Let me start by introducing myself...
My name is Jennifer Ann Aranda. I love my name (jenannaranda) hence my blogger handle. I love the way it rolls off the tongue... JenAnnarAnda. So alive and resounding! Love it! I was born in Chicago, and raised in its suburbs.Though I am a Chicago girl through and through, I recently chose to move to the Quad Cities to matriculate at Palmer College of Chiropractic... The Fountainhead of Chiropractic! I've been working for chiropractors for over 3 years... and have been extremely fortunate to work for such passionate and knowledgeable DCs. It's a real honor to be in their company. It was my mentor, Dr. Clinton Garda, who helped me see in myself the strength to make such a move, to create such a change in my life. In my heart, I thank him every day for inspiring me to always be better, to always push myself to do more! Without him in my life, I may have never found this path.
It truly is a gift to wake up every morning knowing you are on the right path! My life decisions have put me down several paths... many have been rough. I have diverged from "my path" many times. I've gotten lost several times. I've ended up on other people's paths, thinking their path was good enough for me... I was vehemently wrong! Though I have been down different paths, there has always been a commonality to each path... I've always been on a path of service. In my early/mid twenties I worked in the hospitality industry. I loved my job. I love being with people, serving people, meeting people's needs. Though I loved my job, something was missing. I wasn't doing exactly what I was meant to do. Though I was in the service industry, I wasn't serving my fellow humans in the right capacity. I'm a healer; and my hands are the instruments, my tools for which to facilitate healing!
My grandmother, my Nana, was an occupational Therapist; and I used to go with her to work when I was younger. My Nana taught me that the simple touch of a hand can be more healing than any medicine. She was a magical woman (I use that word loosely... I don't mean magical in the sense that she could cast spells, or anything of that nature). She inspired everyone to do and to be better. She brought out the best in everyone, just by being around you. She passed away in 2007 and I still miss her every single day. I have all but forgotten stories that she told me and memories that have all but faded away, but I will never forget how she changed lives, she improved lives with a simple touch of her hand... A caress of one's cheek, the gentle pressure and massage of a worn foot, the loving grasp of a withered hand. She brought a sparkle to her patients eyes, and filled every room she entered with laughter and love! And Every Single Day, I aspire to be someone she can be proud of... someone much like her.
Okay... that's a good start. More to come!
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