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  • About
  • My Novel: Aliisa’s letter
  • Remembering Steven
  • Healthy Birth Practices
    • Preparing for Birth
    • Waiting for Labor to Start
    • Pelvic Measurement: Will the Baby Fit?
    • Emotional Support and Guidance During Labor
    • Is the Intervention Necessary?
    • Pushing Positions
    • Mom & Baby: Skin to Skin
    • A New Perspective: Home Birth
  • Family Health
    • Essential Oils
    • Colds Flu and Garlic
    • Calendula for a Healing Salve
    • Measles and the MMR
    • What about Vaccines?
    • Easing Painful Periods
  • Affiliate Links
  • Privacy Policy
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    Family - Health - Parenting - Vaccines

    HHS and Children’s Health

    October 24, 2025 - By Carol

    One definition of capacity refers to leadership: legal qualification, competency, power, or fitness. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has the role of Secretary of Health and Human Services, and he has angered and upset people. Why? At one time Kennedy was involved, as a lawyer, in environmental issues. Parents of vaccine…

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    Children - Health - Nutrition - Parenting - Vaccines

    For Love of the Children: Improving Healthcare

    September 19, 2025 - By Carol

    When my children were little, I noticed that their health patterns were different from mine and my siblings when we grew up. More ear infections, more antibiotics, and food sensitivities. I struggled to understand. I kept journals of the meals I served, looking for the foods that caused gastrointestinal distress.…

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Welcome to my blog!

As I write, I give thanks for God’s design of the family and the gift of His word, the Bible.

It gives me joy to be a woman, a wife, a mother and grandmother. For many years I was a childbirth nurse, assisting mothers and their babies.

 

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