Meet The Creator of The Oily Remarks

Hello, I'm Gail and I live in small town Iowa with my husband, Will, and our two sons. We bought a house in July and are enjoying settling into our new home! I am full of excitement as The Oily Remarks is launching, and I pray daily for the lives of each of you to be changed through all that is shared here.

My journey with essential oils begins in my stubborn hard headed-ness of thinking, "Seriously, your doing what, instead of what?! *Insert eye-roll* I think I'll stick to the 'good stuff', but whatever floats your boat!" Like many, I was a huge doubter!

My mother-in-law introduced me to Young Living Essential Oils in December after my father-in-law had passed away. I remember myself having a lengthy conversation with her on many things about the oils, which hadn't happened in a while! Upon leaving, my husband asked, "When did you and my mom start agreeing on things?" That night I had put on Forgiveness oil.

Fast forward a few months and I am at a friends class learning more about these oils including; where they come from, uses for a select few, and how the chemicals used daily in my home are possibly affecting my life. Quickly my stubbornness began to fade as I realized my disbelief was merely out of a lack of knowledge of what essential oils are!

It still took me a couple weeks to become a member by purchasing my Premium Starter Kit, and when I did I counted down the days until my oily delivery was at my doorstep! My worrying had been at a peak the weeks prior to making the decision to try out essential oils. I was desperate for a change! I had given up coffee, and all other caffeine intake to settle my nerves (and if you're a mom of young children you know how we adore our coffee!). I had been exercising more, eating healthy, but nothing seemed to quite take that last worrying edge off. Essential oils were just what I needed. They gave me the boost. Not the boost to lose my worrying necessarily, however more so a boost of grounding. They helped me relax to see I needed to be spending more time alone with God each day, and digging into the word! God, and God alone, subsides my worries. Essential oils were merely a tool God uses to speak to me and remind me to slow down, relax, and seek Him above all else.

Essential oils are far more than just a smell in a jar, more than just a placebo effect, and certainly more than just some marketing scheme on the internet. I encourage you, if you think one of those things about essential oils that I just listed, take initiative and educate yourself on what an essential oil is. If you don't have time to look it up, take an Essential Oils 101 Class. It is so worth the time! You are so worth the time!

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