by Fliza Thomas
Still, despite nightmarsh fears and reservations, when I’d turned forty I found I wanted desperately to have a baby.If I looked for reasons, they were probably the same ones many woman have. I didn’t want to miss another of life’s passages.I want to love a child and a child to love.I hoped for a new connection to the future, a new understanding of the past, a new responsibility, and a role in life.
Time is a funny concept.It sometimes seems like just yesterday that you were in college, enjoying the frat life and worrying about whether you’d get that term paper written on time. Or that you’d just landed your first joband were trying to figoure out what you should wear and how you would act when your boss came around.you can remember perfectly how your scrimped and saved so you’d have enough money to rent that cute little apartment near your office building.
Time contines,and you remember your wedding day. And the day your first child was born. and the second one.It seems like minutes ago tha t your daughter was sitting on your lap,absolutly entranced as you read Slepping Beauty for the five-hundredth time.Now she’s 19 and starting her second year of college.
No wonder some days we look in the mirror and hardly recognize the middle aged person who looks back at us.How did that happen? who is the person with the graying hair and noticeable laugh lines?
It’s hard to comprehend that 25,30,35 years have passed by since those college days.Or that your children,who seemingly just yesterday were looking to you for all the answers, now have all the answers and are grown up and living on their own.Maybe you are a grandparent.You might have moved on from that little,rented apartment to a house, and then a bigger house, and now an even bigger house and vacation home.
time passed quickly,that’s for sure.we are at what might be the busiest period of our lives)juggling kids,jobs,and aging parents while still trying to find time to walk the dog,work out at gym,and maintain some semblance of a social life.We often think that ought to be hours added to everyday,just so we can accomplish everything we need to.
Fall is upon us and winter not fall off.The leaves have reached their peak color and are beginning to fall.Fall means chilly nights and warm fires and Tanksgiving.It’s a chance for all of us to reflect on the things we have to be thankful for.Even in these tough economic times and tumultuous world events, we can find a bright spot each day and see the dim it may appear.
Deemed the ” bridge of God” by monacan Indians,the bridge has a rich spiritual history for Native Americans dating back 300 years.Later,surveyed by a young George Washington for Lord Fairfax,the natual bridge had caught the eye of many in colonial america.Then,two years prior to the revolutionary War,king George 3 deeded the Natural Bridge to Washington’s friend Thomas Jefferson.Always the explorer,Jefferson treasured the Natural Bridge and came here often, establishing a visitor lodge and opening the door to visitors and artists around the world.
Treasured by kings,purchased by patriots,this great stone monument is the looking-glass of history.
Immense,majestic,a sentinal of shenandoah whispering the stories of America’s origins.
carved by the fingers of nature.
Rock of ages,Nature’s cathedral.
do it yourself/homeowner user instructions
Important
Read this User Instruction insert before using respirator
General information
As one of the leading designers and manufactures od respirators in the world,3M provides products that address the needs of both workplace,regulated applications and do it yourself/homeowner,non-regulated applications.For workplace uses,employees may be exposed to unknown concentrations of harmful contaminants are intended to help protect the wearer by reducing their exposure to airbone contaminants from a level that may be hazadous to one that is considered safe or acceptable according to goverment established levels.Employers must also comply with specific regulation and procedures for selecting,using,maintaining proper respiratory protection in the workplace that are comtained in standards issued by federal,states or goverment agencies such as OSHA.do it yoursel/homeowner uses of respiratory are not similarly regulated and exposues are generally intermittent or for short periods of time,such as weekends.In addition, home users cannot easily determine exposure levels nor do they have ready access to the type of trainning,medical evaluation,and fit testing needed to be in compliance with workplace respirators standards. under these conditions,respitator are intended to help keep nonharmful dusts and certain other particles out of your nose,mouth, and lungs and with some filters help eliminate anoying odors only.it’s important to understand that no respirator will eliminate the inhalation of all particles nor will it eliminate the risk of diseases,illness, or death.
Do not use for any toxic or harmful substance such as lead and asbestos.
Main level:living room,dinning,kitchen with exit to rear fenced yard,full bath,bedrooms with closet and hall closet.
2nd level: full bath, bedrooms with closet.
Lower level: laundary room,storage,Rec room with exit to rear yard.
Special feathres: hardwood floors,off street parking,private rear yard with shed and a pergola over patio,gas forced air heat,electric central air conditionng,safe in closet.
Schools: Richard Montgomery High,Julius West Middle,Beall elementary.
Short distance:Rockville Town center,Ride on bus to Rockville and Twinbrook Metro & MARC station, Wintergreen shopping center,Rockville cicvic center,Dogwood park, and child resource center.
Keeping your body healthy is an expression of gratitude to the whole cosmos-the trees,the clouds,everything.
1.conserve water
2.practice the three Rs:reuse,recycle,reduce.
3.buy organic.
4.choose natural and organic personal care
5.clean toxin free.
buying produce that’s in season and locally grown means eating tasty fruits and vegetables at their nutritional peaks.Though thee harvest of many seasonal fruits and veggies depends on where you live, the following are just some examples of produce that’s in season this month:
apples, beans, carrots,chard, citrus fruits,eggplant,leeks, melons,onions,pears, tomatoes,sweet corn,sweat potatoes.
Paper produced with 100% high quality cellulose.It is acid-free as a guarantee of long time.
It is internally and surface sized.Suitbale for watercolor,tempera,gouache,ink and acrylics.
