Late though it may be, the whole family tropped to the cinemas to watch the latest Harry Potter movie, HP and the Half-Blood Prince.

The younger children were behaved in the movie house. They have watched all earlier HP movies. I have read all seven books myself.

Since it has been a looong time when I have read the book, I knew there was something amiss in  the movie.

The obsessive-compulsive in me had to look up the book, particularly during the ending part. Then I saw it: the “funeral” or tribute to Dumbledore.

I knew how the ending will be but a tear or two still managed to escape my eyes. Drama queen not, am just a cry-baby.

The kids were a bit disappointed we were not able to go to their favorite toy store because we only had a few minutes to spare before the movie started and had no time to look around. I was planning to see the lcd monitors on sale in one of the stores.

Oh well, next time, when we have more time, we definitely will spend more time to look around.

Two of my mother’s friends whose children were a part of my childhood years are both gone, one after the other within a span of two months.

One was EM who was brutally violated physically which led to her demise. Her only child, her daughter, was my brother’s classmate in preschool who moved away to the big city after preschool to study in the country’s premier state university’s elementary school. EM stayed behind in the province. How they coped with the distant mom-daughter relationship could have been difficult because there were just the two of them.

Another one of my mom’s friend, NF, a pastor’s wife, died because of cancer. I used to go to their house to play with her daughter. We didn’t develop a friendship that lasted but that part of my childhood gave me wonderful memories.

Now the nation is praying for the country’s former president, also considered as the nation’s mother during her term. She is battling against cancer for over a year now. I am sure a lot of people are reading about colon cleanse reviews which is about her condition, colon cancer.

I have not had any direct connection with these first two women. Even so, I felt sad that they are both gone.

Is grieving for people I knew years ago less painful that if I am currently connected with them?

I grieve because they have been a part of my growing up years.

Do I grieve because I would not want to see myself go through their pain?

Grief is a complicated process.

“My grief lies all within, And these external manners of lament Are merely shadows to the unseen grief That swells with silence in the tortured soul” William Shakespeare

Formal dining has a lot of utensils that go with it, isn’t it? This other entry has only one fork though.

Which is which?

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Have an open-faced sandwich.

Cut down on the salad dressing.

Use skim milk instead of full-cream milk.

Cut down intake of sweets including soda, chocolate and sugared fruit juices.

Eat “real food” and not processed ones.

These are just some of the tips I have read again and again about losing weight. I think these do not just apply to adults but to young people too.

It seems doing these things is simple and there is really no need to spend a lot of money on the best weight loss supplements if one can do these things.

For parents, teaching their children about food and nutrition early on helps these children know better about healthy eating. It is not just the weight that people should be concerned about but they should be more concerned with healthy eating than just cutting the weight.

Parents have the tendency some times to say “Just let him eat what he wants, he is still young and can’t have diabetes yet.”

One more thing: “Fat/chubby children are healthy” belief should more likely sound like “fat children are more susceptible to health problems later on ”

Well, yes, poor early eating habits result in health problems later on. Not to mention their sense of self-worth is diminished if they become the butt of jokes in school because they are overweight.

Would any parent want that for their children? I think not.

This is an interesting read on the topic of baby bulimic. Must.click.to.read.