Does anyone else hate the phrase “flu season”? It’s really misleading. God created four beautiful seasons, none of which has an attribute of illness. I tried to figure out who coined the term but came up short. My first guess would be the CDC. Or a drug company. While there isn’t actually a season of […]
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What if everything we know about germs is wrong? What if handwashing, sanitizing surfaces, and social distancing isn’t the only way (or even THE way)…
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Herbs in the winter are a great supplement to help boost your immune system. Today we’ll cover 6 awesome winter herbs to keep on hand for your family. Katie here: I told Donielle I wasn’t all that into herbs and that she couldn’t get me excited about them. She’s going to try anyway. 😉 I’m
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Just because something is “natural” doesn’t make it safe for all ages. Not all essential oils are safe for babies and kids. Keep reading to learn the safe oils for babies and children. Sometimes, knowledge is power. Other times, it’s just paralyzing. When I finally started really digging into essential oils and learned that many
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Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to try a natural remedy with ginger. Since you already have fresh ginger on hand for The Ginger Challenge Series (and now always will forevermore because of the super ginger storage tip!), you might as well have some natural remedy recipes to boost immunities, soothe sore throats
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I am not really a tea person and never have been. But because of this ginger challenge and learning how super easy it is to store ginger, I decided I’d better try it. This ginger tea, which I’m guessing shouldn’t even be called “tea” since it’s not made from leaves (?), is something special: It turns
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This is part two of a three-part story about our family’s experience with whooping cough. The first part includes a video of what whooping cough sounds like. The third discusses the difficult vaccination decision and the problem of statistics. When I told my husband that I was writing next about the social aspects of having
Summer colds are no fun. But usually, they’re no big deal. This one was different: All three of our kids, ages 8, 5 and 23 months, had a terrible cough. None of them had a characteristic “whoop,” that the symptoms of whooping cough describe, but something about it was itching at the corners of my mind
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It’s heartbreaking when our family has stomach pains after eating or other nasty symptoms. If the typical BRATY diet doesn’t work for your family’s health, these are some real food alternatives for the BRATY diet with foods to bind diarrhea and other digestive upsets. My 4-year-old daughter throws up like a champ. Ever since she
