Is sacrificing our health or our loved ones health really worth the convienience?

I have never been an enviromentalist nor a recycling freak ...I try to do my best but to be honest i have never really freaked out if i couldnt recycle a can or something....I dont buy all natural stuff and I am not an extremest ... I will say something though i do care about my health and the health of my children and husband ... It came to my attention through some un named source that there are some nasty chemicals in my everyday hygiene products ...and well at first i was skeptical but then i did my own digging!! What i found freaked me out!! http://cosmeticsdatabase.com/index.php?nothanks=1 This link is something everyone should check out as they have a responsibility to themselves to see what they are putting their bodys through.. not only does it affect our bodys but also our brains even!! causing annoying symptoms such as sneezing or headaches to way more sever issues such as cancer, cataracts, blindness in children and so on even death in rare instances..Companies try to justify putting ingredients like that into our products saying ohh just a little bit wont hurt you ....Well my argument to that is think of it this way would you put a little bit of harsh toxic cement wash in your cereal each morning or the cereal of your loved ones??? there are also many more obvious toxic ingrediants in our everyday products in things like engine wash ( which my husband works with) and oven cleaner... some of these chemicals are absorbed readily through the skin and eyes and it can enter into our brains and once it does it takes along time to leave again and only if use is discontinued..and over a long period of time these chemicals can ..and do ..alot of damage... some of them effect our immune systems and think of it this way if you already have an immunity problem can you imagine what havoc it is wreaking on your already lowered immunity??? Herbal or suposedly all natural alternatives are NOT always the way to go becuase they aswell have been known to use these ingredients... The only way to lower your risk to a decent level is to make your own products Most of which are easy to do and non time consuming aswell I have already started the switch to making my own things such as deoderant, toothpowder, hair rinses ect... they are also lower cost to use aswell but the real benifit comes from the health stand point.. I will be posting my recipes probably in the next few days or so... IT is my belief while we CAN"T eliminate every toxin or every health risk we can put a dent in it and make companies aware that we KNOW what they are doing and what they are putting in our things and we wont stand for it!! It comes down to the question is sacrificing our health or our loved ones health really worth the convienience? some may answer yes to this question.. but will they still feel the same 20 years down the road when they are paying that price? or someone they love are paying the price... we have all heard about the dangers of diet pop.. plastics ... processed foods ..ect when you add everything all together everyday the chemicals are compounded and added to and made worse in my own mind... Sure a little bit in here or there no biggie but when you start adding all the hazards together it becomes a problem !! I hope that this gets everyone thinking a little bit at least because it could mean your quality of life now and later on..
All my best Tara

Hi every one sorry ive been away

Hi everyone I have been away trying to organise stuff and take good care of my family.. family has to come first before my blog.. I will update my love dare journeys but first im going to make a post of some very disturbing findings ..

Lovedare day 4

day 4 is about how love is thoughtful my dare for this day was to get in touch with my hubby during the business of the day and ask him how he was and if i could do something for him... he didn't need anything but seemed happy about that..... i am still not saying anything negative it is very hard as he is truly seeming to be resisting this change of heart... i keep telling myself that with God all things are possible... I am also learning that i need to worry about changing myself and not my husband for the better... its not always easy to bring about change on your own sometimes it feel pointless or not important but i know that it is important and learning to love in the correct way will help me feel no longer as empty but full...

Love Dare day 3

day three was about how love isn't selfish my dare for that day was to buy my spouse a gift the message was talking about how whatever we put our time energy and money into will matter more to us not only did i have to do that i also had to keep refraining from saying negative things... i am noticing that he seems to be growing more agitated and its very challenging to refrain from negative emotions or words but i am finding the strength i need to continue.. i feel that this is a test and i know with Gods help i can truly pass it... my children are taking this journey and are sort of doing a love dare themselves towards my hubby and myself.. it is obviously not quite the same but this book is fostering a real sense of change in their hearts as well .. i know just how truly blessed i am.. and i am very thankful for this opportunity....

love dare day 2

in addition to saying nothing negative I was dared to do at least on act of unexpected kindness... it might not seem like a very difficult challenge but i found saying nothing negative to be huge difficulty.. i succeeded though and managed to complete the days challenges successfully ... although doing acts of kindness are relatively common place in our home but it still reminded me of how hard love truly is and its a never ending journey.. he is still acting out a bit with negative emotions my mom figures he is testing me to see if i will lose control or not.. the funny thing is that even though he bought me the book he has no idea of whats happening right now.... i truly hope that i can bring about a change in my self in order to learn what love is truly about.. i feel like this book has a lot of the answers although i have a feeling it wont be what i wanted to hear type of thing....day 2 is all about the fact that love is kind..

Love Dare: day 1

my challenge today in the quickest summary.... was to bite my tongue and not say anything negative at all today.... and so far so good, although i must say it is quite a challenge i wasn't totally successful when it comes to thinking negative thoughts.. though.. yet i bit my tongue and let the anger go before i had a problem... i will say that this actually made me feel great i felt like i had control of myself and was conducting my self with dignity and kindness .... this book is really amazing everyone.... it is full of really good tools which i cant give away otherwise no one will buy the book and that would be a shame as it is truly a tool which in my opinion no married couple should do without... i am wondering how this challenge will unfold and if my faith can truly help myself and my husband connect on a more meaningful level ...

Love DARE