My Testimonial of Essential Oils

I am a Young Living Distributor. www.youngliving.us

I was first introduced to Young Living by a good friend, Heather in January 2003. We were headed out for a week of camping at the wilderness program where we worked. (Camping PLUS being staff for "at-risk" youth - one week on, one week off.)

Anyway, all of my childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood, I would get strept throat 3-5 times each year. One of my doctors told me that this is normal and I should wash my hands more often. LOL Whatever!

So, as we were getting ready to head out to the wilderness, I could feel another case of strept coming on. I told Heather how bad my throat was hurting. She looked in my throat and saw white spots and without skipping a beat offered me something that she knew would help. I've always been open to new things, so I naturally invited any possible remedy. My throat hurt bad!!

She gave me a partial-bottle of Thieves and explained that it was a blend of essential oils. This made a little sense to me, so I gratefully took the bottle. Three times a day, I would drop 2-4 drops of the oil under my tongue, hold it there for a while, tilt my head back and let the oil cover the back of my throat, then swallowed the oil with a few swigs of water. Immediately, my throat began to feel better. Sure, it didn't taste very good, but it helped! I continued with the process all week, finishing the bottle.

I could not believe that it kicked the strept. For someone who has had strept as often as I had, this was nothing short of a miracle. I went with Heather to the Young Living store and purchased a few more oils and began my healthier life.

If you know anyone who is ready to have a healthier life, make a comment and I'll get back to you. I know that the oils I have used have improved my overall health and well-being. They are amazing.

The Light

Well, I've learned that taking accountability is a difficult thing to do. Most of the time, you can't even see your own contribution to messy situations. Even when you do finally "see the light," you then have to deal with pride. Admitting fault is hard to do. It makes you vulnerable! I decided to take the leap, and to accept the landing, regardless of how clumsy or painful it might be. The result was less than elegant, but I am so glad I did it. I now have a solid foundation to start from. And the start will be repairing myself...working on my own self-worth, self-efficacy, and self-love. I can only control myself, so I may as well begin.

What the hell?

How can anyone be angry for over a month? I upset my husband, and he is holding a grudge like no woman you have ever met. I've tried apologizing over and over...I've tried to arrange "dates" where we could go out with other couples, I attempt to connect physically, even if only rubbing his shoulder for a minute or giving him a hug. It's a cold shoulder I am receiving and I don't understand. Why are relationships so hard? I believe 100% that the only thing that destroys relationships is pride. Whether one or both people in a relationship are being prideful, there are going to be problems. An absence of pride is characterized by communication, willingness to hear and understand, seeing a need to validate eachother and compromise when needed, emotional as well as physical intimacy, care and concern for the well-being of the other. And so many more characteristics... I hope it can heal, but I really worry that the longer it continues like this, the worse it will get and the harder it will be to change. I love my husband... I hope he still loves me too.

She let herself go...

These are the lyrics to a song by George Strait. I heard it for the first time last night and just about laughed my ass off. You see...I've been told that I have completely let myself go. What's funny, though, is that I'm not unattractive. I have put on a few too many pounds, but it's nothing permenant. People who think that beauty is measured by your waist size are messed up in the head. Whatever happened to just loving someone for who they are, for who they can become, and for who you are when you are around them? Don't blame it on my fat ass...


He wondered how she'd take it when he said goodbye.
Thought she might do some cryin': lose some sleep at night.
But he had no idea, when he hit the road,
That without him in her life, she'd let herself go.

Let herself go on a singles cruise,
To Vegas once, then to Honolulu.
Let herself go to New York City:
A week at the Spa; came back knocked-out pretty.
When he said he didn't love her no more,
She let herself go.

She poured her heart an' soul into their three-bedroom ranch.
Spent her days raisin' babies, ironin' his pants.
Came home one day from the grocery store and found his note,
And without him there to stop her, she let herself go.

Let herself go on her first blind-date:
Had the time of her life with some friends at the lake.
Let herself go, buy a brand new car,
Drove down to the beach he always said was too far.
Sand sure felt good between her toes:

She let herself go on a singles cruise,
To Vegas once, then to Honolulu.
Let herself go to New York City:
A week at the Spa; came back knocked-out pretty.
When he said he didn't love her no more,
She let herself go.

To Vegas once: Honolulu, New York City.
Came back knocked-out pretty.

One of my goals

Am I retarded or what?

I can't figure out how to get this all set up... I am computer-disabled, that's for sure!

Brand Spankin' New

I'm new to the blogging thing and looking forward to having an area to rant, vent, cry, dabble, etc. Maybe I'll have something decent to say once in a while.