Midlife Isn’t the End—It’s Your Phoenix Moment 

How do I even begin to put into words how Shellie helped me over the past year? My daughter was diagnosed with leukemia in September of 2021. Shortly after she was diagnosed, I began to research and learn that many things in our food, water, air, things we use on our skin, experts we have trusted, etc.. all have led us to unhealthy habits and addictions that can promote disease to our bodies. I remembered a friend I used to scrapbook with, Shellie, who had been studying and living a natural lifestyle. So I reached out to her to learn more. 

She immediately responded to my requests, first with a prayer for my girl going through in-patient cancer treatment because let's be real here, GOD was, is, and will be, the most important and the best thing for not only my girl's health but all of us. So the fact that He led her to first reach out with prayer and love just comforted me so much. Then she started giving me ideas and advice on how I could support her through these treatments, things I  could do afterward to support her body from going into relapse and possibly detox her from anything chemo would leave behind, and things I could do to turn my family and myself away from the things of this world and use God-given ingredients to support the bodies that HE created to heal and help themselves. She comforted me when I would panic and vent that this was something I did to my daughter by trusting the world's ways. She listened and virtually hugged me multiple times and filled me with hope when things were dark. Today, praise be to God, my daughter is in remission and thriving. She is still currently in treatment, but it's an at-home treatment with zero restrictions, so we can get back to living together as a family and enjoying the life God has given us. Shellie has not left our side. She has continued to check on us, asking how she can support us through this process, and researching anything that she doesn't recognize that I may throw at her. The treatment my daughter is on is very restricting as far as interactions, but with Shellie's help, I've been able to get a decent list of natural supplements and oils okayed by my daughter's oncologist. And once she is off this medication in August of 2023…watch out because I am throwing ALL the God created things at her lol.