One of my greatest regrets as a mom is that I did not know better about chemicals in our environment that directly affects not only our body but also our brain health.
Let me tell you a story......
Once upon a time there was a mom who loved her kids with a fierce passion. This mom was very intentional regarding media and social influences on her children’s lives. She made healthy meals 'from scratch' to nourish her children. It was important to her to give her children the best life possible. Unbeknownst to her, lurking in the background, were a lot of chemicals (she had unwittingly bought and brought into their space) silently affecting the body and the brain of those living in this home.
In fact, each bedroom had its own chemical fragrance producing wallflower quietly pumping out toxins hour by hour, day after day as they studied, as they slept. After this mom would cook healthy meals, if there was residual food odor remaining, she would fumigate the children’s safe space with a few squirts of chemicals and in a breeze the food odor was gone. She was unaware that the chemicals lingered longer to be inhaled into the children’s unsuspecting lungs and were absorbed through the skin - both ending up in their blood stream where it affected their young bodies and developing brains.
This adoring mom happily washed her children’s clothes in Tide and popped them in a dryer with Bounce dryer sheets. One of her favorite things to do was to light a candle in the kitchen when the kids were home. Scenting the air with pumpkin spice or sparkling cinnamon just smelled like love.
Valentines Day prompted the purchase of pink, red and white M & M's for the kids so they would know she loved them. Easter morning there were always baskets of treats for the kids - Skittles, M&Ms, Doritos.
Birthday parties meant sodas and pizza for everyone. Mountain Dew, Dr Pepper, Diet Coke.
Halloween through New Years meant ample opportunities for an increased amount of sugary candy, homemade fudge and caramel apples as well as sugary baked goods of Apple Pie, iced sugar cookies, Fudge brownies, and Cherry Delight. That usually meant less vegetables and water. She just didn't understand why 'the Most Wonderful Time of the Year' always seemed more like "Sick Season" filled with colds, flu's, sinus infections, strep throat, bronchitis for one or more family member. But never fear! Mom is here with all the OTC meds of Dimetapp, Sudaphed, Nasonex, Miralax, Pepto Bismol, Tylenol, Mucinex and Vicks Vapor Rub. If it really got bad she would use the humidifier WITH the Vicks Vapor Rub. And then there would be the Rx meds the doctor was eager to prescribe. Guafenisin, amoxicillin, Z-pack, a muscle relaxant - just in case - something to quiet the cough and codeine so you could sleep at night.
At Christmas she loved to lavish gifts on her kids, filling their stockings was so much fun! Bath and Body Works always had the best deals at Christmas! She loved getting the particular scent of the one they each preferred. Body wash, Body sprays, and Body lotions. Hand sanitizers in those cute little holders would make sure they were protected when they were out. And then there were the scented hand soaps. Candy cane at Christmas time pumpkin spice at harvest time, cherry blossom at Easter seemed to be a loving gesture towards her children. She wanted to give them more than the bar of ivory soap she had grown up on.
She loves her kids with a fierce passion.
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