Happy Birthday "SuperMOM"

I created this for my Grandma on the day of her 81st Birthday
"...I am everything I am, because she loved me!"
Happy Birthday "SuperMOM"

Clarity

As a child, I thought it rather embarrassing that my Grandmother had to raise me, as if it were some ill-spoken language that boldly announced to the world that I was neither wanted nor loved by the people who, according to society, should have loved me most. As an adult, I know that no longer to be true! In fact, over the years, God has shown me exactly the opposite, completely changing who I am, how I view things, and the passion in which I am, instinctively, driven to do them. I thank him for this, as he has so lovingly whispered to me over the years (in times of need) that while he chooses what vessel in which to bring life, just as he chose Mary to bring forth Jesus, He is the ultimate creator, who fully understands the path of life that one must take to become all that he has designed and equipped one to become. He has shown me how easy and insignificant it is to get caught up in the things of life that we have no control of, and totally miss the purpose in which they were designed to be used for. I am forever grateful to him for such clarity, which has created within me a heart that has come to fully understand the importance of selflessness and compassion for it is these two things in which my young life was based and dependent upon.

YouTube - Maya Angelou Still I Rise

YouTube - Maya Angelou Still I Rise

YouTube - Jim brickman & Mark Masri - A Mother's Love

YouTube - Jim brickman & Mark Masri - A Mother's Love

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CBS Evening News Discusses Alzheimer's Tonight!

CBS Evening News Discusses Alzheimer's Tonight!

CBS 'Evening News with Katie Couric' will air a 6-minute segment on 'Where America Stands on Alzheimer's' Tuesday, January 12. During the segment, CBS Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook will examine recent advancements in imaging, current research and lifestyle risk factors. ..."
http://www.alz.org/news_and_events_18498.asp

"Just Begin - One, One, One."

FDA Gives Tentative Approval for Generic Namenda

FDA Gives Tentative Approval for Generic NamendaFDA Gives Tentative Approval for Generic Namenda


(Wall Street Journal) UPDATED 2010-01-06

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given the Indian company Wockhardt Ltd. tentative approval to sell a generic form of the Alzheimer's drug Namenda. Wockhardt will sell memantine--the generic name of the drug--in 5 milligram and 10 mg doses.

Taking the First Step

Nearly a year ago, devastated, hurt, and confused, I set this blog up unsure of it's purpose and mission, and until this very moment (with the exception of a title) that is exactly how it has remained:  Frozen, Numb, and in a  Dormant- like state; Not knowing what to think, how to feel, or what direction (if any at all) to take next.  The funny thing is, as I found myself staring at it's bareness, it's unseen words and frozen existence spoke volumes to me as it played out right before my very eyes, an exact replica of my newly discovered characteristics and my life as I had, inadvertently, choosen to exsist in it: ...FROZEN, NUMB, in a DORMANT-LIKE-STATE; consumed, and engulfed with the overwhelming power and strength of FEAR, ANGER and DREAD, wrapped in all it's ugliness!!!  There was no denying it, nor denying how it's existence came to be; in fact, the truth is, I have excepted and come to enjoy its company; and have found much comfort, particularly in the numbness it provides, as a way to escape and avoid the painful truth of my present world and it's grim reality! A reality that includes one of the slowest, heartwrenching deaths in it's most crueliest forms: Alzheimer's; and it's relentless mission to stake it's claim on the most precious gem held within my heart: ...my Mother, my Father, my maternal Grandmother and Grandfather, and my paternal Grandmother and Grandfather, all "ROLED" into one, and all played by one: ...MY GRANDMOTHER, ...OZELLA D. CARTER