Children's Books

Celebrating Hispanic Culture with these 2 books for kids and teens

Erin Sluka
Celebrating Hispanic Culture with these 2 books for kids and teens

Water Day – El día del agua (spanish edition) is a children’s book about a young girls sharing the celebrations of her town the one day a week the water man visits to deliver water to her village. Water is so important and it is easy to take it for granted until you are community who lost it regular supply. Water Day is available on Amazon and book stores.

Farewell Cuba, Mi Isla is a middle grade novel about two girls fleeing 1960 Cuba with their family. There are 336 pages and is a story about the Author’s real family experience.

This book will share some raw moments about Cuban history and a young girls having to flee her home and be something somewhere else. They had 2 changes of clothes each and $5 and the family fled to America. Victoria needs to help her family settle in Miami. This is a great book about family, change and a fight for the future in the 1960’s Cuban state. Farewell Cuba, Mi Isla is available on Amazon and book stores.

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Books Reviews

Running Past Dark YA Book Review – when a teen loses her twin and needs to move forward

Erin Sluka

What happens to the twi left behind? Book synopsis:

Scottie O’Doul isn’t looking forward to starting her senior year. Last May, her identical twin sister, Cait, died in a car crash involving the school’s beloved football coach. Scottie knows her twin would never take her own life, or someone else’s, but how can she prove it? As she faces bullying and hostility at school, she starts to wonder if what Cait said was even true. Turning to running to break through her grief, Scottie finds a new world and a new sense of self outside her twinness. She also reconnects with her old boyfriend, who had a terrible accident of his own the same day Cait died. Could there be a connection As she runs mile after mile, Scottie keeps trying to fit the jigsaw pieces together and find the true picture of what happened to Cait and what was really going on at school before the crash.

You don’t have to be a runner to feel Scottie’s energy in this book and the soul searching that happens when a twin is left behind at a young age. It is a bit of mystery with plenty of energy and you won’t want it to end. The book is available on Amazon and other favorite bookstore.

Healthy Living

Adding better digestion and improved energy to my morning smoothies

Erin Sluka
Adding better digestion and improved energy to my morning smoothies

Smoothies are a great way to sneak in supplements and nutrients and that is why I make my own to start my day. They travel well to work with me and when made right, fill me up! Morning Complete from ActivatedYou is how I am adding better digestion and improved energy to my morning smoothie.

My teen is now adding a scoop to water daily because it has probiotic help he needs and he prefers it over swallowing horse pills. Morning Complete has so many benefits in 1 small scoop of powder you mix with any beverage of choice or added to smoothie recipes and comes in 2 flavors

  • 2 Flavors – Apple Cinnamon and Citrus Medley
  • Probiotics –  9 different probiotic strains
  • Prebiotics – powerful high-fiber prebiotic ingredients
  • Energy – from leafy greens for a natural boost
  • Green Superfoods – highly-nutritious vegetables including spinach and kale
  • Metabolic support – powerful turmeric and bitter melon extract

Combine your green nutrients, pre/probiotics, metabolism support and the benefits of pure product that goes through rigorous testing for quality, purity and potency at an independent, 3rd-party facility. The cost is about $2.67 a day. It’s everything you need to start your morning with the boost your body needs. Shop for your Morning Complete and more at ActivatedYou.

Natural Foods

Lifevine Wine has Award-Winning Purity and Zero Sugar

Erin Sluka

Wine is a staple in most homes. About 25% of adults drink wine at least once a week. Did you know that your bottle of wine may contain up to 70 approved additives and your bottle likely does not provide serving facts and ingredients on the label? It doesn’t have to. Lifevine Wine is introducing transparency to wine and giving you these facts so you know exactly what you are consuming.

Choosing to add zero sugar and other unnecessary additives does not have to change taste or alcohol content. This wine tastes fantastic and is free of harmful toxins and pesticides. Several of their wines have even received the Clean Label Project Purity Award.

There are 6 wines to choose from and the Summer Bundle is a great deal of 4 wines and it ships free! I have served this wine at a dinner recently and it went over so well. To be able and share that there are no sugars or harmful additives made it a hit! Order your bottles of Lifevine Wine and enjoy wine while knowing exactly what you are consuming!