I can't figure out if I'm old or young to be a grandma. But who cares!? That little girl of ours (notice the plural possessive... ") is beautiful. Check out this photo over at the blog for www.swwan.org

People who are seasoned grandparents say that the experience changes your life dramatically. Because the love and care is unmixed with the driving needs connected with providing for and training/disciplining the child, the feeling is exquisitely precious.

Well, little Sophia is only a month old, but already my heart jumps when I see her in her first photo--saved as my computer wallpaper. I suspect it only gets higher and higher from here.

What a blessing to watch new life unfold.

 

The birds are singing at 4:30 in the morning. Do you think they didn't get the message that it's Daylight Savings Time?

Did you know it's a wondrous thing to have a big family? So many people to call your own in a way. So many people to "belong to"--even if you only have the family-ness in common. I have an office in Chicago so I can be around my big family--six brothers, my only sister, and my youngest daughter.

Did you know that if you mix a packet of orange herbal with one of black decaf tea, you get a dark, rich fragrant tea that may be just as good for you as green tea? Compare black vs. green tea.

Did you know that if you have trouble growing your nails and you use the computer a lot, you might see some improvement by using rubber fingertips? In only 2 weeks of doing so I've seen my long split/broken/short nails grow substantially. I've recently discovered a closer fitting option and am testing them out.

Now if I could only figure out how to stop my fingers from sweating in their little rubber suits...

Inflammation is the culprit in so much of what goes wrong in the human body, including congestive heart failure caused by infection, disease or defect. Researchers have invented a new machine that filters out markers in the blood caused by inflammation to try to improve heart function. The procedure, called plasmaepheresis, is still theoretical at this point. Initial efforts resulted in also

Yes, we all know that exercise is good for us. But the ubiquitous "they" don't usually tell us specifically why. Now they're staring to be able to do that. First, they've recently discovered that excess fat (especially in the abdominal area) can lead to chronic inflammation throughout the system.

In a test done with a small group of healthy volunteers (20-45) they subjected their blood samples