About Me

I am a wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend, professional freelance writer and avid reader. I became a stay-at-home mom upon realizing that when you have a journalism degree, the daycare bill is more than your take-home pay. So I spend most of my time raising two wonderful, independent, spirited children.

Since having my first child in 2005, I have been on a quest to make myself and my family as healthy as we can be. That has been much more complicated than I first thought. It's not enough to swap carrots for cookies, or salmon for red meat. After being overwhelmed by books, articles and websites about how everything gives you cancer, I have shut down the flood of information and focused on eating well and affordably.

I began this blog to focus mostly on health and fitness, but since then, my life has changed drastically. Now, it is an attempt to share health information, along with struggles and lessons learned from just living life.

You can find me on Facebook with article links, recipes and photos at www.facebook.com/viavivendi.