About Me

I am a young mother of two beautiful little girls and a wife to a handsome and supportive man. We have one daughter named Ella who is two months shy of being three, going on thirteen and another, named Ellena, who is three months old. When my oldest came into this world I had a rude awakening. I was broke, sick (appendicitis) and heart struck with love for my new baby. These things probably don't seem too abnormal, but, for me it was overwhelming. I ended up stressing and felt like I was spiraling downwards trying to figure out life in general and realized that I needed to distinguish who I was before I could go any farther. I knew I wanted to provide the best possible life for my growing family and wanted us to be happy and healthy, which was a good starting point.

In doing so, my first endeavor was to find a job. It was not easy to find a job that one, I like and two, paid me enough to pay bills and still have some money to play with. So, after a year of research and a hard look at the world around me, I realized that whatever I decided to do, it had to be something that would not only be beneficially to me but would help others. I decided health and fitness was due to my heart even though I put on back burner quite frequently for a stuffed crust pizza and a beer. I then enrolled in school to major as a Dietitian and got started.

Once I started learning more about food, I began to realize that exercise was hand and hand with eating healthy and began forcing myself to get moving. It was exhausting and nothing more than a chore at first, but, I tried something new quite often until it became fun and decided I wanted to also learn everything I could about this and help as many people as I could to find something they like and get them moving more as well. So I decided to inquire about getting a certificate in Personal Fitness Training.

Saying this, I  have always been an all or nothing kind of girl so I just piled books upon books on my desk and dived right in learning anything and everything I could get my hands on about diet and exercise and I kept coming across information on Organic food. To me Organic was a foreign or odd thing. No one I knew spoke of it, let alone eat it and I remember once in kindergarten going to a health food store in town with a friend and her mom and thinking it smelt funny and the people were dirty, lol! I laugh at this thought quite often when ever I receive a grueling look from a family member or friend when I bring Hummus to a potluck. Well, after reading that Organic has no preservatives or pesticides and reserves more nutrition, I decided to give it a try myself. Let me tell you what, I was more than overwhelmed with the packaging, the selection and the prices when I walked into the local health food store the first time after that first initial time with my friend of 15 years ago, I ended up only buying some fruit and high tailed it out of there. I decided more research was vital to be able to conquer a trip like that.

It didn't end there I continued to read about the chemicals they put in beauty and cleaning products even what goes into the production of toys and was disgusted! Why do we think it is okay to have these things in our homes, better yet why are they even legal to make? I had to do a major cleanup of my home not only for me but for my children. I am sure I can not keep them safe from every toxin in the world, but, I can reduce the amount they take in through breathing and consumption. I made it my mission to do just that!

I have found not only have we been sick a significant amount less than ever before but we breath better, sleep better and have eliminated stress all together! I have been able to be more positive, slow down and listen to the birds sing or just smile to myself at a stop light knowing that I am living the life that I was meant to be living and doing my very best at giving my girls the life they deserve.

At first my husband was not on board with getting rid of disposable napkins, paper towels, composting, growing a garden, using a steam cleaner, having organic shampoo and toothpaste and eating vegetables, but, I have done everything in moderation and slowly made it a must and he now sees the difference in our relationship and every day life that he too is excited about the next step. He even is the one that initiated our recent transformation of ridding our kitchen of plastic and is excited to tell people about the dinner we made from our garden last night or organic meat and the full flavor it brings to the table. This lifestyle is nothing new. Our grandparents did not have plastic or preservatives. They lived off of their land and were happy doing so. Why do people today clutter their lives with useless stuff that either collects dust or has no nutrition, better yet steals the very little nutrients you did take in for the day? Our world self destructs on a daily basis and I am not going to be part of it!