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I thought I would tell you all about myself and my family. I live in my hometown with my 5 kids whose ages are 22, 18, 12, 8, and 7. And my best friend, soon to be husband. Our two dogs Rick and Space Ghost, and our two cats Hecuba and Espiritu. We live in an old historic Citizens bank building. It sat abandoned on our Main Street for a pretty long time until I bought it and opened a coffee shop in it . There’s a vault here where I keep my herbs, I say they’re the real valuables. I get to carry on my Grandmothers work in this way, harvesting my herbs on the same mountain where she harvested hers. My bestie / husband is a traditional singer and drum maker. He supports a Sundance ceremony that we attend every year where he leads the drum. Last year prayers came in a hard way, and things got rough for us. My business got robbed and this old building was falling down, so that’s when we decided to move in and fix it up and turn it into a home. It was really the only option. So it’s different, but it’s home to us now. My other best friend, Ms. Amy, also owns a business. That’s how I met her. And Creator has been working some funny kind of magic ever since. Me and Ms. Amy, we seem to be kinda stuck with each other. Wherever I go, she ends up. And wherever, she goes, I end up. It’s not really like we picked each other, but more like Creator said we’ve got work to do together. And if I were to guess why I am here now in this time and place with these people whom I love so much, I think I would probably be correct when I say I know why. See, my hometown used to be a really hoppin little place. There was so much life and love here. But then things happened, and somehow, everyone just got tired. Everyone got sad. People started to forget what it was like when things are good here, and they started to move away. A sort of collective depression happened, and it stayed that way for a long time. Businesses closed up. It’s like the color even went away. Even I spent many years being sad. Until I decided to make a change and I bought this place and opened my business. Around that same time, Ms. Amy opened hers.
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Understanding
How do you understand a plants magic without ever being taught? You let the plant teach you of course! We talked about Borage. Did you know that Borage is the plant of courage? If you sit with it, it will tell you why. It’s fragile leaves and pretty little flowers, blooming in shades of blue and purple and pink, all covered in tiny hairs that protect its fragility. It grows with a sense of empowerment. As if to say “I am brave and bold and strong because I am protected”. Isn’t that the kind of courage we all need sometimes? Can you think of times when you could have borrowed some of that courage from borage? How would you have used it and how could you use it in the future?
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Build your family apothecary with me A - Z
What begins with B? Borage! This plant is an interesting one because it is lovely for helping with skin issues. But if you were to try to harvest this plant fresh without protection its hairy little leaves will make you SO ITCHY! Here’s why I love having this plant in my garden as well as my apothecary. 👍 Pros : It grows like crazy in home gardens. Low maintenance plant. Loved by pollinators. Wide range of medicinal uses. 👎Cons : Can’t think of any. How I use it safely for my family; This is a lovely herb for adding to salves or poultices for skin issues like bug bites, rashes, and sunburns. As a bath and body product formulator, I also use it in a beef tallow lotion recipe; it’s one of my favorites. While the plant itself holds a higher medicinal value, the flowers are edible and I find them a perfect dainty little addition to a sleepy time tea mix. As I mentioned before, I think of herbal care in terms of numbers. This is level 1. Super gentle, easy to prepare, abundant herbs with a wide range of uses. This is what makes Borage one of my favorite additions to my home apothecary. I’ll be sharing the sleepy time tea recipe. And a three part video lesson for making borage infused oil and turning that into salve and a beef tallow lotion 😊
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