The Healthy Mom

This Easter Sunday was the first Easter Sunday we all went on as a family. It was stressful from the time we woke up. Breakfast is made, and clothes are thrown everywhere. Even during the car ride, Max has a fit, and Jos aggravates Max. What a disaster! Then we get to church. I say all of this to say there are always struggles, but most of the time, it is hard. I continue because if I give my kids anything, it will be Jesus. He will be here long after I’m not. He will be the one that can comfort them and answer all their questions and doubts that they have. So regardless of the hard, mommy will continue to take them. 

  I picked this picture because this is how my life is, for the most part. I have not really stopped for the past few weeks,   I knew I was tired, but when you're going, going, going you don’t notice it. This morning I actually had the energy to wake up and do yoga, now I did about 7 minutes of yoga since Maliyah woke up, but in those first few minutes of just grounding myself, I was actually able to feel my true emotion and that is brokenness. The past five years have been tough, yes I have had good times, but I have had very sorrowful times as well. Divorce is never easy, even for the person that chooses divorce. Some people might think that it is a party over here, but it is not, I hate time sharing, I hate new people in my kid's lives, I hate all the emotions that I get from them on a daily basis. The sadness, of them, saying I don’t want to go to Dad’s and when they don’t get their way, I want to go to Dad’s. The knowing until they are 18 years old, they do not get to cho...

 So how do you cook? Wanted to share my lifestyle change! Not really something  I have done that is new, but I have adjusted it some over the years, so I have stopped doing this thing that most people would call crazy, but I have stopped with all the junk snacks in the house, I have decided to make more snacks than buy from the store. So less harmful ingredients and of course taking in fewer calories. 

  This momma is tired! This week we are back in the office, so I guess during this pandemic, companies saw how working from home helped their employees to balance their home and work life, but they still think it is good idea to make people come into the office, even though aftercares are full and they can’t find more workers, so in return our children can’t be enrolled. This momma is tired! I’m tired of the stress of court, I’m tired of parents thinking they don’t have the same responsibilities of the other parent. I’m tired of being all and everything for my kids and all and everything for the household. I know in time, I will feel better, but writing helps me process. It is ok to fall, cry, throw a tantrum. But I always tell myself, I got this! I can do this! Just keep getting up. Again and again. But it is also to say this momma is tired! 

  I picked this color, to scream happy birthday to this girl! I feel like she has grown up so quickly, I'm trying to be the best mommy possible. I want her to know how loved she is and how special she is. Happy birthday, my princess, I hope you know that you are loved and that Mommy is glad that God choose me to be your mommy. Happy 7th to you! 

  So today I want to talk about a brand that I have come to love, My chiropractor Bold City introduced me to the Bioray brand for the kiddoes. I started with them taking them and I found some that I really like. When our children are born they have already come in contact with 200 chemicals and as they grow they come in contact with more and more chemicals, so it is so important to detox their little bodies. These are gentle detoxes and all of my children take them every day. Maxwell takes focus and the calm, Julian and Jocelyn take calm and Maliyah takes the tummy, calm, and the sleepy ones. My favorite is Loving energy for myself.  So a few details of some of them and what they do. So Calm helps support a healthy mood, restores emotional balance, it also helps with sleep, and helps children deal with stress. It also supports detox pathways in the liver. It is an antioxidant for the liver and safely removes heavy metals and chemicals from the body.  Tummy increases speec...

  This is my fitness journey, I started cross-fitting about 5 years ago, it was the start of the toughest journey of my life, I decided that I wanted a divorce, after 10 years of it not working, I decided to choose my kids and myself and walk away. To be the one that actually files, doesn't make it any easier, it is still very hard. It has definitely been a journey and it hasn't been easy, but I have found who I am and who I want to be. Cross-fit has been a great part of finding out who I am, I have sweated on these floors, prayed on these floors, and cried my eyes out on these floors. Finding yourself is not easy, but it is so worth it. 

  This guy got braces! Mommy has been planning for this for about a year. Out of all of my kids, he has had the most dental work, but he has been so strong and such a champ. From fillings to getting 4 teeth pulled at one time because he did not have enough room in his mouth. Right now, he is complaining about the discomfort, but I let him know that we can do hard things. I can't wait to show him the progress at the end. Teaching our children that yes life hurts sometimes and that life can be hard is so important. We can't promise them an easy life, but we can promise to help navigate them through it. Red is his favorite color, so today for Julian I chose Red. 

  This is the Healthy Mom Blog! I was sitting one day and really thinking about what I actually enjoy, like really enjoy. Because the last few years have been really hard. I have started to hate being a Mom and yes I said hating being a Mom. As a Mom when you think these thoughts, your next thought is that I'm a bad Mom, I just thought the words I hate bringing up the next generation and then I realized, I didn't hate being a Mom, I hated being Mom and Dad. So I decided then and there, I was going to do something I enjoy, I do enjoy being a Mom, but that is just it. Just being a mom, not all the extra stuff. So this is where this blog came from. To show what I enjoy in life! That is being a Mom, Fitness, health, and nutrition. Some of my favorite topics and some of my biggest soapboxes. I can do this thing called life!