My Story
This is my story.. This is my WHY. Through the years, I have struggled with my health, being in and out of hospitals from the time I was an infant. In 2013, I almost lost my life to an infection that had spread rapidly through my body. I had been placed in a medically induced coma and intubated. I was not breathing on my own. Doctors were unsure whether I would survive, as a majority of people, as sick as I was, do not survive. It took a long time to heal from this. To this day, I am still healing. Terrified, after being wheeled into the Paliative Care Unit I felt a sense of relief, a sense of "okay, this is my time to go, but I have to be strong, so the people around me don't suffer more. I cannot lose my cool." I didnt know I was only being placed there because there were no other rooms. I honestly had the moment of "Im dying and I have to be ok with this." I was a LOT more relieved to find out I was not dying. Once I had made it that far, it was just a matter of completely kicking the infection and getting strong enough to walk again. I lost my ability to take care of myself the way I needed to and wanted to. Financially, I just couldn't keep up. When you ask me if I joined Scentsy for financial reasons, my honest answer will always be "yes." In saying that, it is not my only, or even my biggest, "why." Over the years, my partner and I had struggled to conceive. Knowing it will cost a lot of money to have children, was not only a financial burden, but an emotional one. We could always make more money, but getting and staying pregnant? Not to save our lives. This is very near and dear to me, but to understand my why, I am willing to open my life up to you. This one "why" is huge for me. I would love to be able to afford treatments I need to conceive, have savings for my children, (instead of debt from trying to have them,) and be able to afford them the same opportunities I was given as a child. Ultimately, I would love to be a stay at home mom, a leader, a friend, a wife, an aunt, a rock and an inspiration. I needed to get some of the old "me" back. I am getting there. I am gaining my confidence back. I am making new friendships. I am meeting some of the most amazing people through this journey. I needed this sense of family more than I even knew. I have closer bonds with the girlfriends I already had and I am developing bonds with new ones who inspire me daily. I got back on my feet and felt so proud of myself, but I wanted more for myself. I joined Scentsy and was immediately in love with the product. I would personally call myself an addict! I am honest in my approach. I do this to make a living. I do this for the family tree I am growing with Scentsy. I do this so I can afford to have a family and care for them, as a parent should. I do this for me. I do this for my confidence. I do this because I didn't think I could. However, I am. Only when I decided it was attainable, did I go for it. Here I am. I am ready for this.
