One of my biggest fears as I was growing up was getting older and the thought of losing my mom. This fear transcended from years of watching her fight back from strokes and seizures. Too many times we were reminded how fragile life was and how quick someone could be taken from us. Truth be told, the more people I meet, the more I’m learning that this is a common fear and even more scary because we are never really given the tools to necessarily age gracefully.
This is the first year ever that I have felt like I am taking back some control in that aging process and gaining a better understanding of those fears and how to live my life daily without letting them paralyze me.
For starters, did you know that 80% of how WELL you age is within YOUR CONTROL? That’s right…. Only 20% of it hereditary.
Best yet, if you don’t start to see improvements in your first 60 days you can return your empty bottles and get your money back.
THE ANSWER IS ACTUALLY QUITE SIMPLE. YOU START WITH YOURSELF.
It might sound selfish, but if you want to be the best parent, sibling, child, spouse, employee and friend you can be, you have to start with YOURSELF.
You have to wake up each morning with a drive, a motivation, an appreciation, a zest, and most importantly …CONFIDENCE. It really does start when you look in the mirror. It’s also the first thing others notice about you too. It’s your posture. It’s your outlook. It’s your passion.
Each year for the past 5 years, I have set for myself a New Year’s Resolution. And I have kept it.
4 years ago it was to start my day with a devotion to God because my resolution was to grow spiritually. I bought a devotional book for my mom and one for myself. I gave it to her on her birthday. January 3. Each morning on my way to work during our “first call of the day”, we talked about it together. Looking back, I’m so glad we did that because as she neared closer to death over the final 18 days of her life, I re-read so many of those devotions and scriptures out loud to her. This was comforting to us both and brought us both to tears many times throughout that journey. Many of those scriptures I had highlighted and so many “un-coincidental” occurrences took place around that book as she took her final breaths.
You need to feel good about yourself and take care of yourself.
As part of my resolution this year to take care of myself, I wanted to begin a skincare routine that invested in my skin. (After all, I’ll be wearing it for the rest of my life.)
I didn’t have time or money to waste on something that didn’t work and my husband and I believe whole heartedly in spending our hard earned money on things that are high in quality and sometimes those things are hard to find.
A former college teammate, Katie Wood introduced both the products and the company to me. I knew right away, just from the sample she so kindly shared with me, that this was going to help me look better, and likewise FEEL BETTER.
My husband treated me to this. Of course he wanted to do anything that would help me feel better and he could tell how these products were impacting me. After just a few short weeks of my regimen working OVERTIME with the birth of our 4th baby, Brady, my results spoke for them self. I was excited, encouraged and felt renewed. How could I NOT share this with others??!!!!!!
My face after just 1 month of using my favorite brand of skin care products
And it only keeps getting better…..
Changing Lives One Day at a Time and One Face at a Time
