Mama Terri has been hard at work revamping the family's eating style. While her initial motivation was to incorporate as much tumor stomping super foods as possible, it has since become an overall change towards healthy lifestyle living for everyone. (personally, I think she has always been a healthy food cooking/serving pro, and not just cause I'm her partial Aunt lol).
It was an adjustment for the girls and especially for Ella. While she is obviously still very young at 7, she is old enough to NOT LIKE THAT stuff! Terri didn't cave and has just kept on with changing their diet, and I think this little video shows it is rubbing off on Ella! She's interested in the way Terri is now preparing foods and decided she wanted to have a cooking show!
Enjoy!
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Thursday, May 30, 2013
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Mommy Terri's Words
Every Tuesday, we'll have at least one blog post that is in Terri's words. Here is today's:
In May of 2011 our world was forever
changed when our seemingly perfect five year old daughter, Ella, was diagnosed
with Neurofibromatosis (NF). At first we could hardly pronounce it let alone
understand what that one word would mean to our lives. Researching NF
frightened us to our core. Words like vision loss, scoliosis, disfigurement,
hearing loss, development delays, behavioral problems, tumors and cancer were
all associated with that one diagnosis. And to top it off there is no
treatment! No way for us to stop NF from taking its course with our precious
baby. What challenges would it present for Ella? Would she have pain? What
quality of life could we expect? These and a thousand other questions surround
us daily. We live each day to the
fullest but always have in the back of our minds… what’s next?
It started with the diagnosis, then a
myriad of appointments and tests, then learning about the growths in her brain,
followed by a diagnosis of ADHD, vision loss and more. After about a year of
close monitoring through MRI’s we received the news that no parent wants to
hear… We have to start chemotherapy. The tumors were growing and we needed to
take action. Through all the headaches, needle sticks, sedation, tests and
challenges, Ella has remained positive. She wakes up everyday ready to take on
the world. Ella helps the homeless after every Terrific Treatment Thursday. She
plans to hold a community involvement event to make headbands and hats for
those losing their hair. She wants to raise money for research to cure
Neurofibromatosis. She wants to, in her own words, “change the world”. Ella is
brave, strong and a true inspiration. She is a constant reminder of the meaning
of the words generosity and hope. It is for that reason that we are faced with
a new challenge making her foundation a success. In addition to all that Ella
wants to do… this also makes us want to reach out to other families challenged
by NF and create a place of community, awareness and information so that no
other parent feels alone when they hear “We’re sorry… there’s nothing you can
do”. 
In May of 2011 our world was forever
changed when our seemingly perfect five year old daughter, Ella, was diagnosed
with Neurofibromatosis (NF). At first we could hardly pronounce it let alone
understand what that one word would mean to our lives. Researching NF
frightened us to our core. Words like vision loss, scoliosis, disfigurement,
hearing loss, development delays, behavioral problems, tumors and cancer were
all associated with that one diagnosis. And to top it off there is no
treatment! No way for us to stop NF from taking its course with our precious
baby. What challenges would it present for Ella? Would she have pain? What
quality of life could we expect? These and a thousand other questions surround
us daily. We live each day to the
fullest but always have in the back of our minds… what’s next?It started with the diagnosis, then a
myriad of appointments and tests, then learning about the growths in her brain,
followed by a diagnosis of ADHD, vision loss and more. After about a year of
close monitoring through MRI’s we received the news that no parent wants to
hear… We have to start chemotherapy. The tumors were growing and we needed to
take action. Through all the headaches, needle sticks, sedation, tests and
challenges, Ella has remained positive. She wakes up everyday ready to take on
the world. Ella helps the homeless after every Terrific Treatment Thursday. She
plans to hold a community involvement event to make headbands and hats for
those losing their hair. She wants to raise money for research to cure
Neurofibromatosis. She wants to, in her own words, “change the world”. Ella is
brave, strong and a true inspiration. She is a constant reminder of the meaning
of the words generosity and hope. It is for that reason that we are faced with
a new challenge making her foundation a success. In addition to all that Ella
wants to do… this also makes us want to reach out to other families challenged
by NF and create a place of community, awareness and information so that no
other parent feels alone when they hear “We’re sorry… there’s nothing you can
do”.
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