Welcome back, it sure has been a while!
I haven't posted to my blog in a few
years and thought it was time to get back to it! So much has changed in my life
in the past three years, and I am sure these years have seen many changes in your
life as well. If you are new to my blog… WELCOME and thank you for coming
over!
A little history to get us caught up. In
the fall of 2011, I lost my 22 year old daughter, Katrina, in a texting
accident. That horrible experience was literally life changing. I had just left
a company that I had worked at for 24 years and I had no idea what I was going
to do for an income. Admittedly, I had really despised my job the last few
years; dreadful management, selling a dying product, etc., but that is what I had
known so now what should I do with myself?
I was laid off in the spring of 2011. I
decided to do something scary. Something that took me WAY out of my comfort
zone. In fact, I really knew nothing about what I had agreed to do; I took a
trip to Haiti to volunteer at an orphanage! I spent the next 10 days teaching
bible basics to 5 year olds that spoke only French. The level of poverty was
something I was not accustom to but the people of Haiti are so full of love! Needless
to say it was an amazing experience and perhaps later I will tell some of my
favorite recollections of that memorable trip.
Thankfully, I spent most of the spring
and summer with my daughter, Katrina. We cooked, crafted, swam, talked, giggled
and traveled. We had had a contentious relationship for years but in January of
2011 we had taken a long trip to Europe and had finally began accepting and
understanding each other. The summer flew by. I had planned to start looking
for work in September. But fate had other plans.
September 7th a young rodeo
man was texting on his way home, came into a construction zone but he was so
distracted he didn’t even realize that the speed limit had dropped and in fact
the traffic had come to a complete stop. His truck hit my daughter’s car and
she was killed instantly. NOTHING can prepare a parent for such devastating
news.
The first year after her passing was
and still is a complete blur. I began blogging a while after that point trying
to work through all the things swimming in my head. It is a very painful and
lonely road, which you can see in my older posts. Now it has been six long years
without her. There is a clear line in my life - pre and post Katrina. Anyone
who has gone thought something traumatic may understand. You never really get
over something like this, but time does makes things a little softer.
I have learned so much from losing her
and thus began my journey back.
link to Ban on Texting and Driving (
Although I was very busy; working hard running
a very chaotic and stressful office, rehabilitating orphan raccoons, running my
house full of pets and had been working on the texting ban – I was physically
unhealthy.
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| Mr. Lucky 2013 |
To be honest, I didn’t like looking in
the mirror. I did not recognize the person looking back at me. I had worked
hard on the insides but neglected the outside. I began eating better, riding my
bike and joined camp gladiator. A year later I have lost 65 pounds and am
beginning to feel better about myself. One other change I made in my life was
joining Young Living, the essential oil company.
In the past year, I have learned so
much about my body and learning to live a much healthier lifestyle. I have
replaced most of my cleaning and beauty supplies and remove toxins from my
home and diet. And this is why I wanted to return to my blog. To share with you
what I have learned and what I continue to learn.
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| Me & my Nephew Alexander |
Thank you for taking the time to get
caught up with me and my journey these past few years. I will working to post
each week some of the things I have done to improve my health and I hope you join
me to become the best YOU in 2018!
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Thank you! I look forward to this journey
together!
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