Carmen's Box

The Importance of Not Going to Sleep Mad at Night "Let it go! Honestly, just let it go" -- I told myself many times. Yet, I tended to go to sleep mad at whomever deserved it. Ohhh I was gonna show 'em how mad I could get! Ohhh I was gonna show them that I could be mean!! Ohhhh I was.... I was a dumb person for thinking that way. That's what I was. Yes, it is true that some people deserve to see the not-so-pretty side of us, so that they learn not to mess with us, but the truth is that nobody will mess with us if we don't allow it. PERIOD. We are responsible of our happiness as much as our sadness, except if of course we endure the loss of someone we love, but even then, we still have the option to be sad and miss them crying, or be happy and remember them smiling. I don't like going to sleep mad for 3 main reasons: I get mad because the other person has failed to make me happy, so I go to bed unhappy, making my unhappiness worse. Therefore, I wake up ma...

Oh My Garlic! I can't remember at what point I started loving garlic. All I know is that I'm glad I did. Not only is this vegetable (plant) a flavorful nice addition to our dinner, but it's so much more than that. Garlic has so many health benefits. I honestly think garlic can be the answer to many of our health problems. I came down with a nasty cold a few months back, and since I have an infant, --well she is a toddler now, but at that point was still considered an infant, and I breastfeed, so I wanted to make sure that whatever I took for the cold and fever was as natural as possible; I got in the computer and researched natural-home remedies for a cold. To my surprise, although there are many things out there, I came across garlic remedies. So, I decided to research a little deeper and my findings left me in awe. Based on what I read, it is said that garlic belongs to the onion, leeks and shallot family - Allium. Its health benefits come from its sulfur compounds...