Today I am joining Kate Motaung for Five Minute Friday: We write fast and free, for five minutes flat. The prompt is MIDDLE. In the photo above my husband and I are sitting in the middle of our grandchildren. This is a wonderful place. In our extended family we are…
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Speaking Up About Vaccine Safety
The CDC is asking for comments on Vaccine Information for the MMR and MMRV. I responded with my observations. This vaccine impacted the health of my twins when they were toddlers. It is my hope that our health system will listen to the concerns that parents and teachers have raised…
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Medications: Why I am a Minimalist
If you watch very much TV you will notice that a great proportion of advertisements are for medications. A medical problem is presented with the solution—a pill. Then a long list of side effects and risks are recited. Every medication and medical intervention has side effects and risks.…
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Seeking Truth with Prayer
Each day, as I listen to the news I am deeply saddened. What is happening in our country? The reports of violence and death shake our sense of security. I think about my grandchildren and the world they are growing up in. Social issues and politics have become so divisive.…
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VAXXED: 4 Actions to Improve Vaccine Safety
The destruction of data by the CDC is a huge news story but the major networks on TV are not covering it. I learned about the documentary, VAXXED on social media. I read that the Huffington Post censored an article about the movie. I wanted to see it myself.…
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Why does the U.S. Give More Vaccines than Other Nations?
The topic of vaccines is controversial. I have read through some of the research and followed the issue. My daughter had varying degrees of reaction to the vaccines she received as a child, and after one final vaccine developed fibromyalgia. From my perspective, there is good…
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4 Reasons to be Concerned About the HHS Mandate
On March 23rd the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments regarding the HHS Mandate and the Little Sisters of the Poor. The federal government is arguing that the Little Sisters must comply with this mandate in the health insurance that they provide for the people they employ.…
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Passion of The Suffragettes: What About Today?
We went to see The Suffragettes. It was tough to watch the daily life of women who worked long hours in a laundry. The setting in this movie was the early 1900s in London. The main character was gradually drawn into the suffragette movement and became willing to fight for…
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Should the Flu Shot Be Mandated?
Everywhere I go I see signs for the flu vaccine—at grocery stores, drugstores and in advertisements. Many hospitals are making it mandatory for their staff to get an annual flu shot. When that occurred at my hospital, I applied for a religious exemption. I had received vaccines…
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Rubella: Virus & Vaccine
The letter R in MMR stands for rubella. When I was a kid we called it the German measles. (Not to be confused with regular measles–or rubeola–which was in the news this year.) My siblings and I all had rubella when we were growing up; we got a fever and…