Happy Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday! Hope you all have a wonderful day!

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SAVE THE DATE! It's almost garage sale time!

GUYS!! We have got a lot of exciting things going on and announcements we were gonna save till Monday but we just can't wait, we're gonna be slowly bringing ya up to speed on some of what's been going down the last couple of weeks while we've been away from our page, we haven't forgotten about you, we PROMISE! Was gonna wait til Monday to catch up on it all, but we're gonna let ya know about one of the super exciting things right now.

Remember that big garage sale we did last summer?! Remember how sad we were on Friday when there was only one day left of the sale?

We call us crazy, but we're doing it AGAIN!! We've got $7,500 standing in the way of completing all of my dental work, and our next mini-goal to tackle is raising $3,000 for my next most immediate need/dental procedures, as you all might remember, the dentist is where all of this began so there's a lot riding on this dental work.

It's important because two years ago this August, the day before I started Mazvita's Angels, I was told I had a series of dental work to fix the issues that have stemmed from that original root canal/the cause of my illness, which is still unknown, but this dental work potentially could lead to my full recovery, or be another stepping stone in nailing down a diagnosis.

So, with those discoveries, then there was the question, how in the world are we going to pay for all of this? At that point it was $12,000 worth of dental work, which has no come closer to $15,000. LET'S DO A FUNDRAISER, I said to my husband, literally the day after I told him absolutely no never would I ever do or ask anyone to do a fundraiser for us. But, a lot can change in 24 hours lol ;) and here we are.

Doing this fundraiser and crafting for a cause, a cause that I came face-to-face with the fact that I was being called to fight for and advocate for myself and others in similar situations facing similar frustrating battles in the expensive and arduous task of pursuing medical care and treatment when the doctors are not able to diagnose exactly what it is that is wrong, how it happened, and what to do to fix it, has become something I am deeply passionate about and a battle I never want to stop fighting.

Through this fundraiser, and the final impetus that led me to start Mazvita's Angels was in realizing, I am not alone. That although it seems rare, it is actually not as uncommon as one would think, most neurological disesases can take 6-8 years to diagnose. I remember a nurse practitioner telling me that in April 2010, a month into being sick and two months before I was getting married and just looking at her secretly telling myself that was NOT going to be my story. Well, we all know the reality that we are not in control and not able to control things like medical and health issues, but one thing that has made all the difference for me is following where God has wanted to take me in this journey to find hope and life in the midst of this, one huge way has been through the crafting and doing Mazvita's Angels.

It has been a true blessing and a joy, something incredibly life-giving and something that I feel blessed to get to be a part of. Thank you for being with us on this journey and for your support of Mazvita's Angels.

LOVE YOU ALL!

Happy Wednesday!

Just be you. I love quotes and I love this. “To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

 -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Happy Wednesday!

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Hello, hello everyone! How's it going, how have ya been?! Where have we been? What have we been up to?! LOTS! We are in an exciting time of change and transition and because of that took some time away on here, but we miss you guys a lot so yesterday I decided to break the silence a few days early :)

One of the things that's happened in the time we've been gone from the facebook world, was something that happened on March 1st. March 1st marked three years that I have been living with this illness and it was truly a turning point. A day I've been dreading off and on for weeks was not a day of grieving, but one of celebration.

It came at the end of a string of events and a difficult time spiritually and emotionally that resulted in me literally waking up Friday March 1st, feeling entirely different. For the first time in a long, long time, since that day and still today, I feel free. Free in ways I cannot explain. In ways I have never felt before.

Not free from the physical realities in which this illness still affects my body, but free in every other sense of the word. I am slowly wrapping my mind around how to put into words what the last few weeks has been like, but that day now stands out to me as a day when I was able to do what I have been fighting to do and something that doing Mazvita's Angels has tremendously helped me to do, just live and enjoy my life.

I want to thank you. For your thoughts, for your prayers, for your support, for your purchases that are making and have made an incredible difference. Because of those things and the God who has never left my side, today I am grateful.

For I have been set free.

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today

Today I am grateful for many things. And the gift of a brand new day, Happy Wednesday, y'all!

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Happy Tuesday!

Ain't that the truth?! This is a quote we absolutely love and one I haven't been able to stop thinking about the last couple of days. Such a beautiful reminder. Got a late start to my Tuesday, but hope you've had a wonderful Tuesday everyone!

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