4 months later, and I'm making my next blog. A lifetime can change in four minutes, let alone four months. In the past four months we blossomed, got transplanted and are blooming once again in native soil. This summer I was offered an amazing job working for the farmers that raised me, literally. In June, we packed up our home for the fourth time in 20 months and moved west, back to the farmland of my childhood. About ten of our original multi-hundred plants made the cut to travel with us. What can I say, we are truly a new American family. In today's economic fury, we have been forced to travel not just for credentials, but for our family's best opportunity to achieve our goals. Right now the door has opened in Eastern Washington. Sooo, with the largest UHaul available, a caravan of family and our plants in tow, we have settled in a subdivision in Medical Lake, WA. While we're on a large corner lot, it will take us time to get used to neighbors again.
We were blessed to have stayed with my parents on our farm in July. There, Dad set aside room in his garden for Kali's plants. In all we came away with 2 petunias, 2 cauliflower, 1 basil, 2 cilantro, 1 pumpkin, 2 cosmos and one yellow cherry tomato in a pot.While the plan to eat off of our garden has gone bust, our passion to live healthy lives continues. Now that we're finally settled in our beautiful 3 bedroom rental, we are beginning to again get back to basics. We're in kind of a trade-off transition. My job requires more hours than before, but we are able to keep Ryan home with Kali with some financial stability. This summer we were also able to find a renter for our home in Kalispell, which makes our goals possible. With Ryan now available to work on his antler business and make runs back and forth from Kalispell taking care of our tenant, staying busy is not a problem! We hope to keep Kali on track with her pre-K education, but from us rather than pre-school. There is so much a child can learn from daily life at home, if we as parents take advantage of the opportunities. Whether baking bread, looking at worms, learning manners or studying their letters from a handwritten sheet, a hefty portion of early education can be done by dedicated paprents at home. Even when both parents work, every opportunity can be used as an enlightening moment for a child. Finding the balance between work, chores, health and fun is the key. It's not the same for everyone. Each family is different. What works for us may not work for everyone, but the basics are the same for all.
Whatever we accomplish as the season of harvest and fall approaches, we hope to continue with the groundwork we've laid. As with every transition, large or small, only the memories, relationships and integrity earned along the way matter. Cheers to the journey...
