♥️🐺 The Son & The Sky Raina ♥️🐺

MARCH 21 2025

(NOVEMBER 15 2024 MAKE UP)

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

PROGRESS / PROGRÈS = “PROGRESS” IN SPANISH 🇲🇽 / FRENCH 🇫🇷

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today for you I have a post about progress and happiness.

A definition of perfection is having no flaws or defects.

Another definition of perfect is completely suitable or appropriate.

A definition of progress is forward movement to a goal.

Another definition of perfect is having all the required qualities.

Another definition of progress is development or improvement.

Sometimes we want things to be perfect. I understand wanting what would be ideal or appropriate. If what is appropriate or ideal is perfection then perfect is relative or an opinion. in this case perfection is possible.

If you are striving for perfection you MAY not be satisfied until perfection is achieved, if achieving perfection is even possible.

If you are striving for progress you can be satisfied throughout the entire process or journey because any forward movement to your goal is progress.

This is why I say progress over perfection when it comes to how one may approach achieving a goal because the approach allows happiness to be attached to every step along the path of achievement with or without ever reaching the goal.

People are not perfect but we can be perfectly happy with progress.

LEAD WITH LOVE

HONESTLY TRY

REPEAT THESE TWO STEPS EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my qLOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺

MARCH 19 2025

(NOVEMBER 14 2024 MAKE UP)

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

ENFERMO (ENFERMA) / MALADE = “SICK” IN SPANISH 🇲🇽 / FRENCH 🇫🇷

(Word in parenthesis above is the feminine variation in that language)

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today for you I have a post about when we think we are sick and when we are actually sick.

I would say that most of the time when we are sick we know before anyone has to tell us or even when it becomes obvious to ourself or others. We notice in the days just before our illness is “official” that we might be coming down with something “icky”.

When we are feeling well and with having experienced illness before we know the difference between the two as a reference as to when we feel like we are possibly sick.

There are a few things that can give us “hints” that we may have something our body is fighting off and these hints are known as “symptoms”.

Symptoms can be the usual symptoms associated with an illness however we may also over time develop our own reference with symptoms specific to our familiarity with any time we have been ill.

There also may be no observable or obvious symptoms present before or even during illness.

I am not giving medical advice but sharing with you what I learned from my experiences with illness and my main point is to let you know that in my opinion it is very important to pay attention to our mind (thoughts and emotional feelings) and body (energy and physical feelings) to be aware of how you typically feel each and every day to notice and recognize more easily the moments we observe we are feeling different and what happens next after the times we notice a difference.

Your awareness of your mind and body and the healthy well rested version of yourself can be an important reference throughout your experience of life when you want or need a goal as to what you are seeking as how to feel if feeling ill or pain in any way.

Next time you think you are getting sick observe the feelings present when this thought occurs and again perhaps before you go to sleep and when you wake up the next day and each and everyday day while you are sick to check back in with your observation of how you feel so you can be familiar with your body’s process when becoming ill, throughout the sickness and when recovering until fully past the illness for future considerations.

PEACE❕

LEAD WITH LOVE

HONESTLY TRY

REPEAT THESE TWO STEPS EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my LOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺

MARCH 18 2025

(NOVEMBER 13 2024 MAKE UP)

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

WHAT MIGHT BE A WORD IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE YOU WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO SAY❓HAVE FUN LOOKING THAT UP 😎

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today I just want to make sure that whenever you find yourself reading this you are ok.

I hope that you are.

Please let me know if you are not.

I love you❕

If you already know what it says below remember that I say it all because it is and always will be true

PEACE❕🖖🏼

LEAD WITH LOVE

HONESTLY TRY

REPEAT THESE TWO STEPS EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my LOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺

MARCH 17 2025

(NOVEMBER 12 2024 MAKE UP)

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

AFORTUNADO(A) / CHANSEUX (CHANEUSE) = “” IN SPANISH 🇲🇽 / FRENCH 🇫🇷

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today for you I have a post about the holiday being observed today and that is “St. Patricks Day”.

My favorite number when growing was 17. I believe it was not for anything specific that 17 was my favorite number because there is not anything at any time in my life that is associated with 17.

If someone asked me what my “lucky” number is I would say 17 and I find it interesting that St. Patrick’s Day is on the 17th and the clover is symbolic of the holiday and luck.

I am currently not wearing anything green and according to a tradition based on American folklore I could be pinched today (Folklore refers to the traditional beliefs, customs, stories, and practices that are passed down within a culture, typically by word of mouth. It includes myths, legends, fairy tales, superstitions, and folk traditions that shape a community’s identity).

According to folklore the reason you could be pinched for not wearing green is the leprechaun is known to sneak up on people and give them a pinch. Those wearing green become invisible to leprechauns and the holiday pinch is in reference to this mythology.

Leprechauns are associated with the holiday due to the Irish connection. Leprechauns Are Based on Irish Folklore – The mischievous fairy-like creatures in Irish mythology were originally depicted as small, bearded men who made shoes and stored their gold in hidden pots.

Here are some interesting facts about St. Patrick’s Day:

1. St. Patrick Wasn’t Irish – He was actually born in Roman Britain (likely in modern-day England, Scotland, or Wales) around the late 4th or early 5th century. He was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken to Ireland as a slave before escaping and later returning as a missionary.

2. Blue Was the Original Color – St. Patrick was historically associated with the color blue. Green became the dominant color over time due to its connection to Ireland’s lush landscape, the shamrock, and Irish nationalism.

3. The Shamrock Symbolism – According to legend, St. Patrick used the three-leaf shamrock to explain the concept of the Holy Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit) while converting the Irish to Christianity.

4. The First St. Patrick’s Day Parade Was in the U.S. – The first recorded St. Patrick’s Day parade took place in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1601, organized by the Spanish colony’s Irish vicar. The more well-known New York City parade started in 1762.

5. Chicago Dyes Its River Green – Since 1962, Chicago has dyed its river green for St. Patrick’s Day using an environmentally friendly vegetable-based dye. The color lasts for about five hours.

6. Corned Beef and Cabbage Is an American Tradition – In Ireland, the traditional dish was bacon and cabbage. Irish immigrants in America substituted corned beef, which was more affordable.

7. St. Patrick Was Never Canonized as a Saint – Despite being called “Saint” Patrick, he was never officially canonized by the Catholic Church. He was venerated as a saint due to his missionary work.

PEACE❕

LEAD WITH LOVE

HONESTLY TRY

REPEAT THESE TWO STEPS EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my LOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺

MARCH 14 2025

(NOVEMBER 11 2024 MAKE UP)

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

SOLDADO / SOLDAT = “SOLDIER” IN SPANISH 🇲🇽 / FRENCH 🇫🇷

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today for you I have a post about the make up date above. That date is a special date for me. The date is November 11 and Veteran’s Day is the holiday celebrated on 11/11.

When the time on a digital clock is 11:11 am or pm, it is the only moment throughout a day when all four numbers are the same. I was once told that when you see this time (11:11) you should make a wish because that moment is a “special” moment. I do not believe it needs to be anything other than the fact it is 2 out of 1,440 moments each day when you can observe any set of numbers representing the current time and all four positions on a digital clock face are occupied with the same number in each position.

However 1111 is associated with many interesting things and I will share more on this tomorrow.

The reason Veteran’s Day is a special holiday for me is actually for reasons that do not directly have anything to do with the fact that I am a veteran. As previously mentioned I served in the American military with the US ARMY. I signed up three years after the events on 9/11 while our country was at war with Terrorism and was deployed overseas to support that mission.

I am proud to be an American and a US Combat Veteran but for reasons that might surprise you (more on this in a future post). I reflect on my time in service on Veteran’s Day however outside of reasons like patriotic holidays and the occasional reminder of my military experience via something in media or observe a man or woman in uniform I reflect on this less than what I thought I would.

The reason 11/11 is special in addition to what I shared above is because it represents a day that I was able to overcome something that was present in my life for years that was not in my best interest to continue for multiple reasons. An unhealthy habit that was causing health issues, relationship issues and challenged the part of me that I knew existed but was not leading with because it was easier and more comfortable to continue with that which did not serve my intention to be a better huMan by working on myself the way I wanted to.

Although harder, less comfortable and without anyone else able to do for me what I needed to do on my own I decided to commit and truly commit to what would allow me to honor my intention to always be moving closer to the person I am trying to be. You more than anyone else and along with others were in mind when committing to my intention that would allow you the potential to see me for what I wanted you to see me try to be.

I learned about myself during the period immediately thereafter the change was made and for years after and even up to this day, and continue to learn about myself and use the decision on that day as a reference point to observe personal growth and as an example of personal strength.

HAPPY VETERANS DAY 🇺🇸

HAPPY 1111 DAY 💪🏼🐺

LEAD WITH LOVE

HONESTLY TRY

REPEAT THESE TWO STEPS EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my LOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺

MARCH 13 2025

(NOVEMBER 10 2024 MAKE UP)

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

JUEGO / JEU = “GAME” IN SPANISH 🇲🇽 / FRENCH 🇫🇷

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today for you I have another post about games but this time I am talking about board games.

I have fond memories while growing up playing various board games with family and friends including Monopoly, Checkers, Battleship, Sorry! and Candy Land just to name a few.

These days it is rare for me to play board games however I still enjoy it. Although I play chess nearly every day, it is virtual and not on a board.

Board games have been around for over 5000 years with the earliest known game called Senet from ancient Egypt.

If you go to a toy store today you will find entire sections dedicated to board games most of which I have never played.

What is your favorite board game❓

If you invented a board game what would it be called❓

I think I would create a board game that would be fun with others or by yourself so you could always play without needing another player.

LEAD WITH LOVE

HONESTLY TRY

REPEAT THESE TWO STEPS EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my LOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺

MARCH 12 2025

(NOVEMBER 09 2024 MAKE UP)

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

AUTOBÚS / BOOS = “BUS” IN SPANISH 🇲🇽 / FRENCH 🇫🇷

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today for you I have a post about public transportation.

There are a few different types of public transportation including buses, subways and even monorails to name a few.

In Lansing there is the CATA bus (Capital Area Transportation Authority) service that I ride often in fact I am waiting on a bus right now.

The price is usually cheaper than taking a car service or the price of gas with a trade off with the extended travel time and wait time.

I have gotten used to planning for the extra time and with my card for veterans from CATA I ride free. Not having to pay for a car payment, car maintenance, car insurance and gas has saved me a considerable amount of money each month.

Now with the warmer weather I will also be able to ride my bike and only rely on public transportation when it rains.

Riding public transportation also benefits the environment with less net pollution.

Another perk of riding the bus is I am able to do something productive during the ride like create or review my schedule, check e mail, learn something with an app or even just relax and read or listen to a podcast.

I am grateful there is public transportation in my city.

Have you ever traveled via public transportation❓

LEAD WITH LOVE

HONESTLY TRY

REPEAT THESE TWO STEPS EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my LOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺

MARCH 11 2025

(NOVEMBER 08 2024 MAKE UP)

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

SOL / SOLEIL = “SUN” IN SPANISH 🇲🇽 / FRENCH 🇫🇷

In Spanish and French, the word for “sun” is pronounced as follows (click below):

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today for you I have a post about “Our” star, the sun. ☀️⭐️

Today I was thinking about how we measure temperature with respect to how and why we use and determine the temperature of something. 🤔

Interestingly enough on its own, is the method used to come up with a reference point that established the temperature scale using the characteristics of water that can be observed in nature with water going from liquid to ice to gas when freezing and boiling. 💧🫖🧊

A man with the last name Celsius used the 3 states of water mentioned above as something to create and apply a unit of measurement to. 100 and 0 was used for the scale with what was originally 0 degrees Celsius being the temperature when water begins to boil and 100 degrees Celsius being the temperature when water froze. With even increments of 1 now representing each degree 1-99 between the two established points those being 0 and 100 to identify the temperature of 2 things as reference (freeze boil points of water) to now be able to identify the temperature of other things using this scale. If it is hotter than boiling water it is less than zero degrees celsius (decreasing by increments of 1 with negative values -1, -2, -3 etc) and if colder than frozen water it would be more than 100 degrees (increasing by increments of 1 degree celsius 101,102,103 etc) and where things that fall between given a value based on where it fell on the 0-100 scale when measured.

After the Celsius scale was established it was later reversed to the current day standard of 100 being the temperature water begins to boil and 0 in which water freezes and makes more sense considering if it is hotter (meaning MORE heat not LESS heat) it would intuitively be a higher number. 🌡️

Now on to the day’s post star of the show. 😉

The sun is the only star in our solar system and without the sun our planet would be a ball of ice and not be hospitable for life on Earth as we know it. 🥶

The weather was absolutely beautiful today and the most beautiful weather of 2025 thus far. I was able to appreciate our star while out and about today when walking through the city to handle the day’s affairs. 🚶🏻

Here are some interesting facts about the ball of “fire” in the sky:

	1.	It’s a giant, but not the biggest: The Sun’s diameter is about 1.39 million km (864,000 miles), and it could fit around 1.3 million Earths inside it — but it’s still a medium-sized star compared to others in the universe.
	2.	It’s mostly hydrogen and helium: The Sun is about 74% hydrogen, 24% helium, and 2% heavier elements. Through nuclear fusion, it converts hydrogen into helium, producing the energy that lights and warms our planet.
	3.	It takes sunlight 8 minutes to reach Earth: Even though light travels at about 299,792 km per second (186,282 miles per second), the Sun is so far away — about 93 million miles (150 million km) — that sunlight takes 8 minutes and 20 seconds to get here.
	4.	The Sun’s core is unimaginably hot: Temperatures at the core reach about 15 million°C (27 million°F) due to the immense pressure and fusion reactions happening there.
	5.	It’s a middle-aged star: The Sun is about 4.6 billion years old and is currently in its main sequence phase, where it has been for about 4 billion years. It’s expected to stay stable for about 5 billion more years before expanding into a red giant and eventually becoming a white dwarf.
	6.	The Sun rotates — but not like Earth: Because the Sun is a giant ball of gas and plasma, different parts rotate at different speeds. The equator rotates in about 25 days, while areas near the poles take about 35 days.
	7.	It has powerful solar storms: The Sun’s solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) release bursts of charged particles and magnetic fields that can disrupt satellites, power grids, and even produce beautiful auroras on Earth.
	8.	The Sun’s gravity holds the solar system together: The Sun’s immense mass — about 99.86% of the total mass of the solar system — creates gravity strong enough to keep planets, asteroids, comets, and other objects in orbit around it.
	9.	It influences space weather: The solar wind, a constant stream of charged particles from the Sun, shapes the heliosphere, a protective bubble around our solar system, and interacts with planetary magnetic fields.
	10.	The Sun “rings” like a bell: The Sun experiences acoustic waves that travel through its interior — kind of like sound waves — allowing scientists to study its structure through a process called helioseismology.

What fact did you find most interesting❓ I think it is crazy how big the sun is with the sun being able to fit over a million of our planets inside the space it occupies.

PEACE ☮️

LEAD WITH LOVE

HONESTLY TRY

REPEAT THESE TWO STEPS EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my LOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺

MARCH 10 2025

(NOVEMBER 07 2024 MAKE UP)

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

VIDEOJUEGO / JEU VIDÉO = “VIDEO GAME” IN SPANISH 🇲🇽 / FRENCH 🇫🇷

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today for you I have a post about The Super Mario Bros. because March 10 is Mario Day with the date looking like Mario MAR10.

I have mentioned Mario in a previous post but that post was more about video games and this post is about the Super Mario Brothers specifically.

It is the “oldest” video game character that I still play today dating back to my earliest memories of gaming.

I remember playing Mario on the first video game console I ever played on and with each era of new consoles Mario was present or was brought back into the mix and remains to this current day.

Here are some interesting facts about one of the world’s most famous plumbers:

	1.	Mario’s first appearance wasn’t in Super Mario Bros.: Mario debuted in Donkey Kong (1981) as “Jumpman.” He was a carpenter trying to rescue his girlfriend, Pauline, from the giant ape.
	2.	Mario became a plumber because of the pipes: In Super Mario Bros. (1985), the underground pipe-based levels influenced Mario’s profession switch from carpenter to plumber — which just made more sense in the context of the game.
	3.	Mario’s design was shaped by technical limitations: His iconic mustache, hat, and overalls were practical choices to make his features stand out on the low-resolution screen of the early ’80s. The mustache helped define his face, the hat avoided the need for animating hair, and the overalls made his arm movements more visible.
	4.	The birth of the Mushroom Kingdom: The idea of a fantastical world full of pipes, magic mushrooms, and turtles was inspired by Japanese folklore and fairy tales. The power-up mushrooms were partly inspired by the idea of mushrooms having mystical, growth-enhancing properties.
	5.	The Super Mario Bros. theme song is legendary: Koji Kondo’s “Ground Theme” is one of the most recognizable pieces of video game music ever made. It was one of the first times a game’s music changed dynamically with gameplay — speeding up when time runs low, for example.
	6.	The Minus World glitch: The original Super Mario Bros. has a famous glitch that lets players access “World -1,” an endless underwater level. It’s a programming bug that became one of the game’s most well-known secrets.
	7.	Mario went 3D in 1996: Super Mario 64 was a revolutionary leap, introducing open-world 3D platforming and setting a standard for the genre. It remains one of the most influential games of all time.
	8.	He’s had a ton of jobs: Beyond plumbing, Mario has been a doctor (Dr. Mario), a kart racer (Mario Kart), an athlete (Mario Tennis, Mario Golf), an artist (Mario Paint), and even a referee (Punch-Out!!).
	9.	Super Mario Galaxy defied gravity: The Super Mario Galaxy games (2007, 2010) added a creative twist to the platforming formula by incorporating spherical, gravity-based levels, where Mario could run upside down on planets and deal with shifting gravitational pulls.
	10.	Mario went open-world in Super Mario Odyssey (2017): This game combined the open-ended exploration of Mario 64 with innovative mechanics, like Mario’s sentient hat, Cappy, which lets him possess enemies and objects.
	11.	Mario’s still evolving today: With games like Super Mario Bros. Wonder (2023) bringing fresh gameplay ideas, creative power-ups, and new art styles, Mario continues to stay innovative while staying true to his roots.
	12.	The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) was a huge success: After the infamous 1993 live-action adaptation, the animated Super Mario Bros. Movie was much more faithful to the games and became one of the highest-grossing animated films ever.
	13.	He’s a gaming icon worldwide: Mario’s cultural impact goes beyond games — he’s appeared in cartoons, comics, movies, and theme parks like Super Nintendo World.

Do you have any Mario memories?

LEAD WITH LOVE

HONESTLY TRY

REPEAT THESE TWO STEPS EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my LOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺

MARCH 09 2025

(NOVEMBER 06 2024 MAKE UP)

GOOD MORNING TO THE SON AND THE SKY❕👋🏼

RELACIÓN / RAPPORT = “RATIO” IN SPANISH 🇲🇽 / FRENCH 🇫🇷

I LOVE YOU 💓

Howl you doing❓

I hope everything is GREAT with you and at home 🥰

Today for you I have a post about the ratio of the types of food on your plate in a meal.

A common recommendation by those of the “Health” experts as a way to “eyeball” (using a visual approach to evaluating) what your plate should look like with the amounts of each type of food on your plate with respect to healthy eating is the 50/25/25 approach.

The following ratio 50% fruits and veggies, 25% protein and 25% healthy whole grains is the 50/25/25 method.

You can see that fruits and veggies makes up the majority of the meal with the other half of the plate shared equally by a healthy protein option and a healthy whole grain option.

The protein should if possible be something that is high in quality protein (perhaps an organic free range chicken breast) and if fat is apart of the protein be mindful of the type and amount. Just because the protein option includes fat does not mean that is a bad thing with examples like salmon and tuna having healthy fats that make up the majority of fat present in that option in addition to other nutrients like Omega-3 which benefits brain health.

The whole grain should be something that is free of pesticides and includes things like fiber and maybe even protein. An example of a good option for a whole grain would be a spouted grain bread without additives and preferably organic and whole grain to avoid things that would not meet the “organic” label and whole as to preserve as much as possible of the beneficial nutrients found in that grain after processing.

The fruits and veggies allow the most options considering it makes up half the plate and the number of each type of fruit or veggie could be 2 or over a dozen perhaps with a fruit and or vegetable medley. The choices should be as high of quality as possible like single ingredient variations like organic blueberries not canned blueberries with added syrup and sugar. The options may be or a combination of fresh (my preference), dried, frozen, canned and maybe a sauce if it is meets the healthy criteria for what the sauce is made of like a mash of fresh raspberries.

This 50/25/25 approach takes less effort than creating a meal with all the information about each ingredient being known by making it more about the categories each ingredient belongs while keeping in mind the grade of quality as to what is eligible.

Here is an example of a day with each meal being a 50/25/25 meal.

Breakfast: 1 large organic orange with half its weight in organic oatmeal and half its weight in scrambled eggs.

Lunch: A turkey sandwich with breast from a free range organic chicken sliced for an open faced sandwich with a slice of sprouted whole grain organic toast for a sandwich weighing as much as a salad (maybe a Caesar) making up the other 50 percent of the meal.

Dinner: Half the plate being steamed organic frozen broccoli and carrots with the other half of the plate split between organic white rice and a filet of wild caught Alaskan Cod.

It is fun and easy to create a healthy menu once you have a goal of what the meals should include with respect to nutrition and knowing what menu items can meet the nutrition goal. The portions are taking care of in advance with 50/25/25 and what the total weight of the meal is decided will be by your health requirements and lifestyle.

How would you fill your plate for a 50/25/25 meal❓

LEAD WITH LOVE

HONESTLY TRY

REPEAT THESE TWO STEPS EVERY DAY

LOVE TRY REPEAT

Believe in yourself

Don’t be hard on yourself

Allow yourself to see what is possible

Never let doubt be the thing that prevents you from trying to achieve what you desire most

Remember your wins

Learn from your mistakes

Have fun along the way

You have more influence over your health and happiness than you know

DRINK WATER❕

Rest well my LOVES

You are LOVED

I hope you have a GREAT DAY‼️ 😎

I LOVE YOU WITH ALL THAT I AM 💕

I AM ONLY A HOWL AWAY IF YOU NEED ME 🐾

WOLF LOVE & GRATUITY, YOUR PROUD FATHER 🐺