March 13, 2018

Greetings My Friend,

Lately my focus has been on keeping my body in shape as much as I am able. As a younger person I believed "If I took care of my body, my body would take care of me." Today I see that taking care of my health is a way to honor God and by being healthy I have better energy to do the work He has for me. I wish I could get back near my high school weight, I can't although that does not mean since I can't loose the weight I might as well be self indulgent. In the last several years I have transitioned from eating fairly healthy to eating healthy more often than not. I also attempted to do some form of exercise most of my adult life, starting with using my babies by holding them and twisting at my waist etc. Today I use my housework as a form of exercise, I do squats as I pick things up from the floor, pet fur children, I find myself twisting and turning throughout the day as I reach for things or stretch to retrieve something off of a shelf. For a couple of years now God has been teaching me to put up a year's supply of food each summer, which means I am eating food more from the source as opposed to processed foods. I have learned how to dehydrate, freeze food and I love eating it. We are also buying our meat from local meat grown in the area so I feel healthier as I eat better, exercise my body. One of the first lessons I learned with having Parkinson's is how important a balanced diet and exercise is for me. By doing these things I am able to prolong some of the symptoms giving me a better quality of life since I may be living with this disease 20 years or more. Along with my PD medications I take a variety of supplements like vitamin C, fish oil, L-Trosine, Rootology for my allergies and calcium for my bones. God has led me to many of these steps for my health so I am grateful and I feel my quality of life is giving me a chance to tell other's about God's goodness to me. Finally since asking Jesus to be my Savior I have gotten my spiritual faith with God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit on track. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet