Hold the power

If you could hold the power and maintain ownership of every health decision you make for your family, would you want it?

I sure do!

Imagine a world where you can know, really know for sure, that your decision is not just a good one, but the best choice for your family in that given moment.  Sounds like it would require a lot of education, doesn’t it?  A PhD at least, right?

What if I told you that all it requires is a connection with your “higher self” (and I am not referring to legalizing marijuana)?

Your higher self is you, at a spiritual level, the all-knowing-you.  We are all connected to the Universe at a soul level and when you tap into this source, you will access Universal wisdom.

This seemingly magical encounter I am referring to here can be achieved with something called dowsing.

What is dowsing?

If you have ever visited a practitioner who uses muscle testing or practices NAET, then you have already experienced dowsing, which is a form of connection with your higher self and/or the collective consciousness of the Universe.  Could there be a better source of information than this?

Imagine the possibilities....your child gets sick and you want to know, if you should give this or that homeopathic remedy, how frequently should you give it and at what potency; or how about when you begin noticing a new undesirable behavior and would like to know the cause, as well as how to manage/heal it; or maybe you just want to know if a particular food is eliciting a negative reaction in yourself or a loved one.  The possibilities are endless, quite literally!

The depth and breadth of your abilities are limited only by you.  If you believe you can, well...you can!

We actually tap into this intuition daily and don't even realize it.  When you get that "gut feeling" about something, you are using your Universal intuition.  Trusting your gut feelings will keep those doors open and provide you with answers very much like dowsing will.  Dowsing is just a tool for channeling this power.  We can use this intuition for any aspect of our lives from deciding what movie to watch or what to eat, to healing ourselves of deep emotional blocks. 

When I began dowsing, I was primarily focused on health dowsing, and our progress took on a whole new direction.  We instantly left behind the superficial bandaid approach and began to see results that held weight.  While many healing modalities are only intended to address the physical being, dowsing enables you to choose methods of healing that will effect every layer of your being and by doing so, you will see a compounded form of healing that goes deeper than anything else you have tried.

The forms of dowsing are almost as widely varied as the means with which you can use them.  There are tools you can use for visual correspondence, such as the pendulum and dowsing rods, there are also numerous device-less dowsing methods which are perfect for moments when you wouldn’t want to whip out a pendulum (like in the middle of a busy grocery store).

The key to finding what works best for you is to experiment, practice and trust.  I find for myself, writing down very detailed questions I plan to work with keeps me focused.  If you find your mind straying while you dowse, you aren’t in the right state of mind and your results could be inaccurate.  Try writing down your question, remain focused on it and most important, remain neutral to the answer!!  It is easy to sway your answers, if you are heavily tied to the outcome, so remind yourself while you are dowsing that you are open to the truth.  An easy way to keep your opinions out of it is to just keep thinking, “yes or no?” while you await the answer.  And then...this is critical, trust your answers!!  Without trust, why bother?

So I assume you are thinking, this is great and all, and yes I would LOVE to begin dowsing for myself and/or my family, but where do I begin??

I personally favor pendulum dowsing.  When nothing else out there would work for me, the pendulum did.  It’s a strong dependable method for my neurotic, proof-seeking mind.  I know there are many of you out there who can relate!  When various forms of muscle testing felt weak to me, I gave up out of lack of confidence in my results.  It wasn’t until I pulled out a pendant and hung it on the bottom of a thin necklace chain, that I struck gold.  I can’t promise you will find your perfect method right from the start, and maybe the pendulum isn’t for you, but don’t give up and when you think you might have found the method that works for you, practice, practice, practice.

Try dowsing things you know the answer to, like your name, what you should eat for breakfast, if a food is beneficial for you, but be careful of “testing” too much, instead, go at this with conviction, knowing you will get better with practice.  If you are dowsing with the idea that you want to prove it wrong, you will.  Your belief system will dictate your success.

I will share some great tips to get you started.

I really love Maggie and Nigel of Sixth Sense Consulting.  They have been dowsing for many many years and they put together a ton of free information to help you not only begin, but succeed at dowsing regardless of the level you are at.  They offer basic articles, videos, and frequently offer free events for all levels. I highly recommend their Facebook group if you are serious about learning dowsing.  They personally answer questions and are dedicated to spreading awareness.

I participated in Maggie and Nigel’s Dowsing Fest, where I provided a “tip” which you can listen to below.  Remember, you don’t have to be a seasoned dowser to get great results.

 

A list of device-less dowsing options from the Canadian Society of Dowsers

American Society of Dowsers

Now that you have opened up your world to include dowsing, it’s time to really think out of the box. You have a direct connection with the source of all that is.  Take advantage of this opportunity and use it, frequently!!  Like anything else, practice makes perfect and if you don’t use it, you lose it.

Silence!

In this hectic day and age, the norm is for kids to be shuttled all over from this club to that practice, a class here and a class there, only to be ushered back home when it is time to do their homework and go to sleep.  They barely have time to gulp down a meal and spend time with their family members between homework and extracurricular activities.  As parents, we are lead to believe that a happy and well-rounded child is a busy child.  Did you ever stop to wonder why?

We are over-scheduling our lives on a regular basis, with the assumption that more is better.  Do you feel better after a hectic, rushed day?  When we are hurried, our patience is reduced and our communication suffers which, means so do connections to the most important people in our lives.  When we are over-scheduled, our relationships and creativity suffer.

If our children aren't at home with us, who is raising them?  Food for thought.
 
A child who spends a significant amount of time at home with his or her parents and siblings is developing a keen sense of belonging, confidence and security, but this is only the tip of the iceberg.   The more time a child spends with his or her family, the more the child is learning from his or her greatest teacher(s).  Character development is above all, the most important experience of our lives. There are no lessons more important.  With great character, comes great decisions.  When this begins in early childhood and is encouraged to develop through adolescence, we are ensuring our children success in this high demand world.  And what do we truly want for our children?  Happiness.  If they are confident and secure, isn't this where happiness starts?

Our foundational spirituality is cultivated at home.  When parents tap into their intuition and they showcase the value of inner guidance along side their children, they are setting them up for success.  Children learn from what they witness in their day to day lives.  Who is their role model?  Is it the child's parent(s) or is it Johnny on the baseball team and Timmy in karate and Joey in soccer?  And who are their role models, do you even know?  The sheer time a child spends with an individual is going to have a significant impact on their long-term values and morals.  The imprint of their childhood remains with them forever.  The valuable connections being made at this precious age are vital to his belief system, his instincts - his subconscious response to circumstances later in life.

What are we doing to show our children how to live respectable lives?  Is it enough to share hasty dinners with them five days a week?  What values do we represent when we suggest that our career is more important than our family life?  Actions speak louder than words.

So why do we do it, why do we fall prey to this National norm?  We are lead to believe that if we don't start our children in the best schools by getting on a waiting list before the age of three and if they don't know how to play every sport in grade school, that they will be failures.  They won't compare to the Jones'.  

Where should we find the answers to our big questions then?

In the silence.

The one thing a hectic life doesn't offer is silence.  A time for reflection.  A time for creativity.  For children, creativity is born from boredom.  A child can spend his youth jumping from one activity to another and may even be highly successful in one for many years, but without silence and reflection, he isn't going to find the space to sit with his thoughts and answer questions like, "What do I want to do with my life?" and "Where do I see my life going?".  How will they gain the introspection to trust their inner voice?

What's in the silence you ask (besides long awaited peace and quiet)?  If you haven't sat in the silence with your soul at the helm, you should start now!  You are missing out on an indispensable adviser...your own higher self.


In the stillness of silence, we open our heart and mind to receiving.  In the stillness, we find our
resolve.  In the stillness, we are exposed to the truth.  The downloads we receive in this stillness rival the fanciest computers any day.  The information is telling, sometimes bright and cheery, sometimes dreary and challenging, regardless, the information we receive in the stillness guides us in the direction of our soul purpose on this planet.  It enables growth and personal development.  If we choose not to listen, we may silence the very voices we should be depending on for our life lessons.

In the end, it's all about balance.  We can't all be home with our children EVERY day, but we can make every minute count.  Instead of filling your child's empty hours with every sport and activity known to man kind, think about how quickly he or she will be grown up and on their own.  These are precious years, make them the best they can be.  Make memories, have fun, laugh, and enjoy the silence together!

Healthy fudge to feed the soul =)

We all need a little "sweetness" in our life!  If you are like me, you like to keep the sweets minimal, but what if they could be healthy?  When I want a little something sweet, I reach for one of these babies!

Freezer Fudge

- 1 C sunbutter (you can use any nutbutter, we are low oxalate)
- 1/4 C soft coconut oil
- 1 1/2 Tbs raw honey
- 1 Tbsp cocoa butter (optional, but tasty)
- 1/2 tsp vanilla
- sprinkled sea salt

Gently melt the cocoa butter and coconut oil and let cool while mixing the rest of the ingredients together.  Add oil mixture and mix until blended smooth.  Line a square baking dish with parchment paper, fill with mixture, top with salt and freeze until solid.  Remove, cut into squares then return to the container and store it in the freezer.

Tasty little grab-able bites of goodness and protein!

Mirror mirror on the wall....

Why must we experience pain?  No pain, no gain, right?!  Well, in some ways, this is actually true!  How would we appreciate the absence of pain, if we haven’t been in the trenches with it at one point or another? 

We don’t learn to walk successfully until we learn how not to fall.

The bigger picture is that there is a lesson engrained in every experience, ESPECIALLY pain; physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. 

The first thing a parent wants to do for their child, when they are hurting, is take away their pain.  They fall down, let’s clean up that boo-boo and put a bandaid on it.  If they are going to get hurt climbing a tree, preventing them from climbing the tree will prevent their pain, so don’t let them do it, right?  This couldn’t be further from the truth!!  We can’t and shouldn’t protect our kids from all pain.  We learn from it.  We are causing more harm then good.  We are taking away their ability to learn to gauge from experience.

What is pain anyway?  It’s a red flag.  It’s a signal from our body to do something different.  And we must learn to read these signs....I hope your gauge is functioning properly?

Let’s go deeper.  Instead of thinking about how we can remove or eliminate our pain, be it physical or emotional, what if we begin to think about why it is there in the first place?  Here is a simplistic view.  Why did I get this darn cold?  The first thought in your mind is that you are an innocent victim of someone else who was sick, right?  But did every single person who came into contact with that sick person express with a cold too?  No, they didn’t, but why?  The conditions that need to exist for an illness to take hold were not present in every single person who encountered the same sick individual.  Now let’s expand our view and think about the bigger picture....did you NEED rest?  Was your body setting you up for getting that rest?  Did you have something emotional already going on, were you deprived of sleep, do you need a break from constant long hours at work?  Are you drained from the housework that piles up faster than you can make a dent in it?  Your body knows what it needs and if you deprive yourself of fulfilling it’s needs, by ignoring the simple signs, guess what?  Yup, you are going to catch the proverbial cold.  Your emotional body pushed the symptoms to the surface as a red flag.  The most important question, did you listen?  Or did you just top it off with an OTC medicine that eliminated symptoms so you could keep going....and going?  It might be a cold this time, but if you don’t stop to listen to what your body is trying to tell you, you will be lucky if it’s a cold next time, or the time after that.

And even deeper...What about emotional lessons?  What do they look like?

Do you feel like some emotional trends exist in your life?  Something that repeats itself, over and over again?  Do you notice there are a LOT of question marks in this blog?  lol  I am really asking you to think, because there is truly only one person who knows the answers to these questions, YOU!  So back to the emotional trends.  If you feel like your life is cluttered with repeat stories over the years, it might be time to pull out the mirror and take a good look and what your lesson is.  I’m not suggesting you have done anything wrong or are even at fault, but I do think we need to pause and consider where we might have missed the memo along the way.  Something needs to change and what better place to start with change, then with yourself?  The rest will follow.  The good news is that if you address the emotional lessons as they occur, you will actually be preventing future physical ailments!  Physical expressions in health are the result of emotional trauma unaddressed. 

I have learned some very big lessons in the past several months as I have slowly unfolded my awakening wings.  It took a great big mirror and a lot of humble pie.  It also forced me to step way out of my comfort zone.  Could I have blamed someone else for all the things that “happened” to me?  Sure I could have, but the truth is that I was the only person who could change my tune.  I could go on feeling sorry for what “happened” to me or I could step up to the plate and take a swing.  And that is exactly what I am doing!!  I am swinging, and hitting home runs! 

We attract “like” frequencies, whether it be reflected in the people we surround ourselves with or our health.  We are big balls of vibrating matter, and that matter attracts what is similar to itself.  So if you are regularly thinking, “I can’t stop this awful habit of.....” (fill in the blank, whatever it is) you are resonating at THAT frequency.  If it’s an emotion like guilt, well according to the professionals, you are resonating at a very low vibration of about 30.  And there is only one emotion lower than guilt, shame is a mere 20 on this scale.  Just to give you a little comparison, joy is 540!!  Think about the difference you feel when you are about to do something that brings you joy...you feel euphoric, don’t you?  That is your vibration at that time too!  I bet you will enjoy every bit of those moments filled with joy.  Just take a moment to think about something that gives you immense joy, how do you feel? You are now vibrating at 540.  How did you get that joy, did it jump into your cart at the grocery store?  No, you CHOSE it!  You chose to feel joy about something you love to do.  Love vibrates at 500.  Another great emotion to align yourself with.  Think about that feeling you have for your children or if you don’t have children, when you first fell in love with your partner.  Great, isn’t it?  It gives you those warm and fuzzies.  And when you generate these frequencies that are higher on the scale, you will attract like-frequencies. 

Sounds a lot like homeopathy, doesn’t it?  This is exactly why homeopathy works!!  If you can’t maintain a higher vibration regularly on your own, using the RIGHT remedies will encourage you to raise your vibrations which will ultimately allow you to begin attracting higher vibration experiences/health.  Surround yourself with hope, love, joy, high vibration foods and activities and your life will change. 

Ok, so how did we get so far away from pain?  And how does pain have anything to do with high vibrations, if we are meant to learn from it?  Maybe this is when we look in the mirror and wonder....what is my frequency?  Turn that frown upside down!!  = D

PANDAS, Parasites and Problems

For every problem, there is a solution.  So what's the solution??

It was a full moon yesterday so many of you are probably devouring everything you can find on parasites, where do they come from, why do we have them and most importantly, how do we get RID of them?  Right?

You may have seen my blog entry in "You are what you eat" ions ago, about PANDAS and parasites.  Are parasites a problem? Heck yeah!!  But what is the solution you ask?  This is much more complicated than one would think.

Doctors who treat PANDAS/PANS use the machine gun approach.  I even fell into this trap, because they make you believe that if we kill the parasites, then they are gone, right?  Wrong!!  Parasites (and yeast, and bacteria and viruses) are a symptom of the problem, they aren't THE problem.  What we have come to call "chronic" is merely just a battle we keep fighting and fighting, and...loosing.  If we kill the microbe, why can't we gain that clean slate again?  What are we missing?  What's the solution?

The whole picture!!

What we have is a pile of garbage building up over time.  Not just from this lifetime either.  The energetic imprint of many illnesses and thought patterns have been passed down to us from our parents, and their parents (and so forth) and we continue to pass them on, to our children.  Everything we see currently manifesting in our physical body is at the end of it's rope.  It is our body yelling at us, screaming at us, to change something and change it fast.  When we see the physical manifestation resulting in any sort of "symptom", it's not the symptom that is the problem, it's the cause which is holding us back from healing.  What doctors don't tell you (because they don't know mainly, because they are not trained holistically) is that it's the energetic imprints of days passed, haunting us today.  

Genetics....the new trend is to point our fingers at genetics as the cause.  Why?  Well, because nothing else is making sense, so it must be genetics!  After all, they do sometimes appear to be a mirror image of our ailments....sometimes, errrrr maybe?  Wrong again.  Our genes may or may not be expressed.  Just because you have a gene that is linked to a specific cancer, does not mean you will have or manifest that cancer in your physical body.  Yes, genes do impart "susceptibility" to certain illnesses, but this is because our ancestors passed down their expressed genes to us.  It doesn't mean we WILL express them.  What is more important is to understand the triggers causing these genes to be expressed, or turned on.  There is now an entire branch of research focused on epigenetics, which is exactly that, the study of how gene expression is triggered to turn those genes on and off.  So is it enough to just know that you have a particular gene mutation?  This, my friend, is just the tip of the iceberg.

Of course, the next question on your mind is, "what are epigentic triggers?".  If it's not, it should be!!

Our environment contains our triggers.  Everything in our environment including: physical, emotional and spiritual factors.  That would mean that what you eat, put on or in your body, breath in, and even what you think, feel and believe will become a potential trigger for gene expression.  Is there too much mercury in your food, do you use chemicals on your skin, do you eat the SAD (Standard American Diet), do you pray or meditate (if not you should), do you take medications, do you vaccinate, are you active, do you suppress or express emotions....I could go on and on and on and on.  What I am getting at here is that everything that surrounds your life has an effect on your cellular structure and ultimately, your genes!  How you live your life, how your parents lived theirs and even how grandparents and great grandparents lived their lives, all ends up in the expression of your genes which then is passed on to your children.  Any wonder why we have growing numbers of autism, PANDAS, cancer and autoimmune diseases?  

The good news is that knowledge is power!  With knowledge, we can make change.  If we choose to stick our heads in the sand, it's like saying "whatever" and we lose power, we lose the ability to influence the outcome.  But when we embrace this information, we can choose to surround ourselves and our families with the kind of choices that will fuel the waves of healing. 


Our own mindset is a HUGE factor in the solution. We can easily make the mistake of falling down a rabbit hole that starts with a diagnosis, then we get on the path of thinking our kids (or ourselves) are "sick"....and what does this do to us? We carry and emit "sick" energy, then we put this energy on our kids and they believe it, they live it. We are energetic beings with so much more to us than the physical symptoms we see. This is the end of the rope....our physical body reacts to our emotional, mental and spiritual state. Once the symptoms manifest, we have already damaged the mental, emotional and spiritual states of our body.  Repair and recovery must include them too.

My solution is likely to be different from yours, so I would encourage you to tap into your spiritual belief system and use your gut instincts to drive your passion in a healing direction.  Some things you can consider revisiting or looking into are:

• Dietary considerations - eat organic produce and grass-fed meats, avoid pesticides and hormones whenever possible, remove inflammatory or problematic foods, choose foods that are healing and/or nutritionally dense and now-a-days even the source of these foods matters!  And always avoid GMO foods!  Not only does the body not even recognize what to do with these foods, but they are imprinted with insects (which are hosts to parasites and viruses) among other things!  Anytime there is a chronic inflammatory health condition like PANS/PANDAS, I would say gluten and dairy should also be omitted, not just reduced, omitted without infractions.
• Toxins in your environment - mattresses, cleaners, soaps, toothpaste, lotions, pesticides, lawn care products, you will even want to consider products like tea and spices, since they can be sprayed with pesticides and irradiated.  Look at some of the studies about Roundup and how it effects gut flora.  Anytime PANS/PANDAS is a diagnosis, consider the possibility of mold in the environment. 
• Music can be very healing, look at the work from Dr. Emoto about the effects of music even on water!  Considering our body is 70% water, this is worth consideration.
• Energy healing - homeopathy, Reiki, Qigong, acupuncture, acupressure, cranial sacral therapy, etc, etc, etc.  There are SO many methods of bringing the physical body into alignment with it's subtle bodies. 
• Spiritual connections - whatever this means to YOU!  It is essential to connect with your spiritual self in order to reach your full healing potential.  This DOES impact those around you.

Of course, this is not an all-inclusive list, but it can most certainly provide you with a jump start.

If I had one thing to say to parents of children with autism, PANDAS or high needs...

Look beyond the physical, beyond the symptoms, beyond your interpretation of what is wrong to see what is right.  This child is trying to tell you something.  Your journey is about de-tangling that message.  Could it be a painful one? Maybe.  Could it be an eye-opening one? Maybe.  Could it put you on a new path? Most definitely.

Regardless of your physical journey, your spiritual journey lies somewhere in the mass of symptoms you view every day.  Where did they begin, why are they part of YOUR life? 

Perspective. 
n.noun

1. A view or vista.
2. A mental view or outlook.
3. The appearance of objects in depth as perceived by normal binocular vision.
4. The relationship of aspects of a subject to each other and to a whole.
a perspective of history; a need to view the problem in the proper perspective.
5. Subjective evaluation of relative significance; a point of view.
the perspective of the displaced homemaker.
6. The ability to perceive things in their actual interrelations or comparative importance.
tried to keep my perspective throughout the crisis.
7. The technique of representing three-dimensional objects and depth relationships on a two-dimensional surface.

I feel particularly drawn to #4.  The relationship of aspects of a subject to each other and to a whole.

Our children are part of a whole.  They are part of a family, part of a community, part of a universe.  Let’s keep that in mind when we are scaling the depths of the earth to “fix” them.  They aren’t who they are without us.  And what part of us are they?  That is your journey to uncover.  But don’t forget the depth and breadth of that possibility.  Leave no stones unturned, open your heart, open your mind and most of all, open your spirit to ALL possibilities.  When we narrow our searches, we limit ourselves.  You may not find your car keys if you only look in the family room.  Silly association, I know, but it’s just as silly to single out your child as “ill” without considering the source.  When we single out one part of our family for “recovery” we are saying they are alone, they aren’t a part of us. 

They ARE interconnected with us, ALL of us.  We are just as much a part of their recovery, as the air we breath is a part of our survival.

Do you see your child “recovered”?  Or do you see your child as “sick”?  These are questions we MUST ask ourselves, because we attract what we give off.  We must see our children the way we expect to see them, as healthy, whole and unique.  Only then can our views begin to take in the big picture.  Your child is in your life for a reason.  Don’t underestimate the power of his/her purpose on this earth.

I have my children to thank for my gift of intuition.  Their mere existence gave me reason to push myself harder than anything else has ever pushed me.  Their passion for life drove me to look at my own passions.  Their challenges became my challenges.  And thankfully, their journeys intersect with mine.

Put the magnifying glass down and pick up the globe.  Look around you and take it all in.  I’m not here to tell you where to look or how to find your answers, but if you feel like something is missing in your own tale, it’s time to actively seek out that happy ending.  It’s there for the taking, all you have to do is believe in fairy tales.

Do over

I am often asked, if I could do it all over, would I start with homeopathy and energy healing or do I believe bio-medicine set us up for success with energy healing? 

This is a mighty loaded question.

I can tell you this...if it weren't for our journey, I wouldn't have come to this place where I am right now.  I believe I am where I am supposed to be.  I also believe I came to this place based on my own personal path.  Would I have made it to this point, if I chose another path?  Well, I don't know, because I think I am always where I am supposed to be.  Every step of the way, I learned something new.  Without the first IgG food sensitivity panel, we wouldn't have known to cut problematic foods and to eat healthier.  Without the use of natural anti-microbials, we wouldn't have learned the signs of microbial overgrowth.  Without A/C chelation, we wouldn't have known the toxicity of heavy metals are such a problem in our world.  Without the SBOs, we wouldn't have dropped all of the anti-microbials we were using daily.  Without the experience of Homotoxicology, we wouldn't have eliminated dozens of supplements, and without homeopathy, we wouldn't have the permanent healing we are now experiencing.  Most importantly, I wouldn't have crossed paths with some of the most important people in my life.  I am not implying that you should do exactly what I did in order to find healing.  This was our journey.

We all have a story of our own.  We have lessons to learn and we are placed in situations that could take us down one road or another.  Following our intuition brings us full circle, with purpose.  Lessons can be painful and they can be challenging, but this is how we grow.  No pain, no gain, right? Just kidding!

I am not suggesting that we are destined for something specific necessarily, instead, as we make our choices when sitting at that proverbial fork in the road, we are bringing all of who we are into that decision.  And sometimes we will make what we will later perceive as the wrong one...but is it really?  Have you learned from making "mistakes"?  Well let's think about that.  Even if just from a purely physical point of view, the first day you took a step as a toddler, it was preceded by many falls, and did you get on your bike and ride it effortlessly the first time?  Maybe you did, maybe you are physically gifted...or maybe you didn't, but you did eventually learn to ride that bike, didn't you?  We fall and we get up again, it's the nature of life.  Remember dating?  Who could forget!  We are in a constant state of change.

What if we begin to see each "mistake" as the next step in our evolution rather than something that wasn't supposed to happen?  Consider the conscious shift that will take place when we begin to welcome these lessons.   To go from thinking "I was wrong and I failed" to thinking "it's time for a change"!  Is your glass half empty or half full?  The potential for growth is endless!  What about our potential for happiness, where does that fit in here?  When we feel confident and we trust the road ahead, we can truly enjoy happiness. 

My journey is not the same as yours. 

It may seem like common sense or it may even seem silly.  Could we be at the same place, at the same time?  Absolutely!  Could you even be PART of my story, or vice versa?  Heck yeah!  I KNOW that there are certain people in my life with a very specific place in who I am meant to be.  When these sort of lessons reveal themselves, there is nothing more rewarding than recognizing a friendship or a connection with a deeper purpose.

Life is definitely what we make of it, don't underestimate the power of your journey.  So would I do it all over again?  I would have to say yes, but that was my story.  What is yours meant to be?

The question is, does what you are doing feel right?  Perhaps my path is intersecting with yours for a reason.