awareness
Battling my dog’s fall allergies with natural solutions
My poor little dog every fall has horrible allergies, like itching so bad that he has no fur left and is sometimes bleeding. I have no idea what he is actually allergic to but whatever it disappears in mid-November. Here is what my poor guy looked like in early October: We have been to the…
Simple Healthy Alternatives for Harmful Chemicals in Your Home
Do you know how many harmful chemicals are in your home? Most don’t even think twice about the toxins in their cleaners and personal products, which we use almost every day. Disorders such as ADD, ADHD, autism, cancer, and auto-immune diseases are on the rise. Many scientists believe that the harmful chemicals in our own…
How I am treating eosinophilic esophagitis naturally
What is EoE you may ask, well the official name is Eosinophilic esophagitis, and don’t ask me to pronounce it because I can’t. I usually have my sister say it for me 🙂 and let me just say it sucks! It’s confusing and interferes with life at the worst times. I was diagnosed around ten…
Need to control your Kid’s Internet Time? – UnGlue Review
So as the mom of two teens I have been faced with the chore of how to tame their internet use. We had tried a service once before to limit what they could see on the internet but I always had trouble with it because it also blocked her email. So I tried looking for a…
Dangers In Your Make Up
Did you know that so many of our skincare products and makeup contain hormone disruptors, chemicals that cause cancer, and skin irritants that can further cause breakouts? Or they’re tested on animals? Yuck! Be sure to read all the way down and enter the giveaway! In 2004, the EWG evaluated 7,500 personal care products. This…
Raising Celiac
Guest Post: This is a post by my sister, Andrea. She has child that was diagnosed with celiac a few years ago. Yep I guess you could say it runs in the family 🙂 Two years ago today I earned yet another badge on my mommy sash to go next to my allergy/asthma mom badge.…
Dear Mom to a child with Down syndrome – and surprise
Mother’s Day is right around the corner and I’ve gotten together with a group of bloggers to bring you a giveaway and blog hop that we are hoping will bless your socks off! We not only hope to bless several moms with some pretty awesome giveaway prizes, but we also hope to bless many more…
Cancer the illness we are all facing
The statics are growing each day, cancer is getting more and more popular. I myself am expecting to be diagnosed with it in the upcoming years. My father died from it, my grandmother died from it, my aunt has fought breast cancer, so pretty much everyone on my dad’s side of the family has had it.…
You are not going to believe what it in your Taco Seasoning!
Be sure to enter the giveaway at the bottom of this post! A few years back I was diagnosed with many many food allergies. It was a complete shock to me since I had never been allergic to anything in my first 35 years of life. So now I had this new chore of finding food…
Help Fran Drescher Wipe Out Cancer In a Generation
I was asked if I would help spread the word about a new campaign from the Cancer Schmancer Movement. For me, it was a no-brainer and I am very excited to support and spread the word of this movement. A few years back I lost my dad to the cancer monster, I miss him greatly each and every…
Autism or Something
13 years ago today I gave birth to my first born. It was exciting, exhausting and confusing all at the same time. Throughout my pregnancy the doctors always knew there was something wrong but they just couldn’t figure out what it was. At one point they even ruled out Down syndrome… how wrong they were.…