Cynthia Harrison
Novelist
Category: health
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Last Letter to Mom
It’s mom’s birthday today. Hi, Mom! Just in case someone reads this to you, I’m sorry we are not out to lunch at Olive Garden. I was not able to send you books, either. It’s sad you cannot read anymore as reading was always your biggest pleasure (aside from you grandsons!) It sure is a…
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Dieting Through the Decades
Life is a trip, a journey, an adventure. Sure there are bumps in the road, and I don’t mean cocaine. One of my main problems in the second half of my life has been weight. In my 20s I was a size 8. Then later, a 10. The much dreaded double digits, but I wasn’t…
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Rosemary for Remembrance
Thinking about alternative therapies lately for health issues. It’s not like I haven’t tried herbal remedies before. Ginkgo and zinc and I still use, um, what’s it called? Starts with an E? Echinacea! I swear by that stuff for colds. Ginkgo did not help my memory, alas. But now comes a new option: rosemary. Actually,…
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Emotional Encryption
Emotions are funny things. The way we move our bodies, the way we think our thoughts, the way we see the world, all of that goes into the emotion of the moment. Dancing, for example, makes me feel good. Like a secret code, moving my body to music changes my emotions in a positive, healthy…
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What’s Your Number?
Holidays have always been tough for me, and I dreaded getting on the scale this morning. But I did it, because I am no longer in denial about this little problem I have with pounds. Just like most of America, I had more calories than usual over the weekend, as my FB posts clearly show.…