My Healthy, Happy Mom

My mom celebrates her 82nd birthday today. She has no aches or pains.  She has no arthritis or achy joints.  This is pretty much unheard of in an 82 year old woman.  She has always believed in the value of an alkaline body.

She had colitis when I was five years old and went on all organic fruits and vegetables.  The doctors told her it was incurable {they still say the same thing today}, yet her colon has been completely healthy for many years.

She drove a half hour each way down to a health food store to get cases of organic fruits and vegetables.  She fed us healthy our whole lives and you can tell by looking at her that she looks amazing for 82!

She has been an incredible mother and grandmother.  She disciplined us when we were growing up.  We knew she meant what she said.  All our friends loved coming to our home because she always made them feel so welcome.

She is always looking for a good time.  She loves taking all of us out to lunch and a movie.  If we are doing anything fun, she wants to be included.  She is generous and kind.  She has never worried about the future, or anything for that matter, but believes good will happen since God is in control.  I am very blessed to have such a wonderful mother.

I read this in my devotional today and I thought of her ~

This is the blessed life ~ not anxious to see far down the road nor overly concerned about the next step, not eager to choose the path nor weighted down with the heavy responsibilities of the future, but quietly following the Shepherd, one step at a time. 

Who can find a virtuous woman?

She is far more precious than jewels...
Strength and honor are her clothing,

and she can laugh at the time to come.

Proverbs 3:10

Imperfect Prose

Hardest Time Ever For Women

Gilles Marini was on The View today.  {He is on Dancing With The Stars and other shows I don't watch.}  They were discussing marriage.  He said that since the 1960's and all the freedom women have been given, life is harder than ever before for women.

He has been married for 14 years and said that his wife is a homemaker at home who takes care of everything.  On top of that, most women have to work.  He kept reiterating the fact how hard women have it today.

Wait a second!  I thought before the 60's women were miserable having to be at home and desired to pursue careers.  However, this in turn, has made it very difficult to be a woman having to juggle so many things.

I worked full time until I had my second child.  I felt like I wasn't a good wife, mother, or teacher.  It was horrible.  Whenever I write about mothers working, I get comments from women telling me they are able to do it all.

Well, I couldn't and I don't think a lot of women can.  We get too exhausted.  I don't think we were meant to take care of the home, family, and work outside the home.  It's too much.  Gilles is correct.  Life for many women is harder than it ever has been before.

The feminists and the women's movement, therefore, are responsible for making life harder for women.  Men in my dad's time didn't want their wives to work.  They wanted them to be home taking care of the family while they provided for the family.

Now women are expected to work.  Very, very sad.

Teach the young women to be....keepers at home.

Titus 2:5

Cherry Almond Pancakes

 Cassi made these on Sunday morning and shared them with me.  They were amazing!  I put a little bit of pure maple syrup on mine.  We were talking about our new way of eating, Paleo, and how much better our guts feel.  If you struggle with digestive issues, I suggest you try this way of eating for several months and see if it makes a difference.

Cassi started a new blog called Live Right Be Healthy last week that will show all her recipes.  So if you want to try the Paleo diet, this is a great place to start.

Here is the recipe for these amazing pancakes ~

Makes 10 medium-sized pancakes 

Blend together:

1 banana

2 eggs

4 Tbsp chocolate almond butter 

{or just regular almond butter}

Cook in coconut oil/butter on medium for 2-4 minutes on each side. 

Then top w/ cooked cherries, sliced bananas, homemade kefir or yogurt, and/or maple syrup. 

You can just use frozen cherries.

Every good thing given and every perfect gift 

is from above, com ing down from the Father of lights,

 with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow.

James 1:17

Digging His Grave With A Fork

Many wives are digging their husband's grave with a fork.  It is so important that we learn all we can about health and feeding our family nutritious food. So many wives do not take the time to learn and cook their family healthy food which leads to all kinds of diseases.

Since fast food entered our society, home cooked meals have fallen by the wayside.  Many families spend loads of money on nice kitchens then spend little time preparing healthy meals.  Part of the problem is that women are so busy working outside of the home these days.  The last thing they feel like doing is preparing a meal when they get home.

This is why I think it is so important to teach women to be keepers at home.  Our families need good, healthy meals.  Losing your health is no fun!  After all, a car will not run well with bad gasoline so why do we think the human body is any different?  It does take a lot of time to shop for and prepare healthy meals but it is so worth it.

We must do everything in our power to help our loved ones be healthy.  I go to the health food store every three to four days.  I spend a lot of time making fresh salads, soups, and juices.  When my children were all home, I made a lot of healthy stews with homemade chicken broth.  {You can find all of my recipes on this blog.}

If your husband doesn't want to eat healthy, just do the best you can but you can start eating healthier.  He, one day, may decide he wants to eat healthy also, especially when he begins to develop health problems.  All my children like healthy food since they were raised on it.  It is a lot easier to want to eat healthy if you were raised as a child to eat healthy.

Emma, my granddaughter, is not even two years old yet but she loves drinking my fresh vegetable juice, eating salads with all kinds of vegetables in it, and eating my homemade soups. She loves healthy food because Erin is training her to like healthy food.

So don't dig your husbands grave with a fork if you can help it.  Learn all you can about eating healthy even if it takes a lot of time and effort.  It is a good use of your time in the end.

She looks well to the ways of her household,

and eat not the bread of idleness.

Proverbs 31:27