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    bee venom therapy - chronic illness

    Chronic Illness: My Story

    November 24, 2025

    Chronic illness can be hard to talk about. It’s exhausting reliving the pain in my mind. I debated posting the story of the beginning. It was five years ago this week. Whew. Praise God for His mercy. God is faithful. He is good no matter what happens. He can do whatever he pleases, it is only my job to accept what he’s given me and use it to point others to Him. Courage. Courage is what I pray for. Chronic Illness: The Beginning Our dog had peed all over the floor. A random way to start the story, right? But…

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    Bible Study - The Book Of Job

    The Book of Job: Exploring Its Context

    November 20, 2025

    Before starting to study a book of the Bible, it’s always a good idea to understand the context. Context is defined as “the set of circumstances or facts that surround a particular event, situation, etc.” Facts are important to context. Without the “circumstances or facts” our perspective of any book of the Bible will be limited. And sometimes, the “circumstances or facts” can change everything about what it means. Finding context and deep diving into scripture can take a lot of labor. But it’s worth. To see why laboring in God’s word is worth it, be sure to check out…

  • art - Life Update - Watercolor

    Life Update and Watercolor Painting Honey Bees

    November 17, 2025

    I decided to paint the honey bee queen, worker, and drone for the shop that’s coming. It was fun doing all the drawings and choosing the color palette for the paintings. Painting and drawing is sort of like therapy for me. My old colored pencils and my watercolor pencils were calling to me. I forgot all about those watercolor pencils. Mini pencil sharpeners online were ordered to give them all pretty points. Type A, anyone? Taking the time to see all the colors on paper made me happy. It’s the little things. Choosing A Watercolor Palette Choosing Colors-Step 1: First,…

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    Herbalism - Nervous System

    How Stress Affects Your Body: A Guide to Reduction

    November 13, 2025

    Here we are! Blog post number two in the nervous system basics series. For the first blog post, I covered the main parts of the nervous system and what those specific parts do for the body. In this second blog post, I’m diving into stress, what it does to our bodies, and how we can reduce stress in our lives. It’s important to understand that stress is directly linked to the nervous system. The stress response is how our bodies react to things like exercise, going to a party, giving a presentation for work, or enduring a difficult season in…

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    chronic illness - Dinner Recipe - Health - Soup

    White Chicken & Potato Chili

    November 10, 2025

    What’s it called when you make something in the kitchen with your heart instead of a recipe? Because that’s what I do. And sometimes what’s in my heart doesn’t taste so great. I’m not really selling this recipe, am I? Ha! We all make mistakes in the kitchen, right? I’ve never been much of a recipe follower. Recipes have always been more like a guide for me. But it’s time for me to turn a corner. I’m trying to actually follow my heart and write it down afterward. That way my family can look forward to having the yummy food…

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    Bee Venom Therapy Timeline

    October 28, 2025

    Bee Venom Therapy is a therapy that has been around since ancient times! Cool, right? Weird how no medical books really mention it. At least, none that I’ve ever read. I’m in the beginning stages of pursuing bee venom therapy for my mystery chronic illness. I already performed my initial sting test to see if I’m allergic. Since I know now that I’m not(that could change any time, I know), it’s time to move forward with bee venom therapy. Bee venom therapy resources are hard to find. There are no apitherapists where we live. Because of that, I knew I…

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    Herbalism - Nervous System

    Nervous System Basics Every Herbalist Should Know

    October 23, 2025

    In herbalism, it’s important to understand how the nervous system works. Knowing the basics of the nervous system can help herbalists know what is happening in the body. Understanding how the body works will make is easier to recognize the herbs to recommend to alleviate the ailment. Knowing the nervous system helps us understand what constitutional imbalance may present. Nervous System: The Three Main Parts There are three main parts to the nervous system. There is the CNS (central nervous system), the PNS (peripheral nervous system), and the ANS (autonomic nervous system). The CNS consists of the brain and spinal…

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    bee venom therapy - chronic illness

    Bee Venom Therapy: Testing Myself To See If I’m Allergic

    October 18, 2025

    Bee venom therapy can be used for healing chronic illness and I’ve struggled with chronic illness since getting Covid in November of 2020. Doctors never found anything wrong with me even though I was bed bound for over a year. I made it out of bed, and actually thought I was cured for a short time. But the symptoms all came back with a myriad of other symptoms as well. Treatments like ozone therapy, acupuncture, bio resonance, an EBV supplement protocol, and steroids all helped until they didn’t. For five years it’s been this constant battle of ups and downs.…

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    Bible Study - Encouragement

    Bible Study & The Honey Bees

    October 3, 2025

    I’ve been studying honey bees a lot lately. Strange intro for a blog post on Bible study, but I’m totally hooked on getting to know honey bees. I dream of being a beekeeper one day. Maybe when I’m old and all my kids are grown, I’ll be a hippie herbalist beekeeper. I think that sounds pretty nice. Visiting the Honey Bee Hive At a family party, my sister-in-law mentioned that she had just gotten her first honey bee hive. She said she needed some extra help, and I jumped at the opportunity. While I slipped into the bee suit, my…

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    Herbalism

    Blemish & Skin Cream DIY The Easy Way

    September 29, 2025

    Tincture Cream I’ve had an idea brewing. What if I could make a lotion or cream with tinctures in it? As a beginning herbalist, I’m trying to find a way to incorporate the power of tinctures into a skin cream or lotion. Because my body is so sensitive, I wanted a low key way of getting the benefits of a tincture. By low key, I mean using a cream or lotion instead of taking a tincture by mouth. There is nothing wrong with taking tinctures orally. In fact, that’s the best way to get all the good stuff that a…