Happy Mother's Day!
This screenshot is a photo of the last
Mother's Day message I received from my son.
Also, to all the fur baby Mama's...
May 11, 2025
May 10, 2025
Sunday Stealing: The Bathroom Meme
I use a two in one shampoo with conditioner, and I use it each time I wash my hair.
2. Do you use conditioner a) daily, b) when you need it, c) never?
I use a two in one shampoo with conditioner, and I use it each time I wash my hair. Every one and then I do use tree tea shampoo in my hair...when I do, I do not use conditioner.
3. What's your shaving cream preference: foam or gel?
I prefer gel shaving cream but I use Schick Intuition razors or Venus razors that have a built in lather strip.
4. Is your toothbrush manual or electric?
Since I wear denture, I have a manual toothbrush.
5. Dental floss, soft picks, neither or both?
When I still had my natural teeth I used dental floss. Now that I have dentures, I don't need floss or picks.
6. Do you use mouthwash a) daily, b) when you need it, c) never?
I use mouthwash daily and sometimes several times per day.
6. Do you use mouthwash a) daily, b) when you need it, c) never?
I use mouthwash daily and sometimes several times per day.
7. Are there magazines in your bathroom?
No, not currently. I use to always have a Reader's Digest by the toilet to read but now I just take my phone to the bathroom with me and read stories on that.
8. Is there bar soap or liquid soap on your bathroom sink?
8. Is there bar soap or liquid soap on your bathroom sink?
I have both but the bar soap is for decor.
9. What kind of soap is in your shower?
9. What kind of soap is in your shower?
Caress and a few Sponelle's.
10. Now for the most important question: does the toilet paper drape over or under?
10. Now for the most important question: does the toilet paper drape over or under?
The toilet paper MUST drape over the roll.
May 9, 2025
May 8, 2025
eCard of the Week #621: Allergies
Please manifest my allergies into human form so I can punch them in the face.
May 7, 2025
May 6, 2025
May 2025 Activities at The Pixel Palace
Kawaii Sunshine Love
Grayscale Sun: Katz
Colored by Me
Amazing Mother's Day Hat
Grayscale Hat: Katz
Colored By Me
Edited Freeware
Magnificent Mother's Day
Grayscale Vases: Katz
Colored By Me
Edited Freeware
International Nurses Day - May 12th
Grayscale Nurse Hat: Katz
Colored by Me
Edited Freeware
International Day of Families - May 15th
Tubes: Country Pixel Paws
Do NOT claim these as your own.
If you use them, do NOT rip them apart.
If you use them, a link back to the artist listed on them is required.
May 5, 2025
May Quilt, Calendar and Ride For The Pixel Palace
May 2025 Things For The Pixel Palace!
Calendar Template: Gad
Tubes: My Doodles
April 2025 Ride
Greyscale Rose: Katz
May 4, 2025
International Bereaved Mother's Day 2025
Today is International Bereaved Mother's Day.
International Bereaved Mother’s Day is special day to
have our children, and our never-ending grief, acknowledged.
I am a mother. I am a bereaved mother.
My child died, and this is my reluctant path.
It is not a path of my choice, but it is a path I must walk mindfully and with intention.
It is a journey through the darkest night of my soul and it will take time to wind through the places that scare me.
Every cell in my body aches and longs to be with my beloved child. On days when grief is loud, I may be impatient, distracted, frustrated, and unfocused.
I may get angry more easily, or I may seem hopeless. I will shed many, many, many tears.
I won’t smile as often as my old self. Smiling hurts now. Most everything hurts some days, even breathing.
But please, just sit beside me. Say nothing. Do not offer a cure. Or a pill, or a word, or a potion.
Witness my suffering. Don’t turn away from me. Please be gentle with me.
And I will try to be gentle with me too.
I will not ever "get over" my child's death so please don’t urge me down that path.
Even on days when grief is quiescent, when it isn't standing loudly in the foreground, even on days when I am even able to smile again, the pain is just beneath the surface.
There are days when I still feel paralyzed. My chest feels the sinking weight of my child's absence and, sometimes, I feel as if I will explode from the grief.
Losing my child affects me in so many ways: as a woman, a mother, a human being. It affects every aspect of me: spiritually, physically, mentally, and emotionally. There are days when I barely recognize myself in the mirror anymore.
Grief is as personal to me as my fingerprint. Don't tell me how I should or shouldn’t be grieving or that I should or shouldn’t “feel better by now.” Don't tell me what's right or wrong. I'm doing it my way, in my time. If I am to survive this, I must do what is best for me.
My understanding of life will change and a different meaning of life will slowly evolve.
What I knew to be true or absolute or real or fair about the world has been challenged so I'm finding my way, moment-to-moment in this new place.
Things that once seemed important to me are barely thoughts any longer. I notice life's suffering more- hungry children, the homeless and the destitute, a mother’s harsh voice toward her young child- or an elderly person struggling with the door.
There are so many things about the world which I now struggle to understand: Why do children die? There are some questions, I've learned, which are simply unanswerable.
So please don’t tell me that “ God has a plan ” for me. This, my friend, is between me and my God. Those platitudes slip far too easily from the mouths of those who tuck their own child into a safe, warm bed at night: Can you begin to imagine your own child, flesh of your flesh, lying lifeless in a casket, when “goodbye” means you’ll never see them on this Earth again?
Grieving mothers- and fathers- and grandparents- and siblings won’t wake up one day with everything ’okay’ and life back to normal. I have a new normal now.
As time passes, I may gain gifts, and treasures, and insights but anything gained was too high a cost when compared to what was lost.
Perhaps, one day, when I am very, very old, I will say that time has truly helped to heal my broken heart. But always remember that not a second of any minute of any hour of any day passes when I am not aware of the presence of my child's absence, no matter how many years lurk over my shoulder, don’t forget that I have another one, another child, whose absence, like the sky, is spread over everything as C.S. Lewis said ... “My child may have died; but my love - and my motherhood - never will.”
In loving memory of my son, Richard Colt Hazlett. Forever in my heart.
May 2, 2025
eCard of the Week #620: Cats Don't Care
95% of cat owners admit they talk to their cats.
100% of cats don't care.
May 1, 2025
Mental Health Awareness Month
May is Mental Health Awareness Month. You are NOT alone!
Mental health problems don't define who you are. They are something you experience.
There is hope, even when your brain tells you there isn't and it okay not to be okay.
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