Avoiding Fruit, Nut, and Grain Moths - They LOVE Dehydrated Fruit

I have been very blessed that my house is air tight and I haven't had issues with mice, roaches, or ants.

One thing I have struggled with over the years is grain moths. I got a container of nuts from my mother one year and it was the first time I had seen this type of moth. From that one container of nuts, they got into my supposedly sealed dried fruit and caused a major infestation.

I have wool carpet and don't want problems with them so I put out moth balls for a year to get rid of them as well as wiping out all food cupboards and putting everything that was any type of grain or fruit item into air tight containers. If I put them in Rubbermaid and other plastic containers other than Tupperware, they would be into the container somehow.

I have well over 100 Tupperware containers but they get used and filled and given away and when I have a bumper year of fruit or get lots of items from the food bank to dehydrate, they fill up. I then put the dried fruit in plastic bags inside the other containers thinking I had defeated the moth problem.

Last summer, I got them in my garage due to some millet that spilled under my heavy non-moving can storage. I used a vacuum hose and tried to get it all but obviously I didn't as they then hatched causing a horrible infestation in my garage. From there, they got into the non-Tupperware containers and I didn't catch it until I had a huge problem. I keep finding non-Tupperware containers with them in it. I think I have gotten them all but then I find another. I am just throwing the non-Tupperware containers away as they obviously aren't working for my needs.  

The moths are so small that they are coming into the house through the attic light fixtures. Crazy that they can maneuver into such small spaces looking for food.

I have no fruit on my trees this year at all so it is sad that they have gotten into some of the non-replaceable items. I threw out mangos, nectarines, and pineapple which are the sweetest of the sweet and I think they maybe smell the sweet. I need to go out in the garage and really go through everything but I am so trying to finish my mom's stuff that it isn't happening. I will finish it all at some point! I pulled another all nighter working on it as Princess Five is gone, I want to get as much done as I can. It is crazy how much I have on my "to do" list presently.

Hopefully you are having a wonderful summer. Have a Blessed Day!

Seven Herb Essiac Tea Recipe - Not That Hard To Make

If you are having health problems, seek medical advice! This isn't a treatment or cure and I don't make this for anyone or share it. I have used this on myself only. I am not suggesting or recommending this to anyone. I am just sharing MY story! This is something that helped me.

When Princess Two was a baby, I breastfed her. I ended up getting a very bad clogged duct and an infected breast. The mastitis caused purple lines and a hot red breast. I got it cleaned up with antibiotics but since then, I have always had a lump in that spot.

A few years back, the lump in that spot started to get bigger and bigger and then it started to hurt. If I would hug anyone on that side or bump that spot, it would hurt and I wasn't able to lay on my stomach as the pressure would cause pain on that side.

I had a few people recommend Essiac Tea. I read a book a few years before about a nurse in Canada, named Rene Caisse that got a recipe from a Native American medicine man. She saw the tea help many people and named the tea "Essiac" which is her name backwards. She refused to sell the recipe to big pharma as she wanted everyone to have it for free instead of the companies making money off it.

So, I had heard of the tea before and in all the documentation I read on it over the years, there were no negative reports of people taking it so I figured it couldn't hurt to try it.

I bought several bottles but they were near $100 a jar and they didn't last long so I started researching how to make it. I talked with a knowledgeable Chiropractor friend that I have known for 20 years and between the two of us and all the research I did, the following is what we came up with.  

I made it and took it for about six months and the lump went down and the pain went away. It was gone for years and recently, the lump is back. I know I am not the healthiest and with all the stress over the past year and the parasites, it doesn't shock me it has returned.

I made my first batch in a few years yesterday and thought I would share it with you. I saw results in the first week and much more in two weeks. I took 2 ounces in the morning on an empty stomach and 2 ounces at night before bed and didn't take any food for 30 minutes after taking the tea.

I increased the amount I was taking slowly up to five ounces morning and night over the six months. I also drank lots of water to flush out anything it was cleaning out of my system.

Essiac Tea 7 herb formula

Because I didn’t feel it was right to mix all the herbs together, this can’t be made ahead of time in a big batch like most Essiac recipes. I had to break the recipe down into small amounts so that it could be made in two gallon batches. Three of the herbs need more boiling than the other herbs to get it to release everything it needs to release. It also has to be heated twice as it releases more on the second boiling. I have it cut down to what I think is the closest measurements that I can without having a small scale that weighs part of an ounce accurately.

All the pots used are stainless steel or glass only. The spoon to stir everything is stainless only.

6 scant tablespoons of Burdock root. Put this in a coffee grinder and grind just before boiling.

3 scant tablespoons of Sheep Sorrel powder.

½ half scant teaspoon of Turkey Rhubarb powder

Bring 1 gallon of distilled water to a rolling boil. Turn down the heat so that when you add the powders, it won’t boil over. Pour in the above three ingredients and let it boil for 10 minutes.

The next three all boil for 8 minutes but in different pots so start them at the same time.

Pour ½ gallon of distilled water into a larger pan and bring to a boil. Turn the water down and add 6 scant tablespoons of Cats Claw Powder. Boil this for 8 minutes. I didn’t turn the water down the first time and it boiled over causing me to lose herb and water volume.

Pour ¼ gallon distilled water and when it is boiling in a stainless steel pot add 2 scant Tablespoons of Siberian Ginseng powder. Boil this for 8 minutes.

Pour 2 cups distilled water in a small stainless pot and bring to boil and then add 1 scant Tablespoon of Slippery Elm Powder. Boil this for 8 minutes.

Pour 2 cups distilled water into a small stainless pot and bring to boil. Once it is boiling, remove it from the heat and add 1 heaping teaspoon of Watercress Powder into it and let it sit. This herb needs to be added last and is more like a tea than the boiling herbs.

Once the pots have boiled for the right amount of time, turn them off and let them sit for six hours. Stir after six hours and let them sit for another six hours.

Mix them together in this order. Pour the Cats Claw into the Burdock mixture, then add the Siberian Ginseng, then the Watercress and then the Slippery elm. For some reason they need to be boiled separately to get the most out of the herbs and then added in that order for the chemical reactions to be right. (It was explained to me that you don’t just add all the bread ingredients at the same time because you need to have the chemicals react to each other.)

Bring the whole mixture to a boil. Turn it off and pour the mixture into sterile amber quart jars. To sterilize them you can

boil them for several minutes and then put the lids in hydrogen peroxide to get them clean. Put the lids on and let them cool. They should seal as they cool. Once opened, refrigerate. If you didn’t grind the root, you would have to strain the liquid but because it is a powder, straining it doesn’t do much. I ran out of amber quart jars and used quart canning jars and just kept them in a VERY DARK box until they were needed. Then refrigerated once open.

I took 2 oz on an empty stomach in the morning and before bed at night. Taking pancreatic enzymes along with the tea helped break down the outer coating on the lump. Don’t eat for at least 30 minutes after taking the tea.  

I read you can gradually increase to more if you can tolerate it. I was up to five ounces in the morning and at night with no problem. I noticed results in the first week and lots by the second week.

Once again, this is my story. I am not claiming it will work for anyone else. If you have any health problems seek medical attention!

Princess Four in Japan - Issues With apple Products

Here is the latest from Princess Four. We have no pictures this week as she can't transfer them due to her apple ipad not syncing with normal zip and sd cards. If she sends them through email, we get some but can't unzip others etc. She didn't send any pictures but we did get this little video this week. We need to buy a special memory tool just for apple products, this and other reasons are why I don't like apple products! Here is her latest.... Enjoy!

"HELLLLLLLLOOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL WORLD!!! AND HELLO TO ALLTHE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE READING THIS EMAIL!!! are you all happy and genki? I hope so :)Congrats on everyone ending schools! 

Wow. So miracles yeah? I have some crazy ones this week! 

We had splits. I was with the 1st transfer Beanchan, her name in english means Cherry blossom Light River, and lets just say it was cray. Not even crazy. It was cray. Maybe even pushing Cray Cray.  Ok anyway. Ha Due to their area, they cant go streeting, so her trainer asked me to teach her how to street..... Um... Yes please! It was awesome.

First off, It was raining, so that was a party. Second, I always do like the,"Hey! Hello, I am from America and i teach english." Shpeal, and my companion picks up the gospel part, so it was actually really cool getting to be the Senpai, Senior companion, and being in charge of gospel things. Our first few people were not very interested, so that was hard, but I tried my best to communicate that our job is to offer the gospel. Them choosing to accept is their choice. Even though it hurts, and is uncomfortable, we have to at least let them make that choice by offering.

We had to get money from the ATM, also taught her how to do that. Being a trainer for a day is fun! Not saying I want to be a trainer quite yet if that is in Gods plan for me, but I had so much fun. So then I asked her where we should go. I saw a woman to the right, so I thought she would say right, but she said left, and I said, ok. Then I told her about following the spirit, an how I used to do always do that. Then I got scared for a little while, but how I like trying my best to follow the spirit, because I like seeing miracles!  We got a few more kekko desus, aka not interested please stop bothering me said in a polite way, but then a miracle happened. A woman was stepping out of the crosswalk, and I stopped her. SHE KNEW WHO WE WERE. SHE HAS BEEN TO THE TEMPLE BEFORE!  And she knew other cities near home.

She did school in Seattle, but she somehow through a friend or teacher or something knew about our church!  So that was super awesome!!  I asked if she knew about the Sapporo temple, and then showed her a picture. She said she don't know, and asked where it was. She also asked when church was. She didn't want lessons I think, but we gave her chirashi a, so that was good!  God is real people! She also said a few times how good my Japanese was, so that was really nice. Why are Japanese people so nice!!! ??? 

Other miracle. We were trying to find a house, and I felt prompted to talk to a woman doing something by her car, my split partner didnt see her, but I said we should go, and she led the way even though I was a little hesitant. Um yeah hi. She spoke perfect English. Then says,"yeah my Spanish is better" I was in shock. (I always say how I would be different as an English speaking missionary, but props to those who serve speaking their native language because I didnt know what to do) But in the end, we switched numbers, and she said she wanted to hear about our beliefs..... Yeah I was super shocked, and probably not my most elegant speaking moments due to me trying to speak both Japanese and English, But God works in mysterious ways. She was also interested in getting a BOM in English, but we offered her a Japanese version and she took it.... What!!!?? So lets pray she accepts our message! So that was way awesome! 

We made dinner for a part/less active family because they are sick. It was a Super long bike ride in the rain, but when we surprised them, they were smiling like crazy. We were only there for less than a minute, but I yelled, "We love you!" In English, and they said "love you too" in English.... People in Japan DO NOT say that, #culture, So that brought us a lot of joy! 

An American Family moves into the ward this week, and an American couple are here for 6weeks, so yaya English! 

Yesterday a grouchy, but beloved child of God waved us away from her shared gravel parking area where we tried to park our bikes. We were scared of her, and passed her complex to go pinging. We were about to leave, but I thought, maybe Satan was trying to scare us away from that building. He was. We went to the top floor, and this woman comes out on the phone. She was expecting a man who came up the stairs after us, so we, two Americans, scared her. Long story short. We saw a duck, shared a scripture, and gave her a pamphlet... Hi. God is real. 

Well I love you all! Tune in next time to hear more fun stories! Make good choices! Also, I met a half american girl who's family is Mennonite...... so we will update you on that..."

I hope we can figure out her Apple product issues and get more pictures coming. Please be patient and pray for her as she has had a few health issues this past few weeks. Thanks! Have a BLESSED DAY!

Great Way to Earn Money For Clubs and Organizations - Recycling

I started something in 2010 that was such a huge blessing to my family that I wanted to share it with you. I had some issues come up today that made me need to get into my filing cabinet and look for some information.

As often happens in my world, I got side tracked at that point cleaning out the filing cabinet! I organized some bank statement for the girls and then moved on to some other files that had been neglected for years. I don't schedule cleaning out the file cabinet but it happens every few years as I have reason to flip through it.

One of the files I was able to pull out and discard was my file on "recycling" which I started in 2010. I started it as a fundraiser and it helped our family for years. I couldn't have known at that point how many people it would help or the friends I would make from doing the project but it was a blessing all the way around.

I had all five girls in the Drill Team at one point or another. Sometimes, I had two girls on the team at the same time. It wasn't so much of an issue when my older girls were on the team as the High School had a program where kids that had fees of any kind could work summers doing different projects at the school to work off the fees at minimum wage.

I have a five year age gap between my second and third daughter so by the time Princess Three attended the school, the policy had changed. They could no longer work and get paid. The only kids that could work there were doing restitution in some form for other reasons and they couldn't actually give money to the kids.

I didn't have the over $1,000 that it would cost for her to participate on the team. She had already tried out and made the team and I didn't feel like I could pull her off the team but being a single mom, I didn't have that kind of funds for extra stuff. It all went to daily living and things like braces. In all the years my kids were on the team, they had never had a fund raiser. The instructor said she was too busy but if I wanted to do something, I could.

I know God is real as he has helped me in every experience and trial and I have felt His influence when I had no way to help myself. This inspiration was FAR above me. I prayed for ways to be able to allow my girls to participate in activities and I was able to trade out cleaning for my girls gymnastic and dance classes but I couldn't trade the school out for fees so I prayed for help and this idea came to me in answer to that prayer.

I came up with an idea about recycling. I had never even known we had a recycle place and hadn't ever taken stuff in to get recycled. I threw away all sorts of stuff over the years that I knew could be recycled but it wasn't until around this time that I found out about this place.

I found out where there were recycle places in town. One place only did aluminum. The other place was a ways out of town and did all sorts of different metals. I contacted both places and asked if they would team up with us to help the team. They both agreed to help and said they would give us an extra 10% on top of what they usually paid for recycled materials! Step one was a success!

For advertising, the papers and radio want paid advertising but if it is for a "group" and will help the environment and keep things out of the land fill, they sometimes will do a "feels good" story. This was the case for us. We were able to get pictures in the paper of the girls cleaning up a farm and when they put out a dumpster to collect metals. They didn't run a huge article but even just the picture with a description helped.

The radio had a morning interview show where they interviewed me asking about what metals we would take and when people could drop them off etc.

The city didn't want to allow us to put a sign up showing an arrow and telling people where they could recycle because ordinances say the sign has to be for the business inside. We were able to contact an owner of an abandoned building and they allowed us with the cities "OK" to put up a sign you see at the top of the page telling people where to donate their recycled metals.

I thought it would be great to have the school send home a letter about saving the metals and cans and then just have a truck in the parking lot one day a semester and allowing the kids or parents to just throw their stuff on the truck. They could even have class competitions and weigh the stuff. I never did get to that point as my life was so busy and what I did covered what I needed it to cover so it worked.

After the radio show, we got a call from a farmer who had inherited a farm where the farmer kept piles of scrap. He asked if the girls would like to recycle all of it if we were willing to clean it up. I contacted both recycle places and they both were willing to help. One put an empty dumpster on the site and the other was willing to come pull all the old farm equipment that was too large for us to move onto a truck and recycle it.

We found some copper and brass at the site and that gave us just over $100 with the one bin. The larger farm equipment gave us over $400! There were about 12 girls that showed up for the day and they all made $50 for the hour or two they worked! That was great pay for teenage girls! Then we asked the school which girls may need a little help paying their fees and put the left over onto those girls accounts. I don't know that the girls ever even knew they had help on their fees!

The city allowed us to send out a notice with the water bill stating what we were collecting and where they could donate their metals and I had my contact information on there so I could pick things up if needed. I never got any calls but it did raise awareness of what we were doing.

I contacted a glass repair place asking about the pile of metals they had behind their store and they told me I could have it as it was actually the states pile from their window upgrade program but when I mentioned it was for the drill summer camps and treats, the guy backed out and his brother told me they used the pile to pay for his sons baseball camp. I suggest if you are doing this, don't give the donors ideas. He obviously didn't know the value of the pile before I told him about it and it wasn't his. The state guys told me I could have it but since it was on the shops land, he took it.

It took a bit of work at first but in the end, it really helped out the teams as I was able to purchase the items that would have come out of the fund or the girls would have had to purchase the treat bags and "good luck" items out of pocket and sometimes, it went directly to the girls.

I had a few people that knew I was doing it donate it to the place and ask that the money be put directly towards my girls. I had one man who was close to our family clean out his barn and he took in old pipes etc and we got over $100 for my girls fees.

People truly do want to help and I would have donated all the stuff I threw away for years had I known and the fact that it could have helped someone. Sometimes, people just need to know how to help. Donating something that they were going to throw away anyway can help them feel good and know they are helping a good cause.

I am SO grateful to all the people who donated over the years and were so good to help. It was SUCH a BLESSING to our family for those girls. A few years back, the man that ran the recycle place and bin had a stroke and the garbage company wanted their bin back so it wasn't available for my youngest the past few years but at that point, I didn't have as many kids to support and her sisters helped cover her cheer camps etc. I had to share this last picture where the aluminum can donation was $111! Totally not a coincidence in my mind! If you don't know about that number, feel free to look up the "111" posts on my blog for a greater understanding. Here is a link to the first post about that.

Hopefully, this idea can help others just by sharing how it helped us. It really is a good way to gather funds without taking anything from anyone else. People can help just by donating their soda cans and trash!

Have a BLESSED Day!

Giving Family Heirloom Silver from Estate to Newlyweds

As you all know by now, my mother passed away last year. I have been working on her estate and history items for many years but this past year with diligence trying to get it all done and be able to move on with my own life.

When we were cleaning out her estate, after most of the family had claimed what they wanted, we found a few more things in the back of a closet. There were some antique toys and a silver chest with odd pieces of silver serving pieces in it. We thought it would be good to polish them up and give one to each grandchild who was getting married.

My sister brought all the stuff to our homes in a trailer and she had the silver at first and when I asked about it, gave me one to polish for a grand-son who got married just after my mothers death. It was around the time Princess Five roller her car. See that post here.

I polished one up and gave it to them and then my sister and I couldn't remember what happened to the rest of the items. Her daughter just got married and I asked her about the silver thinking we wanted to get her one. We both looked and neither of us could find it.

Today I was looking for some self sealing bottles in my garage and noticed a silver chest with some blue painters tape on it. The only time I have seen that used was when we cleaned out my mothers estate. I had no recollection of putting that chest there and it must have been during a busy time for me to not remember ever putting it there. It made me sad that my life has been so busy this past year that I can't even remember things I should be able to remember.

I pulled it out and took it into the kitchen and found the serving pieces we had been looking for to give to the grand-children for their weddings. I was happy about that and let my sister know I had found it and am excited to have her daughter over to pick one out when she is in town.

I spent a few hours this afternoon polishing them all up with silver paste and they all looked beautiful in the end but I was black and had a large mess when I finished but I cleaned up quickly with some soap and water. I took some ribbon / tulle and tied bows on each of them so that they were ready for me to share as I needed them. There were also some little spoons that I polished to give to the newest grand and great-grandchildren.

I then wrapped them all in a gallon zip bag hoping to keep them from tarnishing before I am able to distribute them. I picked out some cards from my mothers estate but forgot to bring them home so one of my sisters has them but I thought it would be fun to give them a card that was hers as well. In the end thought it doesn't matter, I think they would just like to know that they got an heirloom from Grandma.

I wanted to share that idea as I know that lots of the elderly had silver sets and it isn't as popular now but I don't think anyone would be sad to get a nice silver serving set or piece from grandma.

I think it would be a cool wedding gift in general if someone is moving on in age and slimming down the belongings, I would think it was wonderful if someone gave me a piece of their own silver as a wedding gift. Just think of all the money you would save on wedding gifts and you would also be cleaning out your house at the same time. There aren't lots of used items you can give away that people would appreciate but I would love something like that. So, I thought I would share the idea.

Have a Blessed Day!

Flooding Due to Overwhelm - There Are Worse Things

The kids were all home for the memorial weekend and for Princess Five's graduation. We had a WONDERFUL time. It was the best time I have had with them all in years as we did lots of activities and played games, took walks etc.

They all left on Monday and I was so tired I cleaned up some of the upstairs but ended up sleeping early as I was so tired. I spent time on Tuesday making all the beds, washing sheets, towels and cleaning bathrooms. I put a load of sheets in the wash and was dumping the diapers out of the garbage cans and cleaning the downstairs bathroom and had just finished when I came out of the bathroom to a flood.

I ran into the room and turned off the water. I tried to turn it to spin but it was so full that just made more water overflow. I hurried and called my friend the repair man and he was good enough to come after hours. I had forgotten that the flood I had a few years back was due to the load size switch being in-between the sizes and this caused it to flood.

He said the exact same thing he said last time about how hard it is to get the switch stuck in-between the sizes and then I remembered him telling me that last time and he also remembered that. He was so good not to charge me and stayed to fill and empty the machine out a few times just to make sure that was all that was wrong with it.

I actually told him on the phone to give me 20 minutes to suck up some water before he came. It flooded into the hallway and linen closet again and the carpet in the hall is looking rough on the edges but I am not going to spend any money replacing it as that room seems to flood. I should tile it but don't want to have to deal with taking out the hot water heater, water softener etc to do it.

In a few months, when I don't have anyone home and become and "empty nester" I may just get rid of the folding table that I have in there and maybe do some tiling. I have so many other projects going on that it won't be until my mothers stuff is finished but it is something I would like to do.

Princess Five is on a graduation tour with most of her friends so I was home alone and had to rip up the carpet, pull it out from under the full water softener and washing machine. I wasn't able to vacuum lots up as it had drained somewhat but the drain is slow and the carpet doesn't help but I have gone down ever few hours and rotated the three box fans I have going down there.

One blessing I had, was that the load I was washing were whites and I had bleach in it so at least the water smelled clean and I haven't had as much of a problem with any mildew smell as I was right on it. Another blessing was that I usually will put a load of laundry in and head upstairs, leave, or put it in before bed. If I had done any of those things, the entire basement would have been flooded with no way for me to deal with it myself. I am SO grateful that I caught it and was down there.

When it happened a few years back, I had left after starting it and one of the girls came home to get something she had forgotten or was leaving and went down to get something and called me at a recital telling me that there was water everywhere. So, I am SO grateful that I was there to catch it. Here is a link to that post.

I wrote on the washing machine in Sharpie so that no one will do that same thing again. I wish I had the funds to purchase a new one so that won't happen again but this one actually works very well except that thing happening twice now.

I have noticed that when I feel overwhelmed in my life, my house seems to flood. I was supposed to get some help from my siblings this week and next with my mothers sorting and things but none would commit to coming and I got frustrated but was feeling overwhelmed with all I have to do for my mothers stuff and in my own house and yard and now with Princess Five heading on to college, I will have to do everything without any help. I usually do but know that if I needed it, there was someone around.

I noticed a group text in the middle of the night after I spent much of the night pulling up carpet etc and was extremely sad to find out one of my first friends when I moved from the East coast to this town, her husband died unexpectedly. He was a good friend and we had done things as couples since we moved here and they remained close even after my divorce. It truly put my flood into perspective. There are so many worse things than having a flood!

I was able to visit my friend tonight and she had all her kids there and her sister. She is still in shock and I was able to take over some healthy and some not so healthy treats and a card. I am so sad for their loss.

The carpet in the basement is almost all dry now and I will continue to let it dry for a few more days and will need to find a way to attach the thresholds as the glue came loose and the nails pried up but I think I will be able to figure it out.

I am so grateful for my family, their health and all the things I am blessed with. Even having a washing machine is such a blessing along with hot water etc. Aren't we lucky to live in a place with computers, internet and modern conveniences. There are so many worse things!

Have a BLESSED Day!

Another Last - Seminary Graduation

Princess Five graduated from Seminary last week. She had a bit of a struggle in the last few months getting her to graduation.

Her older sisters were able to read a few verses at night and take quizzes and attend and that was enough to graduate from "seminary." In our church, the kids study our main books of scripture and learn lessons from them. If they participate, they would graduate. Here is a link to a post about Princess Four Graduating.

A few years back, they changed the requirements to graduate. They now have requirements that they need to read all the major scriptures to graduate. With Princess Five's busy last few years with Cheer, Drill, Student Government, Honors and college credit classes etc, she struggled getting her reading done. The old testament was really a struggle for her.

I didn't know that the requirements to graduate had changed until I got a phone call one day stating that she was behind for the past two years of reading. When I got the recorded call, I spoke to one of the teachers and found out they had changed up the requirements but never notified the parents about it.

I then spoke to Princess Five about what I could do to help her get her reading done. We read a few times at dinner but for the most part, she just chose to get it done. She would listen to them when she couldn't read them and I would ask how it was going. She really had to push there at the end to get it done.

I am really proud of her for making the choice to finish her reading. She had so many things going on towards the end of the year that it could have slipped through the cracks but she made a serious effort to get it done. She even deleted all social media sites off her phone and had me put a block on it so she couldn't do searches on her phone which reminded her to use her time in a positive way.

She never did take the block off her phone and I think she is happier not being on social media as it can be a black hole. She really had to work and be dedicated to finishing and choosing to use her time more wisely. I am really proud of her for the choices she made. She has really grown so much this past year. I think all the trials she has had this year have made her stronger. I am proud of the woman she is becoming! I am blessed!

Have a Blessed Day!