<\/a>June 24, 1999<\/p>\nJudy Zappia of Newark is a courageous lady who has the will to make a way. Her children were just 6 and 10 when she lost her ability to speak. She could no longer read a bedtime story to them, call them in for lunch, tell them to clean up their room, or even talk on the telephone.<\/p>\n
Judy had been working at Columbia Bank for 15 years when she lost her voice.<\/p>\n
\u201cAt first, you think it\u2019s just a cold,\u201d Zappia said. \u201cYou know it will get better, but it didn\u2019t. Then the doctors found a lump near my vocal chords. It was very scary.\u201d<\/p>\n
Judy grew up in Brooktondale, a small town near Ithaca, and attended Auburn Community College where she met Gerald, her husband, in 1973.<\/p>\n
Judy studied Elementary Education and eventually taught in the Ithaca Headstart Pre-school\/Day Care for two years. She and Gerald were married on August 14, 1976.<\/p>\n
They are blessed with Theresa Marie, now 18 and the 1999 recipient of the Col. William Prescott Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution\u2019s Good Citizen Award, and John, now 14.<\/p>\n
Fortunately, more X-rays and tests showed the lump was a second set of tonsils and what cause her voice loss was an apparent virus that had settled in her vocal chords. She learned to force air through her vocal chords producing grunts and air sounds, but no speech.<\/p>\n
\u201cJohn was 6 and would test me by saying he didn\u2019t hear me,\u201d Zappia said. \u201cI sat him down and got him to understand that he\u2019d just have to figure out what I said.\u201d<\/p>\n
She discovered that she could use a bell to call the children in from play and get their attention with a clap and, to this day, she doesn\u2019t have to raise her voice to them because \u201cI can say it with a look!\u201d<\/p>\n
Judy was put on and off various medications and numerous voice therapy routines, including voice rest, but came to accept that she wasn\u2019t going to be able to return to her bank job.<\/p>\n
In 1991, her medical disability ended and she began to look around for something she could do that didn\u2019t require a lot of talking.<\/p>\n
The Employment agency couldn\u2019t find anything for her, typing wasn\u2019t her thing and computers weren\u2019t an option. She realized it would be up to her to create her own job.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought about my love of food and cooking,\u201d she said. \u201cCatering, crossed my mind but I didn\u2019t want it to cut into my family time.\u201d<\/p>\n
Home-Made-Easy is the name of her home-based business. She does the measuring and most of the work, then you add a few ingredients to finish making main dishes (chicken and rice or meat loaf), etc. and dessert(s\u00a0 apple crisp, fruit dessert, cookies, or an\u00a0 oatmeal cake).<\/p>\n
The results are delicious, wholesome home-made goodies made easy.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne lady called me in a panic,\u201d Zappia recalled, \u201cShe wanted to stock up on Apple Crisp, because the previous night, she\u2019d served it to her husband and he said, \u2018Well, you\u2019ve finally figured out how to make it right.\u2019\u00a0 It took her months to work up enough nerve to tell him it was from a box!\u201d<\/p>\n
Around the time she turned 40, she read Jean Carper\u2019s Stop Ageing Now. Carpr does a column in the Sunday weekend section on vitamin supplements. Zappia began a regime of multi-vitamins and within 2 months her voice began to gradually return. The doctors called in a coincidence, but the end result is that she can talk again!<\/p>\n
Zappia continues as a successful entrepreneur with Home-Made-Easy products, which retail for $1.75 to $3.25. They are available in Canandaigua, Dobbins in Newark and soon other outlets or give her a call at 331\u20111360.<\/p>\n
Hone-Made-Easy is perfect for working folks who don\u2019t have the time, college students who don\u2019t know how to cook, and, older folks who don\u2019t keep an over-abundance of ingredients on hand. They are even great to use in the e-z bake oven on those rainy days you need to entertain visiting youngsters.<\/p>\n
Toward the end of our telephone interview, I asked Judy what words of wisdom she could pass on to others who are caught in an apparently hopeless, traumatic situation.<\/p>\n
\u201cGo with your heart,\u201d she said. \u201cThere are a lot of negative people; try to find the best of your situation; and hang on to the people who encourage you.\u201d<\/p>\n
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2018 Up-Date” Judi isn’t techinically a Walworthians, however, several people ave used her services.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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