Archives for July 2019

After a really terrible spring season I became desperate to end the cycle of yuckiness. A chronic cough for one of the girls was a part of the crud. I always feel like salt air and salt water clears that up, so I did what seemed like an obvious fix: We packed the wheelchair van for a beach day in Ocean City, NJ. I almost always make a spring day trip to reassure myself that the ocean is still there and all is right in the world after a long winter. I never had time to do that this year so I definitely needed the reassurance! While it may not have changed anything physically, It sure helped us mentally! After recently reading about blue space and green space, I believe in the real benefit of time spent at the ocean! I find it to be such a healing place. Anyone else?? According to a study placed in Health & Space: Living in a neighborhood where you have lots of opportunity to gaze at blue spaces — bodies of water like the sea — is associated with lower levels of stress, researchers Continue Reading