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Gift for grand children

Simple gifts for grandchildren

Gifts can be creative and fun for your grandchildren. Select something that you can be affordable for you and useful for your grandchild. Have a budget and do not hesitate to tell your grandchild how much budget you have. It is okay to share this information, they will learn.

1. What are your grand children talent? Observe and talk to your kids and understand what their interest is.  They may show interest in watching an event, going to sport, music instrument, attending a concert, magazine subscription, posters, painting, photography etc can be their choice.

2. Children now a day are back into radio, they may like to have a alarm clock, cameral, laptop desk, book case, bags for travel, for sports, or for travel.

3. If they want books – get a store gift card or buy books online.

4. Small children always like coloring books – buy and keep them when you see something attractive. Get color pens and pencils. Take them to children art work shop.

5. Fun games – Treasure hunt, ladder & snake, carrom board, chess, cross word puzzles, puzzles, bingo – all these  can be fun games that can play for few years and they will store them with lot of love.

6. Buy a simple karaoke machine and do karaoke with grand children, sing with them.

7. Get a binocular and watch birds and wild animals with them.

8. Buy a small microscope and show them how wonderful life is.

9. Buy an inexpensive camera, which helps them to look at nature in a different way.

10. Give money, but don’t give it to buy love. Give money as an admiration for the help and work they do. Don’t commit to give an amount that you cannot afford.

11. If you are into knitting then knit socks, gloves or a simple design sweater. Before doing so, understand their liking and disliking.

12. Give time – play with your grandchildren. Listen to them and take care of them. Take them for a movie, for breakfast, lunch or dinner, art work class and listen to them. This will be a big gift as it boosts their moral.

13. Invite your grandchildren for weekend camp out at your backyard and cook for them.

14. Make a scrapbook for your grandchild.

15. Take them to local attractions like zoo, art gallery, ice skating, playground, musical play, science centers, parks, national park, farm, sanctuary – this will help them to get exposed.

Remember if needed you can always talk to their parents. Do not buy something that will require extra work or special commitment, such as a trip, a pet, or a big project, without permission from children parents. More importantly, get to know your grandchildren. Because the more you know about their likes and interests, the easier it will be to choose a gift.

Reference: www.werindia.com

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Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: June 11, 2017
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Party Planning Tips

Planning For A Party

Many parties are celebrations of events such as wedding anniversary, birthday, graduation, inviting new friends etc. Whatever the occasion it is most important to have a clear outline of the party theme before beginning to work or plan for a party. The goal is to be a good host and make it memorable for the guests.

Grandma’s experience and tips will help you to establish a structure for planning all the party details.

Plan on spending: Depending on the type of party and number of people plan your party. Snacks, lunch/dinner items, drinks and miscellaneous items are all should be part  of your budget. The style of celebration will also dictate whether you need outside help.

Make a list: Guest list, items needed for the party,  dishes, all tasks that need to be completed – put everything in a note book and review the list.

Guests: Bringing people together for small parties such as dinner is not always easy. Make a list of people who you want to attend the party. If these people are strangers to one another it is important to mix individuals who are likely to get on well together or at least to express an interest in one another. This makes the party fun and interesting.

Food and drink: Whether party is small or big, decide on refreshments – snacks, finger food, buffet or proper sit-down and serving to eat. Make sure that the food and drink you serve are suited to the occasion and there should be adequate amount of food. Plan the menu as needed. If there are children then look into some foods that are suitable for kids. Kids are allergic to some foods and avoid any allergy causing foods in your menu.  In case your menu has something that can cause allergy, put a note near the food.

Invitation: Printed or handwritten invitations should convey certain important information clearly to the recipients. Date, time, venue, address, direction, phone number, occasion, gift or no gift and your name along with RSVP – these specific information avoids any confusion for the guest.

Line up help: You can handle everything alone. Assign work to your family members and if needed, tap into other resources – friends or someone who is willing to work for some bucks!

Serving vessels and linens: If you are planning to serve using your own China, silver, crystals and cups – wash and dry. If it is a small party and you are using linens – laundry the linens if needed.  Make sure you have all the platters and serving pieces you will need.

Shopping: From garbage bags to soft drinks – list all the items and finish shopping 2-3 days before. This will give you time to think and review the items you bought. Miscellaneous items – Ice, Ice cubes, space in refrigerator, drinks, extra napkins, coffee, tea bags, cream, sugar, salt & pepper, butter, lemon etc. that are essential for your party.

Music: Use soft music in the background for dinner kind of parties. Depending on the event select the music. If it is kids birthday music should be bit upbeat and playful.

Cookware and serving utensils: In case you do not have enough utensils and cookware then consider buying inexpensive pieces from a discount store. Label each dish to remember what you are plan to use it for during the event day.

House cleaning: One or two days before the party take a look at house and clean things. Remove stuffs that are on the way and make space for people.  Do whatever touch ups that are needed. Clean the bathrooms, keep fresh towels, toilet papers, fill soap bottles and remove any medicines that are kept in the bathroom cabinets.

Decoration: If the party is simple then, decoration need not be grand. If not, plan the decoration based on the theme.

Pets: If you have pets – Take care of them. Many pets are afraid of crowds and get scared. Make proper arrangements so that, pets will stay away from the crowd.

Greet guests: On the day of party get ready at least an hour before. Check the house and arrangements. Finally receive guests as they arrive. Acknowledge the guests and be a pleasant and good host.

After the parties, keep a note of expenditure, food items served and what was good, not good etc. This will be a big help in terms of savings when you plan your next gathering. These notes will be a reference to look back on when you are trying to remember the best part of the party was and what you need to do in the next event or next time.

Reference: www.werindia.com

Image: Pinterest

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: June 10, 2017
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21 Home Remedy Stuffs In The Kitchen Cabinet

Every now and then we get sick in small or big way.

Do you know the common and inexpensive home remedy stuffs that are sitting in our kitchen cabinets can help us during common sickness?

See yourself.

1. Ginger for cramps: Friendly ginger can improve blood flow and reduce inflammation in the muscles, including those in the uterus where cramps originate.

2. Cranberries for urinary tract health: Drinking one to two glasses of cranberry juice a day of will help prevent recurrence of urinary tract infection.

3. Turmeric: “holy healing powder” : Foods with curcumin have strong anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties so they can help with cleansing and healing,

4. Oatmeal for itching: Grind 1/3 cup of plain oatmeal into a fine powder using your blender. Pour the powder into lukewarm water and stir in evenly with hands until the water is a milky color and take bath. Another way is to take 1/4 cup of oatmeal and enough water to make a paste and apply directly to the skin for 10 minutes and wash.

5. For fluffy eyes: Cucumber slices perfectly fit to the contours of your eyes to help reduce swelling,

6. Prunes for constipation: Eat prunes. Prunes  are rich in insoluble fiber, a key nutrient to help fight constipation.

7. Eat apple for heartburn: Apples have pectin, a soluble fiber that’s really great at absorbing stomach acid.

8. Sugar: Fool body to stop hiccups by putting a teaspoon of sugar underneath your tongue. Hiccups are gone by hiding sugar underneath tongue.

9. Almond for PMS: Most middle aged menstruating women experience PMS symptom each month. Apart from dairy products are rich in calcium consume almonds to come out from PMS.

10. Honey: Honey offers antioxidant, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. It is also an ideal solution for sore throats, burns, wounds, coughs and much more.

11. Lemons: Skin care to digestion to prevent cancer – lemons needed for all. Use good amount of lemon in your food.

12. Garlic: Suffering from arthritis pain and cholesterol? – Start eating garlic every day morning – consuming one clove of garlic creates wonder.

13. Cinnamon: Want to reduce weight and fight cholesterol? Drink cinnamon tea. Cholesterol will reduce in the body.

14. Baking soda helps in headache: A headache can be treated with a teaspoon of baking soda dissolved in a cup of warm water with 1/4 cup of freshly squeezed lemon juice.

15. Nutmeg for diarrhea and insomnia: Grated nutmeg soothes diarrhea and upset tummies. Use a nutmeg grater to grate a small amount (about 1/8 teaspoon) into warm milk. Grind nutmeg and add it to warm water or milk and drink before going to bed to get good night sleep!

16. Coriander seeds: Boil coriander seeds (2 tsp) in 2 cups water and drink to keep your weight under control!

17. Cumin seeds: Powder cumin seeds and add it to yogurt/curd and eat to reduce bloating and weight gain.

18. Asafoetida: Add pinch of asafetida to buttermilk and drink. This remedy reduces gas. For taste add little salt.

19. Clove: Suffering from bad breath or toothache? Eat one clove for bad breath and place a crushed clove in cotton and keep it inside near aching tooth.

20. Black pepper: Cold, cough and throat infection – prepare Indian rasam (soup) using black pepper and drink to soothe the system.

21. Cardamom: Bad breath – eat one or two cardamom to come out from that breath.

Source: Grandma remedies, www.werindia.com

Image credit: Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay (Free for commercial use)

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: June 8, 2017
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GHEE (CLARIFIED BUTTER) AND ITS IMPORTANCE

Ghee(Clarified Butter) And Its Importance

Yoga and Ayurveda has lot to offer and the roots of these both amazing subjects goes back beyond 5000 years. We know more about Ayurveda and we know that Ayurvedic medicines use ghee as one of the ingredients. However very less has been mentioned about importance of ghee in any text or nutrition contents. In India, with the modern knowledge use of ghee is falling behind. Everything or anything that has used ghee as one of the important ingredient is considered as unhealthy, fatty food and high in cholesterol. In modern era ghee is replaced by vegetable oils and fats.

Ghee preparation: Take the butter in a thick-bottomed large bowl. Wash the butter several times. Drain the water completely. Switch on the stove and keep it at medium flame. The butter will melt in no time and starts boiling with thick, white foam at the surface. As the bubbling increases, you will notice that the foam will become thinner and the bubbles will become bigger and clearer. Bubbles will get more translucent and the foam will eventually disappear. Milk solids, which are now at the bottom, begin to turn brown. At this stage switches off the stove. Wait for 10 minutes. Strain it into a dry glass jar. Left milk solid brown or slightly black is very tasty and can be applied on bread or rotis.

From Ayurvedic perspective ghee is viewed as more potent than milk due to it being transformed by fire. It is also much more stable, and can be kept for long periods without going bad. In Thrissur, Kerala the idol of Shiva, which is not visible, is covered under a mountain of ghee, formed by the daily abhisheka (ablution) with ghee over the years. After abhisheka a portion of the ghee is returned to the devotees and they take it home as the ghee has miraculous powers to cure all diseases. A devotee looking at the sanctum now sees a thirteen-foot high mount of ghee embellished with thirteen cascading crescents of gold and three serpent hoods at top. According to traditional belief, this represents the snow-clad Mount Kailas, the abode of Parvathy and Parameswara.

Ghee has its place in Indian Vedic culture in the form of medicine as healing and promoting good health.

Ghee is perceived as the essence of milk, with the cow’s first milk for the calf being comparable to the general teachings from Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita. Similarly in Buddhism also it is said that (Chavalath Sutta/ Anguttara Nikaya IV.95) Buddha used same analogy, In his teachings Buddha says ” from a cow comes milk; from milk, curd; from curd, butter; from butter, ghee; from ghee, the skimming of ghee, and that is reckoned the best; even so, monks, among these four individuals the person who is engaged in promoting his own good and also the good of another is the foremost, the chief, the principal, the best and the supreme.” The remaining milk, cream and butter are analogous to the next three levels of teaching, each more subtle than the last. Ghee represents the most subtle teachings of all.

In Yogic practice it is said that for the concentration of the mind and to keep body in alert yogis were suppose to practice sitting and staring in front of ghee lamps. Through such purification, where ghee symbolizes the burning away of illness, ignorance and mental afflictions – it is said that one will be able to understand and realize that everything is made of God.

It is believed that Ghee is Satvik (pure) food and it is purifying the mind, awakening knowledge and developing intuition. Ancient Yogis used ghee to helps move towards Yoga’s aim of stilling the mind, via the promotion of both physical and mental purification. Ancient texts give dietary guidelines for the Yogi, with ghee coming first in lists of ‘do’s’. It is advised”sweet and nourishing food should be mixed with ghee and milk, nourishing all dhatus [tissues] and be pleasing and suitable.” (Hatha Yoga Pradipika, C1/62-63). There are certain foods that prohibited while consuming ghee. Foods those taste bitter, pungent, sour, salty were considered to interfere with ghee. In fact, yogis develop a kind of sensitivity to these foods including onion, garlic and chillis. (http://www.ayurvedicyogi.com/).

For yogis, ghee with a light soup is very helpful in rekindling the digestive fire. It is said that after fasting one should consume light soup with ghee to bring back digestive tract action.

Ghee’s ability to purify the mind has been mentioned in Ayurveda. As per Ayurveda the tonic that is needed for mind is present in ghee. Ghee taken daily in the diet will help practicing Yogis in strengthening the mind and purifying intellect (=bhuddhi).

While practiicng various types of breathing exercises and yoga poses it is known fact that body creates heat. This heat is more than physical heat as it is a pranic, mental, or spiritual heat and related to mind or psychic in nature. This of course, leads to purification of mind. However, too much heat can also cause strain on both body and mind. As mentioned in “Science of Pranayama” drinking milk mixed with ghee reduces this type of heat. They also neutralize acidity and heat in the stomach, created by these practices.

By being the essence of the sacred cow, Ghee is itself sacred. Sages, yogis, saints and our ancestors used ghee for sacred purposes, rituals and as nutritious food. Our ancestors used to leave the milk for calf first and then whatever the amount of milk was left in cow’s udder was used for making ghee and other sacred purposes. With modern technology, cows are injected with hormones and other medicines to get large amount of (thick) milk and calves are forcibly separated from mother at the birth itself. These actions brings doubt in the mind of people who love animals and poses questions about usage of milk and sacred ghee.

Read more at: http://www.ayurvedicyogi.com/
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Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: June 2, 2017
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Monkey Pose

Hanumasana – Monkey pose

Ramayana’s Lord Hanuman’s pose commonly known as Hanumasana, Monkey pose / split pose. This yoga posture name is derived from the giant leap made by Lord Hanuman from Southernmost tip of  India to Sri Lanka in search of Sita. This pose helps in practicing devotion, increases body flexibility and strength. This pose opens the hips and stretches muscles in the groin and hamstring region – Healthy Life.

Sanskrit: Hanumanasana (ha-new-mahn-AHS-anah)

Hanuman = having large jaws; a monkey chief and servant of Lord Rama in the Hindu epic Ramayana

BENEFITS

  • Strengthens the abdominals and low spine
  • Opens hamstrings and hip flexors
  • Improves overall core strength
  • Strengthens the quadriceps and glutes
  • Stimulates the abdominal organ

CONTRAINDICATIONS

  • Hip pathologies
  • Low back pathologies (avoid rounding the lower spine)
  • Groin, hamstring, or knee injuries

HOW TO

1. Start in Anjaneyasana (Low Lunge) with your right foot forward, back knee on the ground, and hands to the floor for support.

2. Inhale and extend your right knee in front of you with your heel on the floor. Rotate your thigh inwardly so your right knee faces upward, toward the sky.

3. Begin to slide your back knee behind you as you exhale. Slowly extend both legs into a full split by pressing through your right heel and the top of your left foot.

4. Inhale to keep the chest lifted, and draw the hands overhead.

5. Work toward keeping firm abdominals, maintaining length in your spine to reduce hyperextension, and squaring your hips toward the front of your mat.

6. Hold this pose for 30 seconds to a minute.

7. To exit, inhale and reach length into the spine. Exhale, place the hands on the floor, and lean forward. Then swing your back leg around to meet the front leg. Repeat on the opposite side.

 MODIFY OR REPLACE

  • Place a bolster under the pelvis and work toward extending the legs.
  • Place yoga blocks beneath your hands to support the upper body and lengthen the spine.

SEQUENCING TIPS

Before:

  • Paschimottanasana (Seated Forward Bend)
  • Janu Sirsasana (Head to Knee pose)
  • Upavistha Konasana (Wide-Angle Seated Forward Bend)
  • Parsvottanasana (Pyramid pose)

After:

  • Purvottanasana (Upward Plank)
  • Paschimottanasana

TEACHING CUES

  • Keep the spine lengthened through the torso and firm your abdominals.
  • Squeeze your knees and reach through your toes to extend your legs.
  • Draw the hands overhead and take your gaze to your fingertips.
  • Be cautious of your low spine and hyperextension.

VARIATIONS

  • Draw hands overhead or behind the back in Reverse Namaskar.
  • Fold forward over the front leg.

WATCH OUT FOR

  1. Angling the back leg to the side
  2. Rounding the spine
  3. Tightness in the groin

 

This article and image are published with permission from www.beyogi.com

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: June 1, 2017
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Listen and learn

“The world is giving you every day, learn to listen“

Listening is a skill that everyone should acquire. Because listening is, the most powerful and precious gift one can to another person. Listening with attention, fully present is one the best gift we can give to a person who really want to share something with us.  When we listen to someone quietly new ideas, creativity emerges.

The listening process involves five stages: receiving, understanding, evaluating, remembering, and responding. Effectively engaging with all five stages of the listening process lets us best gather the information we need from the world around us. Listening is an art that calls for practice.  Listening is the absorption of the meanings of words and sentences by the brain. Listening leads to the understanding of facts and ideas.

According to Brenda Ueland author of ‘On the Fine Art of Listening’- “Listening is a magnetic and strange thing, a creative force”. When we listen to someone with full heart, it gives pleasure and comfort of sharing the thoughts and it feels we are there for someone when they needed a ear to express their thoughts. Listening well takes skill, time and a readiness to slow down to afford time for reflection and to let go expectations, judgments, boredom, self-assertiveness and defensiveness.

“To be attentive means to listen without any interpretation, without any judgment — just to listen. When you are so listening there is no boundary”

“…through listening, all separation between the observer and the observed comes to an end.”

– J. Krishnamurti, The Awakening of Intelligence

Most of us does not listen well. It is a common behavior. When we do manage to listen, we are often just waiting until the other person finishes so that we can say what is on our mind. And, it is not really listening. When two people listen to each other we sense that we are present for each other beyond our individual selves and it is spiritual, holy connection. We can experience this act when we really listen to someone and when we keep interrupting their talk instead of listening. When we listen, a Brenda Ueland says, we allow the creative fountain to start up, ‘the spirit, the intelligence, the imagination.’ By not listening we drain the other person’s internal energy and make our self dry.

When someone, friend or your spouse says “you never listen to me” – it means even though you hear the words what he or she is saying to you, you are not possibly paying attention.

An effective listening practice has several features:

  • Paying attention to the environment: Stop other activities and listen to the person.
  • Be present: Listen with an open, appreciative and curious mind.
  • Stop talking: One person speaks at a time without any interruption – which means you respect other person view even if your views are different.
  • Clarification: Ask for any clarification to understand what other person is really trying to express.
  • Pause before speaking: Allow the speaker to complete their thought and then wait for few seconds before telling “is there anything you want to convey”
  • Listen to yourself: Talk to your own inner self “is there anything else need to be clarified or should I ask”
  • Signal that they have been heard: Encouraging body language included empathetic facial expression, nodding and feel good postures.
  • Listen for understanding: When someone is expressing his or her feeling, listen carefully. Don’t try to judge them – let empathy and compassion take the lead.

What benefit we get by listening?

Listening is not judging, listening is a humble quality. Remember when you are listening you are learning. When you are not listening you are  losing an opportunity. A lot! Yes, when we listen to someone with whole heart, we break the silence. We develop good relationship. We also, form a bond which last longer. By listening really to someone we solve problems, we become strong by their experience. Solutions can be found that were never imagined. Old angers and resentments can be overcome !

A true listening is a blessing in everyone’s life. A true listener is much more magnetic than a talker, more believed and is more effective  and learns more. So, listen to your friend, partner, parents, siblings, your elders, child and to those who wants to be with you even to your enemies (if you have one). Listening works in great way and it can be a miracle in your life.

The fact that you do not listen reveals the reality that your mind is closed. Listening to others helps you to grow and if you wish live life to its  fullest then learn to listen. Listening is vital to live that full, glorious life.

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References:

  • www.werindia.com
  • Kay Lindahl, from Natural awakening (2016)
  • Image credit: Image by StockSnap from Pixabay
Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: May 26, 2017
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Human Trafficking

Protect your child from human trafficking

Watch for these signs when you are with kids in public places and protect your child from human trafficking – Explains a mom with her experience.

There are all kinds of horror stories circulating online that detail both successful and failed attempts by human traffickers to kidnap people of all ages. One similarity between all of these stories is our reaction to them: we think that it’s really horrible what happened to those people, but that would never happen to us. Even as we adopt precautions to prevent it from happening to us, we often still think that these scenarios are rare and we will never encounter them.

That’s exactly what Diandra Toyos, a mother of three young children from Southern California, thought up until the moment she realized she was being targeted. Or, more accurately, her kids were.

Toyos was shopping at IKEA with her three children, which are between 7 weeks and 4 years old, and her own mom when she started to get a feeling that something was wrong. What started out as innocent, fun couch shopping turned into a nerve-wracking experience for her as she evaded what appeared to be human traffickers.

Accompanying her Facebook post about her experience at IKEA was a photo taken shortly before she noticed a man was watching her and her children. Read her story below to find out what unfolded:

“I recently read a post written by a mother I didn’t know, that went viral. She described an event that happened to her while she was at Target. She and her children were targeted by human traffickers. She talked about how when she reported the incident after the fact, she was told that this was a very common way they worked.

I read things like that, and I always think “wow, that’s so scary… I need to be careful”. But I also always think ‘that could never happen to me.’ But you guys, it did.

A few days ago, my mom and I took the kids (I have 3 kids. A daughter who is 4, and two sons, 1.5 years and 7 weeks) to IKEA. We enjoy going and it’s always nice to get the kids out of the house! We went specifically to look at couches. We were in the couch section and the kids were enjoying climbing on each couch and trying them out. My daughter was trying to convince us which couch we should get. My older son was happily walking from couch to couch, flopping himself on each one. My baby boy was snuggled into the sling, sound asleep. After a few minutes, I noticed a well dressed, middle aged man circling the area, getting closer to me and the kids. At one point he came right up to me and the boys, and instinctively I put myself between he and my mobile son.

I had a bad feeling.

He continued to circle the area, staring at the kids. He occasionally picked something up, pretending to look at it but looking right over at us instead. My mom noticed as well and mentioned that we needed to keep an eye on him.

We moved on… and so did he. Closely.

My son wandered into one of the little display rooms across from the couches and I followed him closely with my baby strapped to me. My mom said she watched as the older man dropped what he was doing and quickly and closely followed us into the area. At the same time, she noticed another man dressed more casually and in his 20s. He was not looking at us, but was walking the same circling pattern around us as the first man.

My mom and I decided to sit down and wait for them to move on. We had a gut feeling something was going on, but we hoped we were wrong and they would move on. So we sat in one of the little display rooms. For close to 30 minutes. And they sat too. They sat down on one of the couches on the display floor that faced us. That was when we knew our gut feeling was right and something was off. They sat the whole time we sat, and stood up right as we got up.

We continued on and my mom turned around and realized the two men had moved and were sitting only one couch away from each other, still facing our direction. The older man was still watching us. She made eye contact… very clearly letting them know that we saw them. And we moved on.

We managed to lose them at that point. (We talked with an employee, circled back and used the bathroom and went out into a different section). But still kept the kids right with us the whole time. I kept the baby in the sling which kept my hands free and my eyes too. I didn’t have to keep an eye on the stroller AND two kids… I just had to watch my older ones. When we got through the maze of IKEA, we reported what happened to security.

After talking through the experience, there are some things I want to point out:

1. These men weren’t shopping. While they walked around the store, they weren’t looking at things… not really. The older man would occasionally pick something up and act like he was looking at it, but he’d look right over the top of it at my kids. Then he’d drop it and move on as soon as we did.

2. They weren’t waiting for anyone. Often you see men in a place like IKEA waiting for their wives, but these guys appeared to be alone. They didn’t even talk to each other. They didn’t talk to anyone. They didn’t smile casually at people (in fact, early on, I looked at the older guy when he got close to us and smiled… which is something I do regularly when I’m out.. I’m always making eye contact with people. He instantly looked away. That was odd to me).

3. They were dressed nicely but very differently. I would never have put these two together. And they didn’t appear to be together.

4. The area they were hanging around had an exit right by it. IKEA is a massive confusing maze of a store. But they could have run out that exit with my child and handed them off to someone waiting outside and been gone before I could find them.

Something was off. We knew it in our gut. I am almost sure that we were the targets of human trafficking. This is happening all over. Including the United States. It’s in our backyards. I’m reading more and more about these experiences and it’s terrifying. If not that, something else shady was obviously going on. Either way, as parents, we NEED to be aware.

Please, PLEASE be aware when you’re out with your children. It’s not the time to be texting or Facebooking or chatting on the phone. When you’re in a public place with your kids, please be aware and present so that you don’t become a victim.

Had I not been paying attention that day… or had I let my kids roam and play while I checked my phone… I may have lost one. The thought just makes me completely ill. (Especially because I’ve been guilty of this!)

Also, in hindsight, I would have taken a picture of the guys. Probably right in their faces so they saw me do it. Trust your gut. It’s there for a reason.”

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Article is republished from free source: Author: Brianna Acueta @ http://www.trueactivist.com/

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: May 23, 2017
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  • anounce of Cheddar cheese,
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The answer is: b & c: Both provide 120 milligram of Vitamin C

Author: HealthyLife | Posted on: May 17, 2017
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