She ate at least one apple daily until apples became too hard to bite into. Then she switched to apple sauce and apple juice. Even now, she always has a glass of apple juice at her bedside table - together with several glasses of water. (She also believes in drinking 10 or 12 glasses of water daily!)
As I sit here nursing a sore throat (my first cold of the season), I think about how healthy she is. (She rarely gets colds.) So I cut up an apple.
Maybe I should add a bit of honey. Apples and honey are always eaten together at the Jewish New Year - symbols of a "sweet" (and healthy?) year ahead. Besides, honey is supposed to be good for a sore throat.
My mother's other maxim? "Life is a constant change."
These two sayings (which she repeats daily) have encouraged her to accept the changes that have come her way - and at the same time given her the optimism to believe that she will remain healthy! (After all, she does eat an apple a day!)
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