Free (or Really Cheap) Ways I Boost My Family’s Immune Systems

First I have to share a Halloween picture because Grace was Belle and had three brave protectors and...I just do. Hope your family had a wonderful Halloween and All Saints and All Souls this week! Apart from the dress up and feasting fun, October was a doozy at our house. It's been years since my …

Essential Oils: How to Get Started

You've probably heard of Essential Oils, but maybe you feel like I did before I started using them - completely overwhelmed about W H A T they actually were, with no idea H O W to use them. Years later, my family now uses oils regularly to support our physical, emotional, and mental health. To …

7 Ways to Help a Child Fight Allergies

My son Mark suffers from severe environmental and seasonal allergies. Of all his allergies, he’s most allergic to oak tree pollen. Translated, this month is ground zero for his symptoms. If I left him untreated his face would look like this ^ and his eyes would swell shut all through the yellow pollen dump.  Watching …

My Essential Oils (Conversion) Story

Originally written in 2013 and titled His Illness and How We Got Our Son Back...  St. Thomas the Apostle (The Doubter) should be my patron saint. I’m stubborn. And I’m naturally a doubter – the “you’ve gotta show me” – type. Time and again, God has shown His sense of humor in the ways He’s nudged me …