The Healing Sprig

If you were wondering where The Healing Sprig got it's name, well this is an homage to my Abuelita Carlota (Grammy Carlota). She is the inspiration for the name. She is no longer with us, but her memory lives on in my life. She was the heart of the home, in so many ways. I started to recall wonderful times with her when I chose the name, especially when she would cook or take care of our infirmities. I always remember her little jar of botanical herbs. The cure all for anything, from the sniffles to joint pain. Her "herbal remedy cured it all," she would say. After all these years, I can still recall the strong, weird, earthy, herby, alcohol smell that triggers my memories of her trying to pin us down and rubbing our arms with it (belly laugh). When she would cook she would always have a small herbal garden and ask one of her many grandchildren, "can you break me off "un codito" or "una ramita" (a small sprig of this or that).  She is my

Is there room for one more? I have accepted the challenge that I set upon myself to take a leap in the blogging world. I decided to finally dust the entrepreneurial mind and go for it! There are many things at this point in my life that I can endlessly talk about...travel, food, & my lovable pets. But I choose to stick to one thing that I am most passionate about and that's everything related to natural, chemical free and eco-friendly products. As a long time allergy sufferer, I wanted to create a website that would inspire people to start living a chemical free and eco-friendly lifestyle, but in an affordable way. This started to become challenging, not only in affordability, but also in finding products that did not sacrifice quality just to make a buck. I feel living a chemical free life should be affordable to all.  I wanted to take responsibility for myself and start this journey, by researching companies and their products that are really trying to make a differenc