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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL
Breaching the rules - bare-legged women
The other day I was dig
ging through a box for one
thing or the other, when
I ran across a picture of my best
pal, Karen, and me when we were
in junior high and on the student
council together.
Oh, there we were in all of our
dewy youthfulness, both scrubbed
faced, freckled and greatly amused.
She was always .way too skinny
and I was never close to that but
despite the difference in our pound
age, we were friends and eventually
blossomed into bosom buddies. It
reminded me of all the years that
we’ve spent being honest with each
other. It takes a mighty close friend
to say the things we’ve said to each
other.
“I know you don’t want to hear
this,” she’ll begin then launch
directly into what I don’t want to
hear.
“Why on earth did you ...” I’ll
ask when I think she’s misjudged
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From page 4A
Unclaimed time will be
claimed by something or
someone else. As a family,
you need to claim time on
the calendar, setting aside
a family night, family meal
or a breakfast on Saturday
morning. If you use a day
timer, block off time slots for
date nights and other fam
ily-supporting events.
■ Let your spouse know
that you are thinking of him
or her. Write a note, send a
text message, buy a card or
other small gift that says,
“I’m glad you’re my friend.”
■ Make each other’s relax
ation a priority. Take turns
What are ganglions?
This is swelling of the lin
ing of a joint or tendon
that is fluid filled; this
can form on any part of your
foot. They will often show
up on the ankle or the top of
your foot.
Ganglions
will
change
size and
usually
they grow
slowly.
When
there is
repeated
irri t a -
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weaken the lining of a joint
or tendon and lead to gangli
ons. Most often people who
wear boots will be vulnerable
to them because it puts stress
on the feet and ankles.
Bone spurs can also cause
ganglions by irritating ten
dons and joints. Your podia-
EVANS
From page 4A
government put up a concrete
block building to house busi
nesses. When the war ended
in 1945, the base that was
a product of an anticipated
war, began descent into what
was expected to be oblivion.
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well-meaning intentions, you can
point out the flaws.
That’s why I didn’t hesitate
when I noticed that my beloved
buddy, also known as a Grammy
nominated Southern gospel music
icon, was breaching the rules of
Southern womanhood. Or maybe
it’s just mama’s rules she was
breaching.
She was taping a television show
at the Grand Ole Opry house and I
was watching from the edge of the
stage. As soon as the gifted song-
and compromise. Perhaps
the husband gets a hockey
game one evening, and the
next the wife gets a quiet
bath. Do what you can to
keep each other sane and
retain focus on what’s
important.
■ Know each other’s love
language (how your spouse
gives and receives love). It
may just take a kiss and a
loving word when you get
home to make them feel vali
dated and help them survive
the rest of the day.
The second list is a bit
shorter, but a lot tougher:
■ Take a serious look at
your lifestyle and see if it’s
what you really want for
your family, and for your
kids’ future. Remember, you
trist will ask you questions
like how often you have had
ganglion and your symptoms
your feeling also if the size
has changed or varies to what
you are doing.
Sometimes ganglions are
mistaken for tumors make
sure you have a complete
examination and test to con
firm the diagnosis.
Sometimes there are no
symptoms, but if ganglions
sometimes swell and there
size can change with differ
ent activities or change with
the weather. With your phys
ical exam during the evalu
ation, your Podiatrist may
do a translumination exam,
shining a light through a
ganglion but not through a
tumor. When your foot is pal
pated (pressed), a ganglion
feels spongy and the fluid
moves from side to side. If
you have any of these symp
toms see a podiatrist.
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something. And
though she is a
sensitive soul,
she’ll listen like a
big girl and even
agree if she’s
made a miscue.
For great and
strong friendship
can do that, you
know. As long as
there’s love and
are setting the example for
future generations of hus
bands, wives and parents.
■ Consider making tough
decisions that will allow you
more freedom to spend time
with your family. Turn down
the promotion, decline the
job that requires extensive
travel or 60-hour weeks and
accept the one that requires
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bird finished her last note and the
director called “Cut!” I marched
over to her. I folded my arms impe
rially and cast downward a disap
proving look.
“I cannot believe that you’re
gonna be on national television,
bare-legged!” I shook my head in
woe. Then my words echoed in my
head. Bare-legged? Where on earth
did that word come from? Oh yes. I
remember well. Mama.
“You’re not goin’ to church, bare
legged,” she would proclaim during
my teenage days. “It’s a shame and
a disgrace. Go put your stockings
on.
Mama and her generational
cronies don’t believe in decent
women going bare-legged. They
also staunchly believe that every
woman in the church choir should
wear a slip. I’ve heard quite a few
interesting conversations about
that one over Sunday lunch.
But I’m a renegade even though
work altogether.
■ Reset your financial
expectations. You can’t take
it with you, so why spend so
much time seeking to get it?
What if you downsized your
home or car, your standard
of living? You may find that
one spouse can stop work
ing and carry more of the
load of family management,
thereby leaving the whole
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I wrote in my first book about the
elegant importance of silk hosiery.
These days, I go bare-legged more
often than not, except in the winter.
For it is the new “in”, the latest
trend. And, Southern women while
holding to the hand of propriety
also believe in staying on edge of
the latest trends.
One thing I can declare loudly
about Karen: She is always “in”
before the door has barely opened.
So, there I was, being hypocritical.
For a brief second, astonishment
covered her face but she recovered
quickly, winking and laughing in
that ever joyous way of hers. She
lifted the full ankle-length skirt
she was wearing and stuck out her
foot.
“Peep-toe shoes.” She nodded tri
umphantly as she laid down her
ace. “You can’t wear hose with open
toed-shoes.”
She’s right.
She also knows me well. She
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stopped, tilted her head and eyed
me suspiciously. “Do you mean to
tell me that you’ve never gone on
television without hose? Ever?”
She had me.
I nodded meekly. Not long before,
I had taped a show in Los Angeles,
bare-legged. And I wasn’t even wear
ing open-toed shoes. I was wearing
Manolo pumps. And, unlike Karen,
I wasn’t wearing a long skirt that
hit at my ankles. Mine came just
below my knees.
She smiled victoriously. I fur
rowed my brow and whispered, “But
please don’t ever tell my mama that
I went bare-legged in public.”
And knowing my good friend, I
know my secret’s safe.
Now, don’t you tell, either. You
hear?
Ronda Rich is the best-selling
author of What Southern Women
Know (That Every Woman Should)
and The Town That Came A-
Courtin’.
Georgia Family Council
is a non-profit organization
that works to strengthen
and defend the family in
Georgia by equipping mar
riage advocates, shaping
laws, preparing the next
generation and influencing
culture. For more informa
tion, go to www.georgia
family.org, 770-242-0001,
Stephen @gafam. org.
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