Hey, friends!
First of all, this is a true story.
It's why I do what I do and am who I am today. Not certain you have heard it yet. This is for you.
Here goes…
Long, long ago, in a galaxy far far away… ooops no...not that one...ok, so it was long ago. 1992 AD to be exact. I was a young mom. I already had five(of my eight) little children. They were 8, 7, 5, 2, and 3 months.
Anna was the baby. She and I came up with this story together.
It was Easter Sunday. Anna was in my arms as we walked out of church. It was a beautiful day and since I was enjoying the Virginia sunshine, I looked up into the sky. Some might have said I should have been looking down and watching my step-I’m not so sure.
I probably would say the same thing to some young mom today. Anyway, I didn't see the crack in the sidewalk, and down we went. I fell down with my little baby in my arms.
Isn't that sad?
Well, we got up and I had automatically shielded her from hitting the ground as much as I could and I hurt my arm-not broken but ouch!
She seemed fine. I gathered myself, my children, and little Anna while assuring our friends that all was well as we made it to the car and back home.
But guess what?
All was not well. My arm healed quickly and that was no problem. But Anna was not ok. After that fall my previously healthy baby started getting sick.
Not just sick, but sick over and over and over. We saw her become listless and pale and not herself as we had come to know her. Just passive and quiet. Too quiet. Every time she was sick we would go to the doctor because I was young and didn't know what else to do. So we went to the doctor quite a lot that year.
About 6 times.
Each time we got prescribed some new antibiotic that would not help her much(if at all) and definitely did not solve her decline. After 5 different antibiotics, she got sick again so we went to see our doc-not realizing it would be the last time we ever did. So this appointment he recommended “a prophylactic antibiotic for six months”.
Even as young and dumb as I was, I realized he didn’t know what to do except more and longer of what wasn’t working already and was making it up as we sat there. I was friendly, but as I left the office I knew I wouldn't be back.
I was on my own.
So my study began and I have never looked back.
At that point, I wasn't well-read on great health breakthroughs and there wasn't any internet, so it was scary and slow.
Since we homeschooled our kids at that time, we attended a homeschool convention and a “mom conversation” got started.
I brought up our situation with Anna and asked if they had any ideas. One lady who I don't know now and didn't know then said to me ‘have you ever tried homeopathy?”
I told her I had never even heard of that and asked her to explain it to me. She actually said “No, it's too complicated. I don't know how to explain it.”
“You need to learn about it yourself.”
Seriously, that is all she gave me. Except she said that some people had had great success with it.
That was all I needed.
I began to research with a capital R!! And after a few weeks of study, I came up with a remedy that seemed like it might actually help my little girl. So I purchased it for about 6 dollars at the health food store that day. And gave it to her as directed in all the books that same afternoon about 4. The first thing that happened was nothing at all. I was demolished.
Now, what would we do?
Anna just fell asleep. She was little...but you know what?
Something was happening because of the remedy!
While she slept-her body was healing from what we found out later was a broken shoulder that had been unnoticed by me, the doctor, or anyone else. She woke up around 10 or 11 and everything was different. She was better!
Anna was back!!!!
It was the only remedy she needed and only once.
Needless to say, my life changed that day- forever!
And definitely for the better! Wow. I remember that day like it was yesterday. I remember the feeling of triumph and gratitude.
I remember the relief our family had.
I remember Anna smiled for the first time in a very long long time.
This mistake, this accident, this situation, this blessing, set me on the course I travel now.
It started the journey you are on with me even today. So we travel together on this path to wellness. Feeling great. Taking responsibility for our own, our families, and the health of our loved ones.
I'm so glad we're doing this together and happy to keep going on with you!
Thanks for your time today. I bet it was worth the read. It was great to share it with you!
Connie - Dr. D
PS-Anna is doing just fine now in case you were concerned : )
You are a huge blessing to our family.
Thank you for sharing! You are a gift to every person you meet! I miss you!