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Firsts


There are many firsts as a mother, first baby, first steps, the first night your baby sleeps through the night, where you wake up six times to check the monitor to make sure your child is breathing. Kindergarten is a huge first, a milestone for which I blubbered like a baby as I watched both my teenagers, as five-year-olds, enter the building. These firsts are part of the process, a little by little letting go, fly baby bird fly, out of the nest you go.

So far, even though I've cried and the letting go is difficult, I've been okay with the firsts because I realize, the more independent my children are, the more freedom I have. So I have trained them to be self-sufficient, they pack their lunches, owning their own good or bad nutrition, they do their own laundry, even though an occasional tissue or library book makes it into the cycle, dripping wet, crinkled mess, ruined. Making mistakes, that's part of life, the life of firsts, and I've been on board gladly, yet slowly nudging my teenagers out of the nest, until my oldest passed her permit test.

So far, I've felt like I've had a bit of control over their firsts but with my daughter behind the wheel, I feel like I have handed my child a tank that can go from 0-60 in a moment, and have decided to go for a ride. Essentially, I have handed her my life and I have no control but my words. Go right, go left, ease up on the gas pedal, STOP....

After we took a picture of her holding her permit, while sitting behind the wheel, I drove to an abandoned parking lot and let her drive. She drove, S.l.o.w.l.y, all break and no gas, around the parking lot. As I watched her, instructed and encouraged her I smiled as she giggled with glee, ran over a curb, and almost gave us whip lash. Here's to firsts, ladies and gentlemen and all the mistakes that come along with them.

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Guest
Jun 19

Changing to a ND-prescribed nutritional plan is hard, hard, hard—but can be life-changingly worth it. Thank you for sharing your struggles and journey!

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Guest
Jun 01

Inflammation has plagued me since I contracted Lyme… only

complicated by my recent injuries. Im going to look more in to this!

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Guest
Feb 20

I wonder if we have Naturopaths in western ny

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You do! I just googled it and a bunch popped up.

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https://deeprootsathome.com/

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Heather

I started going to a natural path and same as you

she took a full hour to get to know me

I finally felt like a human not a produc. I read a blog called deep rootsthe home

fabulous information to take into consideration for everything for your health

God bless

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Hi Marianne,

Thanks for sending me info about the blog. I'll check it out

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Guest
Feb 01

From what I have been reading. In the book Let food be your medicine by Dr Colbert sometimes it could be an inflammatory issue in your body and you body is letting it show on your skin. You eat pretty healthy but who knows you maybe eating a healthy thing like peppers for example that is causing inflammation in your gut /intestine. Just a thought. Love your work! Dawn R

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Great Book! Thank you for your thoughts. You just may be right! ❤️

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Guest
Jan 24

I would not take the same injection but would ask the doctor for other options.

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