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www.AbbysHealthFood.com - Issue 37 | Page 19 of that, when we would hear of a tes mony of someone that had recovered from an illness, and it happened o en, it was like she would get all mo vated again and was reminded of her calling. Here's a p: when someone touches your life for the good, make sure you let them know, it can mean the world to them. Everyone she helped was valuable to her. She never looked at a person and consulted them based on race, social, spiritual or economic status. She always looked at the person as a human being, never the disease. Early in her career, Abby was consul ng people with simpler issues of diges on, allergies, inflamma on and autoimmune. During the last few years of her life the condi ons became more terminal, specifically cancer. A er a long day of consul ng, she would look worn out from everyone's suffering she had witnessed, and she would tell me "there is so much cancer! It's everywhere." I felt like she would carry people's burdens wherever she went. She would think about her "pa ents" all the me. Her compassion for others moved her to make house calls to people that for some reason or another could not make it to the store. People from other states, Canada and even Europe. I remember when a good friend of ours became seriously ill and hospitalized. A er a day of consulta ons in the store, she would make the hour and a half drive to see her, encourage her, read to her and rub essen al oils on her feet to comfort her. She would spend the night there on the couch and drive home the next day only to repeat it that night. That went on for a couple of months. Unfortunately that person passed. O en mes, when my boys were younger, I would find out that one of them was home with a cold or a fever. When I would call back to check on them, Abby was either on her way or already at my house. She would report back to me and my boys would feel be er in no me. She would call people out of the blue to check on them simply because they came to her mind. I recently spoke with one of those people that told me Abby called her one night asking her if she had stopped smoking? The majority of all the conversa ons I ever had with Abby was about people, other people… never herself. She knew everyone by name and knew their spouses and kids and what they were dealing with. We were all her one big family that she wanted to nurture. Driven by her Passion There was very li le down me or personal me for Abby. This is what she wanted. I could never get her to take me off or go on vaca on. In the last 20 years I can count in one hand the number of mes that she actually took some me to get away, and even then, I know she did not ignore the phone calls from her customers. When she wasn't consul ng or educa ng, she was researching and learning. It is amazing on how up to speed she was on the latest treatments, medica ons, health topics or new supplements. I could never stump her! O en I thought I had the latest informa on about something and was eager to share it with her and teach her, only to come out of the conversa on with a be er understanding because of course, she already knew about it. Throughout her career she helped several women bring life into this world, women that were told they would never do so. A lot of these children have grown up and have children of their own that got to meet Abby. She saved marriages by simply listening, understanding and trea ng people the majority of which were women, men and some children who were going through challenging periods in their lives. I heard stories of how she spared people from unnecessary surgeries or the use of prescrip ons that would poten ally be addic ve and nega vely and permanently impact their health. She helped many kids, from birth un l their teen years. She taught kids why it's important to make healthy food choices and how it will have an impact in their lives, not only physically but also socially and academically. She gave hope to the hopeless. Many mes, we saw people walking in the store discouraged and afraid only to leave hopeful and encouraged a er one consulta on. She unselfishly gave of her me and of her talent all without ever asking for money.