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I got this crazy idea where I wanted to do an Easter egg craft with Ryan-Kate. It mainly consisted of my doing all the work while she played with her friend. She is responsible for two eggs the brighter blue one and a pink one, which are ironically not the "natural" dye method and the most vibrant of the bunch ( **insert cry laugh emoji**). Here's the conclusion I came to: natural dye is tedious longer process that my child did not care for. Luckily, I had an store bought dye for Ryan-Kate and her friend to participate, resulting in the most successful attempts of Easter Dye. Although the pastels are quite beautiful in my opinion, so I'm not complaining. 
Here's what I did:
  1. Boil eggs. 
  2. Colors: yellow-saffron, blue- red cabbage, and brown- coffee. 
  3. Yellow- Saffron. Boil water and add 1 tbs of saffron with 1 tbs of vinegar. After egg is fully boiled add it to the saffron and boiled water.
  4. Blue- red cabbage. For this one add several red cabbage leaves with a 1 quart of boiling water, uncooked egg, and 1 tbs of vinegar. After the egg is done, continue to let the egg sit in the dye. The the longer the better.
  5. Brown- coffee. I make French press most morning and just used my left over ground with some boiling hot water, 1 tbs of vinegar all in a mason jar. Again the longer it sits the better!


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Luna
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Late last year I felt the Lord leading me to become what I like to call "heart healthy." It all started when I wrote a blog post, Understanding Pain. A few days after that post I listened to a podcast that I had in my phone for months, but for whatever reason, I decided to tackle it. I was left raw. I felt fragile as I slowly began to uncover matters of my heart that I had stuffed so far down in order to self preserve myself. In 3 John 1:2, it says, "Dear friend, I wish above all things that you may prosper and be in health, even as your soul prospers." Our souls are made up of three parts: mind, will, and emotions. God wants us to be prosperous in all areas of life, but if we have a war internally in our souls we will produce it externally. I had two instances when I noticed my emotions get out of control and I felt prisoner to my emotions.
Being a mom isn't easy. I've said before that there are as many ugly, un-perfect moments as there are genuine, beautiful Pinterest ones. Once my daughter had a meltdown so bad in public that when I finally got home, I cried for two hours on the couch. Not exaggerating. TWO HOURS. I felt so defeated. What was even worse was how I let the circumstances dictate my emotions. When we finally got back to the car, I was completely reactionary in my discipline and the way I treated my daughter that it scared me. I didn't want her to learn anger from me and I realized I had to get it under control. When I started this journey I didn't realize I had suppressed emotions and it wasn't until I came into frustrating situation that it was triggered. The turmoil of my internal life was leaking out, and more than anything I didn't want it to rub off on my daughter. So I dove head first into experiencing complete freedom. I knew more than anything it wasn't necessarily an anger problem as it was I needed to experience God's patience and love in an area of my life. Anger is just a fruit of a deeper problem. I felt the Lord point at this area of my heart and invite me into a journey where we could walk this thing out. I am fully convinced that love is a "heal-all." I am daily inviting His transforming love to heal broken piece of my heart. I have decided that I will no longer let my emotions rule over me. My emotions may be lairs, but I am not. At least not anymore. 
I know that I can't be the only one who wants to see freedom in these areas. So I created a resource guide of things that have been apart of my journey to seeing wholeness in every area of my life. If you are interested in some further freedom when it comes to your own soul, take a look:
  1. Head to Heart Podcast // Fair warning, this is a heavy podcast. Only listen if you are ready to tackle some heavy heart matters.
  2. Release Endorphins // Endorphins trigger feel good emotions that help relieve stress and anxiety levels. So go for a run or a hike. Take up cycling. Find a way to help out your body work for you!
  3. Abi Stumvoll Message- How do We Manage Our Emotions? // Really anything that Abi preaches on I take a listen. Her messages have been helping me along my freedom journey for years. 
    1. Surround Yourself with People // We can't do this life on our own and we aren't meant to. Find people and hold on to them tight.
    2. Find time to laugh // Sometimes it just feels so good to laugh.
    3. Meditate on Scripture // The Bible has transformation power, but if we don't know what it says then it will be hard to renew our mind. I know that I can always hear His voice through His word and it is still relevant for today. 
    4. Replace Lies with Truth // Truth is powerful. I'm learning to identify the lies that I believe and replace them with truth. It's life changing and empowering. The Backlund's wrote Just Laugh at That  and have a Podcast that I am currently working my way through. 

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    Luna


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    About two times a week I make this recipe. It's easy, fast, and delicious. Plus it has avocado in it, and you all know how I feel about those. I think what makes it so easy, is that I always just seem to have these items on hand. I can make lunch real quick and still manage to get ready or clean the house or play with RK. anyway, I make this so much that it ends up on my instagram stories and I figured it was about time that I shared this recipe!

    Ingredients:
    • 1 Avocado Sliced
    • 1-2 Eggs
    • 1 Cup of Rice
    • 1 -2 Tsp Red Wine Vinegar 
    • 1 Green Onion, thinly sliced
    • Salt and Pepper to taste
    • Siracha (optional)
    • Soy Sauce (optional)
    • Lime (optional)
    Instructions:
    1. Start cooking rice. I have a rice cooker and if I make for one it only requires a 2 to 1 ratio one serving.
    2. Fry your eggs, and season with salt and pepper.
    3. When the rice is almost done, slice green onion and avocado. 
    4. When the rice is done, add green onion and red wine vinegar. Mix well. 
    5. Place rice in bowl, then avocado, then fried egg. Put siracha, lime, or soy sauce as desired. Enjoy!




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    Luna
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