One Conversation Changed Everything

Years later, a conversation with a chiropractor named Dr. Findley introduced to a different way of thinking about health.

For the first time, I realized there were ways to support our bodies that focused on nourishment, daily habits, and proactive wellness.

That conversation planted a seed that would eventually shape how Jake and I raised our family and how we approached health in our home.

A Different Future For My Family

While pregnant with our son Beckham, I began searching for natural ways to support my health.

That's when I discovered elderberries.

I wasn't looking for a business.

I was simply looking for something I felt good about bringing into our home.

What started as curiosity quickly became part of our family's wellness routine and eventually changed the direction of our lives.

When History Repeated Itself

When our daughter was around the age of two, I began bringing home different elderberry products.

There was just one problem.

She wouldn't take any of them.

The taste.

The texture.

The resistance.

It immediately took me back to my own childhood.

The tears.

The arguments.

The spoonfuls of medicine I never wanted.

Eventually, I stopped trying.

Life moved on.

And elderberry became little more than a memory.

A Flu Epidemic Brought Me Back

Years later, during a difficult flu season, I remembered my own experience with elderberry syrup while pregnant with my first son, Beckham.

I began searching again.

Not for a business.

Not for a company.

Simply for something I felt good about giving my family.

But once again, I ran into the same problem.

Taste.

If my daughter wouldn't take it, it didn't matter how good it was for our health.

So I decided to make my own.

The Prayer

A few years later, our family was walking through a difficult season.

Health challenges.

Financial uncertainty.

Questions about what came next.

I prayed for direction.

And God answered that prayer in the most unexpected way.

The Answer Didn't Look Like An Answer

I shared a post on social media about making a batch in my kitchen.

I told people about my own experience.

I encouraged them to find some for their families.

Then something unexpected happened.

Friends began asking if I had extra.

Would I sell them a bottle?

A second friend asked.

Then another.

And in that moment, I realized what I was holding wasn't just elderberry syrup.

It was the answer to the prayer I had been praying.

The Kitchen Table Years

The first batches were made in our kitchen.

The kids were little.

Orders were packed around family life.

We listened to Billy Graham sermons while labeling bottles at the kitchen table.

What began as something made for our family quickly spread through word of mouth as friends and neighbors began asking for bottles of their own.

What Started As Obedience Became A Calling

We never set out to build a national brand.

We simply kept saying yes to the next opportunity in front of us.

One customer became ten.

Ten became hundreds.

Hundreds became thousands.

Looking back, what felt like small acts of obedience eventually became something far bigger than we ever imagined.

The Classroom Got Bigger

For years, I taught Personal & Community Health courses at Coastal Carolina University.

I loved the classroom.

I loved my students.

I loved helping people understand the connection between daily choices and long-term wellness.

When I left, I struggled.

Not for weeks.

For years.

I wrestled with questions I couldn't answer.

Why would God pull me away from something I loved so much?

There were seasons of grief.

Seasons of resentment.

Even moments of anger.

I didn't want to leave the classroom.

I loved it.

One day, in the middle of all those questions, I felt God speak to my heart:

"Darlin', I didn't pull you out of the classroom. I just wanted to make your classroom bigger."

Looking back now, I understand.

What once reached a room full of students now reaches families across the country.

The mission never changed.

Helping people make informed decisions about their health.

The classroom just simply got bigger.