Daily Ponderings

I was looking for some journaling prompts tonight, and came across this one: List 30 Things That Make You Smile. So, here goes....in no particular order of importance: 1. Tulips 2. Hearing any Janet Jackson song 3. A baby's laughter 4. My kitty girl 5. Getting exercise done 6. Making a healthy meal 7. Helping a new phriend in their time of need and sometimes despair 8. Talking with an elderly person about their life 9. A conversation with an old friend 10. Spending an afternoon with my parents 11. Talking to any of my sistores 12. Watching a butterfly 13. Pushing myself to do something out of my comfort zone, and then loving what I did 14. Looking at old photographs and remembering exactly what was happening in them 15. Watching a betta fish swim around in it's tank 16. Smelling a baked good in the oven 17. Hearing my phone ring 18. Painting  19. Opening the windows on a warm day 20. Waking up to Gra...

Exercise. It was something I was pretty much told to stay away from when I was growing up. Doctors  initially couldn't give my parents a direct answer about me taking gym class, so they finally decided that I would do better without it. So, my entire school career, I never took a gym class, and I never participated in sports. Even though I ran around with my sistores and neighborhood friends playing Hide N Seek and Capture The Flag, it would exhaust me, and I'd have to rest for an awfully long time. So, no exercise regimen or sports for me! Then, when my PH symptoms got worse, and I eventually was referred to Cleveland Clinic, I was told I'd have to do a 6 minute walk. I had no idea what that really entailed, but I tried to start walking on my sistore's treadmill to "practice," and holy moly, did I feel terrible!! But, I kept trying as much as I could to walk so that maybe I could "pass" this 6 minute walk thing. Unfortunately, when it got t...