Excited to learn…

I have been certified as a Nutrition and Wellness Consultant for almost four years now. To keep my certification I need to complete 16 Continuing Education Units every two years. Getting and keeps my this certification has been so enjoyable for me. The classes are EVERYTHING that I am interested in and they have fed a passion that developed the summer that I turned 12 years old. Yep, I was only 12 years old when I first found an interest in fitness and nutrition. That’s when I started working out outside of school P.E. classes and started cooking and creating healthy meals in the kitchen. I can thank Richard Simmons for it too! His show sparked this whole way of life for me and I honestly couldn’t be more thankful. This truly has been a life long learning and practicing process for me. Recently I found out that my school was offering a class on the wellness and healing of plants and herbs and I knew I just had to take it. A few months ago I made the commitment to incorporate essential oils into our family’s lifestyle. I have loved it! And I think that this new class will complement all we have been living!

Well, I hope you all have a day where you are excited to learn!!!

A Wrinkle in Time and a magical visit to my childhood …

In 6th Grade we had a long term substitute teacher who would read to us in the afternoon. I loved it. I think she is the reason I love storytellers. They have a gift. And her gift allowed me to vividly immerse myself into that story. It was wonderful! The book our substitute read to us was A Wrinkle In Time by Madeleine L’Engle. My 12 year old self was mesmerized. Every page turned, took me on a vivid adventure right along with the characters. Until this experience reading was more about homework and things I HAD to read. This opportunity to sit and listen to this incredible book changed my whole view of reading. Reading could be fun and it could be magical. And I was hooked.

A few days ago, when Sid came home, I asked her what she wanted to do while she was here. She said that she wanted to take me to see the movie A Wrinkle in Time! HECK YEAH! I was so excited. I am pretty picky when I see movies and don’t see many because of it. Not because I’m a big film critic. It’s my attention span, HA! If I’m not interested, it’s AWFUL! Anyway, I absolutely loved A Wrinkle in Time. It was visually breathtaking! WOW! And the characters had my heart just like they did when I was 12.

Well, I hope you all have a day where you revisit your childhood!!!