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There is need of only one thing.&quot; Lk 10:41-42</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default?start-index=26&amp;max-results=25&amp;redirect=false'/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1014</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-2904039969596927169</id><published>2026-08-21T07:36:59.885+01:00</published><updated>2026-08-21T07:36:59.886+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Artigo</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://observador.pt/opiniao/estrangulou-os-tres-filhossem-arma/&quot;&gt;https://observador.pt/opiniao/estrangulou-os-tres-filhossem-arma/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; 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&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Patriotismo e Educação&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Julie Machado&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;6 - 8 minutos&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Luso-Americana, vive em Lisboa com o marido e sete filhos. Tem um mestrado em Teologia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Quem critica muito facilmente os empreendimentos dos outros é porque lhe falta coragem para embarcar no seu. O objetivo da vida não é ter sucesso em todos os nossos empreendimentos.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Quando tive o meu segundo filho, fiquei assolada de dúvidas e críticas internas. Até aí, tinha-me sentido boa mãe, pensava que corria bem o desenvolvimento da minha filha e que eu estava extremamente capacitada para a criar. Quando a minha filha acordou o irmão recém-nascido de propósito, nasceu um monstro em mim. Quando nasceu o meu terceiro, estava num poço de achar que tudo corria mal e que eu era péssima mãe. Encontrei um livro chamado Desperate da autora Sally Clarkson, que me ajudou a perceber que esses pensamentos negativos não correspondiam à verdade. Estava a dar o meu melhor e eu era a pessoa mais capacitada para criar os meus filhos.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cresci nos Estados Unidos até aos 18 anos e sempre tive uma experiência extremamente positiva escolar e em atividades. Recebíamos prémios por tudo e por nada. No quarto ano, inscrevi-me como “SPUR”: Special People Using Responsible Solutions e sentia-me muito especial no recreio com o meu “clipboard” a prevenir brigas e conflitos entre colegas. No quinto ano, arranjei o meu primeiro trabalho na loja da escola, que vendia materiais escolares. O meu ordenado era o crédito na loja. A escola ensinou-me a ler vorazmente e com gosto, a escrever criativamente e a falar em público. No sétimo ano, escrevia poesia e jornais para os meus colegas e professores lerem. Recebi inúmeros prémios no secundário por participar neste clube ou naquele concurso de debate. E explorava diferentes talentos e interesses, como faziam todos os meus colegas. Sempre me senti confiante nas minhas competências.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;A primeira vez que assisti a uma reunião de direção de turma como professora em 2009, fiquei chocada. Vai-se de aluno em aluno e cada professor tem a sua vez para apontar defeitos e criticá-lo. Parecia um círculo de professores com o aluno imaginário no meio e os professores a atirarem pedras. O aluno é preguiçoso? E os professores não têm problemas iguais ou piores? Alguns lutam com obesidade, outros traem os esposos. Quase 20 anos depois e agora com filhos meus, continuo a achar as reuniões de direção de turma completamente inúteis. A minha mãe deu aulas durante 25 anos nos Estados Unidos e lá não existem esse tipo de reuniões. Cada professor dá a sua nota, objetivamente e baseada em testes, projetos e números. Não se põe a opinar se o aluno é falador ou tímido, se parece esforçar-se ou se tem que trabalhar mais. As reuniões de professores com pais, também a meu ver inúteis, consistem em sublinhar e falar sobre os problemas e defeitos dos alunos. Portugal tem um dos níveis mais altos de alunos em ensino privado. Mesmo assim, muitos são mandados embora dos colégios por mau comportamento ou aproveitamento, inúmeros estão medicados e aposto que a maioria deles está desmotivada.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Os pais geralmente saem das reuniões a sentirem-se também tristes e mal pelos problemas dos filhos. Querem arranjar soluções para o filho se inntegrar melhor no sistema escolar. Diz GK Chesterton no seu livro What’s Wrong With the World, numa passagem famosa :&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“Aquela menina de cabelos ruivos dourados, que acabei de ver passar aos saltinhos em frente à minha casa, não será esgalhada, aleijada ou alterada; seu cabelo não será cortado curto como o de um condenado; não, todos os reinos da Terra serão revirados e mutilados para se adequarem a ela. Ela é a imagem humana e sagrada; ao seu redor, o tecido social oscilará, se romperá e ruirá; os pilares da sociedade serão abalados, e os tetos das eras desabarão, e nenhum fio de cabelo de sua cabeça será tocado.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Os sistemas estão para as pessoas e não vice -versa. O problema está na razão pela qual está a apanhar piolhos e não nos cabelos compridos.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Como descobri com o meu terceiro filho, os pais deviam de ser os primeiros a apoiar os&amp;nbsp; filhos e a acreditar no seu potencial, contra todas as críticas internas e externas. Depois, os professores. As nossas palavras têm poder. Se dissermos que ele é mal comportado e tem este problema, isso aumenta o problema. Já devem ter ouvido muitas histórias de figuras históricas que não se encaixavam no sistema escolar, mas tiveram um pai ou professor ou adulto que acreditou nele e isso mudou o percurso da sua vida. Thomas Edison, por exemplo.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Os americanos acreditam que conseguem e talvez isso esteja relacionado com eles conseguirem mesmo. Há muito patriotismo nos Estados Unidos, como também há em Espanha, e estou convencida de que isso impulsiona a economia e a produtividade. Como disse também Chesterton, “Os homens não amaram Roma porque ela era grandiosa. Ela era grandiosa porque a amaram.”&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Os portugueses geralmente não gostam&amp;nbsp; do seu país, da sua história, da sua música, dos seus filmes, dos seus políticos, que curiosamente eles próprios escolhem. Geralmente não se sentem capazes, criativos, proativos. É uma nação que se sente desmoralizada, desanimada, incapacitada.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Não acreditam em si próprios, talvez porque não tiveram essa educação em que alguém acreditou primeiro neles. Não acreditam no país. Mas não guardam essa negatividade para si próprios. Querem apontar os defeitos e dizer que os outros não conseguem: os alunos, os colegas de trabalho, os esposos, os filhos. Esse projeto nunca mais funcionará. Esse trabalho não dará. Essa pessoa tem “problemas”. (Leia-se: eu não tenho.)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Quem critica muito facilmente os empreendimentos dos outros é porque lhe falta coragem para embarcar no seu. O objetivo da vida não é ter sucesso em todos os nossos empreendimentos. Os nossos sucessos nem durarão a nossa geração, quanto mais no tempo. Winston Churchill disse que o sucesso é ir de falhanço em falhanço com o mesmo entusiasmo. O objetivo da vida é, sim, sentir-se amado e apoiado. Que alguém acredita em ti. E depois transbordar e saber amar e apoiar. Edificação mútua. 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A year and a half to be precise! And only three in the three years of my recovery. But this one was important. ;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://observador.pt/opiniao/extrema-direita-afinal-quem-e-extremista/&quot;&gt;https://observador.pt/opiniao/extrema-direita-afinal-quem-e-extremista/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/3227290869488592347/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2025/09/article-in-portuguese.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/3227290869488592347'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/3227290869488592347'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2025/09/article-in-portuguese.html' title='Article in Portuguese'/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTYCZW52P1F8ohFtQFpKP0XNiAUO_HGE28lmSQd69PIr2Zp0Q_zePOapMsbKsszR_QqgmoEDEIyc5A27lEep5hr7m7eCORc-etKazZJSui36c5nOwhOFlVhMS188twGxJ3_AijS2-8Zdxy5qGh_4-yW6F8Sod3JwTEzkJ4b3AVjiaSK297w9SeNjUgH4E/s72-c/Screenshot_20250924_064133_Samsung%20Internet.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-2594398879797872732</id><published>2025-06-27T09:04:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2025-06-27T09:04:45.818+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="babies"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="love and family"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Made with Love Photography"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="motherhood"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="recovery"/><title type='text'>Baby #7 halfway baked</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; 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Memories!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Baby #7 is halfway cooked. Due in November.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Do you have any questions? I will answer.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Q: Don&#39;t you have any medical reasons you shouldn&#39;t be pregnant?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A: Nope! My obgyn and I thought my body was pretty messed up and wouldn&#39;t be fertile again, but it surprised us! I was taking high doses of pain medication when I found out I was pregnant (for neuropathic pain in my feet and legs, since I still lack feeling in some parts. It is slowly 🐌 coming back.), one of which was an opioid and bad for baby.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I have been slowly reducing them and am almost off them completely. Turns out pregnancy is the best thing for relieving pain! The hormones kicked in about a month and a half ago and I haven&#39;t had pain since then.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Q: Aren&#39;t you scared of childbirth? Since you were lucky not to have died last time....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A: Nope. I&#39;m scared of hospitals, unnecessary medical interventions and THE EPIDURAL more than I was before. But not of childbirth! Obviously I won&#39;t be getting an epidural again, but my three boys were already born without epidural, so that doesn&#39;t scare me at all.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Q: Aren&#39;t you tired? Why would you want another baby?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A: I am frequently tired, yes. Overwhelmed, etc. But my kids are not my problems! They are the source of MOST joy for me and for most of our friends. I was already on a food and lifestyle change/journey in my life, thanks to @holistichilda &#39;s podcast interview on @cultureapothecary and thanks to the Wise Traditions cookbook and the @westonaprice foundation, but surprisingly pregnancy made me even more motivated to be healthier. I feel better and more energetic each day.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/2594398879797872732/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2025/06/baby-7-halfway-baked.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/2594398879797872732'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/2594398879797872732'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2025/06/baby-7-halfway-baked.html' title='Baby #7 halfway baked'/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPHZcKA0YWPAXTg2qBToTes72qx7leYnPGJv7YGtDUSQ1sjkncMGa2TL3OhcA_82bIhgvOI1wHWGsPUJotNQkrgCrNiLBeqnSsbZV9z0pxp6mvM0mibyw6xM9wbUrFXXsplD2Xuw-x22VvpyLUEuq30AoJ2d1lVOpHNACNM4kWzsO-WWfbhygeXgFPg4/s72-w426-h640-c/DSC08730.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-4296585799542634961</id><published>2024-09-12T23:46:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2024-09-12T23:46:54.789+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="education"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="motherhood"/><title type='text'>1st grade haircut</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; 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He cut his own bangs for the occasion. 😂✂️&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;The third time around this &quot;leaving at school business&quot;, it was easier. When Adelaide went to first grade (last picture), I would be anxious and praying for her the whole day. When Daniel dropped Davy off two years ago (second to last pic), I was checking into the hospital to have Lettie lightly induced at FORTY TWO weeks. (Some of you might be thinking: I didn&#39;t know you could wait so long! You &quot;can&#39;t&quot; in the sense that doctors don&#39;t like it, but you should be able to make your own (informed) medical decisions, freely.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Anyway, Lettie was born and I couldn&#39;t wait to know about his day at school and support him during his first weeks.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Little did I know that there was already a hospital bacteria (came in with the epidural needle), growing on my lower spine. I spent some very painful and scary-for-the-kids days. It was probably traumatizing for them seeing their mom writhing and crying with pain for days. Finally, I had my operation, spent 10 days at the hospital and came home, but with an entourage of nurses twice a day, physical therapy twice a day, personal higiene, etc.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;.....so, do you get the idea? There went the supporting Davy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;This time around we were all relaxed, we took pictures and talked to the other families we love. 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height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8hD-xE_XPHEOAHsI2hCOOVPus4m-upAp-VlJPDQxvdrwqs5Lzyvh9dBElo7O4I3X_9PQQ7l0EGjxCS2Gl_fVoHVBtp7qDZPsDv-wkeABqPt6gTTi0Uy0jAUG4hoS7GbIv7rc-bhfO-RW_KKqilfFltjO-dAYQfmBkdyYd-xLYlDJl8mNYn2Qe51aP-Aw/w640-h480/20240903_195824.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;This past year was tough for me, and the summer wasn&#39;t going too much better, but God really gave us amazing rest and lots of beach time these past two weeks.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;The first pictures are Lettie and Rosie getting matching hair wraps. I just thought it was hilarious how much Lettie wanted one and how still she sat!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Drying and warming up together, having conversations. Beautiful sunsets, again having conversations.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m trying to focus on all I am learning.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Este ano passado foi difícil para mim, e o verão não corria melhor, mas Deus deu-nos um descanso incrível e muito tempo de praia estas duas semanas passadas.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;As primeiras fotos são a Leticia e a Rosinha a receber tererés a condizer. Achei engraçadíssimo quanto a Leticia queria um e o tão quietinha ela ficou!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;A secar e aquecer juntos, a conversar.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Pôr-de-sol lindo, também a conversar.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Estou a tentar gravar na memória tudo o que estou a aprender.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/3333232600457163108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/09/soaking-up-nature-soaking-up-rest.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/3333232600457163108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/3333232600457163108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/09/soaking-up-nature-soaking-up-rest.html' title='Soaking up nature, soaking up rest'/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQV-eLfUm1qxqsDBZ9K0MW3dTjlPS0COPrEp82RxDq6kwwu4gEnIQmMS2t4yD6vPK9YTY4utiGM5STzC2W0VfOpOZ1kIIEvQrjQLEGOTUWQSy07ydoHhBUTrOL95kDo4FWd28mP4FFTzmN25GGgiE0HaGydRJS1uKBb-RE6rqERO59QP1E-IRaBNXiHiA/s72-w640-h480-c/20240907_150413.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-4282900717816941041</id><published>2024-08-01T12:21:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2024-08-01T12:22:34.959+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="celebrations"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="friendship"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="recovery"/><title type='text'>Ask for help </title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; 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Now I dread them, knowing my kids will want a party.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Three days before Davy&#39;s bday, I sent out an invitation. A surprising number of friends came, considering it was a weekday. The day before, I asked a whatsapp group of homeschooling (and awesome!) moms I had, if they could help with activities. One of them MADE THE CAKE. An impressively delicious one. Another got materials and organized two activities/crafts (see second and third pics). The others brought food and their presence. I took NOTHING. Not even a bag of chips. Such is my life right now. Davy was overjoyed and had the best party ever.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;God has cured me almost completely and I can walk. However, for some reason, I am still tired, on pain medication, unmotivated, sad most of the time and need a lot of help from other people. Maybe permanently. Why would God put me in a place where I am constantly asking for help?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m not sure, but maybe to be thankful for all help passed our way and to remind others: we all need to ask for help and be thankful when it comes.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/4282900717816941041/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/08/ask-for-help.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/4282900717816941041'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/4282900717816941041'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/08/ask-for-help.html' title='Ask for help '/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4LPpDQyFB2VW_OVqcRJSgZRuNNZr8VIAmf8XwIgqdDzANKZx4WLCArGnOuVe5VeFZ_vAg_6npQhtTkky6zlDoNjUrwc87lq1-xdKN6WfjVbAdrshYg0z23ptPVajkIgsHTMwhvrVhlBOqzLBtKikjSWTE_JZ0xbpTTfvei-_OBEn2ynkQndPLADbSe7w/s72-w640-h640-c/IMG_20240801_115557_101.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-4689422337684216763</id><published>2024-07-22T23:18:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2024-07-22T23:31:07.628+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="creativity"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="family band"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="friendship"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="people"/><title type='text'>Amazing Grace, indeed</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/XIe99rIZIc0&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;XIe99rIZIc0&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;This was a little piece of Heaven I experienced on a Saturday in June. It was the second time we visited these friends&#39; house. The first time was a year ago and we had never met in person... only online! We felt such hospitality and warmth that we felt we were family. Last year, I realized this family does what I&#39;ve been wanting to do in theory/dreams and have never successfully/naturally/organically implemented at our house. They are also a bilingual family (father is Irish), the mom also writes (but actually BOOKS... something, again, I only think of doing in theory), they also don&#39;t use electronics individually, at least not while we were there and each child plays an instrument. Every night, after dinner, they sing songs together in the living room, read the day&#39;s mass readings, reflect together on them and finish with the rosary. This is so simple to them and so COMPLEX to others like me (and you, I&#39;m sure!) that they actually started a movement: https://www.familiasdecana.pt/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;This upcoming weekend they are having a family camp, in tents. Let me know if you want more information!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Anyway, after lunch, they nonchalantly took out their instruments, shared some songs the oldest daughter had composed (I know... whaaaaat) and asked what we wanted to sing. They taught Adelaide (and me!) how to play along, harmonizing, when someone starts playing something. You either hear what key the song is in, or ask if your ears are like mine, and play notes from that scale. Especially the I, IV and V. Simple enough, right?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Sometimes the sisters stay up late playing together, composing and improvising, on their porch with an amazing view. And, unlike the rude neighbors I have heard of here in Lisbon who ask people to STOP practicing music (yes, even if it&#39;s during the day), their neighbors say, play more!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/4689422337684216763/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/07/amazing-grace-indeed.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/4689422337684216763'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/4689422337684216763'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/07/amazing-grace-indeed.html' title='Amazing Grace, indeed'/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/XIe99rIZIc0/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-4892154944687306444</id><published>2024-07-21T21:21:00.012+01:00</published><updated>2024-07-21T21:21:59.413+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="communion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="joie de vivre"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="life in Portugal"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="love and family"/><title type='text'>Beach bums</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; 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height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2F__k5cB8zW_UCixuNgyeILOpRTfUjbbUmr_DwLybmhnJxrMs10pFW91BP8wBHR6jNXhg3hjvNSd9zHoRKC4-wk0Kl5GEl8c7-XDPg0AiWeM5JlfDIYd0G4w0YMLHs5BS_0KwKpfaNNDn3V6-AJeu1L_H3RgQuEtaFClTGa_M5lG9bL7uFp-zPbQ0_hU/w640-h480/20240721_182821.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;Life seems like it has been going rough for us, but we have these amazing moments in between that lift our spirits. Today at the end of the day we went to #praiadatorre and it was just FUN. We were all in playful moods and played with each other. There was a natural pool, formed in the sand, where the water was warm. We felt like we were in the Carribean or in Hawaii! Adelaide and Davy were the dolphins we were having a &quot;swim with the dolphins&quot; experience with. Davy dolphin was actually a crocodile!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Do you need nice experiences (trips, beach, etc) to be well or if you are well, you will enjoy experiences? What do you think?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I definitely think the latter. You can be well in a prison cell (look up St Paul) or in a concentration camp (look up Saint Maximillian Kolbe). Two people can live the same experience in very different ways.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So I guess the real question is: how do we get well? That&#39;s what we&#39;re doing here on this life journey! We are all in need of healing. All life long. Physical and spiritual and emotional and mental (mental healing=truth)!!!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Christians have a different answer to this question than the worlds&#39;: prayer and sacraments.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/4892154944687306444/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/07/beach-bums.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/4892154944687306444'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/4892154944687306444'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/07/beach-bums.html' title='Beach bums'/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlG0SdJx8xeHcDn4yPqDgx9PuEmJaf3LA5mxzJ20ncAMx8zZgfDLQHhhsxq_YmQDkF6o2HsK9nLqYmuml_cXhrkC9MIK3wKIzEFXKVUYaAkmpyNHet5maXFUQ0ESpXSe3zeL4CqESrBVJfKReTtcgs1tzsnXNvPfvOdzv7Mq44Y8vxCKbDAhrxV4K4GpM/s72-w640-h480-c/20240721_182925.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-6864302933598877713</id><published>2024-07-05T22:56:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2024-07-05T22:57:29.819+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="communion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="Outdoors"/><title type='text'>Life outside my home again</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; 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I was on crutches from April 4th-June 30th, did treatments for my wound (which is better, thanks!) and really wanted to keep my house organized and was frustranted with not being able to. I felt like I had nothing to look forward to in the future.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sunday we bought a basketball and played a little at cidade universitaria (video on IG) It was like the clouds parted. I was so happy to have fun with my kids.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Daniel has some days off, so we&#39;re doing a &quot;staycation&quot;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Sunday we went to the beach and I threw the ball back and forth with Tommy. It felt amazing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thursday we played a tiny bit of tennis (above video) and they ate the icecream in the first pictures. My arms still remember how to play. My legs don&#39;t move as fast as I tell them to. It&#39;s a new game of stationary tennis. Dimas is riding his bike without training wheels in the last video (only on IG). I am proud to say I taught him, with the same method as Rosie and Tommy.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Today we went to the beach and I got in the water and swam. (Davy challenged me to a swimming competition! 😂 obviously I lost) I can&#39;t remember the last time I got fully in the water. Probably ten years ago, before I had kids.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I started thinking about it and other than religious retreats/congresses and hikes, my happiest memories are sporty.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I am so lucky to be able to move in these ways again. I am so happy to be able to bond with my husband and kids in nature and sports. My injury and recent depression only made me value this more and be sure of what&#39;s important in life (hint: faith, love, freedom).&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/6864302933598877713/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/07/life-outside-my-home-again.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/6864302933598877713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/6864302933598877713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/07/life-outside-my-home-again.html' title='Life outside my home again'/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUAaUM6_V-8ATzQcGfOEpmADckFKDL6tYAssoBKwsfi0YR7BLPxTszhFPboF1h0lCR8NSsqiSlUDUxd6-78nC4vD7sqAIYOF8HPRaX3qbUScGyxcTIhnA-e8YxT2KQVTbsagK4KodfLA4fGFEug2EX4wYwY015LkFtb1wYDd1K04acgfeYsgP5OLeCv6w/s72-w640-h640-c/IMG_20240705_224622_306.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-6436965572947241921</id><published>2024-06-03T00:32:00.005+01:00</published><updated>2024-06-03T00:32:49.883+01:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="being more Marian"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="communion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="friendship"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="motherhood"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="perseverance"/><title type='text'>Always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus </title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; 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data-original-height=&quot;3060&quot; data-original-width=&quot;4080&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnO7ujSN2370Hx10Fk7-MYBYKZhnWGkmWWD_KBxwsLgefwWqWhHqOOQlrk_S3yw4vipIMRJ4rUdYuw1tkF3dn5f8VmRE7diQX_ynB_kRZWsBC_k9-Ymv8XvDT9tv7IQcviSNXdtWFiFn0DPuQ0qcFCD0wObNYTRzEdIBqPhSSg7AaH1gRWOysHb-SeklU/w400-h300/20240601_130450.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;For God who said, “Let light shine out of darkness,” has shone in our hearts to bring to light the knowledge of the glory of God on the face of Christ. But we hold this treasure in earthen vessels, that the surpassing power may be of God and not from us. We are afflicted in every way, but not constrained; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not abandoned; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our body. For we who live are constantly being given up to death for the sake of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal flesh.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;2 Corinthians 4:6-11&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;A friend sent me a message saying she thought of me when she heard this second reading from mass today (here Corpus Christi was already celebrated Thursday, so it&#39;s not those readings). I couldn&#39;t believe it because it&#39;s one of favorite readings!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;You haven&#39;t heard from me much since January because suddenly my wound on my heel got worse. It&#39;s almost better now and, long story short, I&#39;m still on crutches and have been living like a hermit since April 4th because it&#39;s tiring to get around on crutches. Plus, I&#39;m supposed to rest it. Magically, my ocassional pain that I had to take SOS/extra pain meds to manage disappeared. But last week I started ten days of hyperbaric treatment (two hours each), which is supposed to decrease my pain, but it actually increased it! I&#39;ve been taking the extras almost every day. The doctors say it will most likely get worse before it gets better. This week I have five days straight of the treatment (in addition to getting my bandage remade at the hospital) and, to make matters worse, I have to get an ear exam done tomorrow because they hurt and are hard to &quot;pop&quot; when they turn on the pressure. And I&#39;m also taking antihistamines to see if it gets better.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;So I feel afflicted, perplexed, persecuted amd struck down, but I know God is with me. How? Again, mostly through people. I had a uncontrollable crying atrack before showing up empty-handed and late (as usual now) to our godson&#39;s party on Thurs and they cheered me up, doted on me, hugged me, etc so much that I left with my heart full. When I got home, I sat paralyzed in front of my messy dinner table, feeling the despair come on again, when.... my friend from college rang the doorbell! A friend at the party had told her about me crying and she rushed over to my house. Let me tell you: I don&#39;t remember ever going to any friend&#39;s house just to comfort them, and I don&#39;t deserve such wonderful moments of grace given ny His instruments in my life. Of course, she listened to me, I shed some tears, she set the table, we rejoiced in her presence and had icecream for dessert. We rehearsed our recital songs for her and she sang a fado song for us. I tried to capture Lettie and Rosie&#39;s entranced looks as they listened to her sing in the following pic.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEYzIm8TtBr-wQYFviLkOGCpEDPopivCh7DkChm1_tK8NcRViucUFbEdJu0B8vX4DC9xvV70Uq9zau8DwArZoUyz-SvBcuziAE0qEAVqg_7QOVTB3MDVyeS6WaJu17FVeIfsGTdSB1axxhFmXW3m6xl4SwUSkvL5KeaowlBff4Qvq1M0Nv3xcGVTD1K1k/s4080/20240530_225428.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;3060&quot; data-original-width=&quot;4080&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEYzIm8TtBr-wQYFviLkOGCpEDPopivCh7DkChm1_tK8NcRViucUFbEdJu0B8vX4DC9xvV70Uq9zau8DwArZoUyz-SvBcuziAE0qEAVqg_7QOVTB3MDVyeS6WaJu17FVeIfsGTdSB1axxhFmXW3m6xl4SwUSkvL5KeaowlBff4Qvq1M0Nv3xcGVTD1K1k/w400-h300/20240530_225428.jpg&quot; width=&quot;400&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;The first pics are at Davy&#39;s rugby game on Sat. I only went because he reeeeeeally wanted me to go, but it was great. I took the picture holding Dimas in my lap because I love being able to slowly go back to the most important work ever (other than being a wife): taking care of my kids&#39; needs. More important than meals, hygiene, schooling, etc, is physical touch. Watching them play, sitting in my lap, leaning on me, massage, hugs. I love how the follow me around and if I sit they plop into my lap.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;And of course today, we had the best recital ever with our lovely violin teacher. I said in a little soeech I made at the end: eight years ago I dreamed of having a family band and today was the first day it really happened. I played the piano and my oldest three played their violins. I will post photos and videos tomorrow!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;PS desculpa não escrever tbm em português, mas mal tenho tempo para uma língua (estou a esticar na hora que deveria de estar a dormir!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/6436965572947241921/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/06/always-carrying-about-in-body-dying-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/6436965572947241921'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/6436965572947241921'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/06/always-carrying-about-in-body-dying-of.html' title='Always carrying about in the body the dying of Jesus '/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHim56XYKsK2M5C_67SddxsYbIyYeLyiRR5IcfZtKorghelx68y4wyG1IadTgUXw-2DMkHnWNDSBpOxiGhp-uXRRpiIEbNhPGsD2zLN2fGaeKEwGVPSLu4-VuXL33N4P-JlDizkTA9OtonK0EPOkKn7-PYk9K-inT1Ozslcc3JTq3MJjLtiWDPfaWfnSA/s72-w400-h300-c/20240601_123613.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-1732891004590652850</id><published>2024-03-22T17:28:00.000+00:00</published><updated>2024-03-22T17:28:11.375+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="blogging"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="cooking"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="creativity"/><title type='text'>Creativity is medicine</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWGr3VFHTAxMgyXyG3mus6mmlB2IDjEIpJBl0xiH7anxxaCjlh60DFo3B30MTDAj2omFLX5dMgMHH1XvAooAOrIcyN6lHgTvrT1L-LrM3dmVmetxpb1vlW5hzgMlHAaYmW4fnYlu5lD-hMKjbDchlpBkk9IXxvYFK7VinI1PReM_8Dk__aOIS7V2mNTI/s922/IMG-20240306-WA0002.jpg&quot; 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Thank you! I don&#39;t think my life is bad: I guess because I see so many people at the hospital a lot worse off and also because God has given me such adorable, smart, healthy kids. I feel like I have to get out of bed and put one foot in front of another because of them.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Wednesday night I stayed up a little later because I wrote a poem. A poem! I haven&#39;t written poems since 7th grade. I wrote 2 or 3 in college, but I lost them. I have a book of LOTS of poems I wrote in 7th grade. My favorite poem was &quot;Renascence&quot; by Edna St Vincent Millay. I think I randomly found it while perusing the local library. This is why I want my kids to have access to a good library (they don&#39;t 😢): You can randomly find interesting things that your parents wouldn&#39;t think of buying for you. You can find your own interests.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Anyway, I was walking past the security guard at the hospital, who I always say hello to, who is the friendliest person there (she&#39;s Brazilian, that helps) and I decided to tell her I had written a poem. I told her: &quot;You know the artist Frida Kahlo? She had an bus accident, which left her paralyzed from the waist down like me. Then she recovered, but had pain and health complications her whole life. She lived to suffer and pain. Like her, I live now to suffer and write.&quot; Her eyes lit up and I barely finished the sentence when she said, &quot;You know, I also have a chronic (serious, I forgot what it was) illness. The last time I had the symptoms, I was feeling down and thought, I&#39;m going to get up and cook something. I like cooking.&quot; We both agreed that creativity is he best medicine.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;I also made a cake last week! After Dimas&#39;s red velvet birthday cake provided by his artistic godmother, I tried making it at home. It turned out good, but had a bitter aftertaste. That cake is in the first two pictures. This weekend I made it again, this time with beets instead of red food coloring &lt;a href=&quot;https://butternutbakeryblog.com/natural-red-velvet-cake/&quot;&gt;(recipe from ButternutBakery)&lt;/a&gt;. It was perfect. I also always halve the frosting, because I&#39;m not huge fan. This cake is in the second two pics. There is nothing I like better than cooking, caring for and exploring the world with my husband and kids. I wrote about being a&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.juliemachado.pt/2015/10/a-poor-wife-who-bakes.html&quot;&gt; &quot;poor wife who bakes&quot; on my blog in 2015&lt;/a&gt;... ages ago!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Yesterday I went to an appointment at plastic surgery at the hospital for my wound on my heel. It&#39;s not good yet, I have to keep the bandage on for another week. In a week, I&#39;ll do an MRI to make sure it has nothing to do with the bone. The doctor said it was a little better, that now he &quot;couldn&#39;t feel the bone&quot;. Yikes! I didn&#39;t know he had felt the bone last time. Weird to thing something is touching my bone on the inside and I can&#39;t feel it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Let me know how your week is going and if you have any questions in the comments!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Na última foto: Tenho que fazer sestas, mas tenho sempre companheiros mini de sestas e isso torna tudo mais especial.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Desculpa, acho que queixei-me muito no último post e recebi algumas respostas preocupadas e ofertas de ajuda. Obrigada! Não acho que a minha vida seja má: pois vejo muita gente pior no hospital e porque Deus me deu criançãs adoráveis, inteligentes e saudáveis. Sinto o dever de sair da cama de manhã e avançar um pé à frente do outro por causa deles. Na quarta deitei-me um pouco mais tarde porque... escrevi um poema! Não escrevo poemas desde o sétimo ano. Excepto dois ou três que escrevi na universidade, mas perdi-os. Tenho um caderno com MUITOS poemas que escrevi no 7º ano. O meu poema preferido era &quot;Renascence&quot; de Edna St Vincent Millay. Acho que o encontrei ao acaso na biblioteca local. É por isto que quero que os meus filhos tenham acesso a uma boa biblioteca (não têm&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;😢): podes encontrar coisas que te interessam e que os teus pais não se lembrariam talvez de te comprar. Podes explorar os teus interesses.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;font-family: &amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Enfim, estava a passar a segurança no hospital, que cumprimento sempre e que é a pessoa mais simpática do local (é brasileira, isso ajuda! 😉) e contei-lhe que tinha escrito um poema. Disse: &quot;Conheces a artista Frida Kahlo? Ela teve um acidente de autocarro, que lhe deixou paralisada da cintura para baixo, como eu. Ela recuperou, mas teve dor e complicações de saúde a sua vida inteira. Ela vivia para sofrer e pintar. Como ela, vivo para sofrer e escrever.&quot; Os olhos da segurança iluminaram-se e exclamou, &quot;Como sabes, tenho uma doença crónica (e séria, mas esqueci-me do nome). A última vez que estava com sintomas, e a sentir-me em baixo, pensei: vou-me levantar e cozinhar.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Gosto de cozinhar.&quot; Concordamos que a criatividade é o melhor remédio.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Também fiz um bolo na semana passada! Depois do bolo&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;red velvet&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;de aniversário do Dimas, fornecido pela sua madrinha artista, tentei fazê-lo em casa. Ficou bom, mas tinha um sabor amargo que ficava na boca. Esse bolo estava nas primeiras duas fotografias. Este fds fiz-o de novo, mas com beterraba em vez de corante vermelho&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://butternutbakeryblog.com/natural-red-velvet-cake/&quot;&gt;(receita de ButternutBakery)&lt;/a&gt;. Ficou perfeito. Também faço sempre só metade da cobertura da receita, não gosto muito. Esse bolo está nas duas últimas fotos. Não há nada que gosto mais do que cozinhar, cuidar e passear com o meu marido e filhos. Escrevi sobre ser uma&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.juliemachado.pt/2015/10/a-poor-wife-who-bakes.html&quot;&gt;&quot;pobre mulher que cozinha&quot; no meu blog em 2015&lt;/a&gt;... há séculos atrás!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Ontem fui a uma consulta na cirurgia plástica no HSM por causa da ferida no calcanhar. Não está ainda bom, tenho que manter o penso mais uma semana pelo menos. Numa semana, faço uma ressonância para excluir que seja algo no osso. O médico dise que estava um pouco melhor, pois &quot;já não conseguia sentir o osso&quot;. Socorro! Não sabia que ele tinha sentido o osso da última vez. Que estranho pensar que algo está a tocar no meu osso por dentro e eu não sinto.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Conta-me como vai a tua semana e se tens perguntas nos comentários!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/1732891004590652850/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/03/creativity-is-medicine.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/1732891004590652850'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/1732891004590652850'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/03/creativity-is-medicine.html' title='Creativity is medicine'/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfWGr3VFHTAxMgyXyG3mus6mmlB2IDjEIpJBl0xiH7anxxaCjlh60DFo3B30MTDAj2omFLX5dMgMHH1XvAooAOrIcyN6lHgTvrT1L-LrM3dmVmetxpb1vlW5hzgMlHAaYmW4fnYlu5lD-hMKjbDchlpBkk9IXxvYFK7VinI1PReM_8Dk__aOIS7V2mNTI/s72-w640-h640-c/IMG-20240306-WA0002.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-5887110925301059243</id><published>2024-03-19T23:32:00.000+00:00</published><updated>2024-03-19T23:32:12.297+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pain"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="perseverance"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="physical therapy"/><title type='text'>Sleepy days, pain days, repeat</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; 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data-original-width=&quot;1055&quot; height=&quot;426&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcPKCwQBYcLWTxGYKmOYTeizYNIzu9A_4sX8BEJ0joFsiL0wgZ6n1ly7ry2lWPH6Xb1g8b5a-fxl1IrBDrm1Qp_qa7JB5vntLmEu0pS8Y5n5cyYsZ1tFSZ27764R1w_1dDSD2iIb3ZBRIPBwR6-H0V4h7DULZvpqrDeV7EQFkR38czidDDt7hb0mspjvQ/w640-h426/20240225_232640.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;This is Dimas on his birthday when he turned 3 in February. We sent out invitations the day before, for a party, but then sent out messages cancelling it. I was too tired and had a bandage again on my heel. Instead, we went to McDonalds for lunch and for a walk around the park area with his godparents and he was THRILLED. You can tell by his smile. His godmother, who thinks of BEAUTIFUL DETAILS (she&#39;s an artist), brought a small red velvet cake with a sparkler candle. He had never seen a sparkler candle and he was also THRILLED. The cake inspired me to make red velvet cake at home. Since then, I&#39;ve made it twice, and I&#39;ll have to share about that in another post.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;I haven&#39;t sent out news for a while (or written articles!) because sleepiness and discouragement have taken over my life. Sleepiness because I realized the pain medication I am taken is very strong and in high doses. I switched &quot;pain center&quot; from one hospital to another (now I am going to Santa Maria for that also) and went to an appointment with the anesthesiologist last week. She is AMAZING and the hour and a half she spend just talking to us and looking at my feet a bit was AMAZING. She says she is used to seeing people on pain medication, but was a little shocked to see my high doses. She wants to help me lower them. There is a pain treatment I can do for my feet, but I have to cure my ulcer first.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;That&#39;s another thing: the ulcer. I stepped on something without feeling it in December. It infected under the skin, they cut off the skin on top (diagnosed a pressure ulcer), put on a bandage for a few weeks and then took it off. I accidentally stepped on a tiny grain of sand or dirt, on the thin skin, and made a second ulcer in February. Same deal: bandage for a week or two, sent home with hopes of full and easy recovery. Two weeks ago the wound got INFECTED. I still have a bandage on my foot (it&#39;s on my heel). I have an appointment on Thursday and I hope to take it off then. It doesn&#39;t hurt because I don&#39;t have feeling in my heels. That&#39;s why I got the wound in the first place. They cut without local anesthesia and I don&#39;t feel it.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;I categorize my days as a sleepy day or as a pain day. Saturday I woke up and felt the sharp, serrating pain on my toes on my right foot I&#39;ve had off and on since January 2023. I thought: oh gosh, here come the pain days. It went away this afternoon. Sometimes it stays longer, it depends. I try to tolerate it during the day, unless it&#39;s very bad and then I take one of my SOS pills. But I try to reserve them for nighttime, because I should only take a maximum of three and I usually need the three to be able to sleep at night. My new pain doctor (the anesthesiologist I had an appointment with last week at the pain center) prescribed morphine in a pill for SOS because that is the next step up after what I&#39;m taking right now and only works at the second or third pill. She said I shouldn&#39;t be taking so many SOS pills days in a row. So please pray my ulcer gets better soon and we can try the topical foot treatment.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Other days are sleepy days. I&#39;m fine during the morning and it&#39;s all downhill after lunch. I&#39;ve fallen asleep while driving and hit the curb (I know it&#39;s dangerous! I try to avoid it when I&#39;m sleepy!). I&#39;ve fallen asleep while leaning on my desk during a class I teach at my daughter&#39;s school. I&#39;ve fallen asleep (I&#39;m talking seconds or minutes by the way) while teaching online English classes. I&#39;ve since had to cancel those, because I cannot take care of myself (which I need A LOT more maintenance for now), my kids and my house, much less anything past that. This is the biggest sacrifice for me of all: seeing my day slide by because I took a nap in the middle of it. People reminding me I should&#39;ve done something months ago and I just can&#39;t get to my to-do list. And what hurts the most: not doing fun things with my kids. Today we sang a song to memorize the 50 states with, which we used to do some activities with years ago. I asked Adelaide and Davy, do you remember when I used to be a fun mom, and do more activities with you guys? I was hoping they would say they didn&#39;t remember, and that I am fun now, or something along the lines of that doesn&#39;t matter to us. Instead, they got really sad and said, yes, can you please try to do something with us again sometime? We still have the boxes with craft materials in the office, they said.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Some of you didn&#39;t catch it in the last blog update: I am able to drive! I have been driving for about a month and it was felt GREAT to be able to take my kids somewhere and spend time with them out of the house for once.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Este é o Dimas no seu aniverário quando fez 3 anos em Fevereiro. Enviamos convites no dia anterior (porque estamos assim organizados!), para uma festa, e logo a seguir mensagens a cancelá-la. Estava cansada demais e tinha de novo um penso no calcanhar. Fomos ao McDonalds par o almoço e demos um pequeno passeio com os padrinhos dele e ele DELIROU. Consegue-se perceber pelo sorriso dele. A madrinha, que pensa em PORMENORES LINDOS (ela é artista), trouxe um pequeno bolo&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;red velvet&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;com uma vela que faz um fogo que salta (não sei como se diz em portugês, em inglês é&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;sparkler&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;). Ele nunca tinha visto uma vela assim e delirou de novo. O bolo inspirou-me a fazer um bolo igual em casa. Já o fiz duas vezes, mas vou precisar de outro post para partilhar isso. Não tenho enviado notícias a algum tempo (nem escrito artigos!) porque a sonolência e o desanimo tomaram conta da minha vida. Sonolência porque apercebi-me que a medicação que tomo para a dor é forte e em doses altas. Transferi duma unidade de dor para outra (agora estou no HSanta Maria para a unidade de dor também) e tive uma consulta incrivel e excelente com a anestesista na semana passada. Ela é maravilhosa e a hora e meia que passou a falar connosco e a ver os meus pés um pouco foi maravilhoso. Ele disse que está habituada a ver pessoas a tomar medicação para a dor, mas ficou chocada com as minhas doses altas. Ela quer ajudar-me a baixá-las. Existe um tratamento tópico que posso fazer aos pés, mas tenho que curar a úlcera primeiro.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Isso é outro assunto: a úlcera. Pisei algo sem o sentir em Dezembro. Infetou por debaixo da pele, eles cortaram a pele em cima (diagnosticado úlcera de pressão), fizeram penso durante algumas semanas, tiraram e tive alta. Em fevereiro, pisei um grão de areia ou terra, na pele fininha, e fiz uma segunda úlcera em Fevereiro. Igual: penso uma semana ou duas e tirámos. Há duas semanas ficou INFECTADO. Ainda tenho penso no pé (a ferida é no calcanhar). Tenho consulta quinta e vamos ver se está bom para tirar nessa altura. Não doi porque não tenho sensibilidade nos calcanhares. Por isso tive a ferida em Dezembro. Cortam sem anestesia local e não o sinto.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Categorizo os meus dias como dia com sono ou dia com dor. Sábado acordei e senti logo a dor aguda nos dedos do pé direito. Tenho tido esta dor, de vez em quando, desde Janeiro 2023. Pensei: pronto, chegaram os dias de dor. Desapareceu esta tarde. Por vezes fica mais tempo, depende. Tento tolerar durante o dia, a não ser que esteja muito mau e aí tomo um dos meus comprimidos SOS. Tento reservá-los para a noite, porque só devo tomar um máximo de três e geralmente preciso os três para poder dormir à noite. A minha nova médica da dor (a anestesista da unidade da dor) passou receita para morfina em forma de comprimido. É o passo mais acima do que já tomo agora e só funciona à segunda terceira. Ela disse que não devo tomar tantos comprimidos SOS dias seguidos. Por isso, por favor reza que a minha úlcera melhora e posso experimentar o tratamento tópico para os pés.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;Outros dias são dias com sono. Estou bem durante a manhã, mas sinto o embate depois do almoço. Já adormeci enquanto conduzia (sei que é perigoso! tento evitar quando estou com sono!). Adormeci, encostada a uma mesa, numa aula que estou a dar na escola da minha filha. Adormeci (quando digo &quot;adormeci&quot; estou a falar de segundos ou minutos...) enquanto dava aulas de inglês no computador. Tive que cancelar entretanto estas aulas, porque não consigo tomar conta de mim (que é preciso muito mais esforço agora!), das crianças e da casa, muito menos algo para além disto. Este é o maior sacrifício para mim: ver o meu dia a escorregar-me pelas mãos porque fiz uma sesta que cortou a tarde. Pessoas relembram-me de algo que deveria ter feito à meses. Não consigo chegar à minha lista de afazeres. E o que custa mais de tudo: não conseguir fazer coisas divertidas com os meus filhos. Hoje cantámos uma canção para decorar os 50 estados. Fazíamos uma actividade com esta canção há uns anos atrás. Perguntei à Adelaide e ao David: lembram-se de quando eu era mais divertida, fazia mais actividades com vocês? Tinha esperança que fossem dizer que não se lembravam, que sou divertida agora, ou algo parecido com &quot;não é isso que interessa&quot;. Pelo contrário, ficaram tristes e disseram que sim, se lembravam, e posso tentar fazer uma actividade connosco de novo? Ainda temos materiais no escritório...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Alguns de vós não viram no último post: estou a conduzir! Já há um mês que conduzo e sinto MARAVILHOSA quando consigo levar os filhos a algum lugar e passar tempo com eles fora de casa.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/5887110925301059243/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/03/sleepy-days-pain-days-repeat.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/5887110925301059243'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/5887110925301059243'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/03/sleepy-days-pain-days-repeat.html' title='Sleepy days, pain days, repeat'/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyYh1YRYxKQmp9DR1s3s2x1s67-PslvaS5uxWy_VDa_b9PGdvJD1GnGRwrN4NpB9v72VepijwpAFN3gHgm_O1Z3Mo5Upmpem38gtdyZfs2ERUF-Kune2McqhNXvuhNkw5YRAh_EUcYswJvraTEEl94FXIZRQ8qbctsutNVm4VoEmTGQ3Me6BMBAzD6mZ4/s72-w640-h428-c/DSC08222.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-1940058350050774098</id><published>2024-02-16T23:47:00.005+00:00</published><updated>2024-02-16T23:52:17.806+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="being more Marian"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="impatience"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="one of those days"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="perseverance"/><title type='text'>Jesus falls for the first time</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWbdM-N7qpiGD__AoCtMQ5N492VpSFfOKAwAJqY-mCYrj08rMJRsQhCjxXCWFY3NDzaoq1GAndAQI3BG9xSF_NKK5NlTOxPwpPpcIOSnXgz5kf9dBJaeg1hVyWiK82TtlznDaX0suXtK-zxp_-PSbpdWK6dtr6smgVUYNd3uX_ko_8nQuCHRZaBmkoFQ/s2048/IMG-20240205-WA0009.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2048&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1536&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWbdM-N7qpiGD__AoCtMQ5N492VpSFfOKAwAJqY-mCYrj08rMJRsQhCjxXCWFY3NDzaoq1GAndAQI3BG9xSF_NKK5NlTOxPwpPpcIOSnXgz5kf9dBJaeg1hVyWiK82TtlznDaX0suXtK-zxp_-PSbpdWK6dtr6smgVUYNd3uX_ko_8nQuCHRZaBmkoFQ/w480-h640/IMG-20240205-WA0009.jpg&quot; width=&quot;480&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjig47xoX3Gn9gg2cWQPLvXqNkFdrq-krDlcSdQ4oBxsfp29S-KVXdCXi4wQKOcGTNErdfxe377BDs1A4DUeIGXM26mM4_cQWBD_qkamveUCR5urmAdvNFcWsHBuMaiyG1QSx2FT9cLlF-83UX2_SbdmYOXPGa3qZMeP9_nPqTX_HFM6bW_-Zg-hLnBCsI/s2048/IMG-20240205-WA0010.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2048&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1536&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjig47xoX3Gn9gg2cWQPLvXqNkFdrq-krDlcSdQ4oBxsfp29S-KVXdCXi4wQKOcGTNErdfxe377BDs1A4DUeIGXM26mM4_cQWBD_qkamveUCR5urmAdvNFcWsHBuMaiyG1QSx2FT9cLlF-83UX2_SbdmYOXPGa3qZMeP9_nPqTX_HFM6bW_-Zg-hLnBCsI/w480-h640/IMG-20240205-WA0010.jpg&quot; width=&quot;480&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Why haven&#39;t I written and given an update in so long? Well, I&#39;m always S.O. T.I.R.E.D. I can&#39;t find the time or the will power.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;One day, I helped the older kids get out the door for school and there was about an hour until the babysitter got here and I fell asleep on the couch. When she rang the doorbell, I got up to talk to her, before changing from my pyjamas. She couldn&#39;t stop giggling and said, you know you&#39;ve been drawn on, right? I hadn&#39;t noticed. (See pictures above)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Such is life when when you can fall into deep sleep in a minute and not feel your one-year-old draw on you. I&#39;m not sure if the sleepiness comes from the pain medication I take or from the injury.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;I&#39;m not sure why God is allowing me to have increased difficulty in the simple tasks I love to do and I live to do, like organize my house and cook meals. Like take my kids anywhere.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;I have started driving!! Woo hoo! Two weeks ago. I feel enough in my feet and have enough strength to work the pedals. I took my kids to two friend&#39;s houses this week because the oldest were off school. It felt like old times. I was getting back to work. Back to normal.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Except the sleepiness, also while driving, anytime after lunch.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;And after 5 pm I&#39;m done for. I just complain to the kids, lose my temper and going from the kitchen to the living room seems like mountain climbing.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Why would God allow taking away my energy, making us suffer financially and making it so much harder to take care of the six beautiful children He gave me?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;I was able to listen to Bishop Barron&#39;s Stations of the Cross today on spotify (I highly recommend, of course). I especially liked the meditation about Jesus&#39;s first fall with the cross. A parishioner asked him once, why would God allow my two granddaughters, 5 and 7 years old, to suffer from terminal illnesses in which they first become blind and then die? Bishop Barron told the man he didn&#39;t have an easy answer for him, but he knew that just asking the question was sacred.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Lately I have been all out of answers. All out of time to read and write, which is what I would most like to do. But I&#39;m asking these questions. I hope you are too.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_Jo7etKOsRZUmu3dTd5UlrPbCbDW2mTU5xWekQyo5uWV_-UoW1JYMzgEqOLy201OOuS_Bu61SYDLsl2ZjR9qN2_b36lhLcP_bGrldcA7kPOWvYEC4B6cru4wN0rWybm0i1Mk5O0nyHm1XYDBD3equVks-3vbuQaGMYtQTyCdGrTAx5oDhr81ngClmg8/s3264/20240129_092307.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;2448&quot; data-original-width=&quot;3264&quot; height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_Jo7etKOsRZUmu3dTd5UlrPbCbDW2mTU5xWekQyo5uWV_-UoW1JYMzgEqOLy201OOuS_Bu61SYDLsl2ZjR9qN2_b36lhLcP_bGrldcA7kPOWvYEC4B6cru4wN0rWybm0i1Mk5O0nyHm1XYDBD3equVks-3vbuQaGMYtQTyCdGrTAx5oDhr81ngClmg8/w640-h480/20240129_092307.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;When I was able to take them out with their bikes. Once.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Porque é que não tenho escrito e dado notícias há tanto tempo? Bem, estou sempre T.Ã.O. C.A.N.S.A.D.A. Não encontro o tempo nem a vontade. Um dia, ajudei as crianças mais velhas a sair para a escola e, faltava uma hora para a babysitter chegar e eu adormeci no sofá. Quando ela tocou à porta, levantei-me para falar com ela, antes de trocar de roupa do pijama. Ela tentava suprimir o riso e disse, sabes que desenharam em ti, certo? Não tinha reparado. (Ver fotos acima)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Assim é a vida quando podes adormecer profundamente a qualquer instante e não sentes a tua filha de um ano a desenhar em ti. Não sei se o cansaço e sonolência vem dos medicamentos para a dor que tomo ou se da lesão.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Não sei porque é que Deus me permite ter dificuldade aumentada nas tarefas simples que amo fazer e vivo para fazer, como organizar a minha casa e cozinhar. Como transportar as minhas crianças.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Comecei a conduzir!! Woo hoo! Há duas semanas. Sinto o suficiente nos pés e tenho força para carregar nos pedais. Levei as crianças a visitar duas amigas esta semana, porque os mais velhos não tinham escola. Parecia como antigamente fazia. Estava a voltar ao trabalho. Ao normal. Excepto a sonolência, também durante a condução, a qualquer hora depois do almoço. Depois das cinco da tarde não aguento nada. Queixo-me às ciranças, perco a paciência e ir da cozinha para a sala parece escalada de montanhas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Porque é que Deus permitirá tirar a minha energia, fazernos sofrer financeiramente e tornar tão mais difícil tomar conta das seis crianças lindas que nos deu?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Consegui ouvir o Bispo Barron com as Estações da Cruz no Spotify. Gostei especialmente da meditação sobre a primeira queda de Jesus. Um paroquiano perguntou-lhe uma vez: porque Deus permitirá as minhas duas netas, de 5 e 7 anos, sofrer de doenças terminais, em que primeiro ficam cegas e depois morrem? Bispo Barron disse ao senhor que não tinha respostas fáceis, mas que sabia que só fazer a pergunta é sagrado.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Ultimamente faltam-me as respostas. Falta-me tempo para ler e escrever, que é o que mais queria fazer. Mas estou a fazer estas perguntas. Espero que também estejas.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/1940058350050774098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/02/jesus-falls-for-first-time.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/1940058350050774098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/1940058350050774098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/02/jesus-falls-for-first-time.html' title='Jesus falls for the first time'/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUWbdM-N7qpiGD__AoCtMQ5N492VpSFfOKAwAJqY-mCYrj08rMJRsQhCjxXCWFY3NDzaoq1GAndAQI3BG9xSF_NKK5NlTOxPwpPpcIOSnXgz5kf9dBJaeg1hVyWiK82TtlznDaX0suXtK-zxp_-PSbpdWK6dtr6smgVUYNd3uX_ko_8nQuCHRZaBmkoFQ/s72-w480-h640-c/IMG-20240205-WA0009.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-7045875701805324315</id><published>2024-01-08T16:13:00.003+00:00</published><updated>2024-01-08T16:13:48.230+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="articles"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="education"/><title type='text'>Artigo imaginação </title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Artigo!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://expresso.pt/opiniao/2024-01-08-Como-matar-a-imaginacao-do-teu-filho-43dfd06b&quot;&gt;https://expresso.pt/opiniao/2024-01-08-Como-matar-a-imaginacao-do-teu-filho-43dfd06b&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/7045875701805324315/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/01/artigo-imaginacao.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/7045875701805324315'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/7045875701805324315'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/01/artigo-imaginacao.html' title='Artigo imaginação '/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-5310210026391355048</id><published>2024-01-08T14:12:00.000+00:00</published><updated>2024-01-08T14:12:06.761+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="recovery"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="video"/><title type='text'>Conferência de casal</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/LblHe_itCmk&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;LblHe_itCmk&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Está aqui publicada a nossa conferência sobre vencer contrariedades em casal de Junho 2023. Caso alguém tenha interesse. Vou por também na pagina &quot;Speaking&quot; neste blog.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/5310210026391355048/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/01/conferencia-de-casal.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/5310210026391355048'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/5310210026391355048'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2024/01/conferencia-de-casal.html' title='Conferência de casal'/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/LblHe_itCmk/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-5434071184655377680</id><published>2023-12-28T00:24:00.000+00:00</published><updated>2023-12-28T00:24:08.794+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="one of those days"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="perseverance"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="recovery"/><title type='text'>My feet and my hands and my feet and my hands and my feet.....</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOEu3xmN4ZiS2DFOclWHAMh74Ena3usT3t9jRTz07FlRiyTELnZ1mhZdLUDeCAcpoga4_QE4bNZJ5qqUCu0wlki4P0Ag5DwSATN4MCCYBoFkocr4IWqYxoqaBI78-DbtCRxkoJNYnvcdREC9Ze-nDW4hWI8Pv6do_R53w_fqU8g42wkQxot5N3gY4J9A/s4080/20231221_105708.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;3060&quot; data-original-width=&quot;4080&quot; height=&quot;480&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOEu3xmN4ZiS2DFOclWHAMh74Ena3usT3t9jRTz07FlRiyTELnZ1mhZdLUDeCAcpoga4_QE4bNZJ5qqUCu0wlki4P0Ag5DwSATN4MCCYBoFkocr4IWqYxoqaBI78-DbtCRxkoJNYnvcdREC9Ze-nDW4hWI8Pv6do_R53w_fqU8g42wkQxot5N3gY4J9A/w640-h480/20231221_105708.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Mom-daughter coffee date (they went to see my pilates!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; 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imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1616&quot; height=&quot;428&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-6U1u5ulB8ksEli0lGGbtnZzlJlHt_JbMpKPWX9Sp1Bp3y2oh3FXiDNHaz4Ij10AmebCuwUJ-x_6b0b1rgFQNpPLz-Fit2pwHII2rI17esdUVPoE1KrA4ZmjcVtLWlld43ye3TXPt3B-JZ9-i-k0pEX2vphDSldqx5UJHId5RlDHWAN7ZWCePY7h9LnI/w640-h428/DSC07955.JPG&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6GpWJzoTKgHmtBO7aaQJDAbahdZyrMt-_l_rtZULders2-v2eQNddL8P56_53aXGCBILvl6A-j3h6YwflSfEOKNzQJKzNwdzKN_NlTBa33dfhhwSuMsPvB2LycgRVgiZ2ChGnW80tpmQ5MI1givx9LUCbKxBkAm603JV6VYuUzu0rLHiu3nMGQYyUWEE/s2048/IMG-20231223-WA0024.jpg&quot; imageanchor=&quot;1&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1532&quot; data-original-width=&quot;2048&quot; height=&quot;478&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6GpWJzoTKgHmtBO7aaQJDAbahdZyrMt-_l_rtZULders2-v2eQNddL8P56_53aXGCBILvl6A-j3h6YwflSfEOKNzQJKzNwdzKN_NlTBa33dfhhwSuMsPvB2LycgRVgiZ2ChGnW80tpmQ5MI1givx9LUCbKxBkAm603JV6VYuUzu0rLHiu3nMGQYyUWEE/w640-h478/IMG-20231223-WA0024.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;This last one at the park with a babysitter&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;The week before Christmas we had a wonderful time getting extra books read and extra cuddles from our grandmother from the Azores (my mom), but I also got diagnosed with a pressure ulcer on my heel. I guess you always get a mix of good and bad in life? Like it says in one of my favorite songs (called &quot;The Hope Machine&quot; by the Okee Dokee Brothers): Open up the windows of your heart, let in the sunshine, let in the rain. Even so, I&#39;m having a hard time persevering and not feeling disappointed. Today Daniel and I were talking about how good it was we had our big anniversary party in June. We thought my recovery was over or almost over. Since then, three things shooken, the last one being this diagnosis, and we would never have gotten to it again.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;On the Monday of last week, we noticed little drops of blood all over the house and I was checking all the kids, wondering who was bleeding. Tuesday morning I realized it was my heel and I couldn&#39;t feel it. I showed it to my physical therapist at the hospital that morning and she thought it was dry, cracked skin and said for me to moisturize intensely, which I started doing. But then it started to get more and more sore when I would step on it. And it started to get red and itch a little further up.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Cut a looong story short: a very kind friend of mine thought of a nurse friend of hers with a phD in wounds. This nurse came (on Christmas day! so nice!), confirmed it is definitely a pressure ulcer and explained the foot isn&#39;t made to support all of the body&#39;s weight on the heels. There was pus under a big layer of very hard, dead skin. It was heading up my leg in a red line because it had no other way to get out. She cut that dead skin off, drained the pus and the wound will now heal itself. I was super lucky, as usual (God is in the details, He provides for everything), to be seen by a real expert who doesn&#39;t usually live in Lisbon, but was visiting for Christmas. And also for us to have caught it at a good time, easy to treat. I probably stepped on something at home and didn&#39;t feel it. It perforated the skin and caused an infection. It was almost a good thing I got the wound so that I would notice the ulcer.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;In case you&#39;re interested, here is the before picture, and the after picture when she cut off the dead skin:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;table&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;
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I am getting around in an office chair at home (easier to maneuver&amp;nbsp;than wheel chair) and a wheel chair outside. Unfortunately I can&#39;t push my own wheelchair because I was diagnosed with carpel tunnel syndrome three months after my injury last year. (from pushing my chair)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;When this injury happened 15 months ago, I thought ok, a couple of months and I&#39;ll get back to life as normal. Then time passed and I thought, ok a year. Life as normal would be being able to take care of my kids by myself, without a babysitter, and be able take them outside everyday for some outdoors. To be able to take better care of our house so it&#39;s not always a ginormous mess. To not have to hire so much help and call so many taxis. However, now I am even more limited as I should avoid standing up &lt;i&gt;and &lt;/i&gt;I should lay down and elevate my legs a little everyday. To go anywhere I have to rely on someone to push me.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Have I had pain? A lot of people ask. Thank you for your concern. My pain is under control because of the pain medication I take morning and evening. The doctor recently increased the doses. I usually don&#39;t feel pain, just sleepiness or slight discomfort/tingling/sensitivity in my feet. However, every now and then, since January, I&#39;ve had a more localized pain on the toes of my right foot. That pain is very intense and I have gotten two &quot;interventions&quot; to see if it improves long term. I was super happy because I hadn&#39;t had it since the last week of October. But no, my old friend came back last Saturday. At least now I have a pain medication I take as an extra &quot;SOS&quot; that actually works.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Why is life so not how we want it to be? How is this extra-long recovery, difficult for the whole family, good for anything? My wise friend said, &quot;ah but &lt;i&gt;that&lt;/i&gt; is hope: working without seeing the results, but knowing they are happening.&quot; I&#39;m not the only person sick or wounded in the world. Quite the contrary. Everyone gets the opportunity to take care of the sick or to be taken care of while sick or both. That&#39;s probably why people are OBSESSED with well-being and health and diets: because being sick and dying are scary. This Christmas, as I suffered with these physical maladies and also with the emotional frustration of limitations, I thought of how silly people are to worry and put SO MUCH time and effort into fine dining, mindless entertainment and travel. These things can be used for good, but if ordered to their purpose. Most people are anaesthesized by screens and the frantic search for pleasure. I started thinking up a &lt;i&gt;third &lt;/i&gt;book I want to write called something along the line of &quot;Vanity of Vanities&quot; or &quot;Almost everyone lives an illusion&quot;. What do you think? Pray for me to have time, because now I just sleep, or move at an even slower pace around the house...!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;I wish you the continuation of a happy (twelve days of) Christmas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;A semana antes do Natal tivemos um tempinho com mais leitura e miminhos da avó dos Açores (a minha mãe), mas também fui diagnosicada com uma úlcera de pressão no meu calcanhar. Talvez haja sempre uma mistura do bom e do mau na vida? Como diz numa das minhas canções preferidas (&quot;The Hope Machine&quot; de Okee Dokee Brothers): Abre as janelas do teu coração, deixa entrar a luz do sol, e deixa entrar a chuva. Mesmo assim, estou com dificuldade em perseverar e não me sentir desapontada. Hoje eu e o Daniel falávamos como calhou bem fazermos a nossa grande festa de aniversário em Junho. Pensávamos que a minha recuperação tivesse acabada ou quase acabada. Desde aí, três coisas nos tem abalado, a última sendo este diagnóstico. Nunca mais teríamos feito festa.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Na segunda-feira da semana passada, vimos pingos de sangue pela casa toda e estava à procura de qual crianças estaria a sangrar. Na manhã seguinte lembrei-me de olhar para o meu pé! Mostrei à minha fisioterapeuta no hospital nessa mesma manhã e ela achou que fosse uma greta e disse para pôr muito creme. No entanto, estava a ficar dorida quando andava e uma linha vermelha no tornozelo fazia comichão.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Chegando ao final duma história longa: uma amiga muito querida minha lembrou-se duma amiga dela, enfermeira e especialista em feridas. Escreveu a tese de doutoramento em feridas e tem muita experiência. Ela veio no dia de Natal (tão generosa!) e confirmou que é de certeza uma úlcera de pressão. Explicou que o pé não está feito para suportar todo o peso do corpo em cima do calcanhar. Havia pus por debaixo dum nível grosso de pele morta. A infeção subia o meu tornozelo porque não encontrava outra saída. Ela cortou a pele morta, o pus saiu e a ferida agora pode sarar. Fui&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;super&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;sortuda, como sempre (Deus está nos pormenores, encaminha sempre tudo), por ser tratada por uma perita que não mora em Lisboa, mas estava a visitar para o Natal. Foi bom também o ter apanhado a tempo, quando ainda era fácil tratar. Provavelmente pisei algo em casa e não o senti. Perfurou a pele e causou infeção. Quase que foi &quot;bom&quot; me ter ferido para poder reparar na úlcera.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Se tiveres interessado, pus uma fotografia do calcanhar antes do cortar e outra de como está agora.&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Infelizmente isto significa que vou ter que andar o menos possível. Circulo pela minha casa numa cadeira de escritório (dá-me mais jeito) e de cadeira de rodas na rua. Infelizmente não devo empurrar a minha própria cadeira porque fui diagnosticada com síndromo de túnel carpico três meses após a lesão inicial. (por ter empurrado tanto a cadeira)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Quando me aconteceu isto há 15 meses, pensei: devo estar recuperada dentro de alguns meses e voltarei à vida normal. Depois o tempo passou e pensei: ok, um ano. Vida normal seria poder cuidar dos meus filhos sozinha, sem babysitter. Poder levá-los a passear uma vez por dia, de preferência com natureza. Poder arrumar a nossa casa para não ser estar sempre uma bagunça. Não ter que contratar tantas ajudas e não ter que chamar tantos taxis. Ao contrário, agora estou ainda mais limitada porque devo evitar por carga no pé e devo deitar-me e elevar as pernas o mais possível. Para ir a qualquer lado, tenho que depender de alguém que me empurre.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Tenho tido dor? Muitos perguntam. Obrigada pela preocupação. A minha dor está controlada pois tomo medicamentos para ela de manhã e de noite. O médico recentemente aumentou as doses. A maior parte dos dias não sinto dor, só sono ou um leve desconforto/dormência/hipersensibilidade nos pés. Desde Janeiro tenho uma dor que vai e vem, localizada nos dedos do pé direito. Essa dor é muito intensa e já tive duas &quot;intervenções&quot; para ver se a longo prazo melhora. Estava feliz porque já não a tinha há dois meses. Mas a minha antiga amiga voltou sábado passado. Pelo menos agora tenho uma medicação que tomo em SOS e alivia a dor. Antes não aliviava. Porque é que a vida é tão diferente do que nós queremos? Como é que esta recuperação muito lenta, difícil para a família toda, bom para seja o que for? A minha amiga sábia disse, &quot;ah, mas&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;isso&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;é esperança:&amp;nbsp;trabalhar sem ver os resultados, mas saber que estão a acontecer. Não sou a única pessoa doente ou ferida no mundo. Pelo contrário. Todos terão a oportunidade para cuidar de doentes ou para ser cuidada enquanto doente ou ambos. Deve ser por isso que todos estão&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;obcecados&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;com bem-estar ou saúde ou dietas: estar doente ou morrer assusta. Este Natal, sofri estas pequenas contrariedades&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;e pensei como é tontice as pessoas preocuparem-se e porem TANTO tempo e esforço em restaurantes, entretenimento e viajar. Estas coisas podem ser bem usadas, mas se forem ordenadas para o seu objetivo. A maioria das pessoas está anestizada por ecrãs e uma procura desenfreada de prazer. Pensei num&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;terceiro&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;livro que quero escrever chamado &quot;Vaidade das vaidades&quot; ou &quot;Quase todos vivem numa ilusão&quot;. O que achas? Reza para eu ter tempo, pois agora só durmo, ou circulo pela casa ainda mais devagar...!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Votos de continuação de um feliz (doze dias de) Natal.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/5434071184655377680/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2023/12/my-feet-and-my-hands-and-my-feet-and-my.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/5434071184655377680'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/5434071184655377680'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2023/12/my-feet-and-my-hands-and-my-feet-and-my.html' title='My feet and my hands and my feet and my hands and my feet.....'/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSOEu3xmN4ZiS2DFOclWHAMh74Ena3usT3t9jRTz07FlRiyTELnZ1mhZdLUDeCAcpoga4_QE4bNZJ5qqUCu0wlki4P0Ag5DwSATN4MCCYBoFkocr4IWqYxoqaBI78-DbtCRxkoJNYnvcdREC9Ze-nDW4hWI8Pv6do_R53w_fqU8g42wkQxot5N3gY4J9A/s72-w640-h480-c/20231221_105708.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-6751767104320764324</id><published>2023-12-25T22:57:00.000+00:00</published><updated>2023-12-25T22:57:05.201+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="celebrations"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="perseverance"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="seasons"/><title type='text'>Make safe the way that leads on high</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&quot;O come, Thou Key of David, come&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;And open wide our heav&#39;nly home;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;Make safe the way that leads on high,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;And close the path to misery.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;Shall come to thee, O Israel.&quot;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;This is my favorite verse from one of my favorite Christmas carols ever. It us so true and there is SO. MUCH. MISERY in the world. It&#39;s not exactly a difference in feelings. It&#39;s not a happiness with Emmanuel/Jesus and sad without Him. Because if you follow Jesus the same things that happened to Him will happen to you and life might even be hardER because of how He uses you as an instrument, to be light in darkness, etc (see: St Francis of Assisi prayer). And it&#39;s hard to feeeel happy when you go through persecutions and crosses. But it&#39;s the MEANING and how you start seeing everything differently that is different.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SzvRLaaPoVSuWH-n8XyGzSUI8a0hLQF_474kyM31oVrjrePByRXRSX6wKqUDOWdfR0_979TrFe8YUobO4V-jGO573_vsDXwraoOrToeLqqr3jygR4kbcn0RWYWMnAGDTerObAGjZDas33xhsuCt9NzBDkKlBR27fSwmMFD5Z1hZSzgQJ6mTRz4uvSK8/s1039/Screenshot_20231224_223951_Instagram.jpg&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1039&quot; data-original-width=&quot;858&quot; height=&quot;320&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SzvRLaaPoVSuWH-n8XyGzSUI8a0hLQF_474kyM31oVrjrePByRXRSX6wKqUDOWdfR0_979TrFe8YUobO4V-jGO573_vsDXwraoOrToeLqqr3jygR4kbcn0RWYWMnAGDTerObAGjZDas33xhsuCt9NzBDkKlBR27fSwmMFD5Z1hZSzgQJ6mTRz4uvSK8/s320/Screenshot_20231224_223951_Instagram.jpg&quot; width=&quot;264&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;Misery is how you talk to each other. Family members making fun of and insulting one another. It&#39;s how you serve. Or in this case how you don&#39;t serve others and victimize yourself and think you have it worse than others. It&#39;s how you look, with prying eyes or with envy. It&#39;s how you touch. About a million things rush up in my head when I think of the misery people cause through touch: self-harm, or harming others, rape and violence.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;Heaven starts on earth and so does hell. Some people are living in a hellscape. The only way out is Emmanuel, born today. To be born in my heart and in yours.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;For the second time we spent Xmas Eve just the eight of us. It was calm and we didn&#39;t open any presents which helped focus on the other, more important parts of Christmas. De futuro gostaria mesmo de fazer voluntariado em família no Natal. We went to mass and then tried my best to have a &quot;Bethlehem dinner&quot;(pita bread, store-bought hummus, hard-boiled eggs, olives, etc). I was going to make chicken kebabs, but didn&#39;t get to it. I really wanted to set up a table on the floor, like a mattress, and sit on pillows on the floor, to be more middle eastern and something different for us, but the babies 👶 👶 couldn&#39;t understand it wasn&#39;t for jumping on.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;We made&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.howsweeteats.com/2017/12/christmas-cake/&quot;&gt;this White Christmas Sparkle Cake&lt;/a&gt; 🎂 and I put the baby Jesus that was missing from our nativity scene. We sang happy birthday to baby Jesus and then sang carols around Him and a candle. And yes, Adelaide has ice on her head because Dimas hit her with a statue if Our Lady. He probably deserves coal in his stocking for the siblings he inflicts pain on everyday... but he might get presents instead. 🎁 😊&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Merry Christmas!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSd0Ms87xtFafSMeIYDR3hCTwTkK1ZObpuUg1nrMiiZpSNg1qPNhRbgW0wVpsjdFOWT682Q4tgTF83KomIQsk6AtYTC66R8kiWHmuRMN31GnEpnk0yEBuJhHd7QJ5BhiyFJYGbI7QFjWpvAjmc4vRpVv-InPxZsW_vT36VvrI8vAK8c-NzcyXIbqFT25U/s1616/DSC07959.JPG&quot; style=&quot;margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1080&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1616&quot; 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width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; font-family: courier; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;O meu verso preferido de uma das minhas canções de Natal preferidas Veni Emanuel diz: &quot;torna seguro o caminho que leva ao alto e fecha o caminho para a miséria&quot;. É tão verdade e há TANTA.TANTA.MISÉRIA no mundo. Não se trata duma diferença de sentimenos: felicidade com Imanuel/Jesus e triste sem Ele. Porque se segues Jesus, as mesmas coisas que aconteceram a Ele provavelmente acontecerão a ti e e a tua vida pode até se tornar MAIS difícil pois Ele te usa como instrument. (Para ser luz na escuridão, etc, ver a oração de S. Francisco de Assis). E é difícil sentir felicidade durante persecuções e cruzes. Mas é o SIGNIFICADO e como começas a ver tudo de maneira diferente que muda.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: left;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;A miséria é como se fala uns com os outros. Familiares gozarem uns com os outros e insultarem-se. É como serves ou não os outros. Vitimizas-te e achas que a vida te corre pior que aos outros. É como vês: com curiosidade sobre a vida dos outros ou enveja. É como tocas. Um milhão de coisas vem à cabeça quando penso na miséria que se causa pelo toque: magoar-se a si próprio ou aos outros, violação e violência.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke; font-size: 16px;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke;&quot;&gt;O Céu começa na Terra e o inferno também. Algumas pessoas vivem já no inferno. A ÚNICA sáida é Imanuel, nascido hoje. Deixar nascer no meu coração e no teu.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke;&quot;&gt;Pela segunda vez, passámos a vespera de Natal só os oito. Foi calmo e não abrimos prendas, o que ajudou focar nas partes mais importantes do Natal. No futuro gostava mesmo de fazer voluntariado como família no Natal. Fomos à missa e fiz o meu melhor para fazer um &quot;Jantar de Belém&quot; (pão pita, humus, ovos cozidos, azeitonas, etc.) Queria ter feito kebabs de frango, mas não tive tempo. Queria também ter feito uma mesa no chão e sentar em almofadas, mais ao medio oriente, mas os bebés não conseguiram perceber que era uma mesa e não um trampolim.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke;&quot;&gt;Fiz um bolo e pus o menino Jesus que faltava ao nosso presépio. Cantámos-lhe os parabéns (e o Daniel, sempre o comediante, respondeu por Ele: &quot;obrigado meus amigos, do fundo do meu coração sagrado...&quot; ;)). Depois acendemos uma vela e cantamos musicas de Natal à volta d&#39;Ele. Na foto a Adelaide tem gelo na cabeça porque o Dimas bateu-lhe com uma estátua de Nossa Senhora. Ele provavelmente merecia carvão na meia ;) mas teve prendas mesmo assim.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: whitesmoke;&quot;&gt;Feliz Natal!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/6751767104320764324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2023/12/make-safe-way-that-leads-on-high.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/6751767104320764324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/6751767104320764324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2023/12/make-safe-way-that-leads-on-high.html' title='Make safe the way that leads on high'/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2SzvRLaaPoVSuWH-n8XyGzSUI8a0hLQF_474kyM31oVrjrePByRXRSX6wKqUDOWdfR0_979TrFe8YUobO4V-jGO573_vsDXwraoOrToeLqqr3jygR4kbcn0RWYWMnAGDTerObAGjZDas33xhsuCt9NzBDkKlBR27fSwmMFD5Z1hZSzgQJ6mTRz4uvSK8/s72-c/Screenshot_20231224_223951_Instagram.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-4526929469257366389</id><published>2023-12-13T23:18:00.000+00:00</published><updated>2023-12-13T23:18:01.557+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="being more Marian"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="impatience"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="perseverance"/><title type='text'>Life knocks you down</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Life seems like it has been especially hard lately. Maybe for everyone? It knocks me down, and I am trying to get up each day. I love this Rocky quote about this here:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/lBX9LnS3Qek&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;lBX9LnS3Qek&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;I haven&#39;t had the pain in my foot in a month and a half. I have, however, had constant sleepiness. I woke up yesterday with the help of Daniel literally pulling me out, like he always does. I slept a little on the taxi to the hospital. I yawned during the physical therapy there and the therapist asked, &quot;Are you sleepy? Let&#39;s do some exercises to wake you up.&quot; I also slept ten minutes on the couch when I got home at the end of the day with the three littles fighting on my lap and every now and then I would yell an incoherent, &quot;Dimas, don&#39;t hit!&quot; Sometimes just ten minutes helps me. Today I laid down in the office floor between two online classes and slept a 30 min power nap!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;I prefer the sleepiness over the pain, but it&#39;s a close call. I feel sorry for all other people who suffer from chronic pain and have to pick pain or sleepiness! It&#39;s hard to push through when you are constantly tired. 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height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj15vYzKYbiwiHsv0flI0i7HyBj3lnO5JJnJ7ofhjTOKxJJYEAcCXudI8yYaSwbA-iEHKPsg3n05XSA-ElgrI8HJ2d3Ty5Z0-zApQbirunR0oEPHd8scnpzi7Zs8DlPn_Xj-qD-o-GOzeQLVXG8StOw6uinu-Y0SP4JIBCqSoU7AdWAG1cSTjrBekaBvOM/w480-h640/IMG-20231211-WA0003.jpg&quot; width=&quot;480&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;We went to the Science Museum two weekends in a row. It was the first time we went alone somewhere with the kids and it felt good to be able to spend that time with my kids. They appreciated it. It was relaxing. It felt like when we went to the United States years ago and were sightseeing. I was also very tired, of course, when I got home, but I was able to recover well.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;I have two articles in my head I would love to find time to write and two books I would also love to find time to write. I would like to read more and practice more piano. I would like to organize the house and bake cookies. I would like to read to my kids and play board games with them. I am slowly letting go and accepting I can barely do anything with my day. Before the injury, I had little time and money for everything I wanted, but now I have a million times less time and money for everything I want/need. Trying to figure out what to do long-term. I guess everyone could use a little more time and money, right? I just never imagined my recovery would take more than a year. I thought I would be back to &quot;normal life&quot; by now.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;A friend and now English student ;) told me the other day she felt like she was failing. I couldn&#39;t believe it. She is such an amazing and interesting person. I would love to know all about her past. She has enchanting kids and is an inspiration for me. I told her: sometimes the more we fail in the world&#39;s eyes, the more we are succeeding in God&#39;s! At least for me: I&#39;m sicker, more tired, more overwhelmed, but I know God is using this all to paint a bigger picture. Speaking of which, the first reading from Isaiah in mass today REALLY spoke to me. And a verse from the psalm.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Roboto, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;He gives strength to the fainting;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Roboto, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;for the weak he makes vigor abound.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Roboto, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;Though young men faint and grow weary,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Roboto, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;and youths stagger and fall,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Roboto, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;They that hope in the LORD will renew their strength,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Roboto, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;they will soar as with eagles&#39; wings;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Roboto, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;They will run and not grow weary,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Roboto, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;walk and not grow faint.&quot; Isaiah 40&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Roboto, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Roboto, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Roboto, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;He pardons all your iniquities,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Roboto, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;he heals all your ills&lt;/b&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Roboto, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;He redeems your life from destruction,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Roboto, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;he crowns you with kindness and compassion.&quot; Psalm 103&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;Roboto, sans-serif&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;PS thank to you all friends who have sent us GIFTS. WOW. And words of encouragement. And prayers!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;A vida parece especialmente difícil ultimamente. Talvez para todos? Empurra-me e caio, mas tento-me levantar todos os dias. Gosto imenso desta citação do Rocky neste video clip.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Não tenho tido dor no meu pé há um mês e meio. Tenho, porém, tido sonolência quase constante. Acordei ontem com a ajuda do Daniel a puxar-me da cama, como faz sempre. Dormi um pouco no taxi a caminho do hospital. Bocejei durante a fisioterpeia e a terapeuta perguntou: &quot;Tens sono? Vamos fazer alguns exercícios para te acordar.&quot; Também dormi dez minutos no sofá quando cheguei ao final do dia enquanto os três pequenos brigavam ao meu colo. De vez em quando murmurava, &quot;Dimas, não batas!&quot; Às vezes fico melhor com só dez minutos. Hoje dormi 30 minutos no chao do escritório entre duas aulas online!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Prefiro a sonolência à dor, mas é uma escolha difícil. Tenho pena de todas as outras pessoas que sofrem de dor crónica e têm que escolher dor ou sonolência! É difícil perseverar com cansaço. Às vezes até adormeço a seguir a um café!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Fomos ao Museu de Ciência Viva dois fins-de-semana seguidos. Foi a primeira vez que fomos sozinhos com as crianças a algum sítio sem ajuda e senti-me bem poder fazê-lo. Os meus filhos apreciaram. Foi relaxante. Sentiamos como quando fomos aos EU há uns anos e íamos a museus e ver coisas. Fiquei cansada, claro, mas consegui recuperar.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Tenho dois artigos na minha cabeça que gostaria de encontrar tempo para escrever e dois livros também. Gostava de arranjar mais tempo para ler e praticar piano. Para organizar a casa e fazer bolachas. Para ler aos meus filhos e jogar jogos de tabuleiro com eles.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Estou devagarinho a aceitar que não consigo fazer quase nada com o meu dia. Antes da lesão, já sintia que tinha pouco tempo e dinheiro, mas agora mil vezes mais. Estou a tentar perceber o que fazer a longo prazo. Mas todos devem sentir a falta desta duas coisas sempre, não é? Nunca pensei que a recuperação demorasse mais do que um ano. Pensei que tivesse de volta à &quot;vida normal&quot; agora.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Uma amiga e agora aluna de inglês ;) ;) disse-me que se sentia a falhar. Nem podia acreditar. Ela é uma pessoa incrível e interessante. Gostaria de saber mais sobre o passado dela. Ela tem crianças encantadoras e é uma inspiração para mim. Disse-lhe: às vezes parece quanto mais falhamos aos olhos do mundo, mais êxito temos perante Deus. Pelo menos para mim: estou mais doente, mais cansada, mais assoberbada, mas sei que Deus me usa para pintar uma pintura maior. Falando nisso, a primeira leitura da missa de hoje, de Isaias, e o Salmo, me falaram MUITO:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;PT Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;Dá força ao que anda exausto e vigor ao que anda enfraquecido. Os jovens cansam-se e fatigam-se e os adultos tropeçam e vacilam. Mas os que esperam no Senhor renovam as suas forças, formam asas como as águias. Correm sem se fatigarem, caminham sem se cansarem.&quot; Isaias 40&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span face=&quot;&amp;quot;PT Sans&amp;quot;, sans-serif&quot; style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;Ele perdoa todos os teus pecados&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;&lt;b&gt;e cura as tuas enfermidades&lt;/b&gt;;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;salva da morte a tua vida&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style=&quot;background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;&quot; /&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white;&quot;&gt;e coroa-te de graça e misericórdia.&quot; Salmo 103&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;PS Obrigada do fundo do coração a quem nos deu PRENDAS. UAU. E obrigada pelas palavras de encorajamento e pelas orações.&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;background-color: white; font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/4526929469257366389/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2023/12/life-knocks-you-down.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/4526929469257366389'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/4526929469257366389'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2023/12/life-knocks-you-down.html' title='Life knocks you down'/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/lBX9LnS3Qek/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-317310990187242996</id><published>2023-12-03T00:36:00.000+00:00</published><updated>2023-12-03T00:36:03.300+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="physical therapy"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="recovery"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="video"/><title type='text'>One year of recovery down... ? ... more to go</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; style=&quot;clear: both; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;iframe allowfullscreen=&quot;&quot; class=&quot;BLOG_video_class&quot; height=&quot;266&quot; src=&quot;https://www.youtube.com/embed/NWBtuG2WrRY&quot; width=&quot;320&quot; youtube-src-id=&quot;NWBtuG2WrRY&quot;&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Here is a video I made with pictures and video clips of my last year. Just to remind everyone: I woke up from surgery only being able to move the big toe of my right foot. (epidural absess) Doctors said they never knew if I would recover. I have recovered a tiny bit each week since then... and still continue recovering every week! I am still doing physical therapy. I can walk now, just not long distances and my calf muscles still don&#39;t work. I can&#39;t stand on my tiptoes. The feeling hasn&#39;t come back in some parts. I still take a lot of pain medication daily for pain in my feet. Otherwise, a miracle recovery!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Aqui está um video que fiz com fotografias e videos do ano passado. Para relembrar: acordei da cirurgia e só conseguia mexer um dedo do pé direito. Tive uma complicação chamada abcesso epidural. Os médicos disseram que não sabiam se eu ia recuperar. Recuperei um pouquinho todas as semanas e ainda continuo a recuperar. Ainda faço fisioterapia. Consigo andar, só não longas distâncias e os músculos dos gémeos ainda não funcionam. Não me consigo pôr em pontas dos pés. A sensibilidade em algumas partes ainda não voltou. Ainda tomo medicação diária para a dor nos pés. De resto, uma recuperação milagrosa!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/317310990187242996/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2023/12/one-year-of-recovery-down-more-to-go.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/317310990187242996'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/317310990187242996'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2023/12/one-year-of-recovery-down-more-to-go.html' title='One year of recovery down... ? ... more to go'/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://img.youtube.com/vi/NWBtuG2WrRY/default.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-3609863180029029531</id><published>2023-12-02T10:13:00.002+00:00</published><updated>2023-12-02T10:13:51.152+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="articles"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="babies"/><title type='text'>Article in portuguese</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Novo artigo em português:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Este país não é para bebés&lt;a href=&quot;https://observador.pt/opiniao/este-pais-nao-e-para-bebes-2/&quot;&gt;Este país não é para bebés&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/3609863180029029531/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2023/12/article-in-portuguese.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/3609863180029029531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/3609863180029029531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2023/12/article-in-portuguese.html' title='Article in portuguese'/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-8162944767396301447</id><published>2023-11-28T23:08:00.000+00:00</published><updated>2023-11-28T23:08:32.280+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="being more Marian"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="pain"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="recovery"/><title type='text'>Tired of being tired</title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; 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margin-right: 1em;&quot;&gt;&lt;img border=&quot;0&quot; data-original-height=&quot;1600&quot; data-original-width=&quot;1200&quot; height=&quot;640&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicAFkJsI7DcvU8L9RL3zHskMznLM6Xt_ccmAAaggZsb1KoGtaECMDVYFYMp9ek1LECBqs2qN70esrF4Ud6iRXf1lb2BktSTDNln-8Wy8DOo9XBuFxIl7CYMfpZAJDJ0n5SRottSAMcCTrZ33RDpsQG32oDI8h4rDz5TLDxOb4QNU00064Gey4amrHwfZw/w480-h640/IMG-20231123-WA0023.jpg&quot; width=&quot;480&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;This picture is of me and my littles drinking coffee (theirs is milk with a drop of coffee!) after my nap. Dimas is obsessed with coffee. He&#39;ll even drink a pure espresso if he can get his little hands on it. Now I can&#39;t drink coffee without making one for him and for his two sweet sisters, who are his biggest admirers (so they now want coffee too) and best friends. So much so, that they forgive and forget the doses of hair-pulling, hitting, pushing and occasional biting he delivers them.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;I belong to a secret club of people: People that know what chronic pain and what living with sleepiness is. I had an intervention done in the pain center ward of the hospital a month ago, and the pain in my toes became worse that week, but hasn&#39;t returned so far (score!). The doctor at the pain center raised my daily dose of meds and also prescribed me a new SOS pain medication (that I don&#39;t take regularly, only when the toe pain comes back) that ACTUALLY WORKS. (In case anyone is wondering, I switched from tramadol to tapentadol because they now have a new fast-acting pill.) When people say in a certain way, &quot;I know what pain is because I have it because of (&lt;u&gt;insert accident here&lt;/u&gt;)&quot; and look in my eyes knowingly, I know they know.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;We saw the amazing play, &quot;Shadowlands&quot;, about the life of C.S. Lewis a month ago. I loved the part when she is on her death bed and says the only reason she is sad to die is because of leaving her husband behind. She would be happy to go for the pain to stop. When I had pain in my legs before the operation, I was also unafraid to die but felt sorry for my husband and kids if I did. I could only think about the pain, going to sleep and waking up without pain. It happened (general anesthesia) and it was just as I had hoped and more. I woke up after the operation in a quiet room with a nurse next to me, waiting for me to wake up.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;There are possibly many reasons for physical pain to exist in this world, but I&#39;m convinced that one of them is to make us want to transition. Help us with the move. Especially with childbirth (to not be pregnant anymore! otherwise you would have no motivation to go through all that awful pain) and death.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;People in this secret club also know what sleepiness caused by medication is. My lovely Slovakian friend said she was taking pain medication for some pain she had with an unknown cause, but couldn&#39;t deal with sleeping through life and stopped taking them. I know exactly how she felt. I wish I could stop taking them, but since the pain hasn&#39;t returned, I am keeping the meds how they are. Unfortunately this means a lot of falling asleep on the couch or on the floor during the day and not getting things done. It is a difficult sacrifice I am trying to accept now: the one of not getting things done. For me, it&#39;s almost worse than the pain!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Esta foto é de mim e os meus pequenos a beber café (o deles é leite com um pingo de café) depois da minha sesta. O Dimas está obcecado com café. Ele até bebe café expresso se conseguir chegar até ele. Agora não posso beber café sem fazer um para ele e para as suas queridas irmãs, que são também as suas maiores fãs (por isso também querem café) e melhores amigas. São tão amigas que perdoam os puxões de cabelo, chapadas, empurrões e ocasionais mordidas que ele lhes dá.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Pertenço a um clube secreto de pessoas: Pessoas que sabem o que dor crónica é e o que é viver com sono. Tive uma intervenção numa unidade de dor há um mês, e a dor localizada nos dedos dos pés piorou nessa semana, mas depois não voltou. O médico aumentou a minha dose diária de medicamentos para a dor e receitou uma nova para fazer em SOS que funciona. (Para quem está interessado, troquei de tramadol para tapentadol porque agora sairam com um novo tapentadol rápido.) Quando as pessoas dizem, &quot;Sei o que é a dor pois a tenho por causa de certo acidente&quot; e olham para mim como quem sabe, sei que eles sabem!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Vimos a peça de teatro incrível chamada &quot;Shadowlands&quot;, sobre a vida de C.S. Lewis. Gostei da parte em que ela está a morrer e diz que a única razão pela qual está triste por partir é por deixar o marido. De resto, ela estaria feliz por partir para parar a dor. Quando tive dor nas pernas antes a operação, também não tinha medo de morrer, só que tinha pena do meu marido e filhos se morresse. Só conseguia pensar na dor, em dormir e acordar sem dor. Aconteceu (anestesia geral) e foi tal como esperava e mais. Acordei depois da operação num quarto silencioso com uma enfermeira ao meu lado, à espera que eu acordasse.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Existem possivelmente várias razões para a dor física existir neste mundo, mas estou convencida que um deles é fazernos querer uma transição. Ajudar-nos com a mudança. Especialmente com a gravidez (como motivação para deixar de estar grávida e ter o parto) e com a morte.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Pessoas neste clube secreto também sabem como é a sonolência causada pela medicação. A minha amiga da eslováquia disse que estava a tomar medicação para uma dor que tinha sem saber a causa da dor, mas não conseguia lidar com a sonolência e parou de os tomar. Sei exatamente como ela se sentia. Gostaria de deixar também de tomar medicamentos, mas como a dor localizada não voltou estou a manter a medicação como está. Infelizmente isto significa adormecer frequentemente no sofá ou no chão durante o diae não conseguir fazer coisas. Este é o sacrifício difícil que estou a tentar aceitar agora: não conseguir fazer as coisas que gostaria. Para mim, é quase pior do que a dor!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/8162944767396301447/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2023/11/tired-of-being-tired.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/8162944767396301447'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/8162944767396301447'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2023/11/tired-of-being-tired.html' title='Tired of being tired'/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNxh-GztVqWVMDFg93n9xHRn4es_A3mE3mwddzEOwf5ej-cOdAEvi2xB4xjET-93mK4jxMZAcTB8bEtG4OZLqbgoSYini6aTmsT9KwH54Jr1HDWYokvoVRUFJEeAkwhCUrmhdGzesvBjD4WLMhGycGwLS28IGqe-NXtCoREsymOMpFhyHDk6S0_cWW_4/s72-w480-h640-c/IMG-20231123-WA0019.jpg" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1011028153357625260.post-1257742495423300773</id><published>2023-11-25T09:13:00.004+00:00</published><updated>2023-11-25T09:13:27.429+00:00</updated><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="celebrations"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="communion"/><category scheme="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#" term="family traditions"/><title type='text'>Thankful </title><content type='html'>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;separator&quot; 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data-original-height=&quot;526&quot; data-original-width=&quot;527&quot; height=&quot;638&quot; src=&quot;https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdHRQRTJgLVtQDTENWVgCTH3CF02QDSYtDKR27AfQ5WEWdzt9lzXhzZEVE6ykGgbe0StALajz_eQQ_gIiGq59VslUL0CC0GuF89hVMwYLQz5hGk6X7PUxyOD_7JPs8PmFGJ1PBqFOooQQhTK13HMH2b7KxxBlaRHyPTCsixvxZOUmSw_C5fLOpv4TxKqM/w640-h638/IMG_20231125_090952_821.jpg&quot; width=&quot;640&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;A year ago, we celebrated thanksgiving with our american friends and I was in a wheelchair and couldn&#39;t stand up at all.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: courier;&quot;&gt;Last night, they flew in (we hadn&#39;t seen each other in a year!) and I&#39;m walking. Look at you! they said. My heart was filled with gratitude last year for having more years on this earth with such an amazing husband, kids, friends and family to shower me with love. And this year, believe it or not, my heart is FULLER.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/feeds/1257742495423300773/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2023/11/thankful.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/1257742495423300773'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1011028153357625260/posts/default/1257742495423300773'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://www.juliemachado.pt/2023/11/thankful.html' title='Thankful '/><author><name>Marta Julie Maria</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/03267530819888863884</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkvQPTNxrqMERH_9mhoh2dhSoaN30wtrZaT8mEozXXeGxuFQaRsOFIX6WRf6jTls6sJDN2wL_TMC5wmyyZkgp99_uMTZk-eVoBZVKR3hkGyl8bEduULSNGLH5jp5c-F4gwlHr_qtgnUIKmm2ZnjPnDprQxsOzX5rvX2WzxZDD07V3F2XMTMAA5jTI6w-0/s72-w640-h428-c/DSC07869.JPG" height="72" width="72"/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>