How are you?

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4 years ago
Topics: Writing, Blog, Life, 2020

"How are you?" my child asked early this morning. It's the only child who checks on me and feels alarmed if I don't show up. If I die the others will find me long after my death unless they need me for something urgently.

I am still in bed and don't feel too well. To be honest I don't feel to dragging myself out again. My belly hurts and my hands are stuck on it and I can't let go of it. I wish the homeschooling started again and I could do as I like for a change. In reality, I wake up early. Frequently due a terrible pain in my toes, at times the sides of my foot. I can not figure out what causes it. The only thing I try is reaching it (belly hurts) and touching, carefully rub it. It distracts a bit and so does the extreme cold. A warm bed makes it worse?

Still, I get out because school waits.

"I'll take the waffles then, we share them."

"Give her fewer she complains about gaining weight and take an apple!"

The youngest complains but seems to lost the ability to refuse food these days. I wonder what causes it hormones, stress, school?

"I'll help you losing weight," I said but no response came. I instruct the other child not to offer any food and make the youngest drink more, tea or hot water.


While the youngest only cares about itself the caring child makes tea, cuts the apple in pieces, and is glad to discover it didn't take me that long to show up dressed.

I switch my phone on to check if my daughter responded. It's nearly the end of the year and within eight weeks, all annual end bills will be delivered. Gas, electricity, water, taxes, and who knows what more. Perhaps it is time to show the caring child how to take care of the finances as well? It's online banking and most of it is done automatically unless something goes wrong.

Lately, a lot goes wrong by the way, and discussing it with the children isn't always easy. The youngest doesn't care or sees any need in getting worried in advance which means caring is my, our part.
The caring one is always worried which causes the child a lot of stress. As time passed by it learned to talk about it and express its feelings. An active response, looking for solutions is the only way and at times sleeping over it is.

On our way to the bus stop, it's quiet. The youngest is the one who always pushes and hates to be late.

"Are you there you are so quiet " I ask. Not that I drive abroad and forgot you and you are 'home alone'.

"I am always quiet, " is the answer (not quite true it seems to depend on the mood).

Just in time for the bus we arrive.
The caring child waves and says, "see you later", the youngest announces she will app me when to pick her up and slams the door, and hurries to catch the same bus. It's a good thing a long line of people waits to get in. Time to drive home. I think I go back to bed after I drank one liter. Actually, I have nothing to do except for driving my children up and down and listening, supporting, helping them out till the moment arrives they do the complete parenting and need to clean up after and drive me.

Ingredients
Ingredients
100 grams of butter
1 egg
tablespoon salt
100 grams of sugar
100 grams of cornflour
100 grams of rice flour

Oven: 160-180°C
Time: 12-20 minutes (depends on your oven, mine only has heard at the bottom)

I put some egg on the top of the cookies. The children liked them. The youngest is surprised the cookies kept their shape. "Perhaps you should use this dough to bake 'speculaas' (spice cookies with the same spices as 'kruidnoten') it says.

Spelled flour, dark sugar, butter, egg and spices

The dough for 'kruidnoten' is made two days ago too. I will make them if I feel to it and figure out how to cover them with chocolate.

#kittywu #parenting #life #glutenfree

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What a good article.Thank you so much dear.

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3 years ago

It is not pleasant to wake up with body aches. It is good that the children accompany her. I thank God that my son is a great friend. Butter cookies are one of the cookies we like the most.

And by the way, I'm getting better.

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3 years ago

I am glad to hear you are getting better and your son is a great friend. I wish I could send you the cookies. Who knows one day it's possible.

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3 years ago

Yes. We can probably trade cookies, cakes, and jams one day.

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3 years ago

I am looking forward to it. 😁👍🍀

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3 years ago

I will make it for sure❤️❤️❤️

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4 years ago

How are you? I'm great, how are you?

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3 years ago

Did you bother to visit a physician about your stomach.? What could be the cause? Speaking of stomach we just came home from the hospital because my daughter is not feeling well with her stomach too.. Doc says its appendicitis as it is in the left side or gastritis... Still not sure. A more sophisticated hospital is needed for thorough check up...

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4 years ago

Appendix is dangerous and if that's the case she should be operated on immediately. Gastritis is something completely different. Good your doctors still are at work. You better keep an eye on your daughter! I wish you strength and hope she feels well soon.

My problem is caused by an operation that went wrong in every way and looking back I even doubt if I needed one. I think I was someone's study object or test rabbit. As I returned because of the terrible pain the specialist told me I have had bad luck and next time it would be done better. 😐

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3 years ago

Your experience i am afraid to let my daughter experience also.. If she will undergo operation, it should be in a more equipped hospital so i am observing her for now if the medicine for gas is effective or not then a plan to travel to a more trusted hospital we will do next. I'm sorry for what happened to you.It should not be called Bad luck! It is inefficiency to operate. My goodness.

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3 years ago

Please, observe your daughter carefully and read some information about the symptoms of an infected appendix. Try to find a second opinion. I hope the medication works and she will never experience the suffering of a bad operation.

Indeed it is an awful way of responding. I wrote a complaint to the hospital because of everything that went wrong. They never answered me.

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3 years ago

Yes, I am, thank you. I'm busy searching for it also. And yes. I hope everything will be fine... so she doesn't need to have a cut. Such irresponsible facility. Try threatening them to be sued if there's no response. A copy of previous medical history will help.

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3 years ago

Oh cookies! Context clues says you love baking, isn’t it?

By the way, nakakaalaiw basahin ang artikulo mo.

Paki-translate na lang. :)

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4 years ago

Very fantastic article

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3 years ago

It was really very yummy and easy also.

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3 years ago

I doubt you already made it.

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3 years ago

Thank for sharing with us.

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3 years ago

Amazing

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3 years ago

Nice article

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3 years ago

I fall in love to your words.Good explain dear.

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3 years ago

That's a kind thing to say. I hope you feel well.

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3 years ago

Wow,, it's really wosame,,, Thanks for you...

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4 years ago

Are you sure. Subscribe back me

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3 years ago

Wow really post

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4 years ago

Wow! Looking so delicious cookie. The process of making cookie so easy. I thought it is very hard to make cookies. Really great tips

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4 years ago

It is not difficult. All i gredients in a bowl,knead, flatten it or cut pieces of it and bake for a few minutes.

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3 years ago

Aww! That's easy

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3 years ago

i hope you feel better soon !

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4 years ago

Thank you.

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4 years ago

Good post

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4 years ago

Nice article friend, keep it up

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4 years ago

So you did have an oven for cookies. How is your stomach though? Still hurting?

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4 years ago

Yes, I have an oven. I don't think the pain passes. It's getting worse, bearable at times but I can see and feel bumps.

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4 years ago

I think you need to have your tummy checked one of these days so you know what you have ;;-;;

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3 years ago

You can die here except if you have corona. I partly know what I have. The results of a messed up operation in 2012. The specialist said I had 'bad luck, next time better'.

By now my intestines are partly pushed out and I doubt it will get better.

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3 years ago

That's terrible, you could have filed a law suit to them since you know it could have done worse damage and now it's showing itself through pain ;;-;;

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3 years ago