Lacy Brown
My name is Lacy Jo. I’m a Midwestern girl, born and raised, married to my California man. Together, we have a blended family of 4 kids. Neither of us did an excellent job choosing our spouse in our first marriage. We picked people who didn’t have the same beliefs and values as us. My marriage ended up being an abusive one that left a lot of emotional scars that I’m admittedly still healing from today. In recovering from that awful part of my life, my already anxious self hit an all time high for anxiety, and I started taking medication for that. And it helped. Until one day, when I was watching a particularly sad episode of @nbcthisisus and realized that I didn’t cry. I simply didn’t have it in me to do so. And I knew then and there (mostly because if you know me, you know I’m kind of a cryer) that this was not an okay way to live. I needed to be okay with feeling things again. Right about that time, I had met a new friend who introduced me to essential oils and non-toxic products, and I started using those instead! Soon after I stopped taking medication and am happy to say I have been able to manage without ever since! (Reducing the toxins in my home has played a big part in that, as it frees my body up to process emotions like it’s supposed to instead of processing toxins.) A few years later I met a man at church. Our beliefs and values aligned. Our children adored each other. And so did we. And a year after we started talking, God gave us a second chance at a Christian marriage with each other. We’ve been married for almost 2 years, now and have added another little one to the mix! Blended life is crazy, and it’s certainly not easy, but God has abundantly blessed us all, and we are so grateful for this beautiful mess of ours!
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