That is you and me. it's about the decissions you are going to make. decissions mthatshape your life and become your name,.. Hi, my name is Marjorie Janvier, I am a writer. I had a life changing experience. It's important to keep growing. Write down something significant in your life and what you learned from it. And what you are going to do differently. I was planing my 50th birthday party, when I rushed to the hospital. Later the same day I had heart surgery. That's me a couple of days after heart surgery.
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| That's me too when I was 4 years old, this picture was taken at the Arizona State Fair: I wasn't this black, the camera's were set for light completions back in the 60's. When I was a child, I could not imagine that I would have heart surgery. My parents were from deep in the wood's, down south. There were no street lights in the woods. It would get dark extremely dark you couldn't see you own hand, if you held it up in front of your face. |
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| No street lights |
My mother washed our clothes on a wooden scrub board, ironed them for us. For my father, me and my 4 brothers. She worked outside of the family too, doing housekeeping. And she scrubbed floors. My mother didn't know anything about
eating healthy
. We ate southern cookin' all the time, which consisted of lot's of saturated fats. Found in fried foods such as the ol' time favorite Southern Fried Chicken. Crispy on the outside and juicy and tender on the inside, seasoned to perfection. We had greens 2 to 3 times per week, which consist of collards mixed with mustard's or turnips, seasoned with fat back, most commonly known as salt pork, with cornbread, candied yams and sliced tomatoes or a tossed salad, that was a typical meal for dinner. And a tall glass of red kool aide.
My mother cooked breakfast every morning. I would wake up to the aroma of coffee percolating,
biscuits that melt in your mouth, with the aroma that was so good it called to me and it said, "Get up!" Although we had a variety of breakfasts, we always had peach and pineapple preserves, Jimmy Dean sausages and scrambled eggs. And a cold glass of milk filled with ice cubes.
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| Home made biscuits |
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with a name like
Smuckers, "It has to be good." |
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| One of the best sausages today. |
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| M-m-m |
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| I like my eggs soft scrambled. |
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| ice cold milk with ice cubes |
Now I'm an adult with my own children. I have learned how to prepare healthy food to eat and to eat in portions. See a dietitian for proper portions, you should not start a diet without consulting a doctor. It's best to change your eating habits and continue to eat healthy. I controlled my children's weight as they were growing up. Feeding them balanced meals.
Which also kept them from possible heart problems, diabetes or hypertension. Although the unhealthy eating habits from my childhood and as a young adult caused my health to go bad. I developed diabetes and hypertension. Which lead to a heart problem. It was recommended that I have heart surgery. Today's technology is advanced significantly from the first heart surgery. We have to appreciate Dr. Daniel Hale William, he made history the news was spread all over the world. Read all about it, The first successful open heart surgery. Sure others tried before him without succeeding, but on July 9, 1893, a man by the name of James Cornish was stabbed in the heart, he was rushed to Provident Hospital in Chicago. Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
saved his life. An amazing man, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams.
Dr. Daniel Hale Williams - Open Heart Surgeon
1836- 1931 Born in Holidayburg, PA
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