The 9th of My Life

Here I am again...

It's been a long time. I have 5 kids. I have 5 adopted kids. I have kids with neuro differences and trauma backgrounds. I have kids who are highly adaptable and succeed with everything and kids that can barely fit in. My heart aches many nights, wondering what to do with it all. I have kids in 3 different schools and 2 kids attending 3 different co-ops. I have 12 piano students and teach at two different homeschool co-ops. Life is busy. And yesterday I returned from a conference where the resounding message I heard was that I need to take care of myself! This does not come easy for me... as a soldier's wife and mom of 5.

So, I thought I'd drag out the ol' blog and type things. I don't think anyone really reads this thing, but I know I need accountability. I'll be posting each week (I don't know if I can do each day) on ways that I'm trying to become a healthier me. I'm not a Facebook/Insta gal who likes folks looking at her. This is secret, yet not-secret enough if a certain wellness expert truly follows up on our talk this week and checks in on me. She'll see that I'm doing what I said I'd try.

I'm trying to find me again... trying to find peace in the midst of this INSANE amount of background noise. Here I go:

Today, I:
1) stepped on the scale
2) JUICED breakfast for me and my 5 kids - and included some Organixx activated greens
3) I went to Whole Foods AND Trader Joe's and bought a ton of good, organic items
4) I tried to go a day without my Le-vel Thrive B vitamins and patch (I'd like to get on an organic supplement supply instead). I did, but I've been in a very bad mood and have a horrific headache. It also allowed me not to exercise.
5) I played phone tag with an awesome doctor's wife about entering into the world of SEEDS - I'm sure I'll explain more on that later
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Day 2
Today was hard to not be distracted by the background noise. The morning started early, with horrific news. Another naturopathic practitioner was murdered. Unfortunately, he was supposed to be our family's new P.A., and was a dear friend's friend. It goes even deeper than that, but I'd prefer not to even write about the tragedy.

If that morning news wasn't bad enough, my mom told me that she and my dad are splitting up (after more than 49 years of marriage). They are an integral part of our everyday life and I don't quite know how this will play out for my kids.

In the midst of the bad news, I still managed to research some of the healthy life options I learned about at last week's Truth About Cancer Live Symposium. I looked up mygreenfills.com to check out some cool laundry detergent that Dr. Eric Zielinski mentioned. I also had a nice long conference call with a doctor and his wife about SEEDS. I met with a friend to share all the goodies I discovered last week. Hopefully I can write more about the different things here, so I can remember to check them out!

Most importantly, I talked with a priest about monitoring my heart. He's using his discount to buy a product that I will be trying out. Here I go....

Day 3
I dove in. I officially entered the world of healing SEEDS. I bought some products and will wait for it to arrive. I plan to record all my observations of it here. That way I can look back and see how things progressed, etc. I'm excited about this venture!

I had my green juice today and all that pulpy goodness that gets lodged in my teeth. The kids are also drinking it. I also found a couple bottles of my Young Living Ningxia, hidden away in my pantry and pulled that out. If I'm going healthy, I might as well help my immune system as much as possible!

I wish I could tell you I completely changed my lifestyle. I haven't. Even in 3 days. I've been researching A GREAT DEAL, but I'm no where where I desire to be with diet and exercise. Catching up with life after being in Orlando for 5 days is much more than anticipated.

So, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. I Corinthians 10:31