Yesterday I celebrated my third year of success with my incredible Network marketing company!  There are so many people to honor and thank that have helped me in my journey.

I am eternally grateful to the very first person that ever agreed to host a party.  That was my daughter Brittany.

I still remember how excited I was to receive my first ever order notification!  My friend Debbie was the first person to ever place an order and she loves our 3D+ mascara to this day!

The first person to sign up as a success partner in my business is my dear friend Amanda!  I'm so happy to still run my business with her support to this day!

Of course all of my friends and family and customers are priceless and I couldn't do any of it without you all!

I also posted this very special message to every Presenter in my company.

"2/21/16 my three year YANNIVERSARY!
I wanted to pop in here and say THANK YOU to each of you!
Awhile back I made a video about how we are all on the same team we just wear different jerseys. Without each of you working your business and supporting your own tribes, none of the success I've been blessed with could happen!  It takes an entire village. Not one single of us is strong enough to row this boat alone.

I'm honored to have been here early and to have helped pave the way. It's my truest honor to continue to work hard everyday to create a supportive, strong and smart business culture so that each of YOU, and each of your success partners, current and future, have the opportunity to realize their "why" and make all their dreams come true.

If each of you weren't doing your part, I wouldn't have all of the gifts I have in my life today.  I want you to know that I am acutely aware of your roll in my success.  I believe this mindset is one of the reasons we have such an incredible sisterhood. Across generations and across teams. This mindset of unifying, empowering and validating is why we are so successful in the industry and why every single presenter that comes to my team with previous experience, cannot get over the love they find here. We are building something bigger than anyone can fathom.

I'm eternally grateful for Derek Maxfield and Melanie Maxfield Huscroft, as well as our entire corporate team. However, maybe a tiny bit more than all that, I'm grateful to each of you Leaders for everything you've done, and all you have planned to make your dreams come true.

Because, coincidentally, by blissful default, your efforts have made all of my dreams come true too. Thank you.
Haley

Happy 14th Kidney Transplant Anniversary to my dad!

 

 

This time 14 years ago I was trying to find a way to say ‘good bye’ to my beautiful babies without scaring them. Leaving them at their dad’s house and walking away was one of the single most tragic moments of my life. I was trying to figure out how to ensure that they would have access to my husband and my family if something should happen to me. Would they remember me? Were they old enough? Was I worth remembering? Had I done enough for them in the short time they were with me? Gut wrenching. Selfish of me but that’s how I was feeling. I was far too young to be dealing with that kind of madness.

I was trying to find a way to come to terms with the fact that my dad was possibly sacrificing his life for mine and that it quite possibly could all be for nothing. I was trying to figure out how my mom and my sister and my husband and our kids would survive without me. What would happen to my father and his heart and his soul if he survived but I didn’t. 

 

 I was making promises to my husband that I wasn’t in control of keeping. I was forcing him to make promises to me that he wasn’t in control of keeping. I was making promises to God and to any entity that might be listening. Just allow me to live and I promise I will be a better person. I would do good things. I would make my family proud. I would be the best mom I could be. I would work hard. I would give back.  I would overcome. The usual pleas of desperation I suppose. I was trying to connect with God and Angels and ANY force out there that might offer some protection. 

There was a point where my focus shifted and I was less concerned about my survival and more about my dad surviving. What if something happened to him and I lived. How could I possibly survive that? Would I want to? What if I survived, he didn't then I also died after?  UGH.  I can't explain but all these things were swirling.  I remember it very vividly.  What if something happened to me but he lived? How could he survive that? You’d have to really know my father to understand this train of thought. He had already given so much to so many for so long. What if? It’s one thing to receive an organ from someone who was deceased. What a blessing but the emotional toil is far different than when you are selfishly taking something from someone who is alive and healthy.

When you live with the fact that you are dying for any length of time there are few ways you can choose to survive your life and the cards you’ve been dealt. I chose to hide my illness and tried hard to keep a positive front. For my kids, for my family, for my friends, for others that struggled with similar conditions and for myself I suppose. I do believe you can talk yourself into and out of about anything. 

 I was diagnosed with kidney failure in 1992 when I was 19 after my son was born. So I lived with and managed my illness until we couldn’t any longer and that day came in late 2000. It was time to make plans. It was time to go to Seattle. So, my mom, my dad, my husband and I all loaded up and flew out. I received my dads kidney on 1-19-01. 

When the search started for a living donor, it was sort of assumed that my sister would be my match. A healthy bio-sibling tends to be your best option for a donor. JACKPOT! I had one of those! Piece of cake right? WRONG… no match. So my mom then right? Surely my mom and I would be a match. Your second best chance is a bio-parent but since you are genetically a mix of your two parents, chances are slightly less likely you will match. NOPE, not a match. After my sister and mom were tested they opened up testing to extend family and friends.  Needless to say, the matches were not pouring in.

 

 Not only are there genetic considerations for transplant, there are lifestyle, emotional, mental and medical considerations. There is a lot of criteria that must be met to be a living donor. Then my dad’s results came back and BINGO! PERFECT match! As perfect as could be. He was healthy, he would retire from The Alaska State Troopers (can’t be active military or law enforcement), we were golden! 

Well, almost. It was a difficult first year or two after my transplant but Im thrilled to say that I’m doing AMAZING! Healthy as can be expected. It is a miracle. My father is miraculous. My family and friends are miraculous. Im so thankful. I know I have a blessed life. I know how lucky I am. I could pour on and on but I would much rather celebrate today instead of reliving the most emotionally and physically tragic years of my life. 

So, Happy 14th Kidney Anniversary Dad! I love you. Im grateful. Im thankful and I work everyday to make you proud of me.

Visit this link for a video message about my transplant anniversary.

 Please give some consideration to living organ donation. Do your own research, educate yourself and consider gifting life to someone. A healthy person only needs 15% of one kidney to survive and entire lifetime. Most people are born with 2 and some even have 3. There are countless websites for information and if you are serious, you can always contact me and I can connect you with some resources.
www.matchingdonors.com
www.transplantliving.org

Transplant Board on Pinterest

 PLEASE ALSO CONSIDER REGISTERING AS AN ORGAN DONOR AND PLEASE SHARE YOUR DECISION WITH YOUR FAMILY.

Happy 15th Anniversary to my truest love.  All these years and

I'M STILL TANGLED UP IN YOU....

 

 

We have such a fun, beautiful and full life.  Loving you is easy.  People say marriage is "hard work"... I disagree.  When you are married to the right person, when you love them more than you love yourself, when you respect and treasure them, its simple.  I never have to fight to find a reason to love you.  I never have to dig deep to pull out a reason to keep holding on.  I don't have to look far to know that you are RIGHT WHERE I NEED TO BE. You are the perfect husband for me.  You fit me perfectly.  Our life is abundant and our love is solid.  I am thankful we met 20 years ago.  I appreciate the love and light and support you've shown me all these years.  I am SO HAPPY everyday that you wake up and continue to choose me as yours. 

Thank you for loving me.
Thank you for loving my children.
Thank you for taking care of us.
Thank you for not ever wavering when times were tough.. not once.
Thank you for everything you do.
Thank you for your support.
Thank you for dreaming with me.

Happy Anniversary babe.