The beginning of each year is always a time for reflection. Looking back on the past year's successes and failures and making new goals for the coming 365 days. It is a great time!
For nearly 3 years I have been using and sharing the Isagenix programs to help my friends and family get healthy and lose weight. I will continue to do so as my life was changed as a result. That is where the title of my blog came from - Beauty from Pain - the Lord set something in my lap that brought me from a life of pain and gave me a life of beautiful things I thought I couldn't have - new friendships from coaching strangers on a nutrition program, the ability to live life free of discomfort, the ability to be ACIVE and a beautiful baby boy, Rylan. All these things were but a dream during the months that I struggled with my health but they have all become a reality.
So now we're onto yet another NEW adventure! A couple weeks ago a friend posted a picture of a cute and simple piece of jewelry. She joined a new company and was selling the jewelry to help pay for the expense of obtaining a Diabetic Alert Dog for her young son who was recently diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. I loved the piece and loved the fact that I could help her family out by purchasing a necklace. After all, every new mom needs a piece of "MOM" jewelry, right? Immediately a little voice in the back of my head started whispering, "You could do that too!" It took all of 20 minutes for me to decide this was something I wanted to get behind. The husband took a little more convincing but he liked the idea too. So now I am a DIW (Designer in Waiting) with Origami Owl and am looking forward to adding this to my bag of Work from Home businesses. The first purpose of joining this company will be to help pay for Rylan's medical expenses. He was born with a cleft lip and palate and we have many surgeries and treatments ahead of us to correct this birth defect. My overall goal is to eventually get to a point where I don't have to work outside the home and can stay home and raise our little boy. We are getting closer and closer to that goal!
