I like to believe that in life I strive to do the job right. I have had a hard go over the last 4 years learning on this ever changing job of motherhood. It does not come with a guide, or a "list of duties", or a how to manuel. But when I break down what I have been doing and what my job is it is to watch out for the health and welfare of my husband and kids. Okay I will break it down for you all. I dress them with laundered 'clean' clothes, I feed them with 'nutritional' food, I keep the place they live in 'clean', I make sure they are well rested in a safe environment. I also teach them about God, do a lot of budgetting, and bill paying and organizing... I am not going to list everything. My point is that I have a job that I have been only partially doing right. The clothes have been laundered with chemicals and irritating phosphates, the food has been processed or full of pesticides and hormones, the house cleaned with dangereous chemicals. I have seen the error of my ways and am trying to better life for us.
I have been on a journey over the last couple months to a healthier me. This has lead me to my natural path doctor, who has been a true blessing to me, and my body. All these positive results have directed me to really see where I have been going wrong and how to change. Sure I have been thinking for a while that we have to take care of our environment, and to be cautious of processed foods. However it hasn't been to recently that I have truly grasped the severity of it all.
What’s On My Food? :: Pesticides On Food is a great site for learning about the harmful things in our food. My healthy friend put me onto this site and I am learning from her and the priorities they make in their family.
As I said earlier I have been trying to do my job right but have been failing unknowingly. I have been living as an uneducated person who puts priorities on the wrong things and does not see the dangers under my own roof. I am on the journey to green cleaning products, organic produce and meat, and natural materials. The latter is a major undertaking and am mostly starting with the cleaning products and food.
So, you ask me how am I changing these. First, I am researching the best cleaning products and am leaning towards lemons, vinegar and baking soda. Secondly, I am buying mostly organic produce, and am going to check out the local farm next week to hopefully get some corn, carrots and potatoes. I have some been using some organic chickens from a farmer around here, but am looking into some other organic farms with both beef and poutry. ( I have some numbers to call) Thirdly and most importantly I am placing this as a priority in our lives, budget and mindset.
That is that for me. I need to sleep, rest and keep thinking green, natural, health for my family.
