End of 2020 to Now

Wow!  Since my original post, #1 bought a townhouse, #2 & #5 just got an apartment together, and I hear #3 has plans to go back to finish her degree in the Fall.  Two are left in High School, #7 the youngest, and #6 is to graduate May 2021.  #4 hasn't made her way out into the world just yet.

For myself, I've decided to keep focus on helping others pro-age.  I can't believe it, but the receptionist at the chiropractor's office thought I was in my 30's.  Over the years, I've been mistaken to be 10 years younger...but 20+ years younger?  I just turned 60 years old this past December!!  Yes, I still have the weight to lose, maybe not quite as much as before.  But at 60, I feel better than when I did at 50, and I thought I felt great then!  You can't imagine what true health feels like until you stop feeling things you thought were normal pieces of aging.

I decided to re-start this blog thing because I want people to have hope and I want to share ideas.  I want to stop seeing people suffering with illnesses that they could possibly change with the healing of their gut by adding pure whole food to their diet.  I'm seeing people much younger than myself having to go through surgery to remove toes, having eye surgery because they have cataracts, or other inflammatory diseases like Rheumatoid Arthritis my mom is going through.

There are so many things that are contributing factors to people becoming sick and dying.  Hopefully, you will join me on this journey of discovering what they are, how they can affect our lives, and what we can do instead.

I'm not criticizing doctors, but a friend told me today that her doctor said that she would have to be on prescriptions the rest of her life.  Not satisfied with that, she did some digging on the internet, changed her diet to organic foods, changed out products she was using on her skin, laundry, and cleaning.  She went from being in bed with horrible pain, to being able to go around and share her story.  While I listened to her today, I thought to myself, that we were on similar roads health wise, only I got off and switched foods and products sooner, which change the trajectory of where we were headed.   By the way, when she went back to the doctor, her doctor was amazed and asked how she did it.  I'm sorry to say, unless they "specialize" in nutrition, most doctors are unaware of how to advise their patients in this area first.  But then again, it's easier for someone to take a pill than change their diet and there is the liability factor of the patient not following a diet plan to self correct the direction of disease.

For now, I'll leave this with you.  Watch "What's with Wheat?"  You can find it on YouTube and Amazon Prime.  Let me know what thoughts come to mind after watching it!

At The Boar's Head - How We Got the Name.

How We Got the Name ~

Our friends had names for their homes such as So-and-So Manor, so I was trying to think of what we could call our home.  "Manor" did not seem to fit our house, so a dear friend claimed it as "The Boar's Head" after the boar's head that is hanging in our family room.  It was the first boar, or animal for that matter, that my husband shot. Honestly, I'm not too keen on having a dead animal's head in my house, but currently we have no man-cave for him to hang it in.  Having been shot near barley fields, the meat from this animal was absolutely yummy.  


Life at the Boar's Head ~

Being the wife of a business owning husband, and the mom of now 3 home-schooled children (plus, #1 moved out now 5 yrs ago, #2 moved in with her recently, while #3 and #4 are still at home going to the local community college), so as you can imagine, my life is very busy and full.  What I love about home-schooling is that learning takes place all the time.  There are no "school" hours here, learning is learning, 24/7.  A child's curiosity if not killed/stunted, will always be questioning and wanting to know.  

I look back to when my older ones were little and I had no help.  I've experienced a lot over the years and as with most people, have regrets. Especially, the "wish I should haves".  Being in the trenches, it's harder to see what's happening while you're in it and where you are going.  Once the kids are a bit older, you can look back.  Having been there, in sharing my experiences, I can now (hopefully) help someone else.  It doesn't get easier...it just changes. Growth for yourself requires changing, too.

I have many interests and needs.  I need to lose weight, I need to get rid of things to make life a little simpler, I need to work on my spiritual life, I need to reduce stress...  I am interested in all things natural, things that make daily tasks easier, in God and His abundant love for me, the possibility of having a garden that will provide enough food for the family all 12 months of the year (that would be COOL!), Networking and Direct Sales, and other stuff (like sports, crafts, reading...).

I hope you will join me on my journey, and accompany me along the way with comments and notes, sharing your struggles and joys.  :)