A Root Awakening

I'm not afraid to admit it, I'm lazy...or at least I used to be. I was so lazy that I wanted to make everything easier and faster. I now call this smart ;) I am also forgetful. I was purchasing herbs, fruits and veggies from the store or receiving from my CSA and I would either forget all about them or not use them in enough time and they would all go to waste, at LEAST $10 a week in the trash. I got smart about this, too. My ex brought very few good things to my life but one of them was at least 10 ice cube trays that his mother was getting rid of and when I was about to donate them one day because they were taking up space and not being used, I had an epiphany! At that time I was making my own green shakes daily and could never keep a bag of spinach without it going bad by my third shake(organic usually means they don't last as long because there are no added preservatives or chemical pesticides on them) Trash! I thought that maybe if I froze the greens that it wou...

The leaves started to fall and while some people were admiring their decent and jumping into piles raked together, you were dreading the constant "cold" you KNEW you'd have for the next few months. Now that you're finally better, the trees are starting to bloom and the flowers are rising from the cool ground. Instead of appreciating their awakening, you start sneezing and coughing. You start to ask yourself "Why have I been sick all winter?" "How come my allergies are getting worse every year, I've never been allergic before." "I guess this is normal?" Well...it's not! This way of life has become the new normal but it is anything but. Normal is described as something typical or expected and though it appears that "sick" is becoming more expected, it should NOT be normal, and YOU can fix it. Why are we getting so sick? Because our immune systems are being compromised. What are we being compromised by? Oh I could go on ...