Hippie Voodoo Magic

I've always been more of a natural person, so using oils rather than traditional medicine to help with life was a perfect fit. Notice I said, "help." I'm not here to promise or suggest cures or imply that traditional medicine has no place; rather that essential oils have the ability to help your body help itself. This blog is how I want to share my journey incorporating oils into my daily life.

I wasn't always a believer. I preferred tolerating minor aches and pains to popping a pill. Then my son was born and my world shifted. Now there was this perfect little person entrusted to my care -- basically he's my heart running around outside my body. As that tiny person began to grow, all the trials that came with it started to appear: gassiness, teething, bumps, bruises, scrapes, sleeplessness, and growing pains. What to do, what to do? It was at that crossroads I was introduced to Young Living Oils.

Again, I didn't want to believe that some oil from some plant would work. But I also didn't like going through a bottle of infant medicine per month, or having the remnants of a fall left on his face for weeks, or just holding him while he cried. Oils were, what I called, Hippie Voodoo Magic; if they really worked, why didn't more people use them? Alas, I got to the point I think all parents reach where they're willing to try anything that isn't harmful. Am I right? This is how our kids get us to cluck like chickens and dance silly dances and sing silly songs just to keep them happy. With that thought in mind, I took the plunge.

Know what happened? I got hooked. I went from one bottle of medicine a month for pain to zero. I found a kid-safe blend to help promote sleep at night. I even found a blend that made my flaky and weak nails strong and beautiful!

Now, I'm that person. The one with an oil for everything. Now, I want to share that with you. Bookmark the blog, follow the journey, pick up recipe blends to try. My hope is these oils bring the same help to your life as they did mine. I'm not an aromatherapist, just a regular, every-day Mom taking it one day at a time. Hope to see you back here soon!