It was as if it were yesterday, that is how clear it is to me. The year was 1996. It was the beginning of March. It was a life altering moment.
I am still not sure how I made it out alive, or without more permanent damage. If you saw the pictures of my car under another car,with the hood in my lap,you would say, Guardian Angels were with me. If you heard the eye witnesses, those brave men that ran out into traffic to help me, say incrediously that when looking in their rear view mirror, they thought they were going to witness me being run over by an 18-wheeler behind me, you would say I was lucky.
Suffering only soft tissue injuries, pelvic dislocation, tilted sternum, a head injury, a knee injury along with a few other issues, I agree. I had the angels with me that day. The doctors said it would have been less painful and an easier recovery if I had broken some bones, over soft tissue damage. Anyone who has had both, would agree, it is much easier to recover from a broken bone, the pain is over quick, the therapy is easier.
I traveled a tough road,for about 5 years. The head injury was probably the worst, because it altered my personality. I became someone else, a darker version of me. Imagine having thoughts in your head, that you desperately want to get out, but you can't. It is as if they are trapped in quicksand, or in the holes of swiss cheese. The insomnia, the headaches, the pain..it wears a person out.
There came a point that my job and I had to part ways, as it became evident that I could not return to work in a timely manner. That doesn't stop the bills from coming in. I had to find some way to earn some money, but on my terms. There was no way I could do conventional work. I couldn't function.
It was my mother who came up with the idea of direct sales and the company Watkins. I had never heard of them, but she told me such great stories of the "Watkins Man" coming around to her Nana's and taking Beef, Iron and Wine Tonic, the scent of vanilla, and cinnamon filling the air on baking days. She urged me to see if they were still around. Low and behold they were.
Fast Forward to 2000. My mother had just past at Christmas. I was feeling a lot of guilt. You see, for the first couple of weeks in January, I had been using the launch of Watkins newest supplement, "Mood Plus". I was really only interested in the "Plus" which was helps insomnia. I hadn't had a good nights sleep in years. I felt if I had at least one night where I slept continiously for 3 or 4 hours, life would be good. I had no idea how good it would be.
Within the first two weeks, my father was the first to comment, that he noticed I was acting more like the Evelyn before the car accident. Several people I saw over the course of wake and burial, also commented on how I was me again.
I took notice, there was some release in the chronic pain, my mood was improved, I was correcting my sleep patterns, the swiss cheese memory moments were getting easier to deal with...
But I still held on to some guilt. I wish this product had been out earlier so that my mom could have seen the results. She played a big role in this, if she hadn't mentioned Watkins, I wouldn't have found the Mood Plus.
I have shared my story with many people over the years, both at Watkins conferences and trainings, and with customers, and perspective customers. There is power in supplementation, if you just open your mind up to Western Medicine. It can work hand in hand with Eastern Medicine.
If I have touched just one person with my story, then I feel successful.
To learn more about Mood Plus, other supplements,or request a catalog please visit my Watkins website.
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