SAD; Beating the Winter Blues
Seasonal Affective Disorder. SAD, for short. I always kinda blew off the thought of this disorder as something really real… until my stroke. And now I know it’s a real …
Lemon Oil Overview
EO Profile: Lemon Botanical name: Citrus Limonum Botanical family: Rutaceae Common method of extraction: distilled & cold pressed (with cold pressed being superior to distilled) Plant part typically used: Peel …
Herbal and Essential Oil Holiday Aromas
Wanted to share a few essential oils and spices for making your home smell wonderful over the holidays and anytime. You can use these in a diffuser if you’re just …
Cranberry Wassail Holiday Recipe
There’s an awesome cranberry wassail recipe I wanted to share. This was a huge hit at last year’s holiday gatherings. Take a one pound bag of cranberries, three cinnamon sticks, …
Essential Oil Companies.. Who to Trust?
How do You Know Which Essential Oil Companies to Trust? Essential oils and the companies that sell them are confusing. Everybody says they’re the best, the purest, and a lot …
Stroke Update: Glory Shining on My Autumn
Fall is my most favorite time of year… and my least favorite. As the holidays approach, the recollections and flashbacks of my stroke are forceful, and re-living it again from …
Chocolate Blessings
It was grocery day. Not sure why, but I said a lil prayer before we left, asking the Lord to make us a blessing to someone as we were out …
Jump Off the Merry-Go-Round of Your Thoughts!
Stress. It rules our lives so much. It can cause us so much pain and grief. It directly effects our health too. Physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually. Everything. It raises …
Living With Chronic Pain
My foot’s been bothering me. My stroke foot. “Stumpy” we used to call it for several months after my stroke. It’s been 3 years and going-on-8 months. And it still …
Punches + Potshots, Medical Marijuana
I don’t pretend to be up on all the politics, but the whole legalizing marijuana in this state is about to take place, and there’s a humongous war going on …
How Jesus Makes My Bed
I get in these jags from time to time where I’m just fighting my circumstances. I’m tired of being disabled. Tired of hurting every. single. day. All. day. Tired of …
Thoughts on Forgiveness
Snarky. Is that a word? It must be cuz it keeps going thru my head. I’ve had such a hard time controlling my thoughts lately. You know the story. Old friends. …
Proverbs and Health, What if?
A while back, I was reading thru the book of Proverbs and sharing some of those verses on FB. It’s amazing how much God speaks about health and our physical …
Homemade Peanut Butter to Burn the House Down!
Peanut butter! I’ve made a lot of homemade things in my life, but up til recently peanut butter had never been one of them. But, peanut butter and Trim Healthy …
Incontinence + Exercise, What You May Need to Know
Ok. So. This might be a little TMI (too much info) for some of you. Up close and (maybe too) personal. But, here we go. One of the things I’ve …