Friday Fun!

Living healthy natural lives is not always the easiest thing, which is why I started my blog - to inspire and help others live their best life healthfully and naturally. I want to give you examples of how I am doing it through weekly updates, and I am hoping some of you will be willing to share your thoughts and ideas too.

So, here we go! I hope this helps and inspires all of you!

In my life this week...
My dear Granny died after choking on pineapple and having a heart attack. She basically died after the choking incident, but then paramedics revived her. The frontal lobe of her brain was damaged, if not dead, and since it was her wish to not just live off life support forever, our family chose to take her off the life support. She died on Wednesday morning. It has been a really emotional week, since we were very close. I didn't get to see her in her last days, because we live about 7 hours away, but I do have great last memories of the time I spent with her in May.

I am inspired by...
my aunts who stayed with her during her last days, even though it was very hard to see her in the state she was in. I cannot imagine the emotional toll that took on them.

My favorite thing this week was...
knowing that my Granny is in heaven with Jesus!!! This brings me so much joy! I cannot imagine how happy she is right now. Her faith in her Savior shined so brightly throughout her life, and I know that now she is truly happy!

What's working/not working for me...
Working - I am allowing myself to feel the pain of losing my Granny. Many of my family members hold their emotions in, and most of the time, I find myself pushing emotion into the back of my brain and staying "strong." I have realized how healthy it is to feel pain, loss, sadness and grief. It is a goal of mine to allow myself to "feel" more.

Not working - it has been a rough week for the communication between my husband and I. We had a great talk the other day about understanding each other better and loving each other better. I am reminded once again how hard marriage is, and how it takes work every single day.

Questions/thoughts I have...
Besides being the best place we can ever imagine, what is heaven like?

Things I'm working on...

Creating new Boot Camp workouts, getting ready for the Healthy Mom, Happy Baby blog event coming up next week and getting ready to travel to Wisconsin for the funeral.

I'm reading...
"The Baby Catcher" by Peggy Vincent - Still reading this book. It is my dessert at the end of the day. I only allow myself 1-2 chapters a day, because I want it to last...

I'm cooking...
Mexican Lasagna, Organic Chicken, Feta and Spinach brats, Banana Bread and I still have to think up what we are going to have for supper tonight...

I'm grateful for...
my dear friend who had such great marriage advice and who gave me the encouragement I desperately needed this week.

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Isn't this great?