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Last Chance!

Oh, the humanity!

Last chance

Today is the last chance you have of getting over $1,000 of healthy living e-books for only $29.97!  I’ve talked about it a lot this week because I believe the books in this bundle can have a revolutionary impact on your everyday life.  As in, it will make life mo’ better.

I also believe that if you don’t purchase this bundle today, this is how you’ll feel tomorrow:

The Ultimate Healthy Living Bundle

I just don’t want to be responsible for that kind of despair.

So, here’s how to avoid the weeping and gnashing of teeth that will ensue if you miss out.  You can hit the button below and snag yours right now, and there will be much rejoicing in the land.

Or, grab two friends and take advantage of the 3 bundles for the price of 2 option at checkout.  That makes each bundle less than $20, and all 3 bundles come with the exact same stuff–86 e-books, bonus offers, and mentoring program!  That’s like getting a deal on an already great deal. 

There will be dancing in the streets.

Me and my Bad self

Still not sure?  Check out all the details of the Ultimate Healthy Living Bundle here.  It’s your last chance!

 

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Healthy Living and the Stomach Flu

Stomach Flu

Stomach Flu

About three-quarters of the way through the grocery store, Micah started complaining of a stomach ache.  “I have to go poopies, Mommy,” he whined, doubling over the steering wheel of the blue police car cart I swore I’d never drive again after this incident.

“Okay, Baby.  Jonathan, can you take Micah to the bathroom?” I asked, secretly thankful that I have a child old enough to escort his younger sibling to the bathroom so I don’t have to drive those carts any farther than necessary.

Jonathan gladly trotted down the aisle with Micah at his heels.  Two minutes later, Jonathan was back, face pale and eyes big.  Micah was nowhere in sight.  “Mom!” Jonathan gasped.  “Micah just threw up all over the bathroom!”

Sure enough, Micah was standing in the middle of the men’s bathroom covered in all the loveliness of the stomach flu.  I cleaned him up as best I could, summoned a poor pock-faced boy with a bucket mop who looked at me like I had just ruined his life, snagged four dozen organic eggs, then rushed home before Micah could use the double grocery bags we gave him to hold under his mouth in case of a repeat incident.

The stomach flu is like Ground Zero for Mommyhood.  Is there anything worse?  Of course there are worse things but I don’t want to talk about it right now because my kids have the stomach flu and I just know all those germs are crawling all over me and I hate throwing up like nothing else in all the world.

Allow me a moment to feel sorry for myself.

I feed my kids well, make sure they get plenty of sleep, smear all kinds of oils on their feet and noses and chests, dole out vitamins like a pharmacist, mix up kefir and kombucha and sprouted things for their benefit…and still.  The stomach flu. 

This, on top of our nearly six-week bout with strep, makes me feel defeated.  How can a healthy family be so unhealthy?!  I swear, we’re allergic to Texas.

Of course, I do not maintain a healthy lifestyle so that we don’t ever get sick.  (It’s a good thing, too, since there’s a pretty good chance we have the plague).  I remind myself of that as I switch loads of sheets in the wash.

I maintain a healthy lifestyle because I believe it is the best way to care for the little bodies God has given me.  It is the best way I can ensure they are physically able to live up to the potential God has for them.

It is my gift to their adulthood.

I believe I can nourish them now so they can better live life better later, without the complications that result from an unhealthy lifestyle.

By God’s grace, my children will have a healthy relationship with food, an appetite and appreciation for real ingredients and whole foods, solid immune systems, an understanding of the cycle of sickness, and a knowledge of natural remedies.  They will have strong bodies and clear minds.  They will know how to make healthy choices on their own, and they will understand why it is so important to do so.

Healthy living and the stomach flu

The stomach flu isn’t so bad with a friend

They will come down with stuff.  They are kids, after all, and kids smear all the germs on all the stuff and then put all the stuff in their mouths.  It’s amazing any of them survive.

Sickness is just part of the deal, and that’s okay because I am confident that God has made their bodies well, and l believe that in most instances, their bodies can heal themselves if given the rest and resources they need.

I no longer fear the symptoms.  Symptoms, like the stomach flu, are a gift.  Usually, they are an indication that my child’s body is doing what it was designed to do: to protect, defend, and heal.  Symptoms alert me to the fact that I need to come alongside them and provide the right resources so they are most equipped to overcome the problem.

Usually, it works very, very well.  Even our six-weeks of strep was not as bad as it sounds.  None of us developed the high temperatures or sore throats associated with the infection.  Only one of my children ended up needing antibiotics.  The rest of us were cured with homeopathic remedies including a dragon-breath concoction of raw honey, raw garlic, cayenne, and Bragg’s apple cider vinegar.  Zowie!

Even our current epidemic has hit a bit of a lull already.  Micah’s body fought the stomach flu in record time.  He rested all afternoon and was back to normal by evening.  Paul got it next, in the middle of the night last night, and was well enough to eat me out of house and home for breakfast.

Maybe someone else will get it before dinner.  Maybe not.  It doesn’t really matter (the washing machine is nearly caught up) because I don’t do this so we won’t ever get sick.

I do this because I know it’s the very best way to live.

*If you’d like to know more about healthy living, or want to be more equipped to live a healthy lifestyle, check out the Ultimate Healthy Living Bundle, available now through November 9.

The Ultimate Healthy Living Bundle

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Giveaway: Win The Ultimate Healthy Living Bundle!

Ultimate Healthy Living Bundle

Update: This giveaway is now closed!  Congratulations to reader Beverly for the win!

You all are wonderful.  I just have to say it.

Because five of you purchased the Ultimate Healthy Living Bundle through my links, I earned a free Ultimate Healthy Living Bundle for myself.  It’s a little thank-you gift from the folks who put this whole show together, and a bit of an incentive for us smaller bloggers to work hard during these sales because they know we can’t compete with the big bloggers.

It worked, too.  I might not make thousands of dollars in commissions like someone with a gazillion followers, but I’m pretty happy to get my bundle FREE!

It’s just too bad I can’t keep it.  

You see, most of our marriage, we have struggled financially.  We spent four years in seminary, then my husband began working toward his PhD.  He couldn’t finish because we couldn’t pay for it, so he worked two jobs to make ends meet.  But with five kids, his income was low enough that we’d get letters in the mail telling us we qualified for food stamps.

Then, he lost his main job, the job he’d had for five years.  For the next twelve months, we lived on savings (yes, we still managed to save!) and the income he got from extra military duties.

In the middle of that, when I was feeling particularly down, I got a card in the mail from a blogger I had never met.  The card included a check for $500.  This woman, who has five children of her own, stumbled upon my blog one day and the Lord told her, “Send Kristen some money.”  So she did.

Then her husband found out. 

She read him my story, How to Get Your Toddler to Eat Anything, and he said, “Yep, that was the right thing to do.”

I sobbed for two days.  I sobbed in the grocery store and I sobbed when I looked at my children and I sobbed whenever I talked to God because I was sorry for doubting.  “I own the cattle on a thousand hills, Kristen.  I can spare a hoof,” He said.

Thankfully, we’re out of the hallway now.  My husband was accepted into active duty as an Army chaplain.  It’s a big upgrade from his days as a young, enlisted Airman!

It is with great joy that we realize we can afford to purchase good and helpful things like this bundle.  Six months ago, I would not have been able to spend $30 on a bundle of books I did not need.  Six months ago, people needed new socks more than I needed another cookbook.

I know that’s the same for some of you.  I know some of you are feeling a little torn up every time I talk about the Ultimate Healthy Living Bundle because you would buy it, if you could.  But $30 is $30, no matter how good a deal it is.

money

I didn’t have to think very long to know I do not want to keep this freebie for myself.  I am so ready to give.  I want to be the person who sends the $500 checks.  I want to bless one of you with a small gift because I have been given so much. 

Even if you don’t need it, I want one of you to have it because I am passionate about equipping you to live better, not just through stories and funny anecdotes from the children, but with real encouragement and help.  Perhaps winning this bundle (and all the goodies that come with it!) will be one small way I can equip you to live better.  It’s not $500 (sorry about that) but it’s my small way of saying I’m in your corner. 

Just enter the Rafflecopter below.  I will announce the winner by 5 pm on Saturday, November 9, 2013 so you have plenty of time to purchase a bundle on your own if you desire to do so.

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