Conspiring Universe, the flip side

By now I'm sure that you have recognized that there is no rhyme or reason to this blog.  I was hoping to get that point across in the title.  Life is a hodge podge of events, loves, and challenges.

Yesterday I posted something I have been mulling over for months now. It's about biking, and so the day that I post all about my wrecks what do you think would happen?  I was in another one, this time I was on the other end. 

It was horrific, and terrifying and awful.  He ran into me, I did not see him coming when I pulled from the drive way onto the sidewalk.  He was young, and frightened by the whole event. Nothing was broken, bruised, or even bleeding, but my car was scratched and dented.  I was so glad that he was not injured, the rest of it, those are only things.  My hubby came out and saw the last part. The kids did not want ice, or help home, he biked off, and I waited and watched until he was out of sight. I was devastated.  Looking back I find the humor in my wrecks, I know I was blessed to only have bumps and bruises, some cuts and scrapes...it could have been worse.  But now I know from the other side that there is a lot of emotional stuff to deal with when someone runs into you with a bike.  I prayed for him, I still am, I'm still shaken and upset I hope he is fine and finds it funny one day.  This one is not funny for me, and I'm certain it will never have a funny feel to it.

I wonder though, should I have never posted anything about all the wrecks I've had?  Do these things have a way to come back and make you look at it from the other side?  I wonder if I am alone in these types of events, but they happen often for me.  More often than I would like to think about.

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So the flip side to the humor, is the terror of what might have been. 

Earth Day - April 22

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Green Cleaning

I like the thought of Earth Day being in Spring, it feels fitting to have a brand new vision for how to better our planet at the beginning of the season when things are bursting into growth and bloom.  it does us all good to sit and think about how our lives impact our planet.  We are not living in the caveman era when things like eating and cleaning only had a minimal impact on nature.  Now everything we purchase and consume affects the globe from an economic standpoint as well as health, and destruction of our natural resources. 

I love driving my car to work as much as the rest of you, but I live close enough I need to start biking some of these days to help cut gas, and exhaust etc. It's also beneficial for my health.  These are things that I'm working on changing in my life.  I'm working on the green cleaning, using baking soda and vinegar more than these other chemicals that pollute things. I've already been using a steam mop for my kitchen floor, although it still uses electricity, it's healthier for the air and my little doggies.

There are small changes that people can make, switching to the energy efficient light bulbs, drinking water from BPA free reusable containers and not buying bottled water, taking your own coffee container when purchasing coffee at a local coffee store, using the reusable bags when shopping, purchasing local organic foods, planting a garden to eat from etc.  There are many changes that can be made, focus on one or two and make them a part of your life, and next year find some other new things to incorporate into your life.


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