Last Year

It has been almost a week since I posted to the blog, but I have been writing...Trying to stay up to date with my one page a day. Sadly I have not written that much but have been busy. So here is the next installment of my one page a day, hope after I write more I can try to crave out a clear direction for my book...Enjoy (I hope!)

~Marsha
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This time last year, I was sick. And for the last few years I have gotten pretty sick during the summer, but last year was different. Lasting from July until November, and truthfully I was a little scared that it was more then just a cold when I couldn't keep any food down.

And I think my parents where a little scared as well, a summer plagued with swine flu, and now one of their kids were sick. It seemed that nothing we tried made me feel better. But by my birthday I felt better and any signs of sickness was gone.

During this time, my father would visit me a lot (or at least call) to ask if I felt better, or more importantly if I tried one of his home remedies that he remembered from his childhood. One, I must confess I never tried...

Chopped Onions
First you need to chop up two average size onions
Then get four rags and fill them with the onions
Tie off the rags: tie them around your wrist, and ankles

Now like I said, I never tried this, but from observation... You will sweat A LOT (kinda the idea, sweating out the germ) and will smell like onions for a day or more. And I hope (if you wish to try) you have some strength, because you will need to change/wash your clothes and sheets asap.

It's crazy how everything that happens, I have a memory of him. Well, I guess its great, because it is a testament to our close relationship.

So this year I got sick again, but it has come and gone. The shortest time I have been sick in a very long time...Maybe its him, watching over me.