The vision.
every person I know has a goal in their life. Something they want to do or accomplish that will set them apart. Maybe that goal is just a dream of traveling the world, or raising a family...
My Dream for as long as I can remember has been to adopt children into my home. To provide a child who would otherwise maybe live a life without support and love a chance in this world. I have always wanted to love more children than I knew God would give me to bare myself.
That is a bit of a daunting idea to think that my family could become so large, but I am grateful. My heart swells with the Dream that I have to give a child a second chance.
When I was taking my psychology classes we talked a lot about a family. We talked about the rising trends of single parent homes and homosexuality. It was interesting to hear from a professor, that no matter the trend, the research showed that children grew up to be more well adjusted children in homes with a mother and a father to rear them and care for them. Of course there are those who grew up outside of that average, with an abusive parent etc. But my journey to decide to adopt in my future had nothing to do with what my teachers called the "facts" of the present. I began my journey years before.
Growing up, my siblings and I would always talk about how many children we wanted to have. I have 7 siblings, so you have to understand, it was always around four or five or above, none of us wanted less. I remember when I learned about different complications women can have that can stop them from having children. I don't think it was because of someone I knew, but truly because of stories in the scriptures. I loved the scriptures and the example the righteous that were within it's pages. I looked up to the righteous women, and wondered if that would be my burden to bare as well.
I decided early on that no matter what I was physically capable of, I wanted to adopt. I knew from watching my parents, that I needed to marry a man who was capable of that same love for a child that was not his seed. I prayed in my heart for years to find a man like that.
Heavenly Father brought that man into my life. It's funny the things that matter most to you, and adopting has always been something at the top of my list. When I was dating my husband it was interesting, because he mentioned his desire to adopt long before I told him of mine. I am so blessed.
The Vision, is the realization that I can dream again. Not only can I dream again, but I know that I can realize those dreams... I couldn't be more grateful for that gift again in my life.
I am so grateful for my Savior, my husband, my son, and my work. All of this is what helps me to feel the love of my Heavenly Father. If I must work, I want it to be a work of changing lives, and amazingly, I get to do just that.
Life is wonderful, and I am so grateful for the vision to see what life has in store for me.
I saw this quote the other day, and I am so grateful for whomever posted it so that it could bless my life as well. "Without giving something everything you got you can't say you tried and failed. All you can say is that you failed to try."
I will do more than try!
Sara Spencer
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Eating Clean
Eating Clean: What exactly does this mean?
I am not a great writer, or a politician, so all I can do is explain what this means to me and hope I make some semblance of sense.
Eating clean is the idea that we only put into our body what out body can use for energy. To oppose this idea are toxins, and the definition of a toxin for our purposes in this blog will be; anything that our body cannot recognize and use as energy.
So here is what I think eating clean is:
Eating food in it's most alive state, that is RAW. Our bodies are Alive and because we are a living organism, we require other alive things to maintain homeostasis. Some of these things our body synthesizes by itself and others we must ingest. The whole idea behind eating raw is that Raw fruits and vegetables, herbs, nuts etc are in their most alive state. As we cook our food, we are actually killing it. Just like we use heat to kill bacteria, the bummer part is we kill a lot more than that, including things we want!
I say this pretty often, and anybody who knows me closely have probably heard it straight from my lips, but, we can only function off of what we not only put in our bodies, but what we put on them, and if we are not giving our bodies the best, how can we perform our best? Some people think this doesn't matter, some people say they don't want to follow a mega trend for Organic and whole foods, but what they don't realize is that they are living inside of the biggest trend of all. That trend is processed food, a huge rise in disease, and severe malnutrition and obesity.
Processed food is a thing of the last couple hundred years. The industrial revolution changed the way everyone lived their lives, suddenly the fast foods were born, and no, on the inside aisles is where the majority of people spend their time at the store, the sad things is, the outside aisles where people find the raw fruits and veggies, and raw meats etc, isn't much if any better because of industrialized farming methods; radiation, pesticides, insecticides, and Genetically Modified Foods.
I could never explain to you ever particular eating clean might entail, and for one, I would definitely be wrong with some of it, but eating clean for at LEAST 30 days and up to 90 days, eliminating Soy, Gluten, Corn, Peanuts, and processed foods like anything with, artificial coloring, artificial flavoring, sweeteners, scents, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, sugar in general, MSG, vinegar, High glycemic foods.
This would be a great place for people to begin to learn how to listen to their bodies. So many times we think we are hungry, when really we are dehydrated. ever find yourself after a full meal wandering to the kitchen and nothing looks good. That is your body asking for MOISTURE! Drink some water! It is so amazing when we finally learn to recognize what our body is telling us, and know when we are hungry, when we eat something we're allergic to, and what things are body had trouble digesting.
Did you know that cancer cannot grow in an alkaline environment?
Did you know that arthritis is inflammation due to acidity and oxidative stress?
Cleansing just got a whole lot more important right??
So, I may post a picture here and there of my journeys through learning how to cook for my family without Dairy, Gluten, Soy, Sugar and Corn.
Can I just say, as soon as I stopped eating as much gluten, and switched my produce to organic, i lost 12 lbs in two weeks??
Since then I have eliminated everything I mentioned earlier and started juicing and making green smoothies every morning.
Is there any more I can say besides that I am SOLD on this!
I feel better, sleep better, my joints don't ache anymore, I don't have any acid reflux, and my arrhythmia went away COMPLETELY and Only comes back when I eat Splenda(sucralose) or MSG. Kind of odd huh?
So I say again, our bodies can only function off of what we give them as fuel. If we are not giving them the best, how can we perform our best?
Make this years new years resolution really count by Taking back your health! Do not lose weight to be healthy, be healthy to lose weight!
I am not a great writer, or a politician, so all I can do is explain what this means to me and hope I make some semblance of sense.
Eating clean is the idea that we only put into our body what out body can use for energy. To oppose this idea are toxins, and the definition of a toxin for our purposes in this blog will be; anything that our body cannot recognize and use as energy.
So here is what I think eating clean is:
Eating food in it's most alive state, that is RAW. Our bodies are Alive and because we are a living organism, we require other alive things to maintain homeostasis. Some of these things our body synthesizes by itself and others we must ingest. The whole idea behind eating raw is that Raw fruits and vegetables, herbs, nuts etc are in their most alive state. As we cook our food, we are actually killing it. Just like we use heat to kill bacteria, the bummer part is we kill a lot more than that, including things we want!
I say this pretty often, and anybody who knows me closely have probably heard it straight from my lips, but, we can only function off of what we not only put in our bodies, but what we put on them, and if we are not giving our bodies the best, how can we perform our best? Some people think this doesn't matter, some people say they don't want to follow a mega trend for Organic and whole foods, but what they don't realize is that they are living inside of the biggest trend of all. That trend is processed food, a huge rise in disease, and severe malnutrition and obesity.
Processed food is a thing of the last couple hundred years. The industrial revolution changed the way everyone lived their lives, suddenly the fast foods were born, and no, on the inside aisles is where the majority of people spend their time at the store, the sad things is, the outside aisles where people find the raw fruits and veggies, and raw meats etc, isn't much if any better because of industrialized farming methods; radiation, pesticides, insecticides, and Genetically Modified Foods.
I could never explain to you ever particular eating clean might entail, and for one, I would definitely be wrong with some of it, but eating clean for at LEAST 30 days and up to 90 days, eliminating Soy, Gluten, Corn, Peanuts, and processed foods like anything with, artificial coloring, artificial flavoring, sweeteners, scents, Corn Syrup, High Fructose Corn Syrup, sugar in general, MSG, vinegar, High glycemic foods.
This would be a great place for people to begin to learn how to listen to their bodies. So many times we think we are hungry, when really we are dehydrated. ever find yourself after a full meal wandering to the kitchen and nothing looks good. That is your body asking for MOISTURE! Drink some water! It is so amazing when we finally learn to recognize what our body is telling us, and know when we are hungry, when we eat something we're allergic to, and what things are body had trouble digesting.
Did you know that cancer cannot grow in an alkaline environment?
Did you know that arthritis is inflammation due to acidity and oxidative stress?
Cleansing just got a whole lot more important right??
So, I may post a picture here and there of my journeys through learning how to cook for my family without Dairy, Gluten, Soy, Sugar and Corn.
Can I just say, as soon as I stopped eating as much gluten, and switched my produce to organic, i lost 12 lbs in two weeks??
Since then I have eliminated everything I mentioned earlier and started juicing and making green smoothies every morning.
Is there any more I can say besides that I am SOLD on this!
I feel better, sleep better, my joints don't ache anymore, I don't have any acid reflux, and my arrhythmia went away COMPLETELY and Only comes back when I eat Splenda(sucralose) or MSG. Kind of odd huh?
So I say again, our bodies can only function off of what we give them as fuel. If we are not giving them the best, how can we perform our best?
Make this years new years resolution really count by Taking back your health! Do not lose weight to be healthy, be healthy to lose weight!
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