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Your best friend has work all day and is feeling a strange feeling but doesnât have time to call the doctor? Call the doc for her and set up an appointment!
Your other best friend has a med thatâs out of stock at her local CVS and works 80 hours a week? Call around to some CVSs for her and ask which locations might have the meds in stock.
Your momâs tailbone hurts and sheâs busy taking care of her husband, working, and crying herself to a night of interrupted sleep from the pain? Call her pain management doc and tell them all about it in elaborate detail, tell them sheâs your mom and youâre worried and ask to be put on a cancellation list or given literally any earlier appointment. Also bring her some soup, do some chores for her, and take some errands off her plate if possible.
Calling docs for the people you love is a love language đ«
Apr 19, 2024
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When you feel so ill youâve made peace with death and are weeping from pain or discomfort and wallowing in the deepest well of self-pity and fearing youâll never feel okay again throw a soft âmommyâ out there. Itâs kinda like meditation in acknowledging how hellish you feel and that your mom would probably make you feel better if she was there (I mean I donât know your mom I only know my mom) and kinda helps you accept the situation and that like all previous illnesses this too will pass (probably) and this is just how it feels right now and pretending it isnât as bad as it is just makes it worse. Calling out for mommy just kinda recognizes how low you feel and makes it easier to keep feeling bad for yourself and sometimes the best way to get over a virus is to wallow on the sofa remembering to drink clear fluids every now and again feeling like the unluckiest person in the world. Have not tried this around roommates or other people so cannot extend the recommendation to all living situations.
May 8, 2025
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She misses you she wants to hear how you're holding up these days. Reminisce on old memories. Ask her about what it was like raising you. Do it for everyone who can't. Call today!
Nov 13, 2023
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Sometimes I have these moments of quiet and I realize âhey, I havenât called my mom in a while, I should do thatâ
And I think thatâs pretty important. If youâre reading this, and thereâs someone you havenât talked to in a bit, do it. Give em a call, if you can.
Weâll all be here when you get back!
Feb 5, 2025
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When your cat comes to cuddle you and youâre like âwow, this bud really loves meâŠâ then you look at the clock and notice that itâs almost feeding time.
Mar 5, 2024
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Itâs nice to let the afternoon sun come in while you relax in a soothing salt bath, maybe some essential oils, a lil masque. A little diffuse sunlight makes it nice.
Apr 24, 2024
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The other night I fell asleep on the couch around 10:00 pm watching Joseph Campbellâs Mythos I. I woke up around 4:30 am, washed my face and brushed my teeth.
This invigorated me to the point that I basically wasnât falling back asleep, so I ended up looking up different brands of finishing salts for two hours in bed.
Fleur De Sel and Maldon Sea Salts are not salts that you want to cook with, but that you want to sprinkle atop things as âfinishing saltsâ.
In my research I discovered that GuĂ©rande or Camargue fleur de sels are top brands to use. And with Maldon, the brand just called Maldon. I have Maldon sea salts and also Sal de Ibiza fleur de sel which is really good. It comes in a ceramic pot with a little spoon. I recommend both and you donât need a lot, a little goes a long way.
From Wikipedia:
âFleur de sel ("flower of salt" in French; French pronunciation: [flĆÊ dÉ sÉl]) or flor de sal (also "flower of salt" in Portuguese, Spanish and Catalan) is a salt that forms as a thin, delicate crust on the surface of seawater as it evaporates. Fleur de sel has been collected since ancient times (it was mentioned by Pliny the Elder in his book Natural History), and was traditionally used as a purgative and salve. It is now used as a finishing salt to flavor and garnish food.â
From Maldon Salt website:
âWhat is special about Maldon Salt?
Maldon Saltâs irregular and distinctive pyramid shape is what makes it so special. In addition to the unique tactile texture, our pyramid salt flakes release saltiness with sweet precision, bringing a clean and delicate flavour.â
Some uses:
Vegetables.
Pastas.
Meats if you do that.
Watermelon or mango.
A chocolate chip cookie, fresh from the oven, topped with Maldon sea salt. I linked Alison Romanâs recipe above for Salted Butter and Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies above. Warning: these cookies may horn you for life, and cause you to eat many. If you give them to people theyâll keep asking you to make them over and over again. Perfect trifecta of sweet but not too sweet, savory, and salty.
A little toast with mashed avocado, sliced tomate, Maldon sea salt or fleur de sel on top. Can also serve with scrambled egg on the side with some Green Pepper Cholula on top (green flame emoji).
A warm blueberry muffin, or toasted croissant (I pronounce this with an audible ârâ) cut in half, some vegan (Miyokoâs, Earth Balance Soy Free) or whatever other (Kerrygold) butter melted in the middle, and a little fleur de sel or Maldon sea salt.
Do you use finishing salts? What do you use them on? How do you love them?
I try to watch my sodium but Iâm a little bit of a salt guy in moderation. Donât call me âsalt baeâ. Iâm only bae to one woman and one woman only, and thatâs my wife, the most beautiful woman in the world.
May 5, 2024