Home.

Here we are, just over 3 months left of 2023. It feels like the year passed by so quickly and with so much change.

Something to understand about Wade and I, is we always wanted to raise our children, in every aspect. We worked hard to ensure I could stay home with our girls, we’ve secured ourselves financially and we’ve done what we needed to do to make sure I can continue staying home with our girls.

We never really wanted our kids in traditional school. One of the reasons for this is because the 5 people your children spend the most time with become the most influential people in their lives, and honestly, I don’t want school staff to be the most influential people in our girls lives. There’s more to life than school, and that’s just what we are figuring out.

We took a big step, and ordered books to begin homeschooling – math, writing, spelling, reading/phonics, and nature based science. This is one of the biggest decisions we have made in our lives, to homeschool our children. Don’t even get me started on the “they’ll be socially awkward” comments we have received. I’m not sure our girls could become socially awkward, even if we tried. They love people SO much.

The other thing you need to understand about Wade and I is that our children are our livelihood. We love them with everything we have. Where I go, they go – pretty well 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, with the exception of about 1-2 hours every two weeks when I take time to overflow my cups. The girls even come to markets with me to sell products from my small business.

Now, you’ve probably rolled your eyes at least once while reading this and it was likely at the “our children are our livelihood” part. Well, the reality is, it’s the truth. When you have a major, life changing event happen to you, like cancer, where your life is dangling in odds and statistics just waiting to gobble you up, your life changes in all aspects.

Our girls are our livelihoods, we live for them. We live to comfort them, to teach them, to help them grow and guide them, to be by their sides through everything scary and everything good. To celebrate them and to celebrate with them.

Believe me, I know we are lucky, that I get to stay home and be with our children, but that didn’t come without sacrifice and immense change. A lot had to align to get us here, and we wouldn’t change it for the world. The perfect opportunities arose to get us here, and I am so abundantly grateful for these opportunities and where they have taken us.

Homeschooling, homesteading, and transitioning to a more holistic lifestyle. The moments when dreams become realities.

You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen. – Paulo Coelho