one. As in Maslow’s theory, this was also a day to continue the journey into the next season.
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