The Journey Begins

When I came down with strep throat, for the first time in my life, a year after my first baby was born, I had no idea that this would begin a journey that would lead me to the point I am right now.
I grew up eating the typical diet for the 70's we had Wonder bread, tuna casserole, meat loaf, cold cereal, Hostess Twinkies and lots and lots of milk. I remember drinking a full glass of milk with each meal. When I got married we lived on cold cereal a lot and I continued to eat a diet full of processed foods, lots of junk food, white flour, anything sweet, lots of meat. I had no idea that what I put in my mouth had such an effect on how my body felt. I had a lot of colds and sinus infections and just figured this was normal. During my first bout with strep I was given Penicillin and found out I was allergic to it. I had my next baby 3 years later and again developed strep this time about 6 months after having her, again I was given antibiotics. After my third baby I once again developed strep about a month after he was born and this time I would be on the antibiotics for 10 days and off for about a week and then the strep would return. It was a vicious cycle that continued for 4 months. During this time they put me on stronger and stronger antibiotics and I was on them for the entire 4 months. After that time I finally tested negative for strep but was still told that it would be best to have my tonsils removed. I didn't know why at the time but I just knew this wasn't the right option for me. Well, 4 years later in December of 1997 I was 2 months away from having my 4th baby. I didn't want to go through all of that again so I kept looking for another way. We had some Christmas money so we decided we wanted to start our food storage. We looked up stores that sold wheat and grinders and set off to Kitchen Kneads to find out what it was all about. I took the classes they offered that taught about grains and beans and asked lots of questions. I started replacing some of the white flour in foods I made with fresh ground whole wheat and guess what? After my baby was born I didn't get strep! Wow, this was great, I knew I was on the right road but had no idea where it was taking me or how long the journey would be. Since then I have studied whole foods, herbs, essential oils and energy therapy, I have been super strict about my diet at times and at other times been very lax. Different times in my life had made it easier to live the things I have found to be true and other times I have been in survival mode, I never knew how much there was to learn. I don't claim to know everything, sometimes I am overwhelmed by what I don't know. No matter where you are in your journey, as you strive to live your life the way God intends He will bless you for every small step you take. I will continue to share the things I have learned along my journey, and because of my energy type, I will probably jump from one thing to another, oils to herbs to food etc. take what you need now and do your best with it. God bless you on your journey!