Living the Simple Life

The journey continues............

After my husband got the news of the factory closing where he had worked since high school, we were numb for a couple of days. I knew this was going to change our lives but I had no idea just how many changes we were going to make. I was still working full time as a surgical nurse and even though things would be tight financially I knew we would be okay. There were so many decisions to be made, financial and life altering, did he want to accept another position at another factory or did he want to re- train for a new career. It took awhile and some convincing on my part to get him to get used to the idea of bring a student again. He thought he was to old to go back to school, he didn’t think he could do it, the other students would be younger and make fun of him, the list of excuses went on and on but after taking a few prep classes at a new by junior college and passing the math (with the help of our daughter) he finally decided to go back to school. It was going to be a long drive as the schools in our area did not offer the program he was wanting but after some extensive searching we finally found the right school for him.

So in the mornings I would go off to work and my husband off to school, it worked out well till I started to have some serious health issues and after fighting it for several months and having some medical procedures done that did not work the doctor told me I was not going to be able to continue working. I was one of the lucky that did not have to fight for my disability for months and months, I had a union lawyer that walked me thought the paperwork and proceedings, but for me being home was a whole new ball game. I had always worked outside the home and for the first few months I was at a loss at what to do with myself. Then one day I was in a bookstore and I picked up a couple of magazines with some interesting articles on how to grow your own food and become more self sufficient, that was the day that our lives really started to change! Backwoods Home Magazine and Countryside Small Stock Journal opened my eyes to a whole new way of looking at taking care of my family.

Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program. -- Spencer W. Kimball, 1976

wow!

03:00, Monday, September 8, 2008 .. Posted by jesusbmylight

Wonderful! It's amazing all the different ways God chooses to bring people to a more self sufficient lifestyle. Praising His majesty!