The Freedom to Nosh

Hello my dawlinks!  So what are the plans for July 4th?  Come now, tell your Yenta.  A bisl (a bit) of drinking? Nosh etvos (eat something)? Gut (good).  Perhaps some shmuesing (conversation) with someone new?  Very gut. A bisl ruen (a little rest) maybe? All gut things that make your Bubbe (grandmother) proud of you. 

In the old country we wouldn't be able to do such things; of course in the old country July 4th was just another day.  Here, there is something to bazingen (celebrate with song).  Somebody had a gut idea and it came to life after much kemfn (struggle).  Do you know where this is going Liblings?  Let's kibbitz.

Back before your Yenta's time but a few years after the dinosaurs, some very smart men (and the exhausted women that supported them) came up with a fabulous idea to separate from Mother England and become their own country.  Much like a clinging parent, I'm afraid, England's king wasn't very happy about this and basically threw a hissy fit and tantrum to go with it.  He sent his troops across the ocean to "teach" those misbehaving rebels a lektsye (lesson) or two but found, though ill prepared for "adulthood", that this nation had grown up and needed a life of it's own. 

I'm being kind, bubelehs.  You know the story, you know how awful and long it was and the losses that were endured, the lektsyes that were learned are still being taught in other parts of the world.  But I'm sure you're wondering what this has to do with us, here at Lumigrate.  I'm getting to that, relax. Oy, you're in such a rush.

Upon deciding the constitution, there were things that needed to be stated; these were freedoms that had to be made clear to each person.  Each person, bubbelehs, not some, not one or two, but all persons.  I've been reading how many of you have been feeling discriminated against and yet have kept shvaygndik (silent) when one of the freedoms you are granted is speech.  Keeping the frustration inside is a poison to your system; use your constitutional right and kibbitz! 

You're body's filters can only do so much work if you don't give it the correct materials to operate.  This is why you go for bloodwork to check for functions such as thyroid, liver, kidneys, etc. This is why there are experts, some of whom are here at Lumigrate, to assist you in your education.  But any one of them can't do everything and none can do anything if you don't contact them. 

To be honest, liblings, G-d can only give you miracles if you show HIM you can handle them.  There are experts here teaching breathing and yoga and movement therapies, nutrition, hormones, supplementation of things you aren't getting or making enough of on your own.  Mardy runs the show and helps people navigate who to 'go to' for information and how ultimately, YOU are the one in control of your health more than anyone.

Look how many morahs (teachers) there are here and you have the freedom to use us all...! WELL? ... Dawlinks, if you could see me, I'm tapping one foot and my arms are crossed in the typical Jewish mother fashion.  How often do you hear a woman say, "take advantage of me"?  Be gentle my dawlinks, I'm old. 

In all this time, however, that I've invited people to write me here, very few have.  On such a weekend, when you're ruening, sitting in front of your computer, let your fingers speak for you and send me a private message here at Lumigrate (use the contact us function, Mardy forwards them onto me) OR better yet, post a Comment below for others to be part of .... we create a kibbutz! Tell me your woes, get it out of your system it's time for a cleanse. 

Then go have a nosh, look at you, you're too skinny!  Come to my house, I'll feed you, you'll feel better.  It couldn't hurt!

Your

Yenta

Mardy's Note: Above photo was taken by me in 2015, preparing vegetables for people and .... dog (O'Rio).

While it was the case in 2011 when this was written, about sending Yenta private messages at Lumigrate or commenting below on the thread, the website has had a lot of time pass without the funding to keep up with software upgrades and the IT people who do such things on complex websites such as Lumigrate.  And Yenta went on her way after writing a beautiful goodbye to one of our professional contributors after he passed in 2012, so isn't available any more for such bantering.  It was good while it lasted, though! 

You're welcome to contact me if you wish.  I'm not Jewish, I'm not a Bubbie, but I am getting into the wise old woman phase of life by this point in time (2017, nearing 2018!).  Love Yenta, am always thankful for Yenta and as I was selecting this today to send the way of someone I felt inclined might appreciate it, I wanted to provide this update.  You can find my contact information at the About Us tab, where I know how to update.  The Contact Us... that's part of the functionality that got too 'dusty' without upgrades so that's not current information there at this time (2017).