Usually when I don't post for a while it is because things just aren't going well. But this time things really have been going great!
A couple of weeks ago I waited for my emotions to take a dive, but they haven't. Sometimes I wonder if I am speaking too soon, but it is true. I really have been good. I don't know if it is the acupuncture that I am doing or if it's the Vitex herb I am taking. Maybe a combination of the two. But nevertheless I am doing good!!
It has been so nice to not get easily overwhelmed by all that need to be done. To be able to focus, to not make little things into a big deal, to not get agitated by the disorganization around the house, to not have the little things my kids do irritate me. In fact I have felt an outpouring of love for them. I am more patient, more willing to snuggle, more willing to listen and to be around them. Overall things seem sweeter.
I have been seeing a therapist along with Samantha and I have explained how I just have not had it in me to give any more to my children. But now I do feel that my cup is much fuller and I have more I can give without it taking away from me. It feel so good to be at this point and I hope that it continues.
Recently I took Samantha into the psychiatrist and she had some blood work done. The blood work came back as a possibility of Celiac Disease. So we had more blood work done. While I waited for those results to come back I read up about celiac and saw so many side effects of celiac manifested in Samantha and myself as well as a possibility in my other children. When we met with the doctor for the second test results we discovered that she is not celiac but probably gluten sensitive. He said we don't have to take her off of gluten but we could try.
I feel really good about taking my family off of gluten. We NEED to change our eating habits and I could use this as a way to begin that. Derek and I have decided to try this for 6 weeks and see if it makes a difference in our family. I know it will be hard but I am really looking forward to it. I truly feel that hand in the Lord as we have discovered this and I feel a great peace about it.
A couple of weeks ago I waited for my emotions to take a dive, but they haven't. Sometimes I wonder if I am speaking too soon, but it is true. I really have been good. I don't know if it is the acupuncture that I am doing or if it's the Vitex herb I am taking. Maybe a combination of the two. But nevertheless I am doing good!!
It has been so nice to not get easily overwhelmed by all that need to be done. To be able to focus, to not make little things into a big deal, to not get agitated by the disorganization around the house, to not have the little things my kids do irritate me. In fact I have felt an outpouring of love for them. I am more patient, more willing to snuggle, more willing to listen and to be around them. Overall things seem sweeter.
I have been seeing a therapist along with Samantha and I have explained how I just have not had it in me to give any more to my children. But now I do feel that my cup is much fuller and I have more I can give without it taking away from me. It feel so good to be at this point and I hope that it continues.
Recently I took Samantha into the psychiatrist and she had some blood work done. The blood work came back as a possibility of Celiac Disease. So we had more blood work done. While I waited for those results to come back I read up about celiac and saw so many side effects of celiac manifested in Samantha and myself as well as a possibility in my other children. When we met with the doctor for the second test results we discovered that she is not celiac but probably gluten sensitive. He said we don't have to take her off of gluten but we could try.
I feel really good about taking my family off of gluten. We NEED to change our eating habits and I could use this as a way to begin that. Derek and I have decided to try this for 6 weeks and see if it makes a difference in our family. I know it will be hard but I am really looking forward to it. I truly feel that hand in the Lord as we have discovered this and I feel a great peace about it.
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