Posts under ‘Organic Health’

I just want to feel good.

It’s not something I’ve really blogged about because it’s been something I haven’t wanted to focus on myself. But it’s one of those constantly infiltrating facts in all I do.
I don’t feel good. Increasingly so over the past few months. And the excitement of moving has really drained me empty. I wake up exhausted, I [...]

Right Here, Right Now

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I love the sweet smell of dawn -
our unique daily opportunity to smell time,
to smell opportunity -
each morning being, a new beginning.
~Emme Woodhull-Bäche
I’ve been waking up early, as soon as the sun turns my bedroom walls orange, and enjoying the peacefulness that only 6am can offer in this house. I start my tea on the [...]

Juggling Emotions, His and Mine

A week and a half ago, Zeb had a pretty scary fall. He and Justin were rough-housing, Zeb jumped onto his dad’s back, and Justin started swinging him around. Within seconds Zeb went from laughing to screaming as he fell about 4 feet onto our concrete floor. His arms and shoulder mostly broke the fall [...]

Part Three: I Am Not A Foodie

Our awareness of food choices started in 2003, when Zeb was about 4 years old. I began to connect his frequent croup-like coughs with things like birthday parties and Halloween candy and began to suspect what I had heard about food coloring. We decided to have him tested for food sensitivities and boy, were we [...]

More Homemade Toothpaste

I’ve made adjustments to my homemade toothpaste recipe. We had used the old recipe for awhile, then switched back to Tom’s of Maine until I finally got off my butt and experimented with new measurements and flavors. There seems to be a short adjustment period with stinky breath when making the switch; I haven’t quite figured out [...]