A couple of months ago, I opened my email and saw this subject line: Your Grandmother's Powerful & Brave Article Hi, Susan. Thank you so much for sharing your grandmother's article about her experience with and recovery from breast cancer. It was so kind and generous of her to write the article to encourage other women at a time when there were not many supportive resources and - as you said - the word Cancer and the condition were not spoken about. I teach bioethics, and I'd like to share the article with students in my fall class because they will be unable to imagine how different things were not so long ago. I hope that offering the article for them to read would be okay with you? Wow. Yes! Please do offer the ... Keep Reading...
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LETTER FROM READER: Young mother’s nightmare
It was Fall, and she was three years old. She went to Sunday School in the sweetest little long sleeve dress, but when I picked her up an hour later, there was green paint all over those beautiful sleeves. My heart sank. Carbona Stain Devils weren't around back in the mid-1980s, and I had no idea how to get out the tempera paint. I tried, but no luck. Final answer: My wonderful mother to the rescue . . . The dress was precious with short sleeves, too! So when I received this letter, believe me, I felt this Mama's pain! Hi Susan, I thought you might have an answer as to what product to use that would take out paints on children's clothing. Not sure why, but some of the paints that are used ... Keep Reading...
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LETTER FROM READER: Success story—and thank you
On New Years Eve 2015, I received an email. The subject line: Getting stains out of an old blanket As I clicked on the email, I was sure it would be another (always welcome!) request for "how to" advice—but it wasn't. It was a success story! And Kim—a total stranger—wrote to say thank you. Made my day! Kim had discovered one of my posts via a Google search (thanks, Google!)—and then followed my linen care instructions all the way to CLEAN! With her permission, here's the back story... I had a baby blanket (that had never been used but had been in storage for 18 years) that was made and given to me by my grandmother to put in my hope chest. I wasn't able to have kids, so in the chest it stayed ... Keep Reading...
