On my journey to healing, I have come to realize the importance of emotionally and spiritually healing being just as important as my physical healing. I stumbled upon an old journal of mine and glanced through few pages. I just realized how far I have come. I want to...
“Breastfeeding my three year old.” Words I never thought I would be saying. Normal term breastfeeding is not common in my family. The few times my family mentioned breastfeeding a toddler, or young child, it was portrayed as something negative and...
Who doesn’t love coconut and it’s literally hundreds of uses? If you don’t know about coconut oil you must be living under a rock. I use coconut oil every day in many ways for my family. My absolute favorite brand is Dr. Bronner’s. It is fair...
We recently moved and I decided it was time to make a doctor appointment and try for what felt like the millionth time to have my thyroid tested. Thyroid disease runs in my family and I have always struggled with my weight. I eat better than so many people in my...
As I dipped my hands into the flour and water mixture and spread the wet newspaper over the balloon it hit me. This owl pinata made me realize that my Baby Bear wasn’t going to be a baby for much longer. She will be one at the end of August. I nursed her for her...
It’s not easy being a gentle parent… or a parent for that matter. Toddlers are not easy! I feel like I have to retrain my brain and question my own body’s reflexes. This is because I was raised in a completely opposite type of home than the attachment...
My mother breastfed me for a few months but encountered many problems and lack of support as a single teen mother. She breastfed all three of my siblings for some months. The most anyone nursed in my family was around 18 months. Both my nana and her mother never even...
