Not the most enticing blog post, but sure is useful information….
Nothin’ like a touch of food poisoning to have you cutting deals with your maker about how you swear you will be a better person, be kinder, eat healthier, love your family more…..
From 1:00 am until the sun came up, one violent wave after another emptying every last bit of anything left in my belly. No, this wasn’t an average throw up fest, this was, “Get it all out and now”.
Whew. I felt like someone punched me in the stomach and then hit me over the head, repeatedly!
In the middle of all of it I crawled into the kitchen, isn’t it amazing that nobody in the house woke up? That is the difference between mommies and regular folk. We hear one little movement or sneeze in the next room and we are up and on it….. Not a soul in the house budges while I was moaning and groaning in the bathroom.
Anyway, I emerged from our lovely bathroom and crawled to the kitchen. (Don’t worry; I am getting to the reason why you are reading about this gross drama).
This is the drink I made to keep from becoming de-hydrated. I was weak, my skin felt dry, my stomach hurt, my head was pounding, argh, not a good night. Anyway I had the sense enough to remember how to take care of myself. I made this fennel tea electrolyte drink.
I fixed my drink, went back to bed and just sipped on it throughout the entire next day while I stayed in bed. I definitely couldn’t eat anything, so I just drank this very soothing, healing electrolyte tea all day long.
When I investigated as to why I had food poisoning, it turns out that the leftovers I heated up after coming home at 6pm, had been left out since early in the day without my knowing it. It really is a good idea to put the food back in the fridge……
Well, I lived to write about it….
While I was barfing my guts out I heard a voice in my head, “This isn’t just about the food you ate, you are purging, you know, letting go of something.” I said oh yeah, well get it out. And then the voice asked me, “What are you letting go of? The answer came to me immediately. Let go of your grief.
7 years ago, when my son was 3 years old, my mom died at a young age. I have had a cloud of gloom hanging over my life ever since. It isn’t that I haven’t been able to let my mom go, but letting of the grandmother to my son has been a whole different thing.
Every wonderful thing he does, the first time he jumped from the high dive, how he climbs 100 feet into the trees, when he cooked his first pie…… All of these amazing life experiences just somehow feel dimmed by not being able to share them with her.
She was my best friend and my right hand woman.
She was ALL about being Gabriel’s grandma. She was always there for us and always had the right thing to say. She lived close to us and our lives were intricately intertwined. We thought we were going to be raising Gabriel with her as a main player. You never know what life is going to bring.
It has been long enough; she just isn’t here to help you raise your son. Period. Claim your life Kami, enjoy the life you have been given even though it is not the life you thought you were going to live. Let it go. Love your life, enjoy every moment with your son, even though you can’t call your mom and tell her about how he helped build the barn today.
Well, gotta make something out of spending the night hugging the toilet….
Anyway. If you ever find yourself in this kind of situation, you don’t want to get dehydrated. So the original intent of this writing was to share my really useful anti-hydration tea.
May you never need it.
Hydration Tea
A great remedy for hydration if you find yourself de-hydrated or losing fluids due to sickness.
Ingredients
- 4 cups water
- 3 tablespoons dried fennel seed
- 1 teaspoon dried marshmallow root
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 1 tablespoon honey
Instructions
- Place dried fennel seed into a pot with a lid on it. I use stainless steel Revere pots; glass and enamel pots also work well
- Bring water and fennel seed to a boil and then immediately turn off the fire
- Add marshmallow root
- Let herbs steep for ½ hour
- Using a metal strainer, remove the fennel and marshmallow from the tea
- Add salt, baking soda and honey and mix well
Notes
Drink up to up to 3 or 4 cups a day warm or at room temperature
Question? What do you do if don’t have marshmallow root, is there a substitute? Obviously, if you don’t have it, you can’t use it. I personally don’t see myself buying this because quite frankly other than this tea I would not know what else to do with it?
HI Liz,
There isn’t really a substitute for this remedy. You can also just add marshmallow root to your other tea blends. This article is about a very specific remedy, but if you don’t need it, than no need to get the root. it is a good root to add to tea, it is good for the lungs and gastrointestinal tract. Hope this helps
I also lost my mom when my youngest was 4 and she had been sick for his whole life. I don’t know about you but I often feel my mothers spirit around me and take comfort in that but at the same time regret that she is not here to enjoy the grand and now great grandchildren. I say the two grand-babies we lost due to miscarriages are with her in heaven and she is loving the ones I did not get too. god bless you.
Life takes us on many journeys. Thank you so much for your kind words
Thanks Kami for your sharing your experience and the love you have for your mother. I believe she got her point across…and who in your life would want you to be at peace and enjoying your life and child more? She is there always…when you think of her…she is…when you ask …she is. I have been so blessed since my mother’s passing with her, as my daughter has been. My grandson is precious and always will be. Yours is to your mother…always was…always will be. : ) Oh by the way, I just asked this morning just what I could… Read more »
Kay, Thank you for your kind words and the really good reminder to be aware of this
hi Kami, Your Mum is hugely connected to Gabe, she delivered him when she delivered you, he was with you since day one, and he is lucky to have you for his Mum. How many of us could take care of him as you do. You rock, and you are one of the most generous people I know. Keep loving.
Thank you Kami, for the recipe and the story. I cryed! May we all be so wise to catch the lessons that are part of the turbulent, and joyful, parts of life. Also, I’m not saying it’s the same nor a replacement, but you can always adopt (grandmothers I mean).
Thanks Kami, I am printing this recipe and hope I never need to use it! But given I am a grandmother myself, of two, and hopefully someday more, I may need it for family.
Than you most of all for sharing your touching story,almost made me cry, as I know how important I am as a grandmother to my daughter and her kids. I barely knew my grandparents,and have had to invent or reinvent the grandmother role in this life.
You will someday be a wonderful grandmother yourself, I am sure!
Love,
Judith
Judith, thank you! I bet you are one rockin’ granny! I had grandparents and all kinds of family all around growing up, I think that is part of why it has been so difficult. I just had that expectation that life is that way, but you never know what life brings…….
I’m glad you survived and went on to write a very humorous blog in which you are sharing your gifts with the world! Thank you for the recipe!
Thanks for this recipe Kami and hope you are feeling better too.