Dreaming of the life I want to live.

It is my goal to live a more simple mindful life, a life where we eat wholesome organic food as often as we can (more to the point as often as money will allow it) much of which we have grown ourselves, where we keep a nice comfortable home that fits our needs rather then our wants. Sure it would be great to have a huge house with 4 bedrooms, a study each and a playroom for the kids but that's a want not a need. What we need is a safe secure roof, a bed where we can lay our heads at night, a kitchen to cook in and somewhere to spend time with our family and friends. In the home that we will make we will be minimizing the use of cleaning (and other) chemicals that we use and learning to make what we need from scratch rather then paying inflated supermarket prices for stuff that doesn't do the job as well as the simple stuff can. In this life we repair, reuse and make for ourselves much of what we need rather then throw out and buy brand new.

A life where I take the time needed to prepare healthy food and snacks for my loved ones without reaching for convenience packaged foods. A life where we take the time to be thankful for the things that we have rather then miserable about the things we can not have. A life where we can see the beauty of the gods in our garden, care for the creatures that share our life and teach our children that there is more to life then money and material possessions. A life where our children will be able to acknowledge and appreciate the simple things in our world such as a flower in bloom, a glass of homemade lemonade on a hot day or finding eggs for that mornings breakfast in the chicken coop.

We have a long way to go and a lot to learn before we are living the life that I dream of but it is a journey that I am looking forward to taking. I’m not anything special, I don’t have any special talents. I’m just a mum and student trying to do the best by everyone that I love while raising two beautiful children.