Travel far enough and you meet yourself. David Mitchell

Newport Beach, CA

Parents: you know your kids right? When I say “parents” I’m thinking of so many wonderful people! I could name you all, but then I just realized that my girls and I are blessed with many lovely parents in our lives and this would become an extremely long post!! 🙂 Anyway, I know my girls. It’s just us. The three of us 👉 we are a team obviously, (as all parents are with their adorables), but when you travel by car oh man can we talk?

You learn more so much more about your kids when you are cooped up together for days and days.

Guess what? Great news! #blessed #grateful #gotlucky! What did I do to deserve this?! We just got home and I’m reflecting on the last couple of days….

In general, we can all agree that this is a tricky generation (iGeneration – I that better than Generation Z). 👿 Kelsey reminds me daily of how annoying I am #helicoptermom. So, I am still learning…..Trying to let them experience things such as failure, loss, break-ups, mistakes, not being the center of the universe and understanding that they’re part of a “whole” and not “special”. I know that it’s more complicated today and we have learned to coddle our kids for VERY good reasons. I get it for sure and am grateful for the positive changes. But lets face it parents, we need to chill out on the (every kid gets a trophy just for showing up stuff) and let them discover that true inner peace comes from learning selflessness. “The sweetest joys of life, then, come only with the recognition that they certainly are not special.” David McCullough. Have you read his article in the The Swellesley Report? It’s fabulous! http://theswellesleyreport.com/2012/06/wellesley-high-grads-told-youre-not-special/
So, as we ALL recalibrate, I hope that our children’s lives’ will be more heartfelt and fulfilling as we coach them to become compassionate and giving above all else.

On a very personal note, (and the reason for this message) what mine go through every day to help me is pretty darn worthy of mentioning. I can say that now! In the beginning, I was angry and hid everything from them. I didn’t want them to see their mom in pain or struggling. I wanted to offer this image of absolute stability, strength and having all the answers. Super Mom!!! Ugh!…….Divorce does that to parents. I was wrong……again. #lovemyfate.

I didn’t want to stress them out because 90% of my physical issues are emotionally generated, (I am not accusing anyone with my same diagnoses that they caused it themselves, because we are all very different) and it’s not fair to put that on any child. My emotional stress; however, turned physical and then the physical REALLY got scary and compromised. Thats when I finally gave in and asked for help from my own innocent and beautiful children. Yes, it’s humiliating, but when you reach rock bottom, you finally realize that what doesn’t kill you gives you character and out of that comes the phoenix rising: our family bond and their sense of selflessness.

Only then, does one begin to realize that we as parents just might be doing something good by teaching them about caring for each others. Maybe it will become a part of their developing characters and help them make better choices as they mature into adults. Out of so much pain and hardship – a silver lining.

I allowed myself to finally trust that what they are going through now (to assist me) will benefit them in the future. Children are beautiful and a blessing. I simply can’t shout it out loud enough! We as parents all want to make sure that their souls are cared for and protected, understood, and loved. Isn’t that what life is all about? Sticking together as a family or reaching out to others (if you don’t have one) and building your own? Just simply not always putting yourself in the center of the universe?

I’m just so proud of my adorables! I didn’t think I would be able to travel with them anymore so I was reluctant, but they pulled me along and we made it together. They are sensitive to my needs and hopefully to others (I know they will be). They give me hope that they will radiate more fabulous people into their lives that are just like them. “Like attracts like” and their energy is beautiful. I am proud of the effects of their positive vibrations going out to the universe. We are all connected!! They helped me every step of the way AND (bonus!!) we ended up having a wonderful time!!!

You can do it Oregon! Win the fight against GMO’s!

I still cannot believe that the state of California was AGAINST (not my friends though :)) labeling foods that were actually NOT food they are GMO’s (Genetically Modified Organisms). What is wrong with us? 64 countries demand labeling or BANNED GMO’S ALTOGETHER! Entire countries!!

What is the big deal to the state of CA, WA and OR? How come (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendocino_County_GMO_Ban) Mendocino County can ban them, but the state as a whole can’t collectively come together and do whats right? Congrats to Mendocino! The rest of the state does not have to read the labels if they’re not interested, but I do know for a fact that a lot of people in California would like to know before they feed their children, families, and beloved pets GMO “food like” products.

It has been PROVEN (I am happy to e-mail you those sources) that genes inserted into GM soy, for example, transfer into the DNA of bacteria living inside US, and that the toxic insecticide produced by GM corn was found in the blood of pregnant women and their unborn fetuses. It has also been proven that they cause “food allergies”. I have never been allergic to a food item in my life and now all of a sudden I am allergic to soy? GMO SOY IS IN EVERYTHING AND I HAVE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITUS BECAUSE OF IT! Most things that say “natural flavorings” means soy! That waxy feel on our apples? You guessed it – soy!!!! I did a 12 day, fruit, fast and only got worse until someone at Whole Foods told me about the apples. I really don’t want to know about all of this stuff. I just want my old life back……

What about all of those people with Thyroid problems all of a sudden? There has been a huge increase in the last 10 years – again a strong link to GMO’s.

Furthermore, GMOs cross pollinate and their seeds can travel. It is impossible to fully clean up our contaminated gene pool. Self-propagating GMO pollution will outlast the effects of global warming and nuclear waste. The potential impact is huge, threatening the health of future generations. GMO contamination has also caused economic losses for organic and non-GMO farmers who often struggle to keep their crops pure.

I’m not going to ruminate over something that I cannot change, but there are other states coming up if anyone is interested in volunteering. You can go to the website and it just makes you feel good doing something that benefits every single person on the planet..http://www.labelgmos.org/volunteering

Yes, we lost that battle, but I really think we are winning the war!! You’re up next Oregon (again!!!) RECOUNT!!! I know you can turn it around.

http://naturallysavvy.com/…/whats-so-bad-about-gmos-top-ten…

http://natural-fertility-info.com/gmo-infertility.html

http://www.thenation.com/…/twenty-six-countries-ban-gmos-wh…#