I saw this movie first, and then read the book. I found both equally good.
It is a memoir by Jean-Do Bauby, the editor-in chief of Elle magazine who suffers a cerebralvascular accident (stroke) which leaves him completely paralyzed, with the exception of his left eye and some movement of his head. He uses his left eye to blink correct alphabets taught to him by his speech therapist, and manages to “write” this book and live his daily life with the help of those at the instutution where he is kept, and his friends and family. Its a touching story, and yet an inspiring one of a man whom despite his physically “locked-in” syndrome will not allow his spirit to be trapped as well. While his body is trapped in this diving bell, his mind, humor, wit and imagination soar like that of a butterfly and go where ever it pleases.
It is a reminder to all of us whom suffer from the everyday ‘locked-in” syndrom of our minds, where we allow ourselves to become trapped in a diving bell when instead we can flit around anywhere we please like a butterfly. A good read, and a good movie to watch.
Written by Smriti on April 3rd, 2009 with no comments.
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Camilla is a homeopathic tincture for babies with teething pain. This particular packing from Boiron includes 30 plastic vials with a screw top with a 1ml dose in each. I have used this on my daughter for a month, she has been teethign on and off, it has really worked. She has been calmer, and sleeps mre peacefully at night. I recommend it highly as opposed to tylenol or baby Advil.
Written by Smriti on April 3rd, 2009 with no comments.
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I wanted to try cloth diapers for my baby, and decided to look into a diaper service in Calgary. Happy Nappy (www.happynappy.com) was the only one I could find, and so I decided to give them a call. After playing phone tag for about a week, I was able to talk to Doris, whom sent me an intake and payment form in the mail to start this service. I asked about getting a trial service for a week, and was told that I would have to give 2 weeks notice so no matter what I would be paying for 2 weeks.
Ok, so ther service started, a big bag of diapers was delivered to my home and my intake form with direct debit info and credit card info was gathered by the company. Upon opening the bag an overpowering smell of Chlorine accompanied the diapers, I was told specifically that this company doesn’t use chlorine to wash daipers. Well, I used a few on my child and realized that the chlorine smell just got worse, so I called the company and informed them that due to the chlorine smell I was going to discontinue the service. As agreed, I paid for the extra two weeks and instucted the driver not to drop off any more diapers to save on water and waste run-off.
About a week later, I was charged on my credit card for two additional weeks of diapers by Happy Nappy, I called the company and this time spoke to a lady named Stacey. She informed me that the the city of Calgary will periodically pump extra chlorine into the city water, and this made the diapers smell like chlorine, as Happy Nappy doesnt use bleach or chlorine based products to sanitize their diapers. Stacey asked if I would like a free week to try out the diapers and if all worked fine I could re-start the service and if not then i would return the free diapers and discintinue the service.
The fresh bag of diapers didnt smell of chlorine, so i used some on my daughter, however she developed diaper rash, and I decided to discontinue the service. I left the bag of diapers for the rdriver to pick up, with a thankyou note for the free week, and instructions to not drop off anymore diapers and to discontinue my service. The next week I recieved an invoice for 4 weeks. After e-mailing Stacey, the misunderstanding was cleared up, and my bill was cleared, and service discontinued.
Its a shame that this service didnt work out for me, I have heard from other mom’s for whom this works very well. I hate to use dioxin containing store bought diapers on my baby, and at the same time contribute to the already full landfills, but it seems that at this point I have no other choice.
Written by Smriti on April 3rd, 2009 with 2 comments.
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