Saying No to the Culture of Death

My oldest son is engaged to be married to a girl from New Zealand. We are very excited for the young couple. My son notified us that Mary's parents were coming to Melbourne in time for her birthday, and we were asked to come to Melbourne to meet them. We decided to make the trip by car, and so it was with trepidation that we approached the coming journey.

I told my friends that we were going to Melbourne for our version of "Meet the Fockers", and of course this generated a lot of laughs from those friends. I have not seen either of the movies, and I had no intention of behaving outrageously. It is just that this is something that the opposing parents do before their respective children commit themselves to marriage. The meeting was a huge success, and Lindsay and Diana thought that it was quite funny to say it was our version of "Meet the Fockers".

I approached the idea of travelling by car with some trepidation because of the physical changes in the past year. I had purchased a mesh back support that was made in China. It is the best thing for my back. Since it is portable, and I use it on my desk chair, I decided to use it in the car. I had next to nothing in the way of problems associated with stiffness, despite the length of the journey. This is very good news.

The other road test was that of a shampoo that does not contain the harsh chemicals such as the laurel sulphate. I have dandruff, and it has been a problem since I was about 9 years old. I can recall my mother using that disgusting product called Selsun (it was sulpha based). I used to cry when she washed my hair because that stuff used to get in my eyes. A pharmacist recommended a tar based shampoo, which gave some good results. There were other anti-dandruff products on the market and I had mixed success and failures when I used them. In a period spanning more than 40 years I have tried almost all of the products on the open market, including Amway and Avon. Some products worked for a time but it really was only for a short time. The latest and newest ingredient is piroctone olamine, and I have had some good successes by using products that contain the ingredient. One of the problems with anti-dandruff shampoos, and especially the tar based products is that they are harsh on the hair. However, when I used an organic based shampoo, from Eden Organics in Melbourne, I was both pleased and surprised to find that my hair felt so very clean and that the dandruff had been cleared. Well, it is not 100% clear, but there is very little dandruff on my scalp at the present time. This should be welcome news for people with this kind of problem. Go ahead and try a product that does not contain the harsh chemicals.