Comments on Cage Free Family: A Little Reminder

Thanks for commenting on my blog. Your RV is gorge...

2010-01-11T10:06:32.817-07:00

Thanks for commenting on my blog. Your RV is gorgeous and so is your immobile home. :) Looking forward to reading more.

(TheOrganicSister)

Aimee, Beautifully put. I love reading your entrie...

2010-01-09T20:25:01.400-07:00

Aimee,
Beautifully put. I love reading your entries, and I'm SOOOOOOO jealous of you having Simone. My third and last just turned three and is (finally) potty trained and I'm missing babies so much.

It's 17F here in Austin tonight and my Texas house is a little drafty. Lots of love to you in your snowy paradise.
Amy (who emailed you before!)

:-D That would be the huge smile y'all bring ...

2010-01-09T19:08:02.317-07:00

:-D That would be the huge smile y'all bring to my face
xoxo

I love coming here and seeing some of my beliefs a...

2010-01-09T17:22:19.420-07:00

I love coming here and seeing some of my beliefs and ideas reinforced!

I have a goal of making all my meals from scratch. I'm not there...yet...but I'm much further along than I was a year, 6 months or even 3 months ago.

I've washed dishes by hand all my life. By the time I lived in a house that had a dishwasher I had committed to living a water-conscious life (after 27 months in the Peace Corps in west Africa where my water came not from a tap but by the bucket on the heads of students I learned the value of water).

It is frustrating sometimes when people I work with are amazed and/or appalled by some of my choices. Flushing the toilet with bath water, line-drying laundry (even in winter), keeping my thermostat set at 55 (time to throw another log on the fire), paying the high monetary price of local, pasture-raised chicken and eggs...

I take my own plate, fork and cup to a local eatery so as not to use the disposable items they have and a co-worker found it embarrassing. One of the ladies working there told me she goes home and teaches her kids the things she’s learned from me. And my co-worker…she was proud of me for that but still thinks I’m crazy for bringing my own stuff.

So again, I come here to find like mindedness (and a kick-butt cranberry sauce recipe!!) and breathe it in, deeply. Thank you Amiee and cage free followers!

Our family's primary goal in life is to do exa...

2010-01-08T08:23:37.194-07:00

Our family's primary goal in life is to do exactly what you are doing now. In fact, I think what is wrong with the world now is that we aren't more in touch with the simple, slow moving tasks that actually nurture our family instead of expecting machines or money to take care of it all for us.

I got caught up in my lists and planning yesterday...

2010-01-07T19:38:51.669-07:00

I got caught up in my lists and planning yesterday. I ended up in total meltdown mode at the end of night. I just went and hid in the bath tub.

I feel like such a little kid in those moments. I just want a hug and a kiss.

Yay :) I am glad that you liked it. It made me th...

2010-01-07T17:52:33.656-07:00

Yay :) I am glad that you liked it. It made me think so strongly of you!

And know that you ARE changing the world, not only by the example you set for your children and the choices you make, but by writing about your life and your choices here. Thank you for sharing a little piece of your life and your spirit with us!

The UK is snowed under in a way that doesn't o...

2010-01-07T10:03:27.805-07:00

The UK is snowed under in a way that doesn't often happen. Schools are closed, no buses are running, people are not going to work. Its all a lovely reminder of nature at work. And the difference of seeing the empty roads and people walking, all wrapped up, rosy cheery faces, the cold has a physical presence, its like the world anew. ica Brings you back to the present. presence. Its new

I think we all struggle with this on a day to day ...

2010-01-07T06:33:01.433-07:00

I think we all struggle with this on a day to day basis. Mindfulness, the practise of this principle, seems to be the key. I think we will all be working towards mindfulness until we pass from this world into whatever is next. The important thing is we try to make our choices based on our principles and remind ourselves when we start to second guess our choices.

I think you are making the best choices to nurture and spend as much time with your little ones as possible. Mine are now 23, 20 and 18 and I still strive to be present and be there for the teaching and special moments, even now when they are adults and have flown the nest or are getting ready to, as is the case with my 18 and 20 year old.

Hugs from one mother to another... :)

Thank you for this post. By far one of the more be...

2010-01-07T00:25:00.572-07:00

Thank you for this post. By far one of the more beautifully written and insightful posts you've shared.

I have yet to sit down and make resolutions for this year (I'm a bigger believer in enacting positive changes and doing self-reflections and self-evaluations as you see fit and making S.M.A.R.T. goals instead) but one thing I did do to prepare for this upcoming year is take a Moleskine notebook and add some of my own artistic touches to the cover. I don't plan for it to be a journal because I already have one of those that I don't write it nearly enough, but I plan for this notebook to be one of happiness and inspiration. Quotes, pictures, a flower, etc. A mixed-media collection to remind me of the beauty in everyday life that we so easily forget.

I miss those moments a ton. I have to kick myself...

2010-01-06T19:51:38.904-07:00

I miss those moments a ton. I have to kick myself sometimes for it. Even now that I've left the law behind and have way more time it's still something I am working on.

Jack