The Beginning...

Hi my name is Aliza, I am a mother of three beautiful boys that keep me on my toes J. One of the job descriptions of being a mother is running to the doctor, so between three kids we should have a frequent visitors VIP card! With that being said I will tell you how my journey in to a more natural life style began.

It was the night before my cousins son’s Bris (in the Jewish faith the baby is circumcised on the 8^th day). Of course that day besides going to the bris, work, and having a million other things that needed to get done, my oldest son started crying the evening before that his ear hurt him. The only thing that was going through my head was aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh how I am going to get everything done that I needed to get done and go the doctor???????? So this crazy idea entered my head.

(I have to back track a little here) When my husband and I got engaged I got really sick with fever, nausea and throwing up right before our engagement party. We were leaders in a youth group organization at that time, one of our students mothers was very into healing with herbs. I was so desperate  to be healthy for our party I was willing to try anything. Mrs G (our student’s mother) told me to smell peppermint oil and rub this sticky substance on my stomach. So I did what I was told and 24 hours later I was 100% better.  Now after that thought popped back into my head I figured what do I have to lose to give her a call and ask if she had any “tricks” up her sleeve.  So I did…

Since at that time I had nothing in my house besides regular house-hold items, my options were limited. But, Mrs. G. had mentioned to sauté some onions in a pan with olive oil, let them cool and them place them in a cheese cloth and place it under and around the ear. According to some, onions have properties that are anti-viral and bacterial.  The frying began and the house smelled like onions and when they cooled I placed them in a cheese cloth under and around his ear.   Thankfully my son was sleeping and the onions stayed on his ear.  I left them there for around 20 minutes and then the praying began that this would work! Of course the first words out of my mouth when he got up the next morning was does your ear hurt??!! And he said NO!! I am pretty sure that I was dancing around the house!!!  That night I called Mrs. G to tell her the good news and also to tell her that I need to learn from her how to use natural remedies. 

That is how it all began. I hope to share more of these stories about little remedies that have help me and my family J stay tuned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!