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5 Things | Wintertime Wellness

Here are five things we use during the wintertime months to keep us healthy Vitamin C | I try to take this daily and when I'm sick, I up it to taking it multiple times a day. It really is like the Emergen-C packets, just a high dose of vitamin C to help your immune system fight off yucky colds and flus. Elderberry Syrup | This I love for soar throats.  Its so soothing. Green Smoothies |I swear by green smoothies for overall wellness.  The year we committed to drinking these everyday was such a healthy year for our family. Sleep | So important for overall health.  Our bodies were created to need sleep, it is a crazy important part of a healthy life. Getting enough sleep each nights a great way to  improve your overall health.  When your feeling under the weather sleep is a great way to strengthen your body and your immune system. Thieves Essential Oil |This is my go to essential oil to fight sickness in our home.  I clean with it, diffuse it, and apply it.  It smells like clove, so … [Read more...]

Healthy Living 2019

So many goals for 2019.  I'm feeling like 2019 is my year to move forward in leaps and bounds.  I've had quite a few years of struggle and slow moving progress, and today is the day that I'm ready to move forward. Okay, so right to the point.  I would like to see some real progress in the area of my physical health and wellness.  I would like to be stronger, have more energy, and lose some weight.  I know that I need to commit to consistent healthy living, something manageable that I know I can do each day.  Here is what I'm planning to do. Healthy Eating More veggies.  Little processed foods. 2 meals, one green smoothie, and a couple low calorie snacks a day. Intermittent fasting.  I love drinking a late afternoon smoothie and skipping dinner. One piece of chocolate a day, one dessert a week, one "free day" a month. Follow the one bite rule.  I can have 1 bite of anything. Healthy Moving Work out 1 hour a day, Sundays off. Plus yoga twice a week. Try a new exercise class … [Read more...]

London

The other day I was thinking of our baby girl, how much I miss her, and how much I wish she was here with us right now.  I miss the little things.  She never was able to come home with us, we only were able to spend an hour with her in the hospital, but I can still see her here with us each day.  Every milestone has brought a new wave of grief.  I miss walking down the hall in church to take her to nursery each Sunday, I miss her running around in our home and having a basket of toys out for her, I miss shopping for little girl clothes at the store, I missed hanging a stocking for her.  We would be getting ready to celebrate her 2nd birthday here soon.  I would be teaching her to hold her fingers up to show me how old she would be.  Whenever I'm driving around in the car during the day while the kids are at school I think of how she should be sitting in the backseat, all buckled up and keeping me company.  She would be talking now, chatting with me in that sweet toddler way, learning … [Read more...]

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