Sunday we had a trip to the city planned, visit a few stores and see a couple of friends.
I had it in my mind how the day would go.  It went another way.
Storm and I had a good day and did see some people we have not seen in a while,  & it was great to say Hello and catch up a bit.
But the day had an event that really stuck in my head. Enough to draw it.

I suggested to Storm that we find an outdoor patio so that I could medicate. Which was badly needed. Young st. was busy - what else is knew... the level of poor was new, to me anyhow. Everything you see in the cartoon is TRUE and more.  It was a visual smorgasbord!   

The color, the people, the noise were slightly overwhelming as it is but when we finally found an empty patio and had just ordered a coffee, was about to medicate, I heard this strange beeping...  you know s sound you know but are not sure where....

I turned to see a woman in a hospital gown, no shoes on her feet... walking towards us - with an IV pole - she was hooked up. The blood backed up into the line connecting to her arm.  The machine on the IV pole beeping! 

I instantly thought of TIFF and thought it might be some stunt.. 
She walked right where we were sitting, when an EMT worker pulled up beside her and started to question her. We were sitting right beside her.

He was nice and asked her where she was going, he said she had walked 5 km from a hospital?!  5 km and no one stopped her? No one asked her where she was going or what she was doing. ;(  The conversation continued and he expressed concern about the IV Pole  stating a few times “it’s worth about $3,000...  “  I was thinking - buddy - she is in her hospital gown in the middle of young street attached to an IV POLE do you think she was thinking about the cost?

Well a couple of police cars later... she had slid down the railing where we were sitting almost within touching distance.. she did turn and say “sorry”

I told her she had no need to apologize.  I felt bad for her. She was here from Alberta, no family, at a shelter and sick., She had a bad infection and was in the hospital to get better. It is great in this country she can be treated!  I get it bout the IV Pole.. but really? What has played on my mind is the fact that he got so far. How sad. :( So many people just ignoring everything. stepping over the poor liek they re trash on the street. 

I bet people looked at her  when she was not looking and they thought she must be crazy. Who is cray? THOSE who see and do NOTHING are the closest to mad there is. No compassion.

I did not leave, We sat there. I at one point thought the conversation might have gone differently if she were alone. The other officer made a point about asking her is she had been in trouble and  also the cost of the Pole.
Then they talked about how they needed bigger cars. 

An ambulance finally arrived and she had to go back. Back to where she was so very tired of.  I don’t have the answers. Better security at the hospitals?

This cartoon is full of mental illness. Alcohol abuse. Sexual obsession,  Shopaholics. The rich and the poor. People together but a great percentage alone.  Many on phones. Obese people getting more obese on the takeout  Blvd. as they stroll past a woman begging for food. 

Everyone in their own world. 
NOT.   

WE ARE here TOGETHER!  One day that might be you! 

What is happening to you Toronto? Not the city I know and loved. 
That could easily be someone's sister or mother. 
I talked it over with a friend who work in the city and she said “you see so much so often you just learn to turn your head.”

I don’t think that is what Jesus meant when he said ‘Turn the other cheek’.
Forgive us, for we know squat.  ;( .
xox <>< 

There is a sign of hope in the cartoon. Can you find it?

When I read about Powdered Alcohol being approved in the USA I thought it was a joke.
I looked at the links and still thought it was a joke.  An Onion perhaps?   
I then went to the companies WEBpage.. No joke.  
It should be.  

YEP, the U.S.A approved Powdered Alcohol - Making the world a better place every step of the way.. SIGH.  

http://globalnews.ca/news/1284210/five-things-you-need-to-know-about-palcohol/
"It’s a fact that Canadians love their alcohol. According to a 2012 Canadian Alcohol and Drug Use Monitoring Survey (CADUMS), 78.4 per cent of Canadians consumed alcohol over a 12 month-period and risky alcohol consumption, common in under-age youth, young adults, and males up to age 54, is on the increase."        DRINK UP!   

Americans are having to MOVE to different states to HELP save the lives of their seriously ill/dying children to access CANNABIS, A MEDICINE the USA  DOES acknowledge has all sorts of  healing properties- (including CANCER, they even took out the patent on it years ago),  yet POWDERED ALCOHOL  is about to hit the market. 
WOW. 
Imagine the possibilities.  
It makes me sick to my stomach.

Clearly someone was BOUGHT. As usual. 
I'll be paying VERY close attention as to what and WHEN Health Canada decides.

We don’t have ENOUGH BOOZE? One coming to every local corner store  near you!  I noticed on his site he has ‘reviews’ from organization like M.A.D.D,.  but NO actual links.  Go figure. It goes on to tell of the endless possibilities including sprinkling on Food!  A whole new way for pedophiles to ready their prey.  FACT.

Oh, BUT don’t SNORT IT! It also said in the web site - but know, there will be those that do.  It will happen, It will be a bigger problem that it already is. 
Alcohol/powdered alcohol... People will continue to die from it, kids will abuse it - so will many  more adults.

 ONE MORE REASON CANNABIS is STILL ILLEGAL. 
 The competition want’s it that way.  

CHEERS. 
xox <>< 

Read it for yourself, then educate your children. 
Hopefully they will make better, educated choices than many of us. ;-)  http://www.wakingtimes.com/2013/12/05/study-gateway-drug-alcohol-marijuana/
or:  http://www.naturalnews.com/036541_alcohol_gateway_drug_marijuana.html
and there is more but I would like to add, as I did before... 
Parents YOU are the gatekeepers! Speak WITH your kids. Educate them, NOT lie. 
Love them and hopefully nothing will become a gateway to anything! 
Unless it's a better, healthier way!  
Common sense tells us it is alcohol - research, read, watch documentaries, you will be amazed at the chain of events started by alcohol prohibition! 
Alcohol for many is not a gateway. They learn to drink in moderation.
For others it does not always lead to other drugs - it can be enough - hence, 
Alcoholics Anonymous. It can create generations of abuse in some families.
It blows my mind Cannabis was ever classified as a far dangerous drug over Alcohol. 
I am familiar with both and alcohol was my gateway drug. 
How about you? 

<>< XOX
xox <>< 
More info on Exhibit tomorrow. 

Before I am anything I am a mom. AND very proud of it. 
Storm was my gift the second my Dr. told me on my birthday I was pregnant.
I never forget He is the best gift I have ever been blessed with. 
The seed of Love  - For most of us it is a seed planted in love. 
No matter HOW you feel 5, 15, and 20 years later (and more!)  ;)

So A MOM first is what I am and I say to Storm all the time:  
PLEASE DONT DRINK and drive!!! We all say this to our young adults.
       We should be. We all need the reminder and Tis the season.
So many parents lose their children to alcohol and driving and let’s face it 

Tis The SEASON! CHEERS!!!  HO HO HOpe I don’t run into R.I.D.E.
                      ^ How many of us have said it and still do. ^

Don’t drive if you are taking OXY and you feel high.
Don’t drive if you are taking cold medicine! That stuff use to knock me on my ASS!
Don’t drive if you are sick and can’t focus and feel like shit!
Don’t drive IF you feel impaired in any way! 

I DONT Drive. - Which really sucks because Norm promised me a smart car for my 50th. But the last time I had the truck out I had an attack in a drive-through and felt really uncomfortable!! It is NOT worth it. Not just for me but for others. 

PLEASE do not drive if ‘impaired’.  *IMPAIRED = ON CELLPHONE!! 

ALL of these reasons kill more daily than a driver strictly on cannabis.
I have yet to read of a case. 
Cannabis for many - especially those in chronic pain helps them to Function & Focus- as does many medication for many people. I also know of a few that use it for anxiety of city driving! 

I believe a driver should be judged by his actions rather than his medicine. 
IT IS OUR OWN CHOICE to get behind a wheel. 
With our Canadian winters we have enough difficulty driving *like the 20 car pile up just this past week on the QEW. So please.. not even Cannabis. IF. 

xox LOVE a MOM. 

xox <><

The more I read the less I understand. 
Actually  the more I read the more I really understand...
It's not about us, or care for our health it is about $$$
Facts ca not be ignored for much longer. 
People are tired of being sick, and sick of being tired.   ;-) 

I had to start a paper mache project just to give me a break - although occasionally I find myself drifting on how I want to draw a specific toon..   
Have hope! Believe in the power of people to end the insanity.  
I was reminded of this one I drew a couple of years ago. Looks like I was right.
xox <>< 

If you think I’m over stretching it on this one think again.  

Do you use ANY of the mind altering substances? Every one of them is a Mind altering substance. FACT 

Research Sugar, introduced as a drug. Until someone decided it was candy... $.  
Cannabis is a plant, use in the past fro everything from Cholic to a tooth ache, and until someone decided it was a Dangerous DRUG it was a HERB.

Never mind any of that.., ALL of the substances on the left have been attributed to death. Sugar - again - a major factor in obesity, diabetes and more.  Alcohol.. abuse, physical hard to a body, impairment, poisoning, responsible for date rape, murder and “ I was drunk...”  and more. 

SO PLEASE,  stop telling me, I am wrong.  Me and the other few hundred thousand (who admit to it) and counting that believe Cannabis is a better CHOICE. A Healthier choice.

ONE for using Cannabis as my medicine and also for all those that wish to use recreationally.  Compare the choices and statistics. 
THEN lets continue the conversation.  
While your at it you can read about Cannabis helps repair the brain. 

If you have never tried Cannabis, your opinion is invalid when you judge someone else while you hold that cup of coffee & donut and your evening with a cocktail or two... 




 xox <><

We would stop using them IF we had healthier choices like Cannabis!!!

How to end the war on drugs - the ones that destroy lives and kill anyhow...  Not on that list:  Cannabis.

As simple as it is, it is the truth.   Stop doing them.

 In my research for Cannabis education I have found over and over many drugs, many legal - all far more harmful than cannabis. I even learned that Sugar was first considered a drug and it’s health concerns made apparent from day one - yet look at it, as it is today... IN everything. That is another toon.

The only conclusion I come to time and time again is, it is all BULLSHIT. 

IF the powers that be - were so concerned for our well being they would be removing sugar off the market before cannabis.

If THEY  were really worried about our personal safety they would be removing candles off the market instead of telling people what plants they can and cannot grow.

There are so many drugs that destroy your life. Cannabis does NOT appear to be one of them. The only thing you can blame for destroying your life are the choices that you make in it.

IF THEY cared about us they would spend the time educating us, teaching us that yes if you use these drugs chances are - STATISTICS are you may die  (but they would have to do that on alcohol and tobacco and THEY made them both legal) If you don’t die you may still lose your job, family and children and all you ever cared for. 
But they would have to say that about all items that are in fact LEGAL. Items approved for our consumption. Aspartame for one..

http://www.globalresearch.ca/poson-in-the-food-chain-the-health-impacts-of-aspartame/5325750

“The monkeys in this study were served their aspartame in an orally consumed milk based formula.
Starting about 7 months (218 days) into the experiment, ALL the medium and high dose monkeys began having brain seizures.
“All animals in the medium and high dosage groups exhibited seizure activity. Seizures were observed for the first time following 218 days of treatment… The seizures were of the grand mal type… One monkey, m38, of the high dose group, died after 300 days of treatment. The cause of death was not determined…”
Grand mal seizures also known as tonic clonic seizures are horrific –  a very dangerous seizure which affects the entire brain.”   

I’m a little obsessed with the brain these days, any wonder? 
O.K.,  can anyone explain it to me? The insanity of this all?
  I’m kidding. I get it... I know it’s all about the $$$. 

What I don’t get, is WHY we continue to let it happen. 

Don’t Grow medicine that can help you and make you feel better and get healthy, here chew this gum that will cause you a slow painful death but hey, someone is getting rich somewhere.  
What is even more mind blowing is someone who knows about Asparatame will eat a piece of gum tomorrow or will drink another diet soda.  They will make that choice. YET we cannot make the healthier choice legally.

It is all about personal choice.  

Getting high is a natural desire “it’s why little kids spin in a circle”  IF, instead of lies - educate and instead of making criminals - created educated beings that will have a fair chance in this life. IF they truly cared.

 What will you choose to do?

xox <><

Nothing says lovin like somthin from the oven!

Never mind home made as in baked goods - there are limitless HOMEMADE gifts! 

My husband makes furniture! I have many friend who recently gave me the gift of homemade meals! 
Soups, Cookies and treats galore! 
My favorite scarves are both homemade! One purchased - for me because it is so crafty looking and the other knitted with LOVE.

I often give homemade gifts! MY drawings! Each has love in it. You see I am one of those artists, I can NOT draw when I am not putting love into it. Not good at faking it! ;-) 

I have a homemade Rosary - from a friend in California, a homemade wire scorpion, a homemade painted rocks, knitted hat, plant grown from seed, canna balm for my hands- homemade, I have a hand painted rock from a former nun- every time I look at it I remember her tales as a teacher, a painted cannabis leaf by another sister. I have a star with green stones - HOMEMADE with love by my son when he was 5.

* Rant warning! Read no further if you think I don't get angry.  As much as I try to stay positive - IT gets the better of me-  I have to get & let it out.

From time to time I am compelled to draw the same cartoon with  a twist. WHY? 
Because it is the same bullshit - different day. I have drawn this one far too many times.

I thank GOD when people say "Storm looks great! "
Yes he does!! ***BEAMING***  
He eats healthy - and he is the one that has his dad and I  also eating better.
He drinks very little alcohol - perhaps a beer from time to time. 
He works out at he gym. He is determined NOT to let his bone disease get the better of him. This however does not mean he is not in pain. He is never really out of pain.
With his medicine - Cannabis - he able to control it where it is NOT controlling him.
I don't know if you get that. I don't care.

He works hard to look good and keep his body as healthy as he can. 
It does not mean his bone disease in not progressing. It is. We know it. He knows it.
and we don't give a f*ck if you know it or not..  (oops control)

LOOK around you.  
If you were able to match all the numbers with the people in the cartoon above, then I am afraid one of us has failed.  Me as the cartoonist or you as a person?  
I'll leave that for you to judge...

When I drew the above cartoon I thought of each person with love. I did not have in my mind that anyone of them did/was anything. Just people.
Because, quite frankly - I have no f*cking clue who does what, and neither do you! 
Hello!? A murderer? If we knew what they looked like...
I'm pretty sure there would be fewer murderers!!! 

So please stop. 
Think - AM I Judging this person with out really understanding??
I AM  far from perfect... I tell this  ^ to my own mind all the time and I believe it is working.  I will not give up.
AT the end of the day I have to judge myself. 

You do not know what someone is dealing with by looking at them, think about it. 
Then again - with the expection of some seriously ill.   They look like they are dying. 
 So thank you GOD my son looks great! I want to shout it to the world! 
And you know why!  Plant and prayer;-) IMO.

On top of everything else do you think people who are sick, living with a serious condition, NEED you to say - "Well you don't look sick!?"       `WTF? 
YES there are fakers. They will be judged soon enough. We can't stop them or prevent them.  Then there are people like my son, who wishes every single day, more than anything they were not in the situtation that they are but they try to rise above it -every day! 
We have always told Storm you will grow up to be what ever you want! 
You have to believe! 

So... every time some thoughtless F%$!  says- "you dont' look sick" with a 'snarky smirk' on their face - I want to smack them.                    *Sigh*
I apologize.  Please forgive my momentary loss of control. 
I AM a MOTHER - I LOVE my SON. 
We know what he has lived with and continues to deal with daily. Be thankful you do not. You or your children.
 
WHO are you to make the ASSumtion my son is fine because 'he doesn't look sick'?
Or anyone for that matter? Have you walked in their shoes? Have you experienced what they experience? 
WHO are you to tell us, as a family what we can or can not use to heal his pain and make our all lives happier?  

WHO ARE YOU?!  

“You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter.” 
― Nicholas Sparks, The Rescue

“When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and could say, 'I used everything you gave me.” 
― Erma Bombeck        

I AGREE !
 xox Georgia 
☮☯☝✞☭☬☫☩☪☨☧☦☤  = ONE LOVE

I asked a week ago -what was your first gateway drug?
For many the response was alcohol.  Many long before the LEGAL age to use. I asked  what was the first drug you used.. Alcohol, Tobacco or Cannabis?  To no surprise the response was alcohol. I admitted the first time I probably drank was at a holiday or family function, champagne  or wine perhaps even s sip of beer.  I remembered  my grandma, dad, mom and several others telling me about  rubbing a crying babies gums with alcohol to sooth it. 
Thus it begins.. 
O.k. say well thats a bit extreme...  then think back to all the family functions where booze has been involved, not just family functions -  we have grown up surrounded by beer and alcohol and never gave it a second thought. My own son I remember seeing him, 2 years old  by his sand box chugging back a Corona that someone had left un-attended  at a family B.B.Q.