Every once in awhile, God's timing fits my 'mommy' timing just perfectly!
Last week, my daughter had a Valentine's party at her school. We talked about it ahead of time... discussing the importance of making healthy choices and the options of just trying a bite of the sweets that would be offered to her, or even saying "no thank you"!
As I've said a million times before, I don't believe in teaching my kids "NEVER" when it comes to sweets. I firmly believe in teaching them to choose wisely - to fill up with health first. Obviously, the fewer toxins they ingest, the more potential they have to create optimal health... but that's neither here nor there!
So, last week, I had the honor of joining my little girl at her Valentine's party. Part of the festivities included decorating a chocolate cupcake with frosting and Valentine's sprinkles and other decorations. I kept my opinion to myself... I knew what she had eaten for breakfast and lunch and felt confident that she had done a great job of filling up with healthy foods first.
Then I was informed that earlier in the day, the class had also decorated and consumed Valentine's cookies with another teacher!
Then there were the Valentine's goody bags given as gifts.... you get the picture!
As I was putting the kids to bed that night, I mentioned to my daughter that I sure did hope her body could handle the toxic load she put on it that day! (tough being the kid of a Wellness doc!) I just suggested that she really needed extra rest and water to help her system cleanse.
Well, what do you know! The very next day, she started with a little sore throat. By that night, it was a cough. The following morning, she woke up and announced, "Mommy, I know what's making my body adapt like this and making me feel sick... it's the cookies and cupcakes and all the junk from Valentine's Day!"
Music to my ears!
Obviously, I know there are a million variables as to why a person will start to express symptoms like these... I made the motherly decision to let her believe that there was ONE main reason why her body was behaving this way... JUNK!
God was definitely in mom's corner that day! Hopefully, she'll get this "healthy choice" thing soon... this is exhausting for her mommy!
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