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the leaves have begun in earnest.   and i was told where to put the EYE….      While split back stitching,  (Jude)   i pricked my finger but ignored it until i suddenly saw the blood coming through.    used the stiff Inktense brush and got most of it gone.  it's still damp so will see,   when it dries.   It speaks of  impatience.  and maybe that's good to have here….,  this Reference Cloth.

the hot water heater has been on the blink for about almost 2 weeks.   Alyssia has tried some things.   Nada.   But she also has had no Spoons.   Google  spoons  lupus   it will take you to Living with Chronic Disease  Spoon Theory.   She has had no spoons.

But tonight she did and she worked away at it,  scraping and undoing panels and using a car vac sucking out all manner of debris from OutSide.  still no.  but just going,  she came in and under the sink here,  InSide is a little motherboard that was blinking and making a small  barely audible alert sound and she photographed it from all angles,  in case,  and then meticulously cleaned all its tiny parts.  This,   all about an hour and a half.   It worked.  OH EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee The heater burst into full function and there was HOT WATER and i WASHED MY  HAIR.   I WASHED MY HAIR.   I had felt like my head was rotting..  I sit here typing this,  the towel wrapped around and oh JOY.   just so much oh JOY.  For this.  For Her.   If anyone ever asks you,  who have you heard of that is ploddingly BRILLIANT and So Given to the Just Going,  Please.  Please tell them her.  Alyssia Daniel Fortune Ortiz.   She wants back her birth name…sans the Ortiz.   I sit and breathe.   My hair.   Tomorrow,  my whole self.   

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16 responses to “a December 9”

  1. jude Avatar

    The man here, slow and determined altho some say mistrusting and stubborn. I am still learning.
    I thought about your hot water before sleeping.

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  2. Deb G Avatar

    Hot water is a gift, probably one of my favorite physical sensations. So glad that Alyssia was able to fix it for you, so glad for the going.

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  3. Judy Martin Avatar

    I’ve come for a visit and have gone through your week of images and writing, and enjoyed catching up. I enjoyed listening to you. I love the way you think and write, Grace.
    And I’m glad that you have hot water now. Congratulations to Alyssia.
    xoxo
    Judy

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  4. Liz A Avatar

    I have been re-reading posts at Mo’s blog and recently came across this description of how she managed blood spilled on the Key Book …
    https://itscrowtime.wordpress.com/2015/05/18/the-key-book/
    Alyssia is a wonder … may she rest and recover …

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  5. CatherinE Avatar

    I had no spoons at a certain time in the past due to an autoimmune condition. It is a very difficult and hard-to-explain feeling. It’s miraculous that Alyssia was able to fix this and yay for hot water! We try to use mostly solar hot water these days and if there’s no sun we often do without.

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  6. Irene Avatar
    Irene

    Grace, I am transfixed by this cloth…it just grows and gets me thinking more and more.
    Thank goodness for hot water.

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  7. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    Alyssia is a miracle to all who are lucky enough to benefit from her Blessings. Hot water like most things is just one of a long list of things we city folks take for granted. Grace for years now you have kept to grounded and grateful. Love to to and your family.

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    it’s too complicated. or maybe not at all. just how you
    decide.??????
    there is no one around that advertises working on things like this. there was, but since the Paradise Fire, he has disappeared. How do you find someone when you know No ONE?
    How long does it take to Know Someone? So we try to figure out everything ourselves. it’s slow going. and there are
    lapses. But we go. So far, so good.

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar

    it was a little Miracle. Try, NO, Try, No, Try, No on and on and then Try….YES!
    i’ll see what happens tomorrow when i click the switch. But my Hair is squeaky clean today.

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar

    Judy….thank you. from way UP THERE far away in your
    Peacefull Place….thank you for coming here, thank you
    for saying

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar

    yes. do without. My whole life of showering every morning.
    What a strange habit.
    When there’s SUN, it heats the water of it’s own accord, just hitting the side of this tin house and i can wash outside. When it’s days like these, solar would be still and quiet and NON. doing without…..something to learn.

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  12. grace Forrest Avatar

    Irene…thank you…thank you for your words about the Cloth,
    it might be the last one i make

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  13. grace Forrest Avatar

    i love you Tina.
    Each night, i pull the Tina Quilt up to my chin
    Emrie and Alyssia understand the beingness of the Tina Quilt.

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  14. Nancy Avatar

    Oh Grace, Thank You for the Spoon Theory
    https://butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/
    Blessings to Alyssia…she is amazing and so appreciated in the ways she comes through and for her being.
    Hooray for hot water!! I love a hot shower and reading this makes me want one now!
    Big Love to you all

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  15. grace Forrest Avatar

    Alyssia turned me to Spoon Theory…long ago and i
    was able to Understand how it is for her.

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