We all know our individual health is a gift from God. It is up to us to keep ourselves informed and to take necessary steps to stay well. A balanced diet, exercise, fresh air and a good night's sleep all work toward keeping us healthy. The daily PROMED reports I get tell me what disease is popping up and where. The regular West Nile virus will show up this summer as well as Lyme disease. There are some thing you can do.

1. do not have any standing water in your yard, unless it is a chlorinated pool. Stay away from lakes and water that is muddy and sits. The flies that bring these diseases love still, undisturbed water.

2. Drink 8 ounces of water a day? Why? Water will quickly detoxify you if you have been bitten in the early minutes of the bite. However as some bug bites take many hours to itch it's a good idea to carry water with you. Many bites begin to itch as the sun is setting. Tender Corp sells an "after bite" stick that will help neutralize the toxins in a bug bite. Use it early and often. Do not scratch, but use ice to stop the itching.

3. Aromatic teas such as thyme, rosemary, oregano and lavender are all unattractive to bugs. Make yourself a large jug of this, sweeten with honey and drink while you garden. The aromatics will leach out of your skin and retard bugs.

4. Should you be bitten by a spider, be sure to find it and make note of it's markings. The east coast of the US houses the brown recluse spider that loves to borrow under fallen tree limbs, or piles of wet leaves. You can hardly feel the bite but you will see it scrambling away very fast. Use ice and be sure to be followed up by your doctor. If you have a homeopath they will use Ledum palustre 30x to stop the oncoming effects.

5. Be sure to have a well stocked medicine cabinet with adult and child strength creams and allergy medicines and check the dates.

Warmly ~
Mary

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I labored over them to get every word right. I had a friend who spoke the language to help me and I'd often have to call her in the middle of the night and play a tape over the phone for her. I remember the speeches about the room of shoes. The care with which each picture and each family was traced. These planners labored over every single detail--these survivors of massive genocide. As often happens when people get emotional they lapse back to their mother tongue and accent. These were so emotional for the planners to relive it was heart wrenching. I'd thank God that I'd get this privilege in my life. As I'd proof read each page my stomach would knot. My heart was broken, absolutely for this people who were on civilizations schedule to be eliminated--genocide on a massive scale!

So it's no surprise that the news today out of DC that this historical museum is again in the news. To attack this museum is to attack everything the Holocaust Memorial Council stood for....."Never again." As each speaker on those tapes finished telling the group about his family's experience he would cry. I would cry. Each one ended his little talk with the phrase "Never again."

We have become a country of hate. BO has divided this country into the blacks vs. the whites. He delights in doing this. No doubt he will use this attack on the museum to his own ends. He's that type of person.

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