Showing posts with label raw food glow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label raw food glow. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Glow Forth and Create!

A quote caught my eye today: "Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself." The author is unknown. Those simple words have stuck in my mind all day. How true! After my surgery, when I was so sick, I felt like I was stuck in rut and not able to get out. Isn't that what being stuck in a rut is all about -- forgetting how or not being able to create. The past six months I have been making up lost ground and creating like crazy!
My creations include: a healthy body, mind, and spirit, a happy home, home school lessons galore, numerous recipes, well-adjusted children, and lots of love. Before raw foods came into my life I thought many of these things were unattainable for me either because my body would not let me (I was so tired and sick all of the time), or because I was in such a poor state of mind that I just wasn't able. Within one week of eating raw foods my mind was awakened and refreshed, though. I was no longer I able to fool myself into believing that I was a victim. Within one month of eating a high raw diet my body was so much healthier there was no denying that what I was doing was very good. Now that I have been eating an almost completely raw diet for months I feels as though my spirit is happy and that I shine from the inside out. It is always easy to fool people by putting on a smile and saying, "I am okay." I, like many of you, have done that on numerous occasions. But, now I really am okay and I think it shows.
Many people talk about the "glow" you get when you begin a raw food diet -- your skin clears up, you look bright-eyed and bushy tailed, your hail is shiny and soft, etc. When I first started eating raw I kept checking myself in the mirror to see if I had "the glow" yet. Other people started noticing it before I did and would ask me what I was doing different. Eventually, I was able to see it. Now, I don't have to check the mirror to see if it is there because I can feel it in my very being. Glow, baby, glow!

Friday, September 11, 2009

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!

Today is my mom's birthday! She is 63 and gorgeous! About a week and a half ago she and my dad were in line at the grocery store with their cart full of fresh fruit and vegetables. The lady standing next to her was looking at her cart and finally asked, "what are you going to do with all of that stuff?" My mom told her that she made smoothies with it (she and my dad have been enjoying raw smoothies for a few months now, and have started eating raw --not 100%, but a good deal -- in the last month). The lady asked her if they used that smoothie powder to make their smoothies. My mom laughed to herself and said no. Then she explained how they make the smoothies with banana and spinach and agave nectar, or peach\mango\ and greens\ with agave, and how they just experiment with different fruits and veggies. The lady commented that was pretty neat and then looked at my mom and dad and said, "Well, I don't know what all you are doing, but keep doing it --you both are glowing!"
They felt so good! A perfect stranger told them they were glowing! I am so glad that my parents are healthy and happy. My mom is my best friend, my hero, my goddess, my confidant, my soul mate, and I do not know what I would ever do without her! Happy Birthday mom, I love you!

Phillip's 1st trip to the beach

Phillip's 1st trip to the beach
"I love this place!"

Beautiful Emma

Beautiful Emma
"I'm a model."

Sandtrap

Sandtrap
"Where are my toes? I can't see my toes."