Who the heck is that ugly old lady?

With the help of our TN kids, Pat and I  bought this cute little modular house when we retired and moved here back in 2003. I like this house. We have 2 guest rooms and a bath  plus a master suite with a walk in closet as big as the bathroom, and a great bathroom. Except for one thing.  I love the big garden tub, and for someone with limits like I have, the big corner seats make it easy to sit down, put feet into tub, and slide in, and get out the same way. But across from the tub is the problem. A wall size mirror. When we moved in, it was a bit  much then. Getting out of the tub/shower and seeing yourself buck naked was always a bit of a shock. But as time has passed, it has gotten worse.  I really work at staying in some kind of shape, get down on the floor and exercise 5 days a week, lift weights, do yoga. But  the bod has changed. So much saggy skin, and so many parts that have just gone south.  Some days I want to paint that mirror out. My daughter has given me a great helper, a raised potty seat with arms. I do not drink coffee or such when going out to church or shopping as I find now other bathrooms do not work, awful getting spoiled.  I am fortunate to be in good health for an 81 year old. I take a baby aspirin a day and my many herbs and vitamins.  I mostly eat organic foods, have cut out dairy long ago, and only have an organic chicken once in a while so don;t have a lot of things to cope with, like cholesterol, blood pressure etc.   Most of our family is onto meds and try to avoid them. Even retired doctors are now saying to avoid them, as they are mostly toxic, and do more harm than good. It is so sad that doctors accept payment of up to $30,000.00 or more a year from drug companies to push horrific drugs on people that they should never take.  I have people I call that live alone and need a friendly voice  to cheer up their  day, who have become incapacitated  from  things they were given that they did not need.  My hairdresser had disc surgery and was put on stuff for cholesterol, blood pressure and diabetes, when she did not need any of them. 6 month later she was so sick she was hospitalized, tested and found not to be needing any of the stuff but by then her kidneys had been destroyed and she is too weak to get up out of bed now. And she is much younger that I am. I do not understand how our country operates. We grow food sprayed with billions of tons of poison.  And we search for cures for the things these poisons cause, cancer , ADHD, autism, arthritis, allergies. And more. And yet, if you go back  30 years,  these problems were  so much less, and some not in existence. Like so much autism and ADHD, now 1 of every 15 babies is born with one or the other.   How sad that our country is so greed driven, and does not want healthy people. So many other countries are now banning the growing practices we use here. And those who seem gluten intolerant can eat the food in those places with no side effects.  Wish  the powers that be would start putting together the evidence and making changes.We can to a large extent help this to happen, by buying non GMO products and cutting out the processed foods in the stores. To me, food is something that is eaten as it comes. Fresh produce, whole grains, organically grown. If you do not know, our kids are being pushed into puberty as early as 6 years old because the milk they drink i full of hormones and anti biotics.  My family has experienced this. Back in the 80s I met a wonderful lady when I went to work at the Blood Bank in NE, She introduced me to soy milk. I have never gone back to dairy, nor has most of my family. I love Silk yogurt, and soy cheese.  i don';t go for fake meat products. Mostly because my grandparents became Adventists when we were teens, and our week end meals with them included slimy soy stuff in a can, sliced and fried but still awful. I will take my protein in beans and legumes add3ed to my fresh veggies.  They say 90 some percent of Americans eat garbage.    Ok, got off track there but it is true, you are what you eat.   Hope someday more people wake up before its too late.   Nice weather finally, warm and sunny. Think winter may finally have left us.  Watching the earthquakes and volcanoes in Hawaii, sad. Our earth seems to be self destructing.  We so need to bring God back and ask his blessings on us again. Maybe its too late, maybe not. We are all here to help each other , show love and care for this planet.  We seem to be sadly failing.    Hope you are getting out, enjoying this long awaited spring.   Breathe deep, enjoy the fresh air. Love your family. Be grateful for what you have, I am so blessed I could never thank  my family for all I have, gifts from above.