Thinking...

As you can imagine, summer break means less time for mommy and a lot more going on around the house!  It has cut down not only my ability to write, but my ability to think, hahahaha.

The good news is that the mold situation is FINALLY wrapping up this week!  The work was completed today, the basement is CLEAN!!  Yippeee!!  They literally cleaned every inch of the room, the joists, the floor, in and around every nook and cranny.  The HVAC duct work was scoped and cleaned today.  Tomorrow the exit testing will be done!  Whew, what a ride!  We've been diffusing essential oils day and night lately too.  Anything to help clear the air. 

The bad news is that we all have sinus infections again, me worse than everyone else, but at least it seems to be short-lived this time around.  I made the mistake of letting the chaos of planning their birthday party and dealing with the mold get in the way of taking my supplements daily.  It's obvious to me that this has had an impact on my ability to fight this infection.

The boys are still coughing though.  It's definitely less frequent and less severe, so maybe it is working it's way out.

I am sitting on my deck contemplating this world.  Thinking about how much more severe everything has become.  Our children are being born toxic.  Autism, allergies, cancers, diabetes, autoimmune diseases, among other debilitating and life-shortening diseases are all on the rise.  In fact, it's been determined that this will be the first generation that will live a shorter life span than the one before it.  Natural disasters appear to be increasing, taking countless people with them.  I even feel like the number of insects have increased in the past few years.  People are less tolerant, perhaps because they are ill.  I pray some day there will be enough change to reverse this slippery slope, for the sake of our children and their children.  What kind of world will they live in, if this continues?

If you are reading this blog today, please consider making even one small change to your life, for the better.  Make a promise to turn the water off when you brush your teeth, or replace one chemical-laden product with a natural and/or organic product that won't poison our land when it goes down the drain (our ground water becomes our rain water, people), you could even remove toxic cleaners from your house, or use hydrogen peroxide on your gardening instead of pesticides, stop using antibacterial soaps and hand sanitizers, eat organic and local, take off your shoes at the door.  There are so many easy ways to take baby steps towards a cleaner, healthier environment.  If we all do this, imagine the impact we could have on the world.  Think of it as an insurance policy on the future of your grandchildren.