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Mama Sweet: This Mama Sweet is another amazing acupuncture discovery that will help everyone. For months, my right hip bone has hurt incessantly. I have not been able to walk, run or lay on it without pain. After many other doctor visits, I decided to address it with my acupuncturist. She asked about my sleep habits. Like every busy Mama, I use those late night quiet hours to make magic happen for my entire family. However, my acupuncturist detailed that our bodies repair themselves in this hourly order: 11pm-1am-gall bladder, 1am-3am-liver, 3am-5am-lungs. If you deprive yourself from these hours of rest, your body can not completely repair itself. In addition, if you find yourself waking up during those particular hours every night, it is a signal that there is an imbalance in that area of your body. For those of you who were following my blog last winter, I realized all of my girls' asthma attacks were between 3am-5am. I find it fascinating! I've been forcing myself to get to bed at 10pm and my hip no longer hurts. (The pain was located on the gall bladder channel of energy.) It was such a simple change to make such a significant difference in my body. This has been such sweet information for my tired body and I hope it can help many more tired mamas out there!

Mama Sour: This month marks my mom's 3rd Angel Birthday. It's shocking to realize how quickly time passes. I am so humbled by the people who have come into my life and have filled the empty spaces in my heart. On her actual Angel Birthday, I had one friend surprise me after my yoga class with coffee in the lobby and another tie balloons to my car to celebrate her Angel Birthday. I have three Fairy Godmothers (who were my mama's best friends) who watch over me and a Mother in Law who treats me like her own daughter. Friends have become more like sisters and I feel so touched by the love I feel from all of them. I am now finding that everyone in my life "mothers" me in different ways. Some provide parenting tips while others bring over food. I am so grateful for this mama love and will continue to pass it on. I miss my own Mama everyday but today I wish her the happiest of Angel Birthdays!