"A Long Time Coming" post

Alright, this post has been a long time coming. I have this really bad habit where I don't ever want anyone to feel like I'm pushing things on them, so I tend to keep my opinions to myself at all costs. I hate feeling pushed, hence, I try not to push. I have started this post so many times, and always deleted it and walked away. However, I am learning that sharing what is working for me isn't pushing, it's simply sharing. Which is why this post is finally happening. I guess I feel like I'm am at the point where if I don't share, I'm being really selfish with an amazing gift that has blessed my family, and changed our lives in such a big way. So here we go.
For those of you who do not know, Rob has Addison's disease. Long story short, this basically means that his adrenal glands don't work the way they are supposed to, so he can't retain sodium. He was diagnosed at age 15, after almost dieing. Since then he has taken a hand full of pills everyday to keep his body functioning the way it is supposed to. Go figure 10 years later, he is starting to feel the side effects to all of the medications. His bones hurt, they're weaker.
Let me just say right now, I am so thankful for modern medicine. It saved his life, and keeps him alive. We still get all our shots, and we all go to our checkups. I will never bash or discredit all that modern medicine can do. End of side note.
After Weston was born I went on a huge "emergency preparedness" kick. I wanted to make sure that if we were stuck in our house for at least 3 months, we would be able to live comfortably. Shortly after I got into this, I realized that we get a 30 day supply of Rob's prescriptions. That's it. After doing research and asking around, I basically realized we were screwed. Go figure, pharmacies don't let you stock up on prescription drugs. We would have about 40 days, and then he was comatose. Awesome. But not so much.
Around the time that I realized this and was completely overwhelmed, we got invited to go to a doterra class. We knew a little bit about the oils, and had even used them occasionally, but that was about it and I wasn't all that interested. We went, and we were both awestruck the entire class. Without even talking to each other we walked up to the host after the class was over and Rob says, "So how do we sign up?" I looked at him and said, "Oh, I'm glad you're on board, because we're doing this." And thus began our essential oils journey.
Since that time, Rob has had his prescriptions cut down to a third of what he had been taking for the past 10 years. His doctors simply said, "Whatever you're doing, keep doing it. It's obviously working." I don't know if these oils will ever full "cure" him, but at bare minimum they are making him healthier, and cutting back on the side effects that the large quantities of medications were having on his body. He's getting better. He can feel it. I can tell. The impossible is really happening.
These oils have been amazing for all kinds of other reasons as well. Rob is no longer lactose intolerant. I don't struggle with my stomach from my lack of gallbladder like I used to. My mom doesn't need her afternoon nap anymore. WESTON SITS ALL THE WAY THROUGH SACRAMENT. We can fix fevers, bug bites, colds, flus, allergies, and sunburns. We can actually be prepared. For me that is why I love these oils. I have a sense of security and peace knowing that we have an oil that can, at bare minimum, at least help fix any situation that might arise. Being a mom that gives me so much comfort.
I could go on and on about all that these oils have done for us, but I'll stop now. I'm not being pushy. I just want to share with everyone the amazing gift that we have found, that is really saving my husbands life. And it's making us all healthier, so really, it's saving all of our lives... at least a little bit :)