My Story

Trust me- my sisters ARE Hope and Love.  But me, Joy?  Not so much.  At least that was the way I felt for many years.  I didn’t feel I measured up to my name like my sisters did with theirs. As time went on it felt each day was a struggle with putting one foot in front of the other and nothing I did, no doctor I saw or medication they prescribed or lifestyle change suggestions they made resulted in a long term difference. It felt like I was sucking the joy out of life for those around me instead of bringing  joy to others or enJOYing it.  I had to make the choice  to put me and my health a priority and I had to find a way to get back to being me and enjoying life.  How did I get to this point?  It started a little something like this.

I married at 19 and became a military wife- which meant a rotating door of medical facilities and doctors. Over the years I began to feel that unless I was in uniform my health wasn’t a priority with them. It was more expedient for them to tear off a prescription and usher me out the door. They began to train me to expect this was the normal course of treatment. Over the years I began to feel not me, not “Joy”. I was certainly not living up to my name.  Something was off.  I could feel it, I just couldn’t find it. Eventually, I found a doctor who introduced me to an ENT Dr who took me seriously. After a few tries to ‘fix’ me, he sent me to an infectious disease doctor and finally everything fell into place. I had a deep seated infection and the ever revolving door to the doctor offices walking out with prescriptions just kept it under the radar- and more than enough infection resided within me so I wasn’t a JOY. Once we got me on the mend I vowed to never let myself get like that again.  I opened my eyes, ears and heart to essential oils to support a healthy lifestyle.  My goal is to live a life of wellness, abundance and JOY!  Don’t you?