The Beginning of the Beginning

The last day I "went to work" was Thanksgiving Day, 2017 (be it good or bad). Time went on and I had a lot of quiet, 'self' time. I was pregnant, bored, tired & frankly I was scared. Nothing didn't scare me, for probably the first time in my life. Parenthood was obviously about to change everything I thought I knew about the world & myself.

So, naturally, I found myself deep in thought most of the time & my biggest concern was the world I am about to bring a child into. I knew things weren't ideal, and they weren't getting better. Now I'm not talking about my financial situation or my living situation or anything like that. I am talking about THE WORLD, as in the environmental status, problems within our country, etc.

I asked myself, "Is it safe here? How much longer will it be safe?"

"What if I have a girl? I will have to teach her how to protect herself, while also remaining 'Respected' "

"What kind of environment will I be leaving her and her children in when I eventually pass?"

So many more questions went through my mind about how I am going to do this if something happens. Lately it seems like anything is possible. As ridiculous as it sounds that I was worried about things like this, I HAD to be prepared & I have to prepare my child for anything.

Well, I eventually realized I should be focusing on the things I could control because in all honesty I cannot do anything about our current political & social situation in our country & I'm not interested in getting involved. So, I started to put more thought into what I can do to teach my child how to sustain, survive & separate yourself from the rest of the world. Things like reducing waste, growing your own food, cooking & building from scratch, raising animals, & finding your own ways to be happy. Not only will these things benefit her, but they're necessary for our planets survival. In hopes that she will pass these skills and knowledge onto her children & grandchildren.

Simple skills like cooking from ingredients straight from your garden are almost extinct. It is an absolute tragedy. The importance of these abilities is far more useful than knowing how to snapchat or add to your Instagram story. Although, I myself use technology everyday, several times a day, I do not think it is a "skill" that is going to matter when the world is covered in trash & everyone is diabetic or "gluten-intolerant". Because folks we are headed there & our great grandchildren are likely to see this world if we don't do anything about it like yester-decade.

We should all be teaching our kids how to grow a tomato & get in the habit of bringing our reusable shopping bags into the grocery store with us. It's not going to fix all of our problems, but it will help alleviate some of the devastation that is going to occur in our grandchildren's lifetime, if everyone would just try.

Believe it or not, there is some serious beauty, and happiness to be found in growing your own garden & living a life that isn't totally driven by social media.