Comments on: On Waiting

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 07:42:37 +0000

Dear Deon,

Thank you for your lovely words about my post and poetry. That is so kind of you. Thank you very much for telling me about your daughter. I am so glad you and she have learned of this way of eating. I think it’s really essential that you are on board with her in the way you are. That will help so much. Please tell her I am so very proud of her choice to try this, she is very brave and awesome and that I know it will help her if she sticks with it. There are a lot of kids who eat plant-based. I know the Engine 2 site had a program specifically for kids, and last summer featured a girl with another serious medical condition and her mother who told how they succeeded. If you wrote to Natala there, at natala@engine2.com, she could direct you to these posts or even tell you if they have a current program that supports children who need to eat this way. It would be powerful for her to be in touch with other kids who eat and thrive this way, even if they don’t have MS. Also, find creative ways to remake her favorite foods low fat and plant-based. Susan has lots of kid friendly recipes on Fat Free Vegan Kitchen and maybe looking through those together might be fun. Here’s the link to that: http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2005/12/es-kid-friendly-recipes.html Have you checked out whether she is sensitive to wheat and/orIf I think of soy? That might be worth looking into somewhere down the line if you think it’s necessary to take such extra steps. If I think of any other resources I will e-mail you. I hope this helps. I am so glad you have joined us here. It’s an honor to hear even a tiny bit of your daughter’s story. And she’s lucky to have you as a Mom.

Blessings to you both,

Maria

By: Deon Nelson

Deon Nelson — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 06:53:20 +0000

Your poetry is so lovely and visually stunning, it was as though I had escaped with you, as I drank it in. Thank you for sharing your gift. I would like to ask you more about how the low fat vegan life style has worked with your MS. We were blessed recently to learn about this way of eating from my daughters neurologist at seminar series at OHSU. Joy was 10 when she was diagnosed and she is now 12 and needs all the encouragement she can get. I welcome any insights you would care to share. Thanks also for the Stock Pot advice, this will help me a great deal, never thought of freezing the trimmings till I had enough, thanks again.

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 03:17:30 +0000

Cheryl,

Thank you for all you shared in this beautiful comment. You made me evening.

blessings,

Maria

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:34:29 +0000

Maria,

I’m an advent wreath person, too! We always had one when I was a child, and I continued the tradition with my own family. I love the symbols, the candlelight, and the time for shared prayer.

Beautiful post in its entirety. My favorite line: “just wait, we are working on it.” I’m going to tape this up. I’m working with a extreme nutrition, waiting on slow miracles, too. And right now I’m in a kind of, um, invisible progress phase. Your line is a beautiful affirmation for me. Thanks for writing, Maria.

Cheryl

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:30:15 +0000

Julie, so cool that you can be thankful for your illness every day, and even cooler that you were able to learn things from it that most people never can or do.

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:28:00 +0000

You’re very welcome, AmyLu!

Maria

By: AmyLu

AmyLu — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 14:01:18 +0000

Maria, you are a treat 🙂 Thank you for writing!

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 04:47:43 +0000

Thank you for your insightful observations, Cherie.

Maria

By: Cherie

Cherie — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 03:51:34 +0000

Waiting, at least patiently, is not my gift. Although I think it is a gift, and a virtue that more of us could utilize if only we were patient enough ;-).
Life has a way of teaching patience, whether or not we are willing students, and I understand now, much better than I used to.

By: moonwatcher

moonwatcher — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 01:52:32 +0000

Hi Nicole, I so appreciate the perspective of another person who waits. Thanks for sharing! I like the quote from Lincoln, too. And hope to see it sometime this season.

xoxo

Maria