Saved by Grace Alone

Yes!  I'm welcoming myself back to the blog world!  I'm in the process of creating a new platform.  I have become so passionate about good health, staying away from soy and other toxic foods out there, and coming up with recipes that work for the whole family.   Let me do a quick "re-introduction".  My name is Michelle. I'm a Christian, Wife to an amazing guy and Mom to 4 kids.  Two years ago I was literally dying.  I had high blood pressure, Type 2 diabetic, morbidly obese and miserable.  I lived in constant chronic pain.  I battled with depression and anxiety.  I had tried one "diet" after another, desperate for something to heal me, make me lose weight and help me to stop the death ride I was on in my health.   Finally, after reaching a point of giving up, I began going to see a recommended Chiropractor.  She looked at me with gentleness and sympathy.  As she worked on my body structure, I started looking a...

I would love to put in a sound bite of crickets chirping here... Okay...hopefully you didn't listen to that for too long! Ha!  But that's an example of what you hear in the comments of my previous post on eating healthy for a family of 5 on approximately $40 a week.  No comments...at all.  On facebook, I got a couple of comments but asking the same thing, how do we do this??? I decided to do some research.  Lack of response means that 1. My family is rare in our struggles to feed our family well. Hunger and poverty statistics say that is not true.  2. People just don't care.  I'll give the majority of the lack of response to this.  3. This is a common problem and no one knows the answer. I vote for #3.  We live in a country that is known for its wealth.  But look at these statistics from www.bread.org: Hunger 14.5 percent of U.S. households struggle to put enough food on the table. More than 48 million Americans—including 15.9...