Welcome!

Anyone who has known me for any length of time knows that I LOVE to talk. I can talk for the entire 5-6 hours it takes us to get to Disney World… just ask my mom, I am definitely not exaggerating!

When I was 15 I lost my voice for almost two years and couldn’t talk. At all. It was awful! I learned sign language and carried a dry erase board to communicate with others, but I also started journaling. Even after I got my voice back, I continued to journal and started dreaming of one day starting my own blog.

While I was pregnant with our third baby, I developed Graves’ Disease. The doctors started telling me about my treatment options, but none of the options they were giving me felt right. Shortly before our little girl was born, I met with an endocrinologist who gave me the option of healing my body with the help of some (hopefully) short-term medication and some major lifestyle changes.

We spent a good bit of time discussing what changes I would have to make. I knew that it wouldn’t be easy, but it would be worth it in the long run so I decided to give it a shot. I switched to a new diet and am slowly starting a regular exercise regimen. I started taking different supplements and vitamins on top of the thyroid medication I’m on and am focusing on my nutrition more than I ever have in the past.

There was something else missing in all my efforts though. I needed to reduce my stress. Something I hadn’t realized about autoimmune disease before I was diagnosed is that any stress or sickness can make it worse. I didn’t want to make all of these changes only to have it backfire on me because I was under constant stress. I started researching self care and things I could do to take care of my mental health when I had an idea.

Maybe now was the time to start my blog. I started talking about it to my husband about it and he was incredibly supportive. I spent many late night nursing sessions researching how to get started and thinking I was quite possibly crazy for starting this right now… I’m still not convinced that I’m not crazy to be completely honest.

I asked God to make it clear if this was something that I should dive into right now and the very next morning I got a message from my sister saying she really felt I should start blog. I hadn’t mentioned it to anyone else so I took that as my sign and here I am!

I’m excited to take you along on the journey in this next season as I’m navigating these new health changes, continuing to figure out homeschooling while working part time, adjusting to having a new baby, and renovating a new house!

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