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Firm Ground

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To truly know yourself, you must begin with the foundation – your family.
This is who you come from, where you formed your value system, and where you learned to relate with others.

Trace as much of your family tree as possible.

Re-discover your family history.

Look at it all – the good, bad, and the ugly – and learn from it.

Share what you learn with your children and the young people in your family.

The information is invaluable.

It is firm ground; a solid foundation on which to stand and move forward.

Those who don’t know history are destined to repeat it. - Edmund Burke

Those who lose the connection to their own past are much more likely to stagnate or to slide backward.

Feminine woman, if you want him to provide and protect then your lane is hearth and home.

Learn from your people’s lives and move yourself and your family forward.

Knowledge is indeed power.

And it isn’t always about a degree.

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Head Nutritionist II

GMO n (genetically modified organism) an organism whose genetic material has been altered to include DNA molecules from other sources. This DNA is then transferred into an organism, giving it modified genes. Also known as GM or GE.

Transgenic organisms are a subset of GMOs. These are organisms inserted with DNA from different species.

Includes animals, food crops, and other foodstuffs.

Currently, the US does not require that these items be labeled.

Organic adj of, relating to, or derived from living matter; food certification includes standards which include:

  • no use of fertilizer, pesticides, antibiotics, food additives, GMOs, irradiation, or the use of solid or semisolid organic material obtained from treated wastewater, often used as a fertilizer or soil amendment;
  • production on land that has been free from prohibited synthetic chemicals for a number of years;
  • detailed written production and sales records;
  • strict physical separation of organic products from non-certified products;
  • periodic on-site inspections.

In the US,

products made entirely with certified organic ingredients and methods can be labeled “100% organic”;

products with at least 95% organic ingredients can use the word “organic”;

products containing a minimum of 70% organic ingredients, can be labeled “made with organic ingredients”.

These regulations can and are stretched in varying circumstances.

Health and intellect are the two blessings of life. - Menander

Feminine woman, this is your lane.

Pay attention. Protect your health and that of your family.

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Never choose to reproduce any man who will simply take care of children. Choose one who will parent . . .  best to choose one who has been parented. - Auntie Vanessa

to provide financial support = to provide financial support

to provide food, clothing, and shelter = to provide food, clothing, and shelter

to provide financial support OR to provide food, clothing, and shelter = (apparently) to take care of

to pay child support solely OR to provide food, clothing, and shelter solely ≠ parenting

to care = love, nurturing, emotional support, physical presence, quality time, shared memories

to raise (or to rear) = to lead by example; to impart knowledge, wisdom; to instill morals, sound values; to discipline in effort to move to a higher position; to lift up; to elevate

to provide financial support, to provide food, clothing and shelter, to care, and to raise = parenting

Age is a given. Maturity is not.

Barring death, a child will grow into adulthood. That is the nature of this planet.

A child, however, will not grow into a high quality man or woman without care and rearing.

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